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Pharmacology & Toxicology Graduate Students

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Fred Bonsack

fbonsack@augusta.edu

Mentor:  Sangeetha Sukumari-Ramesh, PhD
LAB:  CB 3515

Undergraduate
:  Auburn University

Graduation
: Fall 2024

Research Interest
: Inflammatory Mediators Following Intracerebral Hemorrhage 

AWARDS

  • Lowell M. Greenbaum Award for Excellence in Pharmacology, Graduate Research Day, 2022
  • Armand M. Karow, Jr. Pharmacology Scholarship, 2022-2023
  • Jerry J. Buccafusco Travel Award, 2023
  • Armand M. Karow, Jr. Pharmacology Scholarship, 2024-2025

 

Fred Bonsack Award

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Aubrey Bennett

aubennett@augusta.edu

Mentor:  Seungwoo Kang, PhD
LAB: 
CB 3604

Undergraduate: 
Morehead State University

Graduation
: TBD

Research Interest: Reward-dependent spatiotemporal cellular activities in the dorsomedial striatum and repeated ethanol exposure

AWARDS:

  • Inclusivity Award at the Graduate School Scientific Integrity Ceremony, Augusta University 2023
  • Armand M. Karow, Jr. Pharmacology Scholarship, 2024-2025
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Casey Cryan

  • Neuroscience

ccryan@augusta.edu

Mentor:  Brian Muntean, PhD
LAB: 
CB 3621

Undergraduate:
King’s College (in Wilkes Barre, PA)

Graduation: 
2025-2026

Research Interest
: Exploring the relationship between KCTD proteins on GPCRs and their role in neuronal signaling 

AWARDS:

  • The Susquehanna Valley Section, American Chemical Society Award, 2021
  • Jerry J. Buccafusco Travel Award, 2024
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Jazzelle DeLaney

jazdelaney@augusta.edu

Mentor:  Jun Zhu, MD, PhD
LAB: GE 4055

Undergraduate
: Winston Salem State University 

Graduation
: Anticipated Spring 2028

Research Interests: Neuroscience and Neurodevelopmental disorders

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Kirstyn Denney

kdenney@augusta.edu

Mentor:  Almira Vazdarjanova, PhD
LAB: CB 3503

Undergraduate
: University of South Carolina - Aiken

Graduation
: 2028

Research Interests: Elucidating susceptibility factors contributing to the development of PTSD.

AWARDS

  • 1st Place 3 MT Presentation 2024
  • Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Research (Graduate Research Day) 2024
  • 1st Place Poster Presentation (DNRM retreat) 2023
  • Honorable Mention Awardee (AGE 2023 Early Career Scholar's Program) 2023
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Patricia Haro Lopez

  • Neuroscience

pharolopez@augusta.edu

Mentor:  Amal Kaddoumi, PhD
LAB: GE 4055

Undergraduate
: University of California, San Diego

Graduation
: 2029

Research Interests: Studies on molecular mechanisms to explain blood-brain barrier dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease.

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Jeremy Laws

jelaws@augusta.edu

Mentor:  Jun Zhu, MD, PhD
LAB: GE 4055

Undergraduate
: BS in Biology, University of the Incarnate Word

MS in Applied Pharmaceutical Science, Feik School of Pharmacy at the University of the Incarnate Word. 

Graduation:  June 2029

Research Interests: Drug addiction and Neurological disorders 

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Bhavishya Mundluru

bmundluru@augusta.edu

Mentor: Raghavan Raju, PhD
LAB: CB 2614

Undergraduate
: 
B.S. - Jawaharlal Technological University Anantapur (JNTUA)
M.S. - National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Kolkata (NIPER,KOLKATA) 

Graduation
: Anticipated 2028

Research Interests: Senescence, oxidative stress signaling


AWARDS

  • Alquist Travel Award, 2024
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Noah Watson

nowatson@augusta.edu

Mentor:  Sangeetha Sukumari-Ramesh, PhD
LAB:  CB 3515

Undergraduate
: Berry College

Graduation
:  2025

Research Interest:  Examining HDAC3 inhibition effects on intracerebral hemmorhage

AWARDS

  • Armand M. Karow, Jr. Pharmacology Scholarship, 2022-2023
  • Jerry J. Buccafusco Travel Award, 2023
  • Lowell M. Greenbaum Award in Recognition of Research Excellence in Pharmacology at the Graduate Research Day, 2023
  • Armand M. Karow, Jr. Pharmacology Scholarship, 2024-2025



Noah Watson Award

 

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