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Molly Stanley
University of Vermont
Department of Biology
Molly Stanley's research focuses on the neurobiology of feeding behavior, using fruit flies as a model organism. Her work investigates how the nervous system detects chemicals in food, senses internal energy and nutrient levels, and forms associations with specific foods to regulate feeding behavior. Specifically, her research aims to understand how specialized taste cells detect food chemicals, integrate metabolic state into food-sensing neural circuits, and how dysregulated food-sensing or metabolism impacts behavior and health.
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Self Survey
Mentoring Style
How involved was your mentor in determining your projects' directions?
Funding
Did your mentor apply for funding sufficiently to manage the lab?
Diversity
Was the lab a diverse environment relative to the rest of campus?
Research Breadth
Did the research span many fields, disciplines, techniques, etc.?
Networking
Did your mentor incorporate you into their professional network?
Energy
How did your mentor's energy influence lab morale?
Work/Life Structure
How flexible was your mentor with personal time, schedule, leave, etc.?
Availability
How readily could you meet with your mentor?
Competition vs Collaboration
Was competition or collaboration encouraged for projects, funding, etc.?
Project Sharing
How dependent were you on other members for project completion?
Risk Management
Did the lab reach for high-risk, high-reward projects or incremental impact?
Practicality
Did your mentor emphasize work with direct applications to a project?
Publishing Priority
What did your mentor value when determining where to publish?
Decision-Making
How did your mentor make decisions that affect the group?
Maximal Oversight
Avid Applicant
Uniform
Specialized
Networker
Energizer
Structured
Scheduler
Competitive
Independent
High-risk
Translational
Goes with gut
High-impact
Minimal Oversight
Mentees apply
Diverse
Multidisciplinary
Build own network
Energy empath
Flexible
Random walk-ins
Collaborative
Dependent
Incremental
Fundamental
Logical
Scientific Fit
