Recent Graduates

Variations in neuronal population activity across behaviors, brain regions, and disease

Advisor: Krishnan Padmanabhan, Ph.D.

Protein phosphatase 1 isoforms differentially regulate synaptic transmission and plasticity

Advisor: Houhui Xia, Ph.D.

The ins and outs of the primate amygdala: connectivity gradients, development, and early life stress

Advisor: Julie Fudge, M.D.

Amygdala-Prefrontal Circuits Implicated in Expression Perception

Advisor: Lizabeth Romanski, Ph.D. & Julie Fudge, M.D.

Protective mechanisms in Naked Mole Rat CNS: roles of extracellular matrix and astroglia

Advisor: Vera Gorbunova, Ph.D.

Task Modulation of Optic Flow Responses: Neural and Neuronal Mechanisms

Advisor: Charles Duffy, M.D., Ph.D.

Now: Postdoctoral Fellowship at Penn State Univ., Hershey Med. School

Mechanisms of ATP-dependent microglial process motility

Advisor: Ania Majewska, Ph.D.

Neural Mechanisms of Eye Movements in Area MT and MTC

Advisor: Jude Mitchell, Ph.D.

Disentangling the Effects of Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Olfactory Loss: A Longitudinal Mouse Model of Chemosensory Behavior and Neuroinflammation

Advisor: Julian Meeks, Ph.D.

Auditory Neurophysiological and Neuropathological Deficits in the Cln3-/- Mouse Model of Batten Disease

Advisor: Edward Freedman, Ph.D. & Kuan Hong Wang, Ph.D. & John Foxe, Ph.D.

Physiological and Computational-Modeling Studies of Timbre Encoding in the Inferior Colliculus

Advisor: Laurel Carney, Ph.D.

Now: Post-doctoral fellow at University of Michigan

When Oscillations Reflect Key Information Needed for Goals: Maintenance Engages Mnemonic Oscillations in Rhesus Monkey

Advisor: Adam Snyder, Ph.D.

Phospho-regulation of liprin-alpha1 via the PPP2R5D-PP2A holoenzyme

Advisor: Houhui Xia, Ph.D.

Blind-field visual abilities after occipital stroke: incidence, dynamics, substrates and consequences for visual rehabilitation

Advisor: Krystel Huxlin, Ph.D.

Linking Secondary Insults to Neurological Vulnerability in the Rare Disease Ataxia Telangiectasia

Advisor: Margot Mayer-Pröschel, Ph.D.

Anatomical characterization of the mouse retinal vasculature under healthy and hyperglycemic conditions

Advisor: Jesse Schallek, Ph.D.

Corticogeniculate feedback from Mid-level Extrastriate Cortex

Advisor: Farran Briggs, Ph.D.

Now: Postdoctoral Associate at NIH

Effects of Developmental Ethanol Exposure on Cerebellar Microglia and Purkinje Cells

Advisor: Ania Majewska, Ph.D.

Investigating the critical <i>in vivo</i> role of neuronal PP1β

Advisor: Houhui Xia, Ph.D.

Neurogenetic Mechanisms Underlying Sexually Dimorphic Behavioral States in C. elegans

Advisor: Douglas Portman, Ph.D.

Tools to Explore the Neural Control of Vision-Guided Reaching Behavior for Dynamic Targets in the Common Marmoset

Advisor: Kuan Hong Wang, Ph.D. & Jude Mitchell, Ph.D.

Mechanisms of Cerebellar Microglial Dynamics and Their Influence On Behavior

Advisor: Ania Majewska, Ph.D.

The functional impact of cortical and retinal damage on the parallel processing streams in the early visual pathways

Advisor: Krystel Huxlin, Ph.D. & Farran Briggs, Ph.D.

Functions of corticogeniculate feedback in visual behaviors

Advisor: Farran Briggs, Ph.D.

The role of proinflammatory cytokines in glaucomatous neurodegeneration

Advisor: Richard Libby, Ph.D.

Immunomodulatory approaches to Alzheimer’s Disease

Advisor: M. Kerry O'Banion, M.D., Ph.D.

The effects of microglial adrenergic signaling and microglial renewal on Alzheimer’s disease pathology

Advisor: M. Kerry O'Banion, M.D., Ph.D. & Ania Majewska, Ph.D.

Structure and Function of Corticogeniculate Feedback

Advisor: Farran Briggs, Ph.D.

Social processing and underlying language deficits in schizophrenia during naturalistic video viewing

Advisor: Edmund Lalor, Ph.D. & David Dodell-Feder, Ph.D.

Iron deficiency alters inhibitory neuron precursor population dynamics in human ventral forebrain organoids

Advisor: Margot Mayer-Pröschel, Ph.D.

c-Cbl Inhibition in Glioblastoma Multiforme: A Pathway Analysis

Advisor: Mark Noble, Ph.D.

Role of mAChR signaling and M-current in EVS mediated responses of mammalian vestibular afferents

Advisor: J. Christopher Holt, Ph.D.

Semantic Language Processing: Insight into Underlying Circuitry and Development using Neurophysiological and Neuroimaging Methods

Advisor: Edward Freedman, Ph.D. & John Foxe, Ph.D.