Tancia Bradshaw (she/her/hers)
Biological Sciences Doctoral Student Tancia was born and raised in Saint Kitts and Nevis, an island federation in the Eastern Caribbean. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree from the University of the Virgin Islands where she majored in General Biology. She is currently a doctoral graduate student in the lab working on the role of diet-dependent insulin signaling in the adipose tissue in controlling oogenesis. Chad Simmons (he/him/his)
Biological Sciences Doctoral Student Chad is a doctoral graduate student in the Biological Sciences program from Rutherfordton, NC. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences and a master's degree in Biomedical Science from the University of South Carolina. He is currently investigating the role of adipocyte amino acid transporters in oogenesis and adipocyte morphology. He is also member of the Gamecock Triathlon Club. David Duncan (he/him/his)
Biological Sciences Doctoral Student David, from Richmond, VA, earned his undergraduate degree in Biology from Bridgewater College. He completed his Master's studies at Delaware State University where he used transcriptomics to investigate genome instability in the Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell line. David's current project aims to develop Drosophila as an in vivo model for chronic inflammation associated with diet induced obesity. In his free time, David enjoys playing basketball. Esha Hegde (she/her/hers)
University of South Carolina Honors College Undergraduate Class of 2023 Esha is majoring in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology on the premed track and minoring in History. Esha started in the lab as a volunteer and is now working on a project to understand how obesity-associated inflammation might be treated with botanical dietary supplements. In her free time, Esha loves to read, watch classic movies, and hang out with her dog. Rachael Ott (she/her/hers)
University of South Carolina Undergraduate Class of 2022 Rachael is a Biological Sciences major, with minors in Chemistry and Neuroscience. Growing up outside of Washington, D.C., she loves spending time at Arts & Cultural exhibitions with friends on the Georgetown waterfront. Rachael’s project aims at understanding the downstream targets of insulin signaling in adipocytes that are responsible for regulating oogenesis. Ivory Bryant (she/her/hers)
University of South Carolina Undergraduate Class of 2025 Ivory is from Charleston, SC, and is a sophomore at UofSC. She is a premed student majoring in Biological Sciences and minoring in Psychology. Ivory's project in the Armstrong Lab is to help develop the most effective immunostaining protocol to examine adipocytes in adult Drosophila fat tissue. Outside of the lab, she enjoys reading and playing her violin. Josh Lastimoso (he/him/his)
University of South Carolina Undergraduate Class of 2022 Josh is a senior majoring in biology from Sumter, SC. He is a premed student who is currently studying the morphological effects of high fat/high sugar diets on adipose tissue. Outside of school, he likes to lift weights, play basketball, and listen to music. His favorite food is lumpia. |
Former Lab Members
Emma Otey (UofSC Class of 2022)
Megan Glover (UofSC Class of 2022)
Anshel Ross (SC-ADAR Program - 2021)
Jordan Glover (PREP Class of 2021)
Savannah Tucker (UofSC Class of 2021)
Jennifer "Jay" Stanton (UofSC Class of 2020)
Kristin Tolbert (SC-ADAR Program - 2019/2020)
Michael Meyerink (Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's 2020)
Subhshri Sahu, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Trainee)
Alexandra Tamura (U of SC Honors College Class of 2019)
Alondra Villalba (PREP Class of 2019)
Brian Haimerl (U of SC Honors College Class of 2019)
Tinea Morris (U of SC Class of 2019)
Lexus Dickson (U of SC Class of 2018)
Shanieka Staley (PREP Class of 2018)
Samuel Lambert (U of SC Class of 2018)
Brooke Stewart (U of SC Class of 2018)
Matthew Herbst (Dutch Fork High Class of 2018)
Jessica Lawton (U of SC Class of 2017)
Megan Glover (UofSC Class of 2022)
Anshel Ross (SC-ADAR Program - 2021)
Jordan Glover (PREP Class of 2021)
Savannah Tucker (UofSC Class of 2021)
Jennifer "Jay" Stanton (UofSC Class of 2020)
Kristin Tolbert (SC-ADAR Program - 2019/2020)
Michael Meyerink (Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's 2020)
Subhshri Sahu, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Trainee)
Alexandra Tamura (U of SC Honors College Class of 2019)
Alondra Villalba (PREP Class of 2019)
Brian Haimerl (U of SC Honors College Class of 2019)
Tinea Morris (U of SC Class of 2019)
Lexus Dickson (U of SC Class of 2018)
Shanieka Staley (PREP Class of 2018)
Samuel Lambert (U of SC Class of 2018)
Brooke Stewart (U of SC Class of 2018)
Matthew Herbst (Dutch Fork High Class of 2018)
Jessica Lawton (U of SC Class of 2017)