Neuroscience Graduate Students
Current Students
Mae Aida
Advisor: Qin Wang, MD, PhD
Research: APOE isoforms and their effects on blood brain barrier in Alzheimer's Disease.
Nicole Johnson Braun
Advisor: Danielle Mor, PhD
Research: Role of the gut microbiome in healthy aging & Parkinson's Disease.
Josh Brown
Advisor: Lynette McCluskey, PhD
Research:Immune mechanisms underlying taste bud degeneration, regeneration and functional recovery.
Casey Cryan
Advisor: Brian Muntean, Ph.D.
Research: Relationship between KCTD proteins on GPCRs & their role in neuronal signaling.
Emily Dew
Advisor: Qin Wang, MD, PhD
Research: Chd7 in the anterior cingulate cortez.
Evelyn Farkus
Advisor: Qin Wang, MD, PhD
Research: Cellular and neurocognitive mechanisms of Alzheimer's Disease pathophysiology
Emma Heisey
Advisor: Lynette McCluskey, PhD
Research: SARS-CoV-2 taste loss by determining localization of Ace2 receptors in the taste system & their contribution to neural function using novel mouse models.
Sankeerth Kanumuri
Advisor: Xin-Yun Lu, MD, PhD
Research: Chemokines, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration.
Noureen Khalil
Advisor: Sergei Kirov, PhD
Research: CSF dynamics and deep brain stimulation in Alzheimer's disease along with spreading depolarizations in acute brain injury
Miswakumari Lad
Advisor: Chung Sub Kim, PhD
Research: Transgenerational transmission of stress susceptibility and resilience following chronic social defeat stress.
Halli Lindamood
Advisor: Eric Vitriol, PhD
Research: Role of Profilin1 in ALS using super-resolution microscopy.
Patricia Haro Lopez
Advisor: Amal Khalil Kaddoumi, PhD
Research: Studies on molecular mechanisms to explain blood-brain barrier dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease
Jacob Miller
Advisor: Frank Deak, PhD
Research: Molecular risk factors & synaptic dysfunction in brain aging & Alzheimer's Disease.
Amin Karimi Moghaddam
Advisor: Xin-Yun Lu, MD, PhD
Research: Stress-induced neuronal plasticity & cognitive dysfunction.
Nicholas Moore
Advisor: Kris Dhandapani, PhD
Research: Peripheral immune reactions to central nervous system injury.
Jayvon Nougaisse
Advisor: Xin-Yun Lu, MD, PhD
Research: Role of adipokines & chemokines in neuroinflammation & Alzheimer's disease.
Kendyl Pennington
Advisor: David Blake, PhD
Research: Chronic stress, cognitive aging & neurodegeneration.
Ebenezer Quainoo
Advisor: Lin Gan, PhD
Research: Gene regulatory networks involved in the development, maintenance, & function of retina neurons.
Casandra Slocum
Advisor: Danielle Mor, PhD
Research: Mechanisms underlying the effects of short-chain fatty acids on cognition.
Wyatt Slocum
Advisor: Danielle Mor, PhD
Research: The effects of toxic α-synuclein in the gut on neuronal health.
Shepard Theriot
Advisor: Qin Wang , MD, PhD
Research: Key astrocytic signaling pathways that regulate neuroinflammation and the integrity of the blood-brain barrier
Julie Vincent
Advisor: Danielle Mor, PhD
Research: Role of α-synuclein & tau aggregation in Parkinson's & Alzheimer's disease.