People
Principal Investigator
Dr Danielle Levesque
Danielle was recently interviewed for the Journal of Experimental Biology, you can read all about it here.
Graduate Students
Ana Breit (PhD, 2018 – Present)-“Comparative physiology and the evolution of thermolability in mammals”
Check out Ana’s recent trip to the van Breukelen lab at the University of Nevada Las Vegas!
Elise Gudde (MSc, 2019-Present)- “Thermoregulation and energetics of the Northern Flying Squirrel”
Undergraduate Students
Jessica Beneski (CUGR Undergraduate Research Fellow, Fall2019-Spring2020)- “A Comparative and Genomic Analysis of Mammalian Bladder Phenotypes”
Molly Bennett (Honors Thesis, Spring 2019)
Undergraduate Research Technicians
Stephanie Ross (2019- present)
Lab Alumni
Graduate Students
Jake Gutkes (MSc, 2017- 2019)- Modeling thermoregulation Peromyscus
Vanessa Hensley (MSc, 2016-2018)-“Living on the edge: thermophysiology of the southern flying squirrel at its northern range margin”
Teumbo Ngunte (MSc, 2016-2018)- “Assessing the upper critical limit of the thermoneutral zone in laboratory mice”
Undergraduate Students
Emily Gagne (Honors Thesis, Spring 2019)- “Uncoupling Protein 1 in Bornean Treeshrews”
Tal Kleinhause (Honors Thesis, Fall 2018) – “Fire and Blood: Behavior and Thermoregulation in Small Nocturnal Mammals”
Edward Medeiros (Capstone, Spring 2018)- “Skull morphology trends in Maine rodents across mid-Nineteenth Century specimens”
Tashawna Spellen (Capstone, Fall 2017- Spring 2018)-“The possibility of hybridization in Maine flying squirrels”
Jahzmin Walker (Capstone,Fall 2017- Spring 2018)- “Strongyloides robustus and its influence on northern and southern flying squirrels”
Kelsey Rose (Capstone, Fall 2017)- “Variability of canines in carnivorous Canidae dentition”
Jake Gutkes (Capstone, Fall 2017)- “Thermal windows in tenrecs”
Kaylei Bergeron (Capstone, Fall 2016) – “The effects of weather and temperature on eastern gray squirrels”
Helen Churchill (Capstone, Fall 2016) – “Home range analysis through radio tracking American gray squirrels in University of Maine forest”
Michelle Bassis
Zachary Hamel
Caroline Spangenberg