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Lab Members

Our lab functions because of the hard work of research staff and student interns who work throughout the year to help collect data and keep our projects moving forward.  If you’re interested in learning more about seasonal student internships and/or other opportunities to work on tickborne disease prevention projects at WCSU, click here.
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Neeta Pardanani Connally

Principal Investigator
Associate Professor, WCSU Biology
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Vicki Hornbostel, M.E.S.

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Research Assistant
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Brittany Schappach, B.A. 

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Research Assistant
WCSU Biology ’18

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Emma Baxley

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Research Assistant
​WCSU Biology ’22

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Jacob Bethin

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Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow (WCSU SURF)
​WCSU Biology ’21
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Danielle Weiss

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Research Assistant
WCSU Biology '21

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Fran Tick

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Lab Manager
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Whippy

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​Therapeutic Lab Arachnid
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Tick Lab Alumni:

​Daniel Buser (Anthropology, '18), Barbara Campbell (Sociology), Vanele Dacosta (Biology '16), Melissa Dease (Biology '12), Melissa DiNino (Biology '14), Carina Doyle (NYU Biology), Payal Dudhedia (Biology '16), Karina Escobar (Biology '16), AmberJean Hansen (Biology '14), Socheata Lim (Biochemistry '14), Jake Lipinski (Biology '17), Kim Lockwood (Biology '17), Christopher Madden (Biology), Danielle Marcone (Quinnipiac College, Biology '21), Megan Morrow (Biology '15), Kelly Nealon (U. Maryland B.S. '17, WCSU M.S. Biology '21), Devin Norkowski (Psychology), Colin O’Brien (Biology '16), Bruna Oliveira (Biology '15), Dimitri Psaltos (Boston Univ. Biomedical Engineering '15), Jennifer Reid (Health Promotion '13), Chantal Ridlon (Biology '14), Esau Rojas (Biology '15), Kiran Singh-Smith (Barnard Coll. Environmental Sciences, '19), Amanda Thompson (UNH Biology '18), Robert Toth III (Biology '17), Layra Valdes (Biochemistry '19), Rebecca Warren (Biology '16), Sandra Zapata Ramirez (Biology '18), Chris Zavras (Biology '21).

Contact Information

Science Building 139
Western Connecticut State University
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
181 White Street
​Danbury, CT 06810
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