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Post-Doctoral Associates/Fellows and Graduate Students

Matthew Adusei, PhD

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Graduate Student
Briggs Lab

Research Interest:

Identifying corticogeniculate neurons in extrastriate visual cortex

Leonor Afirma, Ph.D.

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Postdoctoral Scholar
Telias Lab

Swapna Agarwalla

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Postdoctoral Fellow
Carney Lab

Abigail Alpers

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Graduate Student
Haptics Lab

Research Interest:

Abnormalities in the sensorimotor network in dystonia

Aiesha Anchan

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Graduate Student
Sarkar Lab
Sobolewski Lab

Esteban Avendaño-Fernandez

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Graduate Student
Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory

Research Interest:

Translational cognitive neurophysiology, aging and neuroinflammation. Clinical applications of cognitive neurophysiological modulation from cognitive-motor interaction. Understanding neurodevelopment to investigate its clinical applicability in healthy aging

Halima Aweis, M.S.

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Graduate Student
Haber Lab
Wang Lab

Research Interest:

Rodent and primate cross-species investigation of myelin maturation patterns during postnatal development. Investigating the effects induced by early exposure to amphetamine.

Estephanie Balbuena, MS

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Graduate Student
Smith Lab

Research Interest:

Circadian rhythms

Erin Bojanek, PhD

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Postdoctoral Fellow
Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory

Research Interest:

Understanding underlying neurophysiological mechanisms of sensory processing in autism spectrum disorder and related neurodevelopmental disorders

Abigail Bossa

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Graduate Student
ZVR Lab

Amy Bucklaew, MS

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Graduate Student
Mitchell Lab

Research Interest:

Investigating the neural mechanisms of visual processing and selective attention

Dominic Bunn

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Graduate Student
Gail Johnson Lab
Wojtovich Lab

Research Interest:

The effects of pathological tau uptake by astrocytes on mitochondrial function and the impact on their ability to support neuron health

Lia Calcines Rodriguez, MS

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Graduate Student
O'Banion-Olschowka Labs

Research Interest:

Unraveling microglial-intrinsic sex-specific properties and their contribution to Alzheimer's disease pathology

Andrea Campbell

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Graduate Student
McGregor Lab

Paul Cavanah

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Graduate Student
Fiebelkorn Lab

MaKenna Cealie, PhD

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Postdoctoral Associate
Majewska Lab

Research Interest:

The effects of developmental alcohol exposure on glia and neurons

Halie Cerio

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Graduate Student
Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory

Research Interest:

Relationship between chronic pain and psychopathology in individuals with ASD and ADHD

Hayley Chang, B.S.

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Graduate Student
Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory
Wang Lab

Research Interest:

Exploring the neurophysiologic and neuropathologic basis of photophobia in a rare lysosomal storage disorder.

Siddharth Chittaranjan, B.S.

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Graduate Student
Smith Lab

Zachary Christensen, Ph.D.

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Graduate Student
Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory

Research Interest:

Identifying brain imaging biomarkers of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and its neurocognitive correlates

Anthony Bryan Crum, MS

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Graduate Student
Meeks Lab

Research Interest:

Effects of traumatic brain injury on olfactory circuits

Thomas Delgado, M.S.

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Graduate Student
Gail Johnson Lab

Research Interest:

The role of transglutaminase 2 in mediating the response of astrocytes to injury and their ability to support neuron survival and neurite outgrowth

Yanya Ding

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Graduate Student
Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory
Wang Lab

Research Interest:

Age-related histological and neurophysiological changes of auditory processing in a knockout mouse model of juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis

Yun Ding, PhD

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Postdoctoral Associate
Fiebelkorn Lab

Michael DuHain, M.S.

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Graduate Student
Haptics Lab

Research Interest:

Selectivy of MSTd neurons to optic flow pattersn along curved paths

Tresa Marian Elias

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Graduate Student
Brown Lab

Afagh Farhadi

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Graduate Student
Carney Lab

Alexis Feidler, MS

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Graduate Student
McGrath Lab

Research Interest:

Develop the micro Sim Blood-Bain Barrier+ for modeling human, adult neurodegenerative diseases

Johanna Fritzinger, M.S.

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Graduate Student
Carney Lab

Research Interest:

Timbre encoding in the auditory midbrain

Tanya Garg, MS

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Graduate Student
ZVR Lab

Michael Giannetto, MS

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Graduate Student
Nedergaard Lab

Research Interest:

Astrocytic roles in the brain

Leslie Gonzales, MS

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Graduate Student
Henry Lab

Research Interest:

Cochlear synaptopathy, auditory-nerve physiology

Kevin Gonzalez Velandia, PhD

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Postdoctoral Associate
Meeks Lab

John Gonzalez-Amoretti, MS

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Graduate Student
Snyder Lab

Research Interest:

Exploring a casual role of PFC in the selection of information in MT

Julia Granato, MS

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Graduate Student
Hammond Lab

Research Interest:

The role of brain-specific complement inhibitor Sez6L2 in synaptic connectivity during development

Daniel Guest

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Postdoctoral Fellow
Carney Lab

Catalina Guzman, MS

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Graduate Student
Pain and Perceptions Lab

Research Interest:

Ketamine and pain signaling

Amelia Hines

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Graduate Student
Mayer-Pröschel Lab

Aaron Huynh

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Graduate Student
Busza Lab

Aishwarya Jayan

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Graduate Student
Iordan Lab

Samanta Jerin

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Graduate Student
Meeks Lab

Dennis Jung, M.S.

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Graduate Student
Snyder Lab

Research Interest:

Investigating working memory mechanisms in non-human primates via cross-scale electrophysiology

Jeehyun Kim, MS

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Graduate Student
Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory

Research Interest:

Studying neurophysiological underpinnings of cognitive and motor symptoms of movement disorders and further modulation by deep brain stimulation

Dennisha King, MS

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Graduate Student
Fudge Lab

Research Interest:

Microglia's Role in Amygdala Paralaminar Nucleus (PL) Neuron Development in Nonhuman Primates

Anna Kolstad, B.S.

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Graduate Student
Neural Circuits and Computation Laboratory

Research Interest:

Characterizing olfactory responses in ventral CA1 region of the hippocampus

Bartosz Kula, PhD

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Postdoctoral Fellow
Smith Lab

Niki Lam

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Graduate Student
Huxlin Lab

Chen Li

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Graduate Student
Fiebelkorn Lab

Sean Lydon, MS

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Graduate Student
Libby Lab

Research Interest:

Neurotoxic reactive glia cells in acute and chronic models of glaucoma

Gavin Magill

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Graduate Student
Fogaça Lab

Sabrina Mai

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Graduate Student
Briggs Lab
Fiebelkorn Lab

Varunharan Manoharan

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Postdoctoral Associate
Meeks Lab

Mariah Marrero, MS

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Graduate Student
Gelbard Lab

Research Interest:

Elucidating the role of High mobility group box 1 in blood-brain barrier breakdown and neuroinflammation

Alesandra Martin

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Graduate Student
Briggs Lab

Margaux Masten, B.S.

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Graduate Student
Sobolewski Lab

Research Interest:

Understanding the impact of late gestational air pollution exposure on the developing brain

Abigail Mayer, MS

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Graduate Student
Xia Lab

Research Interest:

PP1 function in neurodevelopmental disease

Tanique McDonald, MS

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Graduate Student
Briggs Lab

Paul Mitchell

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Graduate Student
Carney Lab

Erin Murray, MS

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Graduate Student
Sobolewski Lab

Daulton Myers

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Graduate Student
Fudge Lab

Research Interest:

Prefrontal cortex-amygdala circuits underlying social decision-making

Evan Newbold, MS

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Graduate Student
Nedergaard Lab

Research Interest:

Immunoprofiling using mass cytometry following peripheral insult

Paige Nicklas, MS

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Graduate Student
Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory

Research Interest:

Neurophysiology & cognitive-motor integration in children and young adults with intellectual and developmental disability

Mark Osabutey, MS

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Graduate Student
O'Banion-Olschowka Labs

Research Interest:

Exploring the cellular basis of neuroinflammation and attendant cognitive deficits due to cranial radiation exposure

Andre Palacios Duran

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Graduate Student
Maddox Lab

Stacey Pedraza

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Graduate Student
Xia Lab

Gavin Piester, B.S.

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Graduate Student
Majewska Lab

Research Interest:

The effects of modulating Sigma-1 receptor signaling on pathogenic activities of astrocytes in Parkinson's Disease

Elizabeth Plunk, MS

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Graduate Student
Majewska Lab

Research Interest:

Investigating the effects of developmental exposures to environmentally relevant toxicants on glia and neurons

Victoria Popov, MS

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Graduate Student
Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory

Research Interest:

Acute exercise intervention to ameliorate inhibitory control deficits in schizophrenia.

Nicole Popp

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Graduate Student
Huxlin Lab
Briggs Lab

Emily Przysinda, Ph.D.

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Graduate Student
Lalor Lab

Research Interest:

Social processing and underlying language deficits in schizophrenia during naturalistic video viewing

Zach Redding, Ph.D.

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Postdoctoral Associate
Fiebelkorn Lab

Bryan Redmond, M.S.

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Graduate Student
Huxlin Lab

Research Interest:

Vision‐related quality of life after unilateral occipital stroke

Thomas Scudder

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Graduate Student
Xia Lab

Jamison Seabury

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Graduate Student
Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory

Research Interest:

Neurophysiological phenotyping of cognitive processes in rare neurodevelopmental disorders (Rett syndrome) and lysosomal storage diseases (Batten disease) and translational applications to clinical trials

Maleelo "Lelo" Shamambo, MS

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Graduate Student
Mayer-Pröschel Lab

Research Interest:

Contribution of secondary insults to neuropathology in rare genetic diseases

Tong Shan

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Graduate Student
Maddox Lab

Fei Shang, M.S.

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Graduate Student
Schallek Lab

Research Interest: Structural and functional analysis of alpha smooth muscle actin in the mouse retina (under normal and hyperglycemic conditions

Caitlin Sharp, MS

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Graduate Student
ZVR Lab

Research Interest:

Investigating the neurophysiology of cognitive-motor interactions in schizophrenia spectrum disorders

Alexander Solorzano

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Graduate Student
Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory

Research Interest:

Translational neurophysiology and advanced neuroimaging techniques in murine models for diseases such as Alzheimer’s Disease, and Lysosomal Storage disorders such as Cystinosis and Batten's Disease.