Webb Lab People

Webb Lab People (Villanova U., 1993-Pres.)

Principal Investigator

Jacqueline F. Webb, Associate Professor of Biology

jacqueline.webb@villanova.edu

Current M.S. Students

Christopher Woods (BSc, Honours in Marine Biology, University of Portsmouth, England), M.S. May 2006. Functional morphology and Acoustic Properties of the Swim bladder of butterflyfishes. Christopher.Woods@villanova.edu

Margaret (Molly) Moore (BS, University of Georgia), M.S. Expected 2006. Morphogenesis of the lateral line canals in zebrafish.

Former M.S. Students

Angela Wonsettler Ridgel (B.A., College of William and Mary), M.S. 1995. The morphology and development of the mechanosensory lateral line system of the trunk of hexagrammid fishes. Ph.D.2000, Marshall Univ., in Neuroethology; now a NIH-NRSA post-doc at Case Western U.

Melissa Tarby Wasko (B.S., Villanova University), M.S. 1998. Morphogenesis of the lateral line canals in the cranial dermal bones of the cichlid, Archocentrus nigrofasciatus. Histologist, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

Dr. William Leo Smith (B.S., University of California, San Diego), M.S. 2001. Comparative morphology and evolution of the laterophysic connection in butterflyfishes".

Ph.D. with Honors, Columbia University and American Museum of Natural History (NY); Recipient of the American Museum Fellowship. Systematics of scorpaeniform fishes using morphological and molecular analyses. leosmith@amnh.org

James Lucas Herman (Luke) (B.A., Franklin and Marshall College), M.S. 2005. Morphology of the ear of butterflyfishes with a laterophysic connection.

Current Undergraduate Students

Melissa Hardy (2005-Pres.) - Comparative Development of the lateral line system in Lake Malawi cichlids,

and histological analysis of chaetodon ear development.

Now a lab technician at U. Penn Medical School; heading for medical school.

Morgan Falk (2002-Pres.) Honors Thesis - Comparative Development of the lateral line system in Lake Malawi cichlids.

Attending MS program in Forensic Science, George Washington University.

Former Undergraduate Thesis Students

	Ryan M. Walsh (2001-2005) B.S. 2005. Senior Thesis - "Development of the ear in the spotfin butterflyfish, Chaetodon ocellatus" Attending Eastern Virginia Medical School.

Briana DiSilvio (2003-2004). B.S. 2004. Honors Thesis - Neuromast and tooth diversity in mesopelagic fishes. Will be applying to Medical School

Sandra Castelli (2003-2004) B.S. 2004. Honors Thesis - Light organ structure and systematics of leiognathid fishes. Lab Technician, Sloan-Kettering, NY, applying to Medical School.

Jonathan Shirey (2001-2002) B.S. 2002. Honors Thesis - "Development of the mandibular and supraorbital lateral line canals in the zebrafish, Danio rerio" (see Webb and Shirey, 2003, Developmental Dynamics). Georgetown Medical Schoo.

Dhira Khosla (1997-1998) B.S. 1998. Honors Thesis - "Scale meristics and neuromast distribution in the lateral line system of teleost fishes". D.O., Pennsylvania College of Osteopathic Medicine

Nancy LaVine (1997-1998) B.S. 1998. Senior Thesis - "Development of the olfactory organs in the whitespotted greenling, Hexagrammos stelleri" M.D., Tufts University Med. School; Resident in gastroenterology.