Lab Members

Current Graduate Trainees

  • Nicholas Zito (2022 – present), PhD Candidate in Neuroscience
  • Roshni Jain (2019 – Present), PhD candidate in CMB Program

Current Undergraduate Trainees

  • Emma Stauffenberg (2023 – present), (NIH-ENDURE)
  • Leann Mariano (2023 – present)
  • Hana Hackbush (2023 – present)
  • Yihe (Rainie) Zeng (2022 – present), NSF-REU recipient

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
  • Alina Vergunova, (2016 – 2018), Graduated with an MS in Neuroscience.
  • Sai Kollala, (2014-2016) Graduated with an MS in Biology.

Former Undergraduate Trainees

  • 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) HURA 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). HURA 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), HURA recipient. Honors Thesis completed. Co-author on 3 publications.
  • Alexandra Novenschi (2015 – 2018), Mead Award recipient, HURA recipient. Honors thesis completed. Co-author on 1 publication.
  • Riley Kellermeyer (2015 – 2016) HURA recipient. Honors Thesis completed.
  • Lea Cohen (2015 – 2016). HURA 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)