Current Lab Members

Spring 2026 - Celebrating 10 years of the lab (and our fish) at WVU!

Sadie A. Bergeron, PhD - Associate Professor/PI (email)
WVU Departments of Biology and Neuroscience
Postdoctoral Fellow, NICHD, Bethesda, MD, USA, 2010 - 2015
PhD, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, 2010
BS, Biology, Cum Laude, Roger Williams University, 2003
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Ishmael Muhammad (MS track graduate student)
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Haiden Placer (PhD track graduate student)

Avery Clutter (PhD track graduate student)

​Isaiah Aites (PhD track graduate student)

Leannah Messenger (undergraduate) - RAP and SURE Programs

Susan Kurtz (undergraduate) - RAP Program

Brent Marcus (undergraduate)

Colin Montgomery (undergraduate)

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Past Lab Members

Graduate Students:
Alexandra (Lexie) Schmidt, PhD (next: postdoctoral fellow, U. So. Carolina)
​Rebecca Coltogirone, PhD (next: teaching assistant professor, WVU)

Undergraduates:
Abreanne Andlinger 
Akshay Kesari 
Amanda Malnikoff 
​Andrea Barker
Andy Booher
Arianna Greco
Caitlyn Parker
Caleb Kisamore 
​Camryn Irvin
Courtney Caugh
Daniela Amalfi
Dominique Saporito 
Emery Kronemeyer
Emma Sherfinski
Faith Brown
George (AJ) Holmes
Haiden Placer
Jackie Mullins 
James Hammock
​Jay Jackson
Julia Romett ​
Julie Bullock
​Julie Horwath 
Justin Robertson
Katherine Farinash
Lindsay Fadel 
Luke Frashure
Madison Riffe 
Madison Starcher
Morin Nessim
Nathan Williams 
Oliver Cook 
Olivia Nickoloff 
Rebekah Shephard 
Samantha Hershman
Samantha Phelix
Sarah Malek
Sarah Peterson
Shelby May
Tammy Thu Nguyen 
Tessa Kenney
Zoe Dobler

Staff:
Regina Patrick (lab tech)
Casey Showman (lab tech)
Veronica DiFuccia (lab tech)
Taylor Saurborn (lab tech)

Lab Photos