Happy to be together and unmasked in Summer 2021, during the brief period after we were all vaccinated and before the Delta variant. Left to right: Thomas O'Leary, Lauren Clark (Castleton Univ.), Isha Chauhan (Univ. Kentucky), Emily Mikucki, Kylie Finnegan, and Brent Lockwood
Dr. Brent L. Lockwood
Associate Professor
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Brent received a B.S. in Ecology, Behavior and Evolution and a B.A. in Archaeological Anthropology from UC San Diego. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University, where he worked in the lab of Dr. George Somero on ecological genomics and protein evolution in marine mussels. Brent was an NIH postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Kristi Montooth at Indiana University, where he studied mechanisms of thermal tolerance in the Drosophila melanogaster embryo. Brent joined the faculty in the Department of Biology at UVM in 2014, where he continues to pursue questions at the interface of evolution, ecology, and physiology.
Associate Professor
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Brent received a B.S. in Ecology, Behavior and Evolution and a B.A. in Archaeological Anthropology from UC San Diego. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University, where he worked in the lab of Dr. George Somero on ecological genomics and protein evolution in marine mussels. Brent was an NIH postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Kristi Montooth at Indiana University, where he studied mechanisms of thermal tolerance in the Drosophila melanogaster embryo. Brent joined the faculty in the Department of Biology at UVM in 2014, where he continues to pursue questions at the interface of evolution, ecology, and physiology.
Thomas O'Leary
PhD Candidate
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Thomas received a B.A. in Biology from the University of Vermont in 2016. After graduation, Thomas worked as a lab technician specializing in DNA and RNA sequencing for Charles River Labs in Philadelphia. Thomas then spent a year and a half as a research technician in the Previs Lab in the Dept. of Molecular Physiology at UVM, using proteomics to study the role of MyBP-C in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. For his dissertation, Thomas is investigating the genetic basis of variation in developmental physiology in the early Drosophila embryo.
PhD Candidate
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Thomas received a B.A. in Biology from the University of Vermont in 2016. After graduation, Thomas worked as a lab technician specializing in DNA and RNA sequencing for Charles River Labs in Philadelphia. Thomas then spent a year and a half as a research technician in the Previs Lab in the Dept. of Molecular Physiology at UVM, using proteomics to study the role of MyBP-C in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. For his dissertation, Thomas is investigating the genetic basis of variation in developmental physiology in the early Drosophila embryo.
Kylie Finnegan
Master's Student
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Kylie is in the accelerated master's program and is broadly interested in developmental genetics and protein biochemistry. For her master's work, Kylie is investigating the role of molecular chaperones in mediating protein folding in the developing Drosophila embryo.
Master's Student
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Kylie is in the accelerated master's program and is broadly interested in developmental genetics and protein biochemistry. For her master's work, Kylie is investigating the role of molecular chaperones in mediating protein folding in the developing Drosophila embryo.
Lab Alumni
Emily Mikucki - Graduate student from 2015-2020 and postdoc from 2020-2022. Now a lecturer in the Biology Department at the University of Vermont. Congrats Emily!!!
Sumaetee (Por) Tangwancharoen - Postdoc from 2019-2021. Now a new professor at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. Congrats Por!!!
Neel Patel - Undergraduate honors thesis student from 2020-2021. Now a medical assistant at Community Health Centers of Burlington in Burlington, Vermont.
Shervin Razavi - Undergraduate honors thesis student from 2020-2021. Now an M.D./Ph.D. student at Syracuse University.
Gretchen Thompson - Undergraduate honors thesis student from 2019-2020. Now a graduate student studying kinesiology at Oregon State.
Ana Manuelian - Undergraduate honors thesis student from 2018-2019. Now a research assistant studying asthma and allergy physiology at Boston Univ. School of Medicine.
Caity Decara - Undergraduate researcher 2018-2019.
Tarun Gupta - Postdoc from 2016-2018. Now a senior data scientist at the Bank of Montreal in Toronto, Canada.
Sarah Howe - Research assistant and undergraduate researcher from 2014-2017. Now pursuing a masters degree in Genetic Counseling at UPenn.
Marlo Zorman - Undergraduate researcher from 2016-2017. Now pursuing his PhD in Molecular Engineering at the Univ. of Washington.
Marissa Ng - Undergraduate honors thesis student from 2015-2016. Now working at the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Rosemary Scavotto - Research assistant from 2015-2016. Now a high school science teacher in Vermont.
Emily Mikucki - Graduate student from 2015-2020 and postdoc from 2020-2022. Now a lecturer in the Biology Department at the University of Vermont. Congrats Emily!!!
Sumaetee (Por) Tangwancharoen - Postdoc from 2019-2021. Now a new professor at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. Congrats Por!!!
Neel Patel - Undergraduate honors thesis student from 2020-2021. Now a medical assistant at Community Health Centers of Burlington in Burlington, Vermont.
Shervin Razavi - Undergraduate honors thesis student from 2020-2021. Now an M.D./Ph.D. student at Syracuse University.
Gretchen Thompson - Undergraduate honors thesis student from 2019-2020. Now a graduate student studying kinesiology at Oregon State.
Ana Manuelian - Undergraduate honors thesis student from 2018-2019. Now a research assistant studying asthma and allergy physiology at Boston Univ. School of Medicine.
Caity Decara - Undergraduate researcher 2018-2019.
Tarun Gupta - Postdoc from 2016-2018. Now a senior data scientist at the Bank of Montreal in Toronto, Canada.
Sarah Howe - Research assistant and undergraduate researcher from 2014-2017. Now pursuing a masters degree in Genetic Counseling at UPenn.
Marlo Zorman - Undergraduate researcher from 2016-2017. Now pursuing his PhD in Molecular Engineering at the Univ. of Washington.
Marissa Ng - Undergraduate honors thesis student from 2015-2016. Now working at the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Rosemary Scavotto - Research assistant from 2015-2016. Now a high school science teacher in Vermont.