CURRENT STUDENTS
Tiffany Anderson
Ph.D. Neuroscience
Faculty Advisors: Lisa Renzi-Hammond and Robert Lynall
Research Interests
- Concussion/TBI
- Macular Pigmentation (Vision)
Jennifer Art
Ph.D. Neuroscience
Faculty Advisor: Nadja Zeltner
Research Interests
- PTSD
- Peripheral nervous system
- Stem cell biology
- Trauma
- Neuropathologies of stress
- Sympathetic neurons
Brooklyn Crabtree
Ph.D. Neuroscience
Faculty Advisor: Jing Xu
Research Interests
Ellie Decker
Ph.D. Neuroscience
Faculty Advisor: Jesse Schank
Research Interests
Morgane Golan
Ph.D. Neuroscience
Faculty Advisors: Frank West and Steve Stice, Regenerative Bioscience Center
Research Interests
- Neurotrauma and neurodegeneration
- Pediatric traumatic brain injury
- Stem cell therapies
- Extracellular vesicles
- Neuroimaging and MRI
Nathan Gonsalves
Ph.D. Neuroscience
Faculty Advisor: Lohitash Karumbaiah, Animal & Dairy Sciences, Regenerative Bioscience Center
Research Interests
- Brain Injury
- Repair and Regeneration
- Neurodegeneration
- Neuroprotection
- Neurological disorders
Jacob Harth
Ph.D. Neuroscience
Faculty Advisor: Lisa Renzi-Hammond, Department of Psychology
Research Interests
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Visual psychophysics
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Neural efficiency and visual function throughout human life span
Landry Goodgame Huffman
Ph.D. Neuroscience
Faculty Advisor: Assaf Oshri, Human Development and Family Science
Ahyoung Jang
Ph.D. Neuroscience
Faculty Advisor: Anumantha Kanthasamy
Amrita Kaimal
Ph.D. Neuroscience
Faculty Advisor: Sheba MohanKumar, Veterinary Biosciences and Diagnostic Imaging
Oranti Omi
Ph.D. Neuroscience
Faculty Advisor: Karl F. Lechtreck, Cellular Biology
Research Interests
- Molecular mechanisms in the brain leading to neurodegenerative disease
- Pathology of Parkinson’s Disease
- Neuroplasticity, learning and memory
- How the immune system contributes to neurodegenerative disease. What is the biological trigger?
- Gut-brain signaling and inter-relation. How much of the brain response is dependent on gut microbiota composition?
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Neuroimmunology
- Cognitive and behavioral science
Shanmathi “Shan” Ramasubramanian
Ph.D. Neuroscience
Faculty Advisor: Lohitash Karumbaiah, Animal & Dairy Sciences, Regenerative Bioscience Center
Research Interests
- Cancer studies
- Regeneration
- Neurological Disorders
- Interdisciplinary research
Md Marzan Sarkar
Ph.D. Neuroscience
Faculty Advisors: Steven Stice, Animal & Dairy Science, and Lohitash Karumbaiah, Animal & Dairy Science, Regenerative Bioscience Center
Research Interests
- Brain cancer
- Neurodegenerative diseases
