Kristen Delevich, PhD

Kristen received her B.S. in neuroscience and philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh where she worked in the lab of Dr. Robert Sweet. She received her PhD from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s graduate program in the lab of Dr. Bo Li and performed her postdoctoral work in Dr. Linda Wilbrecht’s lab at UC Berkeley. In February 2021, she joined the IPN department at WSU as an assistant professor.

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Qing Wang, RN

Qing is a scientific assistant in the lab. She received her R.N. degree from China Medical University. Since 2005, she has been assisting neuroscience and molecular biology labs at WSU. She is currently working on projects related to Pubertal influence on feedforward inhibition in corticostriatal circuits.  Her primary tasks include performing brain surgery, AAV tracing, and immunohistochemistry. In her free time, Qing likes cooking and hiking. 

Jacob Buursma, undergrad RA

Jacob is originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is an undergraduate student in the Honors College here at WSU, where he is pursuing a double major in neuroscience and psychology. Jacob joined the lab in August 2021 as a research assistant on the ‘Mouse Cannabis Vapor Team.’ He is currently working on a project involving the validation of a novel cannabis vapor delivery approach in mice. In 2023, he was awarded a prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship to use this approach to study the influence of adolescent cannabis use on cortical maturation. After he graduates, Jacob plans on pursuing a medical doctorate degree with the hope of going into clinical psychiatry.

Kylee Lenkersdorfer, undergrad RA

Kylee grew up in Richland, Washington. She is majoring in bioengineering with a minor in math and is planning to graduate in 2024. Kylee joined the lab in early 2021 and is currently studying the effect of Intratelencephalic (IT) and Extratelencephalic (ET) neurons in the neocortex. After obtaining her bachelor's degree, she plans on pursuing her MD. 

Jayes Acuna, undergrad RA

Lab alumni:

Courtney Klappenbach, MS (2021-2023) Current position: Epic Bio

Caitlin Ottaway (2021-2023) Current position: Graduate student WSU neuroscience program

Allison Jensen (2021-2023) Current position: Graduate student WSU neuroscience program

Theodora Gill

Gillian Freeby