CNUP: Center for Neuroscience

Graduate Students

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Peter Adelman
pca9@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-8636
Mentor: Dr. Karl Kandler
Focus: Binaural auditory development.

Carcha Bernard
csb42@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-9178
Mentor: Dr. Sarah Ross
Focus:

Andreea Bostan
acb42@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-3379
Mentor: Dr. Peter Strick
Focus: Functional neuroanatomy of CNS circuits.

Jeffrey Chiou
jec164@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-979-7890
Mentor: Dr. Aaron Batista
Focus:

Daniel Wonjae Chung
chung.daniel@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone:
Mentor: Dr. David Lewis
Focus:

Mahlon Collins
mac230@pitt.edu
Phone:
Mentor: Dr. Robert Bowser
Focus: Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration.

Erin Crowder
ecrowder@pitt.edu
Phone:
Mentor: Dr. Carl Olson
Focus: Neural basis of object recognition in primate inferotemporal (IT) cortex

Dibyadeep (Dibs) Datta
did18@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-8548
Mentor: Dr. David Lewis
Focus: Developmental changes in molecular transcripts regulating GABA and glutamate inputs to pyramidial cells and schizophrenia.

Christopher Divito
cbd8@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-9748
Mentor: Dr. Susan Amara
Focus: Structural and functional dynamics of neurotransmitter transporters.

Yijuan Du
yid8@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-7332
Mentor: Dr. Anthony Grace
Focus: Regulation of dopamine system related to schizophrenia.

Michelle Failla
mdc56@pitt.edu
Phone:
Mentor: Dr. Amy Wagner
Focus: Neurogenetics relating to mood and cognitive recovery following traumatic brain injury.

Krishnamurthy Ganapathy Subramanian
krg28@pitt.edu
Phone:
Mentor: Dr. Judy Cameron
Focus:

Matthew Geramita
geramita.matthew@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone:
Mentor: Dr. Nathan Urban
Focus:

Nathan Glasgow
ngg1@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-4299
Mentor: Dr. Jon Johnson
Focus: Functional dynamics of NMDA receptor pharmacology and gating.

Nathan Hall
njh5@pitt.edu
Phone: 412.268.3923
Mentor: Dr. Carol Colby
Focus: Visual processing and cognition.

Rashed Harun
rah28@pitt.edu
Phone:
Mentor: Dr. Amy Wagner
Focus: Striatal dysfunctions following traumatic brain injury.

Gil Hoftman
hoftman.gil@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-3934
Mentor: Dr. David Lewis
Focus: Developmental trajectories of prefrontal cortical GABA neurons and schizophrenia.

Ankur Joshi
anj39@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-8625
Mentor: Dr. Thanos Tzounopoulos
Focus:

Amanda Kinnischtzke
akk31@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-9556
Mentor: Dr. Ericka Fanselow
Focus: Role of inhibitory interneurons in cortical circuits.

Caitlin Kirkwood
cmk43@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-4391
Mentor: Dr. Robert Sweet
Focus:

Erin Kirschmann
ekz1@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-7032
Mentor: Dr. Floh Thiels
Focus: The neurobiology of motivated behaviors.

Roma Konecky
rok10@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-268-3923
Mentor: Dr. Carl Olson
Focus: Neural mechanisms underlying cognitive control.

Alison Kreisler
adk45@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-5043
Mentor: Dr. Linda Rinaman
Focus: Neural correlates of satiety and stress.

Adam Large
aml142@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-5043
Mentor: Dr. Anne Marie Oswald
Focus: Olfactory coding in piriform cortex

Marvin Leathers
mll27@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-268-6414
Mentor: Dr. Carl Olson
Focus: Cortical mechanisms of value-based decision making in monkeys.

Shuang Li
shl61@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-8625
Mentor: Dr. Thanos Tzounopoulos
Focus: Cellular mechanisms underlying hyperexcitability of DCN fusiform cells in mice model of tinnitus.

Li-Chun Lin
lil58@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-7167
Mentor: Dr. Etienne Sibille
Focus: Molecular mechanisms of major depression in corticolimbic circuits.

Sweyta Lohani
swl19@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-0132
Mentor: Dr. Bita Moghaddam
Focus:

Courtney Lopresti
cjl56@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-4529
Mentor: Dr. Julie Fiez
Focus:

Shiqi Ma
shm90@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-641-0442
Mentor: Dr. Alexander Sorkin
Focus: Molecular mechanisms regulating dopamine transporter activity in the striatum

Sofia Machado
som15@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-8206
Mentor: Dr. Mary Phillips
Focus:

James Maniscalco
jwm58@pitt.edu
Phone:
Mentor: Dr. Linda Rinaman
Focus: Elucidating the role of central glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) in mediating responses to cognitive and visceral stressors

Scott Marek
sam263@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-3171
Mentor: Dr. Mark Wheeler
Focus:

Kevin Mastro
kjm109@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-8537
Mentor: Dr. Edward Burton
Focus:

Lindsey McClement
mccleml@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-268-9753
Mentor: Dr. Nathan Urban
Focus:

Meghan McCord
mcm77@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-9480
Mentor: Elias Aizenman
Focus: Intracellular signaling in oxidant-induced apoptosis.

Lisa McIlvried
lam98@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-5368
Mentor: Dr. Michael Gold
Focus:

David Montez
dfm11@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-268-4000
Mentor: Dr. Marlene Cohen
Focus:

Jared Moreines
moreines.jared@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-7332
Mentor: Dr. Anthony Grace
Focus:

Caitlin Moyer
cem46@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-4391
Mentor: Dr. Robert Sweet
Focus: Presynaptic changes in auditory cortex circuitry in schizophrenia.

Peter Neumann
pan23@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-3175
Mentor: Dr. Yan Dong
Focus:

Gabriel Koch Ocker
gko1@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-1759
Mentor: Dr. Brent Doiron
Focus:

Hyunjung Oh
hyo2@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-7167
Mentor: Dr. Etienne Sibille
Focus: Molecular substrates of age by depression interaction

Mami Otaka
mao79@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-3175
Mentor: Dr. Yan Dong
Focus:

Puja Parekh
pkp13@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-5519
Mentor: Dr. Colleen McClung
Focus:

Junchol Park
jup36@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-724-7332
Mentor: Dr. Anthony Grace
Focus:

Jenna Parrish
jep101@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-7167
Mentor: Dr. Etienne Sibille
Focus:

Sophy Perdomo
sjp80@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-3379
Mentor: Dr. Peter Strick
Focus:

Sean Piantadosi
scp27@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-7167
Mentor: Dr. Etienne Sibille
Focus:

Polina Radchenkova
por4@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-807-8055
Mentor: Dr. Kirk Erickson
Focus:

Chelsea Reynolds
car105@pitt.edu
Phone:
Mentor: Dr. Carol Colby
Focus:

Matthew Rich
Phone: 412-624-5519
Mentor: Dr. Colleen McClung
Focus:

Brad Rocco
brr33@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-9381
Mentor: Dr. Ken Fish
Focus: Cortical circuitry and mental illness.

Gregory Rompala
grr14@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-7167
Mentor: Dr. Etienne Sibille
Focus:

Laura Rupprecht
lar103@pitt.edu
Phone:
Mentor: Dr. Alan Sved
Focus:

Rachel Schassburger
rls127@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-7339
Mentor: Dr. Alan Sved
Focus: Neuropharmacology of nicotine addiction

Nicole Scheff
nns6@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-5368
Mentor: Dr. Michael Gold
Focus: The role of intracellular calcium regulation in persistent inflammation-induced neuronal excitability and hyperalgesia.

Mansi Shah
mas184@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-7343
Mentor: Dr. Derek Molliver
Focus: Role of nucleotide signaling in peripheral pain mechanisms

Niyati Hegde Shah
hegde.niyathi@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-9434
Mentor: Dr. Elias Aizenman
Focus: Molecular mechanisms of neuronal apoptosis.

Micah Shelton
mas458@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-4391
Mentor: Dr. Rob Sweet
Focus:

Daniel Simmonds
simmonds.daniel@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-8178
Mentor: Dr. Beatriz Luna
Focus: Longitudinal development of brain networks and motor/cognitive behavior.

Erin Stachowski
eks30@pitt.edu
Phone:
Mentor: Dr. Gonzalo Torres
Focus:

Rachelle Stopczynski
stopczynski.rachelle@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-1152
Mentor: Dr. Kathryn Albers
Focus: Neuroplastic changes underlying cancer-related pain in a mouse model of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).

Steven Suway
sbs45@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-7021
Mentor: Dr. Andrew Schwartz
Focus:

Tyler Tarr
tbt2@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-4564
Mentor: Dr. Stephen Meriney
Focus: Structure-function relationships at individual neurotransmitter release sites.

Maria Tsiarli
mat90@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-9564
Mentor: Dr. Don DeFranco
Focus: Glucocorticoids and properties of neural stem/progenitor cells; computational biology.

Meredyth Wegener
maw201@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-5519
Mentor: Dr. Colleen McClung
Focus:

Gregory Wojaczynski
gjw13@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-8066
Mentor: Dr. J. Patrick Card
Focus:

Jesse Wood
jtw22@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-4537
Mentor: Dr. Bita Moghaddam
Focus: Neurophysiology of behaving animals regarding reward processes.