WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Coffin Lab Alumni

The Coffin Lab recently moved from Washington State University to Creighton. The former lab members listed here were all part of the lab at WSU. We’ll update the page to showcase Creighton alum in the future.

Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Dr. Kristy Lawton, chief scientific officer, Rewire AI

  • Dr. Elizabeth Whitchurch, special programs coordinator, Humboldt State University

Graduate Students

  • Dr. Coty Jasper (Neuroscience PhD 2024), scientist, Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 

  • Dr. Alexandria (Camino) Hudson (Neuroscience PhD 2020), medical writer and consultant, Whitsell Innovations, Inc.

  • Dr. Phillip Uribe (Neuroscience PhD 2017), associate director for drug discovery, Blaze Bioscience

  • Ms. Tamasen Hayward (Biology MS 2017), science communicator and curriculum developer, Lam Research

  • Mr. Matthew Kruger (Biology MS 2015)

Undergraduate Students

  • Leila Farbod (Neuroscience BS 2024), research technician, Washington State University Vancouver

  • Alex Pederson (Neuroscience BS 2022), research technician, Oregon Health & Science University

  • Teyline McLean (Neuroscience BS 2022), research technician, Oregon Health & Science University

  • Olivia Molano (Neuroscience BS 2022), PhD student, Brown University and the NIH

  • Emily Dale (Neuroscience BS 2022), PhD student, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

  • Keziah-Khue Nyugen (BS Neuroscience 2022), research technician, Washington University St. Louis

  • Emilee Doppenberg (biology major)

  • Forrest Fearington (Neuroscience BS 2021), medical student, Mayo Clinic Rochester 

  • Susannah Schloss (Neuroscience BS 2021), PhD student, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

  • Sofia Grande (Biology BS 2021)

  • Trent Pratt (Neuroscience BS 2020), clinical project manager, ICON Specialty Labs

  • James Foss (neuroscience major), owner of Foss Construction

  • Garret Reynolds (biology major), pharmacist

  • Jordan Hill (Neuroscience BS 2020), research assistant, Kaiser Permanente

  • Regina Tsay (Biology BS 2019), medical student, University of Washington

  • Jordan Donaldson (Neuroscience BS 2019), AI technician, DataAnnontation

  • Gavin Lockard (Neuroscience BS 2019), medical student, University of South Florida

  • Robby Boney (Computer Science BS 2019), director of product development, InterJect

  • Maria (Sokolova) Doser (Biology BS 2018), structured literacy instructor, Forge Education LLC

  • Dr. Sterling Gray (Neuroscience BS 2019), oral surgery resident, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois Chicago 

  • Erin Cooper (Neuroscience BS 2017), founder of Pathfinder, regional community coordinator, US Department of Veterans Affairs

  • Valentin Kochenkov (Biology BS 2016)

  • Matthew Carlisle (neuroscience major)

  • Dr. Beija (Robbins) Villalpando (Neuroscience BS 2016), dermatology resident, Mayo Clinic Rochester

  • Travis Long (Biology BS 2016), forensic scientist, Washington State Patrol

  • Nicole Smith (Neuroscience BS 2015), physician assistant

  • Dr. Sarah Neveux (Neuroscience BS 2015), physical therapist

  • Dr. Alex Young (Biology BS 2014), physician, U.S. Navy

  • Cathrine (Black) Thompkins (Biology BS 2013), Oregon Health & Science University

  • Dr. Chau Nyugen (Biology BS 2013), pediatric cardiology fellow, Emory University

  • Sydney Heath (Biology BS 2013)

High School Interns

  • Theresa Soraire (Walter G. O’Connell Copiague HS 2024), undergraduate, Wesleyan University

  • Katie Clark (Evergreen HS 2023)

  • Imogen Hinchliff (Camas HS 2021), undergraduate, Reed College

  • Alexis Williams (Camas HS 2020)

  • Rahul Ram (Camas HS 2019), software engineer, Snowflake

  • Abigail Jiang (Camas HS 2019), PhD student, Harvard University

  • Anna Roche (Camas HS 2016), PhD student, University of Arizona

  • Meghal Sheth (Camas HS 2015), medical student, University of Washington