Former Undergraduates

Emma Ibanez
Joined: Fall 2020
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology with a minor in Chemistry
Projected Graduation: December 2022 Winner: MCB Director’s Award for Exceptional Research Presentation. Currently in PhD program at MIT
Leah Malan
Joined: Spring/Summer 2021
Major: Psychology with a concentration in Behavioral Neuroscience
Projected Graduation: May 2023
Malaika Mathan
Joined: Fall 2022
Major: Psychology with a concentration in Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Projected Graduation: May 2025
Meher Swamy
Joined: Fall 2022
Major: Psychology with a concentration in Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Projected Graduation: May 2026
Sarah Craig
Joined: Fall 2019
Major: Psychology with a concentration in Behavioral Neuroscience, minor in Criminology, Law, & Society
Graduated May 2022
Abigail Histed
Joined: Fall 2019
Major: Psychology with a concentration in Behavioral Neuroscience and Gender and Women’s Studies
Graduated May 2022
Veronica Pronitcheva
Joined: Fall 2020
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology
Graduated December 2021
Sanjana Venkatarama
Joined: Spring 2018
Major: Psychology
Jose Gonzalez
Joined: Spring y
Yanyu Yang (Wendy)
Joined: Fall 2018 Major: Psychology
Joanne Lee
Joined: Spring 2019
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology and Psychology
Ewelina Nowak
Joined: Fall 2017
Graduated : Fall 2019
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology and Psychology
Lotanna Ezenekwe
Joined: Spring 2018
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology
Minor: Chemistry
Marcellus Tseng
Joined: Fall 2017
Graduated: Spring 2019
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology
Pragya Thaman
Joined: Fall 2015
Graduated: Spring 2019
Major: Psychology
Elizabeth Phillips Joined: Fall 2017 Major: Psychology and Anthropology Phillips CV
Joey Ramp
Joined: Summer 2017
Graduated: Spring 2019
Major: Biocognitive Neuroscience
Sampson Service Dog
Joined: Summer 2017
Graduated: Spring 2019
Major: Service Dog partner to Joey Ramp
Sampson Bio
Sumeet Thosar
Joined: Fall 2018
Major: Psychology
Joseph Gogloa
2014-2016, currently PhD student at U. Chicago
Anastassia Sorokina Graduated: 2018
Amaran Sandhu

Supriya Bhuvanagiri
Graduated: 2018
Major:Psychology
Achint Kaur
Graduated: 2018
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology
Megan Grako
Joined: Fall 2018
Dominica Lange
Graduated: 2018
Major: Psychology
Alia Kirsch
Graduated: May 2017
Clara Stezowski
2015-2017
Amanda Snyder
2017
Stephen Tse Graduated: 2017
2014-2016
Madison Barker Graduated: 2016
2013-2016, “Novel mouse model for studying the functions of new neurons,” currently PhD student at U. North Carolina
Ivy Hernandez Graduated: 2015
2013-2015, “Neonatal alcohol exposure decreases parvalbumin expressing GABAergic interneurons in the medial prefrontal cortex”
Elizabeth Grogan Graduated: 2016
2013-2016, “Evaluating the effect of environment vs genetics on development of hyperactivity in a novel mouse model of ADHD”
Andrew Sheriff Graduated: 2015
2013-2015, “Chemotherapy impairs cognitive performance and reduces neurogenesis in mice, independent of nutritional intervention,” currently PhD student at U. Chicago
Christopher Krebs Graduated: 2015
2012-2015, “The functional significance of neurogenesis in a mouse model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder”
Adam Cobert Graduated: 2015
2012-2015, “Development of a mouse model of chemobrain for nutritional intervention”, currently PhD student at UC Davis
Paul Kozak
Graduated: 2015
2013-2015, currently MD student at Midwestern
Chessa Kilby
Kevin Jorgensen Graduated: 2015
2013-2015
Brent Panozzo Graduated: 2015
2013-2015, “Effects of d-amphetamine on regional neural activation in a mouse model of genetic hyperactivity”
Victoria (Tory) Cross Graduated: 2015
2013-2014
Peter Wingard Graduated: 2014
2012-2014
Michael Kozak Graduated: 2014
2013-2015, currently MD student at Midwestern
Heinrich Pinardo
2012-2015
Currently MD student at Boston University
Paula Bucko Graduated: 2014
2012-2014, “Impact of exercise on hippocampal adult neurogenesis and learning following either a single or binge exposure to alcohol during neonatal development”, currently PhD student at U. Washington
Aya Kobeissi Graduated: 2014
2010-2014
Ashley Masnik Graduated: 2014
2012-2014, “Fructose decreases physical activity and increases body fat without affecting hippocampal neurogenesis and learning relative to an isocaloric glucose diet”
Ashley Holloway Graduated: 2014
2012-2014, Ashley worked in the Wainwright lab at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, associated with Northwestern University, as a research associate in neurology until September 2017 when she started as a graduate student in Neuroscience at Northwestern University
Courtney Yaeger Graduated: 2013
2011-2014 “Blockade of arginine vasotocin signaling reduces aggressive behavior and c-Fos expression in the preoptic area and periventricular nucleus of the posterior tuberculum in male Amphirion ocellaris” Neuroscience 267:205-18.
Charles Swanson Graduated: 2013
2010-2013
Joshua Lim
2011-2012
Shalin Desai
2010-2012
Edward Clint
Graduated: 2012
2010-2012, “Male superiority in spatial navigation, adaptation or side effect”, Tritsch award, currently Assistant Professor at Oregon Tech University
Edward Cay Graduated: 2012
Jordan Sharlin Graduated: 2011
2010-2011
Ana Ros
Graduated: 2012
2010-2012
Liz Wojcik
Graduated: 2012
2010-2012
Emily Dabe Graduated: 2011
2008-2011, “The Effects of d-amphetamine on the survival of new neurons in the hippocampus”, currently PhD student at U. Florida Gainesville
Heeyoon Kim Graduated: 2011
2010 – 2011
Zachary Bulwa Graduated: 2011
2010-2011
Molly Odum Graduated: 2011
2009-2011
Sarah Sciortino Graduated: 2011
2010-2011
Kristopher Deters Graduated: 2011
2008-2010
Tushar Bhattacharya
2009-2010
Erica Lopata Graduated: 2010
2009-2010
Sarah Ludmer Graduated: 2010
2009-2010
Sean Swearingen Graduated: 2010
2009-2010, “Differential acute locomotor stimulation from cocaine in adolescent versus adult mice across 4 divergent strains of mice.”
Peter Fernandez Graduated: 2010
2009-2010
Erik Haferkamp
2007-2010
Emily Puchalski Graduated: 2010
Daniel Miller
2007-2010, “Evaluation of a C57BL/6J x 129S1/SvImJ hybrid nestin-thymidine kinase transgenic mouse model for studying the functional significance of exercise-induced adult hippocampal neurogenesis,” Tritsch award, currently PhD student at OHSU.
Derrick Stobaugh
2010
Amber Durrani Graduated: 2009
2008-2009
Kevin Patel Graduated: 2009
2007-2008
David Krone Graduated: 2009
2007-2009
Andrew Revis Graduated: 2009
2007-2009
Bryana Close
2007-2008
Mallory Burdick Gradauted: 2009
2007-2009
Zach Johnson Graduated: 2009
2007-2009, “Neuroanatomical specificity of brain activation elicited by contextual cues paired with cocaine versus lithium chloride in male outbred Hsd:ICR mice”, currently postdoc at Georgia Tech.
Albert Cheng
Michael DeMeyer
Tripta Gupta Graduated: 2008
2005-2008
Kellen Cohn
2007-2008
Samantha Miller
2005-2008
Yaqoob Syed Graduated: 2007
2005-2008
David Rosenberg Graduated: 2007
2006-2007, currently resident Memorial Sloan Kettering in NYC
Cannie Yu Szeto Graduated: 2007
2006-2007
Vineet Kumar Graduated: 2007
Neil Kamdar
Graduated: 2007
Adam Craig
2006-2007
Rishi Bhayana Graduated: 2007
Guant-Ting Chen Graduated: 2007
2006-2007