Joyce Woo: Predoctoral Trainee (NRSA Awarded)
Mentor: Alexey Ostroumov, PhD & Patrick Forcelli, PhD
Thesis Research: Assessing the role of midbrain KCC2-mediated synaptic plasticity in reward learning.

Phil Gross: Thesis defended
Mentor: Jeffrey Huang, PhD
Thesis Research: Elucidating the role of senescent cells in CNS remyelination.

Devin Palmer: Thesis defended
Mentor: Patrick Forcelli, PhD
Thesis Research: Targeting the tectopontine pathway to monitor and control spontaneous seizures.

Neke Nsor: Predoctoral Trainee
Mentor: Casey Brown, PhD
Thesis Research: Using fMRI adaptation to investigate neural dysfunction.

Max Stevenson: Thesis defended
Mentor: Dr. Charbel Moussa
Thesis Research: Investigating the role of c-KIT in the pathogenesis of protein-mediated neurodegenerative disease.

Danna Cunningham: Predoctoral Trainee
Mentor: Bill Rebeck, PhD
Thesis Research: The implications of APOE genotype and amyloid burden on oligodendrocyte metabolism and function in a mouse model of AD.

Ismary Blanco: Thesis defended (NRSA awarded)
Mentor: Katherine Conant, MD
Thesis Research: Stress and depressive-like behaviors in zebrafish; characterizing changes in neuronal plasticity after unpredictable chronic stress.

Dan Chapman: Thesis defended (NRSA awarded)
Mentor: Mark Burns, PhD & Stefano Vicini, PhD
Thesis Research: Interrogating synaptic mechanisms underlying contextual fear conditioning amnesia in a rodent model of highly repetitive mild traumatic brain injury.

Tahiyana Khan: Thesis defended
Mentor: Patrick Forcelli, PhD
Thesis Research: The contribution of cellular senescence in epileptogenesis.

Holly Korthas: Thesis defended
Mentor: Mark Burns, PhD
Thesis Research: The effects of high-frequency head impacts on circadian rhythms and sleep architecture.

Kelly Martin: Thesis defended
Mentor: Elissa Newport, PhD & Peter Turkeltaub, MD, PhD
Thesis Research: Characterizing the organization of core language and emotional prosody processing in right frontotemporal regions after left hemisphere perinatal stroke.

Mondona McCann: Thesis defended
Mentor: Kathy Maguire-Zeiss, PhD
Thesis Research: Polychlorinated biphenyls and synuclein as a ‘dual hit’ model of astrocytic dysfunction. 

Andrew Speidell: Predoctoral Trainee
Mentor: Italo Mocchetti, PhD
Thesis Research: The role of p75NTR-coupled signaling in HIV-1 gp120-mediated synaptic injury.

Lorenzo Bozzelli: Thesis defended
Mentor: Katherine Conant, MD
Thesis Research: The role of MMPs and PNNs in HAND.

Deran Erdengiz: Thesis defended
Mentor: Kathy Maguire-Zeiss, PhD
Thesis Research: Synuclein directly regulates L-type VGCC activity and function in dopaminergic neurons.

Cameron McKay: Thesis defended
Mentor: Guinevere Eden, D.Phil.
Thesis Research: Developmental dyslexia and hippocampal volume.

Laya Rajan: Thesis defended
Mentor: Chandan Vaidya, PhD
Thesis Research: Neuroplasticity due to obesity in the developing brain. 

Hannah Waguespack: Thesis defended
Mentor: Ludise Malkova, PhD & Patrick Forcelli, PhD
Thesis Research: Midbrain contributions to defensive behavior in macaques.

Stephanie Sloley: Thesis defended
Mentor: Mark Burns, PhD
Thesis Research: Identifying changes in hippocampal synaptic plasticity following repetitive mild traumatic brain injury.

Kaela Singleton: Thesis defended; Predoctoral Trainee  (NIH F99 Awarded)
Mentor: Elena Silva, PhD
Thesis Research: Mechanisms of regulation and function of Sox 11 in frog and mouse. 

Erin Wenzel: Thesis defended; Predoctoral Trainee (NRSA Awarded)
Mentor: Italo Mocchetti, PhD
Thesis Research: Intracellular mechanisms of HIV-1 envelope protein neurotoxicity.

Brittany Aguilar: Thesis defended
Mentors: Patrick Forcelli, PhD and Ludise Malkova, PhD
Thesis Research: Investigating contributions of intermediate and deep layers of the superior colliculus to defensive and emotional behaviors.

Carrie Leonard: Thesis defended
Mentor: Maria Donoghue, PhD
Thesis Research: EphA7 regulates dendritic morphology and postnatal synapse formation in the cerebral cortex. 

Lanier Heyburn: Thesis defended
Mentors: Brent Harris, MD, PhD and Charbel Moussa, MBBS, PhD
Thesis Research: Effect of tyrosine kinase inhibitors on TDP-43 localization.

Ted Turesky: Thesis defended
Mentor: Guinevere Eden, D.Phil.
Thesis Research: Neural development and degeneration: An fMRI study on the motor system in children, young adults, and old adults. 

Megan Allen: Thesis defended
Mentors: Katherine Conant, MD and Kathy Maguire-Zeiss, PhD
Thesis Research: MMP-1 Mediated PAR-1 Signaling and Fragile X Syndrome. 

Kelly Chamberlain: Thesis defended
Mentor: Jeffrey Huang, PhD
Thesis Research: Oligodendrocyte Regulation of Neuronal Energy Metabolism and  ATP Buffering.

Amanda DiBattista: Thesis defended; Predoctoral trainee: F31 NRSA
Mentor: Bill Rebeck, PhD
Thesis Research: Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Gene APOE Predicts Molecular Differences in the Absence of Disease. 

Summer Kathol: Thesis defended; Predoctoral trainee: F31 NRSA
Mentor: Italo  Mocchetti, PhD
Thesis Research:  Investigating Mitochondrial Dynamic Impairment by HIV Viral  Protein Tat and the Protective Capacity of Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide (PACAP).

Gustavo Rodriguez: Thesis defended; Predoctoral trainee: F31 NRSA
Mentor: Bill Rebeck, PhD
Thesis Research: Effect of APOE Genotype on Glial Activation in a Mouse Model of Amyloid Deposition.

Carissa Winland Berger: Thesis defended; Predoctoral trainee: F31 NRSA
Co-Mentors:  Kathy Maguire-Zeiss, PhD and Stefano Vicini, PhD
Thesis Research:  The Effect of Inflammation on Striatal Circuitry. 

Teal Connor: Thesis defended
Mentor: Bill Rebeck, PhD
Thesis Research: The Intracellular Domains Required for ApoER2’s Effect on  Dendritic Spine Density. 

Michael Smirnov: Thesis defended
Mentors: Jeffrey Urbach, PhD and  Herb Geller, PhD
Thesis Research: Structural and Mechanical Influence on Growth Cone Guidance and Axonal Regeneration. 

Patricia Washington: Thesis defended
Mentor: Mark Burns, PhD
Thesis Research: The Role of Amyloid-Beta After Traumatic Brain Injury: Injury Mediator or Marker? 

Charisse Winston: Thesis defended
Mentor: Mark Burns, PhD
Thesis Research: The Effect of APOE Genotype on Neuronal Remodeling Caused by Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.