Mueller Lab Members
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Dr. Casey A. Mueller
Assistant Professor, PI Casey began as an Assistant Professor at CSUSM in Fall 2015. Her research focuses on the fundamental concepts of phenotypic plasticity and critical windows during development. She is fascinated by how physiological systems develop, interact and respond to the environment and how developmental physiology influences animals later in life. Casey is enjoying working with students at CSUSM to answer a broad range of questions in the realm of comparative developmental physiology. You can read about her past research experiences here |
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Christopher Melendez - Graduate Student
Chris has been in the lab since Fall 2015, first as an undergraduate researcher and now as a Masters student. For his senior undergraduate thesis, Chris examined the effects of temperature on brine shrimp development. His Masters research involves using temperature to examine critical windows of embryonic development in rainbow trout. Chris enjoys helping his fellow students, and serves as a Supplemental Instructor for BIOL 353 Comparative Animal Physiology. |
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Lindsey Korito - Undergraduate Student
Lindsey joins the lab in Fall 2017! Lindsey is working with copepods during development and analyzing the lengths of rainbow trout hatchlings reared at different temperatures.
Lindsey joins the lab in Fall 2017! Lindsey is working with copepods during development and analyzing the lengths of rainbow trout hatchlings reared at different temperatures.
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Samantha Manzanares - Undergraduate Student
Samantha joins the lab in Fall 2017! Samantha believes research is an important aspect in discovering new concepts in the sciences as well as expanding her own educational experience in a new hands-on approach. Samantha is majoring in General Biology and hopes to pursue medical school to become an OB-GYN. When she is not busy with school,she is at the gym working towards a competition or spending time with her family. Samantha is excited to join the lab and looks forward to the experience. Samantha is working with copepods during development and analyzing the lengths of lake whitefish hatchlings reared at different temperatures. |
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John Hiedo - Undergraduate Student
John joins the lab in Fall 2017! Lindsey is working with copepods during development and analyzing the lengths of lake whitefish hatchlings reared at different temperatures.
John joins the lab in Fall 2017! Lindsey is working with copepods during development and analyzing the lengths of lake whitefish hatchlings reared at different temperatures.
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Sabrina Kazem - Undergraduate Student
Sabrina joins the lab in Fall 2017! Sabrina is an undergraduate student at CSUSM majoring in Biology. She feels as though research is critical as it tests real world ideas and is looking forward to being a contributing member of the research lab. She hopes to continue her educational path at medical school and make a difference in the world one day. Aside from work and school, during her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends. She enjoys hiking and going to the gym but also has a strong love for cooking. Sabrina is working with copepods during development and analyzing the lengths of lake whitefish hatchlings reared at different temperatures. |
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Morgan Scheffler - Undergraduate Student
Morgan joined the lab in Fall 2016 during which she conducted a thorough analysis of literature on developmental critical windows and contributed to the analysis of temperature effects on lake whitefish hatchling size. Morgan completed a senior undergraduate thesis in Spring 2017 on marine copepod metabolism using different populations and temperatures. She expanded this work as a Summer Scholar and is writing up her results for publication while applying for medical school.
Morgan joined the lab in Fall 2016 during which she conducted a thorough analysis of literature on developmental critical windows and contributed to the analysis of temperature effects on lake whitefish hatchling size. Morgan completed a senior undergraduate thesis in Spring 2017 on marine copepod metabolism using different populations and temperatures. She expanded this work as a Summer Scholar and is writing up her results for publication while applying for medical school.
Former Lab Members
Samuel Woldeyohannes - Undergraduate Student
Samuel worked with brine shrimp rearing at different salinities and helped in rainbow trout embryo maintenance at different temperatures, performed dissections and collected mass data. Samuel is finishing his undergraduate at CSUSM and preparing for medical school.
Julie Bucsky - Undergraduate Student
Julie worked on rearing brine shrimp under different temperatures. She also helped with morphological measurements of Baja California chorus frog embryos incubated at different temperatures. Julie graduated in May 2017.
Jonathan Kramer - Undergraduate Student
Jonathan contributed to analysis on the effect of increased temperature during critical windows of development on lake whitefish growth and examining the conditions under which brine shrimp reproduce by live young, eggs, sexual or asexual means.
Samuel Woldeyohannes - Undergraduate Student
Samuel worked with brine shrimp rearing at different salinities and helped in rainbow trout embryo maintenance at different temperatures, performed dissections and collected mass data. Samuel is finishing his undergraduate at CSUSM and preparing for medical school.
Julie Bucsky - Undergraduate Student
Julie worked on rearing brine shrimp under different temperatures. She also helped with morphological measurements of Baja California chorus frog embryos incubated at different temperatures. Julie graduated in May 2017.
Jonathan Kramer - Undergraduate Student
Jonathan contributed to analysis on the effect of increased temperature during critical windows of development on lake whitefish growth and examining the conditions under which brine shrimp reproduce by live young, eggs, sexual or asexual means.
