CNUP: Center for Neuroscience

Graduate Students

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Peter Adelman
pca9@pitt.edu
Phone:
Mentor: Dr. Carol Colby
Focus:

Mandar Aras
aras.mandar@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-9480
Mentor: Dr. Elias Aizenman
Focus: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration.

James Bales
bales.james@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-2188
Mentor: Dr. C. Edward Dixon
Focus:

Layla Banihashemi
labst94@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-8748
Mentor: Dr. Linda Rinaman
Focus: The effects of early life experience on central autonomic circuits.

Michael Bienkowski
msb21@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-8748
Mentor: Dr. Linda Rinaman
Focus:

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

Michelle Carter
mdc56@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-6200
Mentor: Dr. Charlie Bradberry
Focus:

Vanessa Chan
chan.vanessa@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone:
Mentor: Dr. Robert Turner
Focus: Pathophysiology of Parkinson's Disease, and mechanisms of therapeutic deep brain stimulation.

Amanda Clause
arc38@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-605-3979
Mentor: Dr. Karl Kandler
Focus: Structural refinement of inhibitory connections.

Mahlon Collins
mac230@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-9776
Mentor: Dr. Ruth Perez
Focus:

Sarah Cook
sjc58@pitt.edu
Phone:
Mentor: Dr. Carol Colby
Focus:

Kate Cosgrove
kecst41@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-4567
Mentor: Dr. German Barrionuevo
Focus: Synaptic physiology of interneurons and their inputs in the hippocampus.

Trinity Crapse
tbc6@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-268-7229
Mentor: Dr. Marc Sommer
Focus: Visual processing by the frontal lobes during saccadic eye movements.

Allison Curley
aac31@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-9909
Mentor: Dr. David Lewis
Focus: Altered prefrontal cortex circuitry in 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:

Nicole Edgar
nie2@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-7167
Mentor: Dr. Etienne Sibille
Focus: Genetic influences and molecular mechanisms of depression.

Patrick M. Fisher
pmf6@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-9957
Mentor: Dr. Julie Price
Focus: Cortico-limbic emotional regulatory networks and genetic influences.

Krysta Fox
kmf43@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-7332
Mentor: Dr. Anthony Grace
Focus: Alterations in cortical inhibitory neurons in Schizophrenia.

George Fraser
gwf2@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-9060
Mentor: Dr. Andy Schwartz
Focus: Motor cortex network activity and field potentials.

Christopher Gaiteri
cag44@pitt.ed
Phone:
Mentor: Dr. Etienne Sibille
Focus: Non-linear dynamics, neural and genetic small-world networks.

Krishnamurthy Ganapathy Subramanian
krg28@pitt.edu
Phone:
Mentor: Dr. Robert Turner
Focus:

Sonya Giridhar
sbp11@pitt.edu
Phone: 268-9818
Mentor: Dr. Nathan Urban
Focus: Dynamics and impact of correlations in olfactory circuitry.

Christin Glorioso
glorioso.christin@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-7167
Mentor: Dr. Etienne Sibille
Focus: Genetics and molecular mechanisms of central nervous system aging.

Sara Guediche
sag25@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-7083
Mentor: Dr. Julie Fiez
Focus: Language processing through fMRI

Nathan Hall
njh5@pitt.edu
Phone:
Mentor: Dr. Carol Colby
Focus:

Rashed Harun
rah28@pitt.edu
Phone:
Mentor: Dr. Amy Wagner
Focus:

Gil Hoftman
hoftman.gil@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-3934
Mentor: Dr. David Lewis
Focus:

Ericka Holmstrand
ech6@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-8452
Mentor: Dr. Susan Sesack
Focus: Anatomy underlying cholinergic modulation of dopamine systems

Max Horowitz
horowitz.max@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-9154
Mentor: Dr. J. Timothy Greenamyre
Focus: Dysregulation of brain iron trafficking in Parkinson's disease.

Jie Jiang
jij12@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-7376
Mentor: Dr. Susan Amara
Focus: The structure and regulation of excitatory amino acid transporters.

Daniel Jimenez
daj13@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-268-9818
Mentor: Dr. Nathan Urban
Focus: Functional integration of adult born neurons in the olfactory bulb.

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

Caitlin Kirkwood
Phone: 412-624-4391
Mentor: Dr. Robert Sweet
Focus:

Roma Konecky
rok10@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-268-7229
Mentor: Dr. Carl Olson
Focus: Neural mechanisms underlying cognitive control.

Patryk A. Laurent
patryk@cnbc.cmu.edu
Phone: 412-624-3121
Mentor: Dr. Erik Reichle
Focus: Use of computational modeling and fMRI to understand the neural mechanisms of reward-based learning.

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: 412-383-6695
Mentor: Dr. Seong-Gi Kim
Focus:

Li-Chun Lin
lil58@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-7167
Mentor: Dr. Etienne Sibille
Focus:

Witek Lipski
wjl3@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-7332
Mentor: Dr. Anthony Grace
Focus: In vivo electrophysiology techniques to study plasticity mechanisms underlying emotional memory formation and expression in rats.

James Maniscalco
jwm58@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-6994
Mentor: Dr. Linda Rinaman
Focus:

Sashi Marella
skm21@pitt.edu
Phone:
Mentor: Dr. Bard Ermentrout
Focus: Mathematical and computational investigation of neuronal networks.

Marguerite Matthews
mam222@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-0132
Mentor: Dr. Bita Moghaddam
Focus: Developmental rodent models of schizophrenia.

J. Patrick Mayo
jpm49@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-268-4116
Mentor: Dr. Marc Sommer
Focus: Neural correlates of vision, eye movements, and the perception of time.

Meghan McCord
mcm77@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-7167
Mentor: Etienne Sibille
Focus:

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

Paul Middlebrooks
pgm7@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-268-2010
Mentor: Dr. Marc Sommer
Focus: Single neuron activity and the associated circuitry involved in visual awareness.

Caitlin Moyer
cem46@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-9909
Mentor: Dr. Robert Sweet
Focus: Presynaptic changes in auditory cortex circuitry in schizophrenia.

James Myers
jhm24@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-3379
Mentor: Dr. Peter Strick
Focus:

Vivek Patel
patel.vivek@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-5380
Mentor: Dr. Charleen Chu
Focus: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration.

Andrea Ponting
ponting@pitt.edu
Phone: 624-7083
Mentor: Dr. Julie Fiez
Focus: Investigation aspects of human memory/learning using fMRI

Jessica Porter
jnp13@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-7048
Mentor: Dr. Charles Bradberry
Focus: Evaluating the effects of chronic cocaine exposure on cognition in non-human primates.

Brad Rocco
brr33@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-9381
Mentor: Dr. Ken Fish
Focus:

Jonathan Sager
jjs81@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-8526
Mentor: Dr. Gonzalo Torres
Focus: Development of neural networks.

Kathleen Salerno
kms116@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-1152
Mentor: Dr. Kathryn Albers
Focus: Changes in signaling and gene transcription following nerve injury, mechanisms of neuropathic pain.

Ranmal Samarasinghe
samarasinghe.ranmal@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-9564
Mentor: Dr. Donald DeFranco
Focus: Response of primary cortical and hippocampal cultures and acute brain slices to oxygen and glucose deprivation.

Andrew Samuelsson
ars66@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-2945
Mentor: Dr. Yan Xu
Focus: Adult neurogenesis in the olfactory bulb.

Nicole Scheff
nns6@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-5368
Mentor: Dr. Michael Gold
Focus:

Samuel Shin
shin.samuel@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-2188
Mentor: Dr. Edward Dixon
Focus:

SooYoon Shin
sys3@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-268-8625
Mentor: Dr. Marc A. Sommer
Focus: Neural correlates of vision and eye movements in the circuitry from the basal ganglia to the frontal cortex.

Beth Siegler Retchless
bas95@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-4299
Mentor: Dr. Jon Johnson
Focus: Mechanisms of NR2 subunit-dependent variation in NMDA receptor channel properties.

Deepak Soneji
soneji.deepak@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-9086
Mentor: Dr. H. Richard Koerber
Focus:

Kristen Stedenfeld
kas108@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-9168
Mentor: Dr. Alan Sved
Focus: The effects of stress on neural control of autonomic function and cardiovascular regulation.

Rachelle Stopczynski
stopczynski.rachelle@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-1152
Mentor: Dr. Kathryn Albers
Focus:

David A. Sturman
sturman.david@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-4537
Mentor: Dr. Bita Moghaddam
Focus: Neurophysiology of adolescents during appetitive, goal-directed behavior.

Janani Subramanian
jas291@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-268-2010
Mentor: Dr. Carol Colby
Focus: Understanding whether LIP neurons show shape selectivity when they update visual space.

Nelson Totah
nkt6@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-4537
Mentor: Dr. Bita Moghaddam
Focus: The neural basis of attention.

Maria Tsiarli
mat90@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-8625
Mentor: Dr. Thanos Tzounopoulos
Focus:

Ting Wang
tiw12@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-9568
Mentor: Dr. Brian Davis
Focus: The involvement of GDHF growth factor in neuropathic pain.

Meghan Wilson
wilson.meghan@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-9655
Mentor: Dr. Robert Bowser
Focus: Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration in ALS.

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

Eser Yilmaz
esy4@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-7023
Mentor: Dr. Floh Thiels
Focus: Regulation of gene expression during synaptic plasticity.

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