Meet the Team
Current Lab Members
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam, Ph.D.
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Sarah A. McCormick, Ph.D.
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Kelsie Lopez, Ph.D.
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Tess Forest, Ph.D.
Incoming Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame
NIH F32 Postdoctoral Fellow
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CV | Google Scholar | Website
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Emma Margolis, M.S.
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Olivia Schnur, B.S.
Lab Manager and PINE SEED Project Coordinator
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Georgia Celestin, B.S.
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Joshua Paul Rodriguez, B.S.
Graduate Student
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Mirola Arian
Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Lily Ben-Eli
Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Eva Davies
Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Cecilia Doherty
Undergraduate Co-Op Student
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Casey Piston
Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Isabella Schacknies
Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Avital Morris
Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Charlotte Choi
Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Blakely Cummings
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Co-Investigators
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Bianca
Bianca is Laurel’s rescue pup, part Great Pyrenees, part English Setter, all goofball. Bianca is squirrel-detail oriented, and has given many local talks, including “There’s a bird in the tree!” and “Where did the chipmunk go?" She is smart enough to cheat on her cognitive puzzle toys, but her own sneezes scare her on occasion. She also loves cheese.
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Ziggy & Winston
Ziggy (bottom left) and Winston (top right) are best friends and longtime scientific collaborators. They often invite their human friend, Emma, onto their projects. Their research, inspired in part by the popular television show Tom and Jerry, focuses on instigating wrestling matches with the other while maintaining the outward appearance of innocence. They are also both experts in “Zoomies” (not to be confused with Zoom) and sitting on top of people at inconvenient times but running away the second that individual moves even a millimeter.
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Quincy
Quincy is a small little guy from upstate New York who was adopted quickly after he was born in August 2020. At five years old, he's still very energetic (and loud), but he's super loving and always loves being with people. He loves running around and having fun even when the rest of the family is tired out. An absolute bundle of sunshine.

