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 ‘24
Emma Craig
Future Plans: PhD in Neuroscience
Electives: Survey of Biochemistry; Neuroregeneration; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Cognitive Psychology; Organic Chemistry II
Campus Research: Gabel Lab – Effects of sulforaphane on autism phenotype in mouse model
Eloise Gacetta
Future Plans: PhD in Neuroscience
Coursework: Psychopharmacology, Psychological Diagnoses, Art, Neuroscience, and Consciousness, Independent Study, Anatomy of Vision
Campus Research: Gabel Lab – Human dyslexia interventions
Kate McQuaid
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Lia Sendler
Future Plans: Masters in Biostatistics
Electives: Psychopharmacology, Survey of Biochemistry, Biostatistics, Human Physiology, Organic Chemistry II, Independent Study
Campus Research: Reynolds Lab – Neurotoxicity of trichloroethylene in Drosophila
Maddie Pompy
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Class of ‘25
Mimi Eidelman
Future Plans: Pre-health, Research
Electives: Neuroregeneration
Grace Gallagher
Future Plans: Pre-PA
Coursework: Neuroanatomy, Intro to Neural Data Analysis, Psychopharmacology, Organic Chemistry II
Abby Harr
Future Plans: Graduate school
Coursework: Intro to Neural Data Analysis, Psychopharmacology
Campus Research: Hallock Lab – Sex-specific genetics and neurocircuitry of cognition in mice
Tess Stanley
Future Plans: PhD in Neuroscience
Coursework: Intro to Neural Data Analysis, Neuroregeneration, Independent study
Campus Research: Stawicki Lab – Effect of cilia mutations on sensory hair cell survival in zebrafish
Lauren Stewart
Future Plans: Pre-med
Coursework: Organic Chemistry II, Physics I, Neurobiology
Campus Research: Gabel Lab – Role of CNTNAP2 gene in epilepsy, neuron migration, and autism phenotype
Shreya Suresh
Future Plans: Pre-Health
Electives: Organic Chemistry II, Psychopharmacology
Campus Research: Hallock Lab – Neural mechanisms of cognition in mice