Larissa M. Williams, Ph.D.

Associate Professor 

Email: lwillia2@bates.edu
Office phone: 207-786-8202
Mailing address: 45 Campus Avenue, Bonney 215, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240

Education:
B.A. in Biological Sciences, Smith College, 2005
Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology, North Carolina State University, 2010
NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, Molecular Toxicology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2010-2012

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Williams Lab, 2023-2024

Harriet Ayken-Odoom

Class of 2024
Major: Biochemistry and Japanese Language
Hometown: New York, NY

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Livia Bernhardt

Class of 2024
Major: Biochemistry
Hometown: Leicester, VT

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Mfon Diduff

Class of 2024
Major: Biochemistry
Hometown: New York, NY

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Hallie Hayne

Class of 2024
Major: Biology
Hometown: New York, NY

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Avery Leonard

Class of 2024
Major: Biology
Hometown: Verona, WI

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Izzy Lussier

Class of 2024
Major: Biology
Hometown: West Suffield, CT

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Williams Lab, 2022-2023

Connor Ahern

Class of 2023
Major: Biology
Hometown: Wellesley, Massachusetts

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Mfon Diduff

Class of 2024
Major: Biochemistry
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York

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Kerry Ettinger

Class of 2023
Major: Biology
Hometown: Camden, Maine

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Dillon Holton

Class of 2022, Southern Maine Community College
Major: Biotechnology
Hometown: Lisbon Falls, Maine

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Belize Iteriteka

Class of 2023
Major: Biochemistry
Hometown: Pheonix, AZ

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Jessica Kissi

Class of 2023
Major: Biochemistry and French and Francophone Studies
Hometown: Chicago, IL

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Wentao “Taylor” Si

Class of 2024
Major: Neuroscience
Hometown: Shanghai, China

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Gabby Smart

Class of 2023
Major: Biology
Hometown: Clinton, Montana

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Harriet Xu

Class of 2025
Major: Not yet declared
Hometown: Short Hills, New Jersey

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Williams Lab, 2021-2022

Sydney Phillips

Class of 2022
Major: Biology
Hometown: Plainville, Massachusetts

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Benjamin Schmandt

Class of 2022
Major: Biology
Hometown: Winchester, Massachusetts

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Williams Lab, Summer 2019

Jhansi Kolli

Class of 2021
Major: Biochemistry
Hometown: Murfreesboro, Tennessee

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Thaddeus Gunther

Class of 2021
Major: Biology
Hometown: Farmington, Maine

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Research Associate 2018-2019

Anna Marie Bowsher

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Williams Lab, Winter 2019

Ken Hale

Class of 2019
Major: Biochemistry
Hometown: Cleveland, OH

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Britiny Lee

Class of 2019
Major: Biology
Hometown: Cleveland, OH

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Hadley Moreau

Class of 2019
Major: Environmental Studies
Hometown: Falmouth, ME

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Marcus Ross

Class of 2019
Major: Biology
Hometown: Mansfield, TX

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Williams Lab, 2017-2018

Rachel Blaustein

Class of 2018
Major: Biochemistry
Hometown: Needham, MA

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Jason Boisvert

Class of 2018
Major: Biology
Hometown: Concord, Massachusetts

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Melanie Mait

Class of 2018
Major: Biology
Hometown: Ogunquit, Maine

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Gwen Muscato

Class of 2018
Major: Biology
Hometown: Dover, New Hampshire

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Williams Lab, 2016-2017

Madeline McLean

Class of 2017
Major: Biological Chemistry
Hometown: Hood River, Oregon

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Quang Nguyen

Class of 2017
Major: Biological Chemistry
Hometown: Hanoi, Vietnam

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Jacob Pantazis

Class of 2017
Major: Biological Chemistry
Hometown: Manchester, New Hampshire

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Alex Ulin

Class of 2017
Major: Biology
Hometown: Bradford, Pennsylvania

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Williams Summer Lab, 2016

Madeline McLean

Class of 2017
Major: Biological Chemistry
Hometown: Hood River, Oregon

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Quang Nguyen

Class of 2017
Major: Biological Chemistry
Hometown: Hanoi, Vietnam

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Derek Theriault

Southern Maine Community College
Major: Biotechnology
Hometown: Hampstead, New Hampshire

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Alex Ulin

Class of 2017
Major: Biology
Hometown: Bradford, Pennsylvania

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Williams Summer and Thesis Lab, 2015

Jake Henderson

Class of 2016
Major: Biology
Hometown: Spartenburg, South Carolina

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Michelle Kelley

Class of 2016
Major: Biological chemistry
Hometown: Manchester, Vermont

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Nancy Tran

Class of 2016
Major: Biological chemistry
Hometown: Seattle, Washington

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Williams Lab, 2014-2015

Kathleen Morrill

Class of 2015
Major: Biological chemistry
Hometown: Frederick, Maryland

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Minh-Tam Pham

Class of 2015
Major: Biological chemistry
Hometown: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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Nick Pray

Class of 2015
Major: Biology
Hometown: Northampton, Massachusetts

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Nabil Saleem

Class of 2015
Major: Biological chemistry
Hometown: Alpharetta, Georgia

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Sophie Salas

Class of 2015
Major: Biology
Hometown: Camden, Maine

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Williams Summer Lab, 2014

Katie Paulson

Class of 2015
Major: Mathematics
Hometown: Needham, Massachusetts

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Nabil Saleem

Class of 2015
Major: Biological chemistry
Hometown: Alpharetta, Georgia

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Roshni Mangar

Class of 2016, College of the Atlantic
Major: Human Ecology
Hometown: Roches-Brunes, Mauritius

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Sophie Salas

Class of 2015
Major: Biology
Hometown: Camden, Maine

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Williams Lab, 2013-2014

Yuying (Jenny) Chen

Class of 2016
Major: Biological Chemistry
Hometown: Englewood, Colorado

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Daniel Jordan

Class of 2014
Major: Biology
Hometown: Washington, D.C.

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Michael Martin

Class of 2014
Major: Biological Chemistry
Hometown: Slatersville, R.I.

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James Meyo

Class of 2014
Major: Biological Chemistry
Hometown: Nairobi, Kenya

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Camilla Nivison

Class of 2014
Major: Biology
Hometown: Ithaca, NY

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Zena Sabath

Class of 2014
Major: Biological Chemistry
Hometown: Sugar Land, TX

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Allison Tsomides

Class of 2014
Major: Biology
Hometown: Troy, Maine