Each mentor has shared their personal academic experience with Neuroscience at Lafayette and future career plans to give a general idea of the possible directions one can take within the degree path. If you would like to learn more about a certain elective, lab experience, or career trajectory, please feel free to contact us!
Class of ’25
Hope Boldizar (she/her)
Email: boldizah@lafayette.edu
Degree: BS in Neuroscience
On-Campus Research: Zebrafish hair cell research with Dr. Tamara Stawicki
Post-Lafayette Plans: Planning to go to PA school after a gap year!
Chelsey Cochrane
Email: cochracm@lafayette.edu
Degree: BS in Neuroscience
Amber Crain (she/her)
Email: craina@lafayette.edu
Degree: BS in Neuroscience
On-Campus Research: I currently work with Professor Gabel researching the effects of Sulforaphane on BTBR female mice.
Post-Lafayette Plans: Plans of applying to Physician Assistant School
Grace Gallagher (she/her)
Email: gallaggg@lafayette.edu
Degree: BS Neuroscience
Coursework: Neuroanatomy, Intro to Neural Data Analysis, Psychopharmacology, Organic Chemistry II
Post-Lafayette Plans: PA School
Casey MacElhiney
Email: macelhic@lafayette.edu
Degree: BS in Neuroscience
Abby Harr (she/her/hers)
Email: harra@lafayette.edu
Degree: BS Neuroscience, German minor
Coursework: Intro to Neural Data Analysis, Psychopharmacology
On-Campus Research: Research on attention and working memory in mice with Dr. Hallock
Post-Lafayette Plans: PhD in Neuroscience
Kailey Shapiro (she/her)
Email: shapirka@lafayette.edu
Degree: BS in Neuroscience, Spanish Minor
Post-Lafayette Plans: Academic research lab and then grad school
Tess Stanley (she/her)
Email: stanleyt@lafayette.edu
Degree: BS Neuroscience, BA Philosophy
Coursework: Intro to Neural Data Analysis, Neuroregeneration, Independent Study
Future Plans: PhD in Neuroscience
Campus Research: Stawicki Lab – Effect of cilia mutations on sensory hair cell survival in zebrafish
Lauren Stewart (she/her)
Email: stewarls@lafayette.edu
Degree: BS Neuroscience, Biotechnology Minor
Coursework: Organic Chemistry II, Physics I, Neurobiology
On-Campus Research: Audiogenic Seizures in CNTNAP2 mice with Dr. Lisa Gabel
Shreya Suresh
Email: sureshs@lafayette.edu
Degree: BS in Neuroscience, Music minor
Electives: Organic Chemistry II, Psychopharmacology
Campus Research: Hallock Lab – Neural mechanisms of cognition in mice
Future Plans: Pre-Health
Class of ’26
Gisele Ismail
Email: ISMAILG@lafayette.edu
Degree: BS in Neuroscience
Lindsey Sofo (she/her)
Email: sofol@lafayette.edu
Degree: BS in Neuroscience, Biotechnology/Bioengineering Minor
Post-Lafayette Plans: Medical School