This section celebrates the dogs, cats, reptiles, rodents, and assorted companions who keep our lab members grounded, entertained, and occasionally distracted. We’re proud to introduce the unofficial (but essential) members of our research community.
Ted's hobbies include sleeping, eating treats, and hiking (or sitting in his backpack while Jen hikes). He also enjoys sitting in Jen's lap so Ted might say hello during a virtual meeting!
Clyde is an 8 year old ball python. She enjoys curling up under her favorite rock, wrapping herself in a blanket, and watching TV
Though he was trained to be ferocious, Oliver has turned out to be much more of a softie. Aside from following his people around the house, he enjoys swimming, hiking, and begging for your food!
Maxon is is a 12-year-old mini lop rabbit, named after the prince from a book series called The Selection.
Favorite toy is a stuffed animal sloth. Will jump in a body of water at any chance she can get!
Small bird enthusiast and very likely to bring a bird into the house
Miso's personality is about as standard as it can be for a pug. When you look up a pug's personality, the AI aptly states, "charming, affectionate, and playful companion dogs with comical, expressive faces, thriving on human attention and companionship"
When Fish is not sleeping, her hobbies include: knocking objects off of the counter, pushing her toys beneath the couch, and waking Cayden up at 4:00AM by biting his fingers.
This is Asia! She is a German shepherd who loves to run around, play with squeaky toys and meet new people!
Lionel is named after Lionel Messi and is a polydactyl cat (extra toes!). He loves to explore, interrupt zoom meetings and wake up his humans for early morning head-butts, and drinking out of every faucet in the house.
Badger is a 17 year old pig, hound and pitbull mix. He likes to eat everything, particularly illegal dog foods (chocolate) and taxidermy animals. In his free time, Badger likes to nap...and that's about it.