Lab members
Sarah E London, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Institute for Mind and Biology
Grossman Institute for Neuroscience, Quantitative Biology and Human Behavior
Committee on Neurobiology
Committee on Evolutionary Biology
Kruthika Vm.
Research Technician
Kruthika is spearheading molecular tests of juvenile female learning.
Natale Belle.
Research Technician
Natalie is continuing our studies of epigenetic and molecular mechanisms of juvenile male and female learning.
Karelys Montanez.
PREP Scholar
Karelys is focused on asking what kind of learning juveniles are able to do at specific developmental ages.
Destin Bundu.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
After winning a Neuroscience Early Stage Scientist Training Program (NESSTP) award for the Summer, Destin continues in the lab to be part of testing how molecular signaling influences juvenile female learning.
Ani Gogineni.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Ani is testing in vivo manipulations of histone modifications, combining work with birds and Westerns.
Farrah Cavus.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Farrah spearheads a team effort to quantitatively score juvenile social behaviors and balances that with molecular biology studies.
Olly Clarke.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Olly is instrumental in a project testing how molecular signaling influences juvenile female learning.
Bella Hobaugh.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Bella is part of a team quantitatively scoring juvenile social behaviors.
Sid Chari.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Sid is part of a team quantitatively scoring juvenile social behaviors.
Olivia Degen.
Bird Colony Caretaker
Olivia helps take the best care of our birds, across the lifespan.
Vinessa Fressola.
Bird Colony Caretaker
Vinessa helps take the best care of our birds, across the lifespan, and genetically sexes them.
Previous trainees
Rachel Wang. Undergraduate, SSD Fellowship for research lab experience.
Zabdiel Ek-Vazquez. Post-baccaluareate Research Education Program (PREP) program student.
Dana Jordan. Bird colony caretaker, now at Shedd Aquarium.
Geoff Brookshire. PhD student based in D. Casasanto’s lab, now graduated.
Jen Law. Undergraduate, Senior project, Katen Scholar. Currently getting a MA and beginning medical school Fall 2019.
Lynda Lin-Shiu. Undergraduate, Psychology Honors. Currently pursuing a PhD in Psychology.
Dagny Vaughn. Undergraduate.
Deebika Balu. Postdoctoral Fellow.
Brittany Borden. Masters student.
David Vanier. Technician.
Maximilian Hawkins. Undergraduate.
Sylvia Lobo. Undergraduate.
Nikolai Maximay. Undergraduate.
Lucia Enright. Undergraduate, visiting (Notre Dame).
Ambrose Donnelly. Undergraduate, visiting (St. John’s).
Jacob Hehir. Undergraduate.
Shshank Karn. Undergraduate, visiting (Middlebury).
Samuel Dooley. Undergraduate.
Sitara Satish. Undergraduate.
Fasika Zellelew. Undergraduate.
Jenny Lee. Undergraduate.
Catherine Castro. Undergraduate.
Samuel Vexler. Undergraduate.
Sophie Lambert. Undergraduate.
Elizabeth McNally. Undergraduate, visiting (Dartmouth).
Courtney Feller. Undergraduate.
Adam Filipowicz. Undergraduate.
Javier de la Rosa. Undergraduate.
Amanda Dobbyn. Undergraduate.
Will Steinberg. Undergraduate.
Abigail Daum. High School Student.