{"id":119,"date":"2025-08-24T13:27:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T18:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/leelab\/?page_id=119"},"modified":"2026-05-13T07:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:45:21","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/leelab\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The people behind the science<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Norman Lee<\/strong>, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Norman Lee is a neuroethologist and Associate Professor of Biology, as well as Director of the Neuroscience Program<\/a> at St. Olaf College<\/a>. He earned his Ph.D. in Cell and Systems Biology from the University of Toronto and completed postdoctoral training in auditory neuroethology at the University of Minnesota. At St. Olaf, he teaches biology and neuroscience courses while leading a dynamic undergraduate research lab. His research explores how animals, from insects to frogs, use sound to make decisions in noisy and ever-changing environments. Equally important, he is dedicated to mentoring students from diverse backgrounds and supporting them in discovering their own paths in science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lauren Bitner<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Postbaccalaureate Research Associate<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lauren graduated from St. Olaf in 2023 with majors in Biology and Psychology and is currently investigating how the reproductive state influences sensory and behavioral processes in Ormia ochracea<\/em>. Lauren is broadly interested in questions at the intersection of neuroscience and behavior and plans to pursue graduate study in human auditory perception or developmental psychology.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Students<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Elsa Bell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Erin Featherstone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Mads Hockmuth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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David Males<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Bree Nissley<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Mary Cate Pugh<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Ava Spohn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Emma Supina<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Past Lab Members<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Alec Kirtley<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Jiayun Hao<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Meiyi Chen<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Isaiah Pressman<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Suriya Thompson<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Matthew Erickson<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Kari Jirik <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Luis F Almanza <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Luis J Almanza <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Johanna Glaaser <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Trung Vu <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. Jamie Cha <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. Helen Vu <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. Alina Allawala <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. Molly Prytz <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. Danny Barry <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. Emilia Stoian <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. Thabiso Mabote <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. Iya Abdulkarim <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. Ziyuan Shi <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. Michaela Blakeslee <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. Ryan Dickey<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  23. Alayna Bowlin <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  24. Leslie Garfias <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  25. Sueray Wang <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  26. Fernando Aguilar Ortega <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  27. Isak Aarrestad <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  28. Marissa Ruppe <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  29. Addie Rossinow <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  30. Gleb Kozienko <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  31. Gus Duininck <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  32. Hayden Kvalevog <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  33. Quang Vu <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  34. Ioana Popa <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  35. Jackson Gilbert <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  36. Laura Rubiano Mongui <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  37. Nanna Gailliun <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  38. Olivia Pearson <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  39. Rahaf Qarabsa <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  40. Yeng Xiong <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  41. Chelsea Hurtado <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  42. Briella Schmidt <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  43. Sophia Pletcher <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  44. Michael Jensen <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  45. Abigail Velazquez <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  46. Emily Wammer <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  47. Fiona Oflaherty <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  48. Mackenize Farrell <\/li>\n\n\n\n
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  50. Mikayla Carlson <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  51. Sadie Rose <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  52. Blanca Torres <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  53. Jimena Dominguez (Postbac) <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  54. Cody Sherman <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  55. Emma Wieseler <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  56. Jessie Spague <\/li>\n\n\n\n
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  58. Emily Galo-Castellanos<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  59. Tenzin Gyaltsen<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  60. William Johnson<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  61. Bella Gutierrez<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  62. Shea McDonald<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  63. Kennedy Benish<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  64. Rahaf Qarabsa<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Lauren Bitner Postbaccalaureate Research Associate Lauren graduated from St. Olaf in 2023 with majors in Biology and Psychology and is currently investigating how the reproductive state influences sensory and behavioral processes in Ormia ochracea. Lauren is broadly interested in questions at the intersection of neuroscience and behavior and plans to pursue graduate study in human […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2271,"featured_media":96,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-119","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/leelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/leelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/leelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/leelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2271"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/leelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/leelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/leelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions\/314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/leelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/leelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}