Meet the Team

Hollinshead Lab

Team Members

Hollinshead Portrait
Fiona Hollinshead, BVSc (Hons), Ph.D., Diplomate ACT

Lab Principal Investigator (PI)
Professor
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Melinda Meyers, M.S.

Senior Research Technician
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology Laboratory

Thompson Portrait
Riley Thompson, D.V.M, Ph.D., DACT

Research Scientist/Scholar II
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology Laboratory
Funding: NIH K01

Brandi Dunn, D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D. Student

Graduate Fellowship
Funding: USDA-NNF

Ahmed Gad Ph.D., M.S., B.S.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Arianna Hamilton

Biological Science Undergraduate Student
2023 - Present

Lunden Davis

Animal Science Undergraduate Student
2026 - Present

Past Members

Charissa Ehresman

Clinical Sciences Honors Undergraduate
2023 - 2026

Accepted into the highly competitive Medical Laboratory Science Program at Metro State

Izzy Olaes

MS Student
2025 - 2026

Current Position: Reproductive Sciences Research Coordinator for San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
Performs reproductive physiology in threatened and endangered species.

Isabelle Taft

MS Student
2025 - 2026

Current Position: Embryologist for the Mayo Clinic's Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Department

Marcie Jung

MS Student
2022 - 2025

Current Position: Lab Coordinator- Reproductive Research and Semen/Embryo Cryopreservation for CO Rocky Mountain Sire Services

Lila Motley

Undergrad Student
2022 - 2023

Jenny Hoang

Undergrad Student
2022 - 2023

Dr. Horner and Dog
Alex Horner, D.V.M.

Former Clinical Theriogenology Resident and Master Student (2021 - 2024)

Graduated with MS and DACT and is now a small animal reproduction specialist in Calgary, Canada.