Lab Members

Our crew taking on the Society for Neuroscience Conference in 2025. Left to right: Rosa Robbins, Zozi Wilson, Karleigh Potter, Shelly Magnotti, Mak Malan, Jaeden Caldwell, Olivia Dillemuth, and Josh Kaplan

Current Lab Members:

Jillian Lombard – Developmental Project

Makayla Vail – Developmental Project

Gillian Horst – Developmental Project 

Samuel Kennedy  – Electrophysiology assessment

Morgan DiCaprio – Gut brain axis project

Andrew Cisneros – Electrophysiology assessment

Sydney Wolfson – Project lead: Oral CBD dose response assessment; Developmental project 

Zuriahn Yun – Computational and video assessment guru 

Jack Martinez – Project Leader – immunohistochemistry assessment; allodynia project

Luca Tuttle – estrogen impacts on cannabinoid sensitivity

Juliana Publico – allodynia assessment

Roxanne West – gut brain axis project

Jaeden Caldwell – Project lead: Ultrasonic vocalization assessment

Shelly Magnotti – Project lead: Ultrasonic vocalization assessment

Nick Schneider– Project lead: electrophysiology assessment

Olivia Dillemuth  – Lab manager; Project lead: developmental project; Project lead: allodynia project

Erika Murphy – Project lead: gut brain axis project

Zozi Wilson – Project lead: developmental project; Project lead: estrogen impacts on cannabinoid sensitivity; electrophysiology assessment

Karleigh Potter – Project lead: MALDI assessment of cannabinoid effects on endocannabinoid expression

Makayla Malan – Project lead: Ultrasonic vocalization assessment

Cori Everhart – Project lead: CBD and terpene plasma assessment

Lab alumni in science and medicine (graduation year):

Gabi Quinn (2025) – Postbac Program at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Rosa Robbins (2025) – Research Technician, Stanford University 

Aashir Ahmed (2025) – Medical School, Michigan State University 

Jessica Muckerheide (2025) – Research Technician, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Willow Leland (2024) – PharmD school, University of Colorado

Sam Patterson (2024) – TMS Technician at Seattle NTC

Taylor McGillis (BS: 2022; MA 2025) – Research Technician in Dr. Andy Shih’s lab, University of Washington

Lauren Gilman (2024) – Lab Manager in Dr. Alonge’s lab, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida

Joseph Veliz (2024) – Research Technician in Yvonne Marie’s lab, University of Pittsburgh 

Abhi Grewal (2023) – Medical School, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Jenika Staben (2023) – Medical School, University of Washington 

Alana Sullivan (2023) – NIH IRTA Postbac Program – NIDA 

Megan Koch (2023) – Electrophysiologist at the Allen Institute (check out this article featuring her work!)

Alaura Rice (2023) – Postbac program at Jackson Labs, Tufts Medical School 

Bea Macagno (2023) – Research Technician in Amy Orsborn’s lab, University of Washington

Brennen Risch (2023; Master student) – Data analyst at Peoples Bank

Jack Jones (2022) – UW SOAR Postbac Program

Isaac Heiman (2022) – Medical School, Washington State University

Farrell Mahmud (2022) – Medical School, Pacific Northwest University – Health Sciences

Ella Gambell (2022) – Doctor of Acupuncture, Won Institute

Finn McGuinness (2022) – TMS Technician at Seattle NTC, Bellingham, WA

Reece Budinich (2021) – NIH IRTA Postbac Program – NIDA; PhD student in Max Joffe’s lab at the University of Pittsburgh

Keelee Reid (2021) – Product manager at Neuralynx

Hannah Stevenson (2021) – Research technician in Garret Stuber’s lab, University of Washington; Ph.D. Program at Notre Dame

Mack Brooks (2021) – Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

Anna DeWitt (2021) – Data scientist at Alpenglow Biosciences

Sage Arvila (2020) – Medical School, Boston University

Zoe Evans-Agnew (2020) – Nursing School, Seattle University

Hannah Webster (2019) – MA in science writing program, Johns Hopkins University; Health reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

2024 SfN poster presentation in Chicago, IL. From left: Gabi Quinn, Emili West, Jessica Muckerheide, Janina Daep, Josh Kaplan, Taylor McGillis, and Nick Schneider
Jenika Staben (left), Tucker Gibbons, and Megan Koch present their poster at the 2023 Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA
Alana Sullivan trains future lab members during a neuroscience outreach event

 

Jenika Staben and Megan Koch present their poster on the prosocial effects of CBD and cannabis terpenes at WWU’s PsychFest in 2022

 

Farrell Mahmud and Jack Jones present their poster on the appetite suppressant effects of cannabigerol (CBG) at WWU’s PsychFest in 2022

 

Lab members, Jasmin Wagner and Keelee Reid, present their poster at the FUN Poster Session at the 2019 Society for Neuroscience conference in Chicago