Current Graduate Trainees

• Roshni Jain (2019 – Present), PhD candidate in CMB Program, Graduate Dean’s Merit Scholar, GSA Travel awardee)
• Tzu-Yuan Chen (2024 – Present), CMB Program (College of Science Chen Fellow)
• Dilys Cheung (2025 – Present), INP Program
• Rutuj Kolhe (2025 – Present), INP Program

Current Undergraduate Trainees

• Nicole Attallah (2024 – present) (NURA recipient)
• Carmen Li (2024 – present) (NSF-EPSCoR Award, Patricia Berninsone Memorial Scholarship)
• Emma Woolsey (2024 – present) (Nevada ENDURE, NIH)
• Picabo Roscher (2025 – present)
• Jude Grey (2025 – present)
• Risha Giri (2025 – present)

Former Postdoctoral Trainees

• Dr. Eryn Slankster, Ph.D., 2016 – 2021, current position: Research analyst at Physicians for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)
• Dr. Gunnar Newquist, Ph.D., 2014 – 2015, current position: CEO, Brain2Bot Inc, Senior product manager, Gatik

Former Graduate Trainees

• Dr. David Clark (2015 – 2021), Graduated with a Ph.D. in Neuroscience
• Dr. Seth Odell (2015 – 2022), Graduated with a Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Graduate Dean’s Merit Scholar.
• Alina Vergunova, (2016 – 2018), Graduated with an MS in Neuroscience.
• Sai Kollala, (2014-2016) Graduated with an MS in Biology.

Former Undergraduate Trainees

• Dami Mihaylova (2024 – 2025)
• Alyssa Williams (2024 – 2025) (NURA recipient, Westfall Scholar)
• Stephanie Serafin Lugo (2024 – 2025) (Nevada ENDURE, NIH)
• Emma Stauffenberg (2023 – 2025) (Nevada ENDURE, NIH)
• Leann Gayle Lacson Mariano (2023 – 2025)
• Lisa Ozvoldik (2024 – 2024)
• Hana Hackbush (2023 – 2024), NURA recipient
• Yihe (Rainie) Zeng (2022 – 2024), NSF-REU recipient
• Izabel Cardoso (2022 – 2023), PREP scholar
• Kendall Warnock (2021 – 2022), NURA recipient, Senior Scholar award
• Jingmin Lin (2020 – 2022)
• Dominique Baria (2018 – present). Biology Scholarship, Co-author 1-publication
• Brianna Dailey-Krempel (2018- present) NURA recipient, Co-author 1-publication
• Ricardo Carrilon-Lopez (2020 summer), NSF-REU recepient
• Coral Maixner (2020 summer), NSF-REU recepient
• Yannick Dahetze (2019 summer), Exchange student
• Jaime Giang (2018 – 2019), PREP scholar
• Alexis Moreno-Montes (2018 – 2019) Honors Thesis completed
• Sabrina Sevilla (2017 – 2018) Westfall Scholar
• Larissa Gloutak (2017 – 2018). NURA recipient, Honors Thesis completed.
• Hunter Whitehead (2017 – 2018)
• Kelsie Little (2017 – 2018). Biology Scholarship recipient
• America Mathis (2016 – 2018) Co-author on 2 publications.
• Jordan Jones (2016 – 2017), Honors thesis completed
• Kristen Hess (2016 – 2017) TriBeta Research Award. Co-author on 1 publication.
• Cammie Lee (2016 – 2017), NURA recipient, TriBeta Research Award recipient. Co-author on 1 publication.
• Samipya Kafle (2015 – present). Co-author on 1 publication
• Michelle Nguyen (2015 – 2016)
• Conchita Maberry (2015 – 2016)
• Donovan Kohler (2015 – 2018), NURA recipient. Honors Thesis completed. Co-author on 3 publications.
• Alexandra Novenschi (2015 – 2018), Mead Award recipient, NURA recipient. Honors thesis completed. Co-author on 1 publication.
• Riley Kellermeyer (2015 – 2016) NURA recipient Honors Thesis completed.
• Lea Cohen (2015 – 2016). NURA recipient. Honors Thesis completed.
• Mariah Turcotte (2015 – 2016). Co-author on 1 publication
• Gwendolyn Amsrala (2015 – 2016).

Former High school Trainees

• Vivek Yanamadula is currently an undergraduate at Columbia University, NY.
• Aayan Patel is currently an undergraduate at Stanford University, CA (co-author on 1 publication)