Principal Investigator:
Associate Professor
Dr. Townsend obtained a B.A. in chemistry from St. Olaf College. He then entered the combined DVM/Ph.D program at the University of Minnesota where he obtained his Ph.D in Pharmacology with a minor in Neuroscience. His thesis work was directed at using the enteric nervous system to understand opioid receptor biology. During his clinical veterinary training Dr. Townsend became enamored with the heart. After he completed his clinical training he moved on to the University of Michigan for post-doctoral training where he started investigating dystrophic cardiomyopathies. He was recruited back to the University of Minnesota into the department of Integrative Biology and Physiology.
Integrative Biology and Physiology
Laboratory Alumni:
| Name | Type | Current Position | |
| Evelyne Houang | IBP Rotation Student | Computational Scientist, Drug Discovery Group- Schrödinger | |
| Tim Matsura | IBP Rotation Student | Post-Doctoral Fellow- University of Pennsylvania | |
| Jae Hwi Sung | IBP Rotation Student | Assay Development Scientist Bio-Techne | |
| Dogacan Yucel | IBP Rotation Student | Post-doctoral Fellow Boston Children's Hospital (Harvard University) | |
| Amirtha Yellamilli | IBP Rotation Student | Pediatric Rheumatology Fellow Stanford University | |
| Tatyana (Meyers) Vetter | IBP Graduate Student | Scientific Director Diverge Translational Science Laboratory | |
| Kaleb Fischer | CMB Graduate Student | Senior Software Engineer | |
| Emily Chiu | MSTP Rotation Student | MSTP Student- University of Minnesota | |
| Jaelyn Basich | Undergrad | Medical Student- University of North Dakota | |
| Gina Qian | Undergrad | MPH Student/Environmental Health Sciences- UCLA | |
| Alexandria Palmer | Undergrad | OMM Fellow- Kansas City University | |
| Kira Bourdage | Undergrad | Graduated with Physiology BA | |
| Ali Mashadi | Undergrad | Medical Student- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | |
| Rohan Raikar | Undergrad | Medical Student - University of Minnesota | |
| Jonah Muller | Undergrad | Medical Student - University of North Dakota | |
| Stone van Slooten | Undergrad | Medical Technician- Edina Retina Consultants | |
| Tyler Dobratz | Masters in Biological Sciences | Medical Student- Lake Erie Medical School | |
| Precious Wells | Undergrad | Healthcare IT Analyst | |
| Amiee Krebsbach | Undergrad | Senior R&D Engineer- Medtronic | |
| Mitchell Taylor | Undergrad | Research Assistant - Creighton University School of Medicine | |
| Robert Hughes | Undergrad | Scientist at Medtronic | |
| Rebecca Lorsung | Undergrad | MSTP University of Maryland | |
| Max Melin | Undergrad | MSTP - UCLA/Caltech | |
| Lauren Aufdembrink | Research Scientist | Graduate Student- Unviersity of Minnesota (GCBD) | |
| Justin Duffy | High School Student | Harvard University - Undergraduate | |
| Prashasti Bhatnagar | Undergrad | JD/MPH Candidate - Georgetown University Law Center/Sommer Scholar at John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | |
| Abdullatif Dire | Undergrad | Nuclear Medicine Technologist- Abbott Northwestern | |
| Aolei Chen | Veterinary Student | Associate Professor South China Agricultural University College of Veterinary Medicine | |
| Adriana Pohl | Post-Bac | Masters of Library and Information Sciences Simmons College | |
| Ben Petrie | Undergrad | Resident - Mcgaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Physcial Medicine and Rehabilitation | |
| Lucy Sjaastad | Undergrad | Graduate Student- Unviersity of Minnesota (MICAB) | |
| Karuna (Thomas) Lewis | Masters in Biological Sciences | Senior Design Assurance Engineer | |
| Colin Wendt | Undergrad | Psychiatry Resident University of Washington | |
| Nneka Nwachukwu | Undergrad | Internal Medicine Resident Columbia University | |
| Zachary Steleter | Research Scientist | Biology Instructor- St. Paul College | |
| Monica Premsukh | Undergrad | Pharmacist- Children's Minnesota | |
| Joseph Ernster | Undergrad | Pharmacist- Private Practice | |
| Meghan Stumpf | Undergrad | Pediatrician (Creighton Medical School) | |
| Robert (Taylor) Bockstruck | Undergrad | Pediatric Medicine Resident - University of Arizona | |
| Nate Schneider | Undergrad | Regulatory Global Outreach Specialist- H.B. Fuller | |
| Crystal Schemenauer | Undergrad | Laboratory Techncian (U of Wi- Stevens Point) | |
| Jon Dean | Veterinary Student | Veterinarian (University of Minnesota) |