Neuroscience PhD Program Students

Vanessa Cerda
BS Biology: Neurobiology
University of Texas at Austin
Wicha Lab
How do Bilingual Children Process Simple Arithmetic in each of their Languages?

Nicole Cook
BS Behavioral Neuroscience
St. Edward's University
Paladini Lab
Understanding How Drugs of Abuse Alter Dopamine Neuron Physiology

Tara Flaugher
BS Biology
Texas State University
1st year student

Bryan Fowler
MS Applied Cognition & Neuroscience
University of Texas at Dallas
Macpherson Lab
Chemosensory Roles of Neurons within the Geniculate and Vagal Ganglia

Celia Gagliardi
BS Neuroscience
Boston University
Muzzio Lab
Neural Correlates Underlying Mechanisms of Spatial Reorientation

Maria Garza
BS Biology
University of the Incarnate Word
Burgos-Robles Lab
Neural Correlates of Learning to Avoid Punishment

Amandine Grenier
BS Biology
University of Texas at San Antonio
Wicha Lab
The Relationship between Arithmetic Facts and Verbal Memory in Elementary School Children

Erin Hurley
BS Biology
Univeristy of Houston
Hsieh Lab
Modeling Familial Alzheimer's Disease with Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cortical Spheroids

Morgan Johnson
BS Integrative Biology and Physiology
Oklahoma State University
1st year student

James Jones
BS Physiology & Neuroscience
University of California-San Diego
Wilson Lab
Synaptic Integration in the Globus Pallidus

Wonhaeng Lee
MS Biomedical Gerontology
Hallym University
Lee Lab
Insulin Signaling in Alzheimer’s Disease

Merridee Lefner
BS Biology: Neurobiology
University of Texas at San Antonio
Wanat Lab
Dopamine's Role in Changing Motivation

Matthew Lopez
MS Applied/Clinical Psychology
Lamar Univeristy-Beaumont
Muzzio Lab
Population Activity of the Prefrontal Cortex during Fear Generalization

Karina Meyer-Acosta
BS Biology
University of Texas at San Antonio
Hsieh Lab
Using 3D Brain Organoids to Model Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease

Bahram Pahlavan
BS Mechanical Engineering
Sharif University of Technology
Paladini Lab
Cocaine-Induced Plasticity of Glutamatergic Inputs onto Dopamine Neurons

Jessica Perkins
BS Biology: Neurobiology
University of Texas at San Antonio
Paladini Lab
In Vivo Characterization of Dopamine Neuron Activity

Kannan Thangamani
BS Biotechnology
SRM Univeristy, India
Maroof Lab
Iron-Mediated Alzheimer's Pathophysiology in a Human Stem Cell-Derived Neuronal Model

Raul Wilshire
BS Biology
University of Texas at San Antonio
Hsieh Lab
Modeling Circuits with Human Brain Organoids

Matthew Wood
MS Applied Cognition & Neuroscience
University of Texas at Dallas
Wicha Lab
What To Expect When You’re Expecting: An ERP Study on Context in Language Prediction

Ryan Wood
BS Biology
University of Texas at Austin
1st year student

Hector Zurita
BS Biology: Neurobiology
University of Texas at San Antonio
Apicella Lab
Callosaly Projecting Parvalbumin Neurons in the Auditory Cortex