People
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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
Williams Lab, 2023-2024
Harriet Ayken-Odoom
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Class of 2024
Major: Biochemistry and Japanese Language
Hometown: New York, NY
Livia Bernhardt
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Class of 2024
Major: Biochemistry
Hometown: Leicester, VT
Mfon Diduff
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Class of 2024
Major: Biochemistry
Hometown: New York, NY
Hallie Hayne
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Class of 2024
Major: Biology
Hometown: New York, NY
Avery Leonard
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Class of 2024
Major: Biology
Hometown: Verona, WI
Izzy Lussier
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Class of 2024
Major: Biology
Hometown: West Suffield, CT
Williams Lab, 2022-2023
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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
Jessica Kissi
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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
Williams Lab, 2021-2022
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Sydney Phillips
Class of 2022
Major: Biology
Hometown: Plainville, Massachusetts
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Benjamin Schmandt
Class of 2022
Major: Biology
Hometown: Winchester, Massachusetts
Williams Lab, Summer 2019
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Jhansi Kolli
Class of 2021
Major: Biochemistry
Hometown: Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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Thaddeus Gunther
Class of 2021
Major: Biology
Hometown: Farmington, Maine
Research Associate 2018-2019
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Anna Marie Bowsher
Williams Lab, Winter 2019
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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
Williams Lab, 2017-2018
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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
Williams Lab, 2016-2017
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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
Williams Summer Lab, 2016
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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
Williams Summer and Thesis Lab, 2015
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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
Williams Lab, 2014-2015
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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
Williams Summer Lab, 2014
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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
Williams Lab, 2013-2014
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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