The Coffin Lab includes graduate students, research technicians, undergraduate students, and high school interns. Everyone works together to advance our understanding of the cellular basis of hearing and to develop protective therapies.
Dr. Allison Coffin
Allison Coffin, PhD
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
allison.coffin [at] wsu.edu
Tamasen Hayward
Tamasen Hayward, MS Biology
Lab Manager
Coty Jasper
Coty Jasper, MS
PhD student, Neuroscience
Rikeem Sholes
Rikeem Sholes, MS
PhD student, School of Biological Sciences
Isabella Moreno-Stedman
Isabella Moreno-Stedman
Undergraduate Researcher, Neuroscience
Olivia Molano
Olivia Molano, BS Neuroscience 2022
Research Technician
Teyline McLean
Teyline McLean, BS Neuroscience 2022
Research Technician
Fish Facility Manager
Emily Dale
Emily Dale
Undergraduate Researcher, Neuroscience
Emily is a senior undergraduate student at WSU-V. She will graduate with a BS in Neuroscience in December 2022. In the lab, she studies the effects of oxidative stress on cochlear hair cell longevity. Following graduation, she plans to attend graduate school to continue studying neuroscience, with a particular interest in Autism research. In her spare time, she likes to bake and create art.
Alex Pederson
Alex Pederson, BS Neuroscience 2022
Research Technician
Alex graduated from WSUV in July of 2022 with a bachelor’s in Neuroscience. She is currently working on the Chinook Salmon and oxidative stress projects in the lab. Her future academic goals include going to grad school to study sleep, specifically at the cellular level. Alex enjoys reading, playing video games, cooking, and hula hooping in her free time.
Lena Duplechin Seymour
Lena Duplechin Seymour
Post-bac Researcher, Neuroscience
Lena is a post-bac neuroscience student at WSUV. They graduate spring 2023. In the lab, Lena works on the ototoxicity project. Their research interests for grad school are in cognitive ethology and the biological basis of behavior. In their spare time Lena enjoys citizen science projects, old world skills like basket weaving or archery, video games, and reading.
Noel Smith
Noel Smith
Undergraduate Researcher, Neuroscience
Leila Farbod
Leila Farbod
Undergraduate Researcher, Neuroscience