Master's Recipients

2012

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  André Boulay

  B.S. Psychology/Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, May 2007
  Master's
  Research Interests: Motor Control and Coordination, Motor Speech Disorder Apraxia
  Chair/Advisor: Dr. Richard Van Emmerik
  Thesis Title: Motor Control and Coordination, Motor Speech Disorder Apraxia
  AndreJBoulay@gmail.com
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  Chrisanthi A. Karanikas

  B.A. Psychology, Michigan State University, May 2009
  Master's
  Research Interests: Neurobiological and Behavioral Effects of Alcohol Addiction
  Chair/Advisor: Dr. Heather Richardson
  cakarani@cns.umass.edu
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  Emily D. Merchasin

  B.S. Biology, San Francisco State University, January 2005
  M.S. Biology, San Francisco State University, May 2009
  Research Interests: The Effects of Stress During Puberty on Adult Behavior
  Chair/Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Blaustein
  emerchas@cns.umass.edu

2011

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  Hanna M. King

  B.A. Psychology, Loyola University, December 2007
  M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst, September 2010
  Research Interests: The Influence of Peripubertal Stress on Altered Adult Response to Estradiol
  Chair/Advisor:

  Dr. Jeffrey Blaustein

  Dr. Agnes Lacreuse
  hmking@cns.umass.edu
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  Sean W. Burton

  B.A. Psychology, Kent State University, May 2006
  Research Interests: Axon/Glial Interactions in Axon Guidance
  Chair/Advisor:

  Dr. Rolf Karlstrom

  Dr. Michael Barresi
  sburton@cns.umass.edu

2010

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  Michael J. Cunningham

  B.S. Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Thesis Title: Regulation of Trio Splice Variants by 17beta-Estradiol and 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-P-Dioxin
  Position:

  First year medical student (class of 2015)
  University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT

  mcunning22@gmail.com

2009

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  Christina S. Henderson

  B.S. Biology,University of Massachusetts Amherst
  M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Thesis Title: MDMA and Methamphetamine: An Investigation of a Neurochemical and Behavioral Cross-Tolerance in the Rat
  Position:

  Research Associate, R&D, Seaside Therapeutics, Cambridge, Massachusetts

  chenders@nsm.umass.edu
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  John C. Richiedei

  B.S. Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Thesis Title: Event=Related Potential Indices of Attentional Gradients Across the Visual Field
  Position:

  First year medical student, UMass Medical School. 

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  Jamie L. Berkowitz

  B.S. Biology, minor Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Chair/Advisor: Dr. Melinda Novak
  Thesis Title: Sexually Differentiated Object Preference in Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca Mulatta)
  Position:

  Private Pediatric Office, Pittsfield, Mass.  

  jberky@gmail.com

2007

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  Christine A. Major

  B.S. Animal Science (minor Psychology), University of Massachusetts Amherst
  M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Thesis Title: Seeing and Knowing Ability of Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca Mulatta)
  Position:

  Research Technician II, Division of Neuroscience, Laboratory of Behavioral Biology at Harvard Medical School's New England Regional Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts

  major.christine@gmail.com
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  Lauren R. Ditzian

  B.S. Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Thesis Title: The Time-Course of Developmental Cell Death in the Spinal Nucleus of the Bulbocavernosus of Mice
  Position:

  Intern, Planned Parenthood International, Santiago, Chile

  lditzian@yahoo.com
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  Lauren M. Gasbarro

  B.S. Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Chair/Advisor: Jeffrey D. Blaustein
  Thesis Title: Female Sexual Receptivity: The Effect of Stress at Puberty on Sexual Receptivity in Female Mice
  Position:

  Pharmacovigilance Associate, Genzyme, Cambridge, Mass.

  laurengasbarro@gmail.com
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  David M. Whitehead

  B.S. Biochemistry & Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Thesis Title: What Mediates the Interaction Between Semaphorin and Rac at the Developing Synapse?
  Position:

  Surgery residency program, Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Montefiore, Bronx, New York. 

2006

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  Scott Baver

  B.S. Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Colorado State University, September 2009
  Thesis Title: Melanopsin-Immunoreactive Retinal Ganglion Cells in the Mongolian Gerbil Retina
  Position:

  Postdoctoral Fellow, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of Endocrinology

  sbaver@bidmc.harvard.edu
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  Maria Furman

  B.S. Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Thesis Title: The Role of Ghrelin in Estrous Behavior Interactions with Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone
  Position:

  Clinical Development Associate, US Exploratory Implementation, Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana

  maria.furman@gmail.com
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  Arthur W. Seelig

  B.S. Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Thesis Title: Neurochemical Identity of c-Fos Expressing Neurons in the Dorsal Raphe Nucleus
  Position:

  Instructor & Laboratory Manager
  Science Department, Sierra Nevada College

  aseelig@sierranevada.edu

2003

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  Mohammed Reza

  B.S. Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Thesis Title: Role of Cell Death in Respect to Sexual Differentiation of the Vasopressin Neurotransmitter System
  Position:

  Medical student at SABA University of Medicine

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  Patricia L. Seymour

  B.S. Biology (minor Psychology), University of Massachusetts Amherst
  M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Thesis Title: The Role of Corticotropin Releasing Factor Receptors in the Suppression of Estrous Behavior
  Position:

  Second year primary care/family practice resident, Worcester Program for Family Medicine and Community Health

  Patricia.Seymour3@umassmemorial.org
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  Christina M. Veino

  B.S. Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Thesis Title: A Systematic Exploration of Tool Use in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)

2002

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  Shaun Gaipo

  B.S. Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Thesis Title: Do the Vasopressin Cells of the Mouse Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis and Medial Amygdala Contain Androgen and Progesterone Receptors: An Immunocytochemical Study
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  Peter S. Wu

  B.S. Psychology (minor Biology), University of Massachusetts Amherst, May 2001
  M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Thesis Title: The Effects of Flashing Light on c-Fos Expression in the Dorsal Raphe Nucleus of the Mongolian Gerbil
  Position:

  Baystate Surgical Residency Program, Baystate Medical Center

  peterwu.md@gmail.com
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  Ernie Pedapati

  B.S. Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Thesis Title: The Effect of Endogenous Neurotrophic Factors on the Development of the Rat Perineal Muscles
  Position:

  Medical Student, University of Massachusetts Medical School

  Ernest.Pedapati@umassmed.edu

2001

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  Maria Peroulakis

  B.A. Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Thesis Title: Characterization of Perineal Muscles and Motoneurons in the Nakes Mole-Rat (Heterocephalus Glaber)
  Position:

  Consultant, Global Enrollment Optimization, Clinical Development Organization, Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana

  mariaep@lilly.com
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  John Ribadeneyra

  B.S. Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Thesis Title: Effects of 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin on Estradiol Induction of Progesterone Receptor Gene Expression in the Hypothalamus and Preoptic Area of the Rat Brain
  Position:

  Cell Biology Department (Lab of Gary Stein), UMass Medical School, Worcester

1999

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  Kathryn Larsen

  B.S. Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Thesis Title: Sensory Axon Growth During Drosophila Metamorphosis
  Position:

  Admission Committee Interviewer, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut

  klarsen@choate.edu