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Doctoral Graduate Students

Graduate student in the Remage-Healey lab

Graduate student in the Remage-Healey lab

Azaria Anderson

Advisor: Mariana Pereira

Azaria Anderson

B.S. Neuroscience, UCLA, 2018

Brennan Falcy

Advisor: Ilia Karatsoreos
Research interests: I study metabolism at the organismal and cellular level, and specifically how it is affected by circadian rhythms and endocannabinoid signaling

Brennan Falcy

B.S. Biology, University of Kansas, 2012

Liz Beech

Advisor: Gerald B. Downes
Research interests: The function, development, and evolution of neural circuits underlying cognition, Advisor: Gerald B. Downes

Liz Beech
Anusha Bharadwaj

Agnes Lacreuse, Elena Vazey
Research interests: Aging, Alzheimer's disease. Interested in exploring the biological underpinnings of sex differences in the onset and neuropathological manifestation of Alzheimer's disease.

Anusha Bharadwaj

B.A. Neuroscience, Smith College, 2019

Nick Bourdon

Advisor: Joseph Bergan
Research interests: Neuroendocrinology

Nick Bourdon

Graduate student in rotation

B.S. Biology, Federal University of Parana, Brazil, 2016
M.S. Psychobiology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, 2020

Felipe Cini

Advisor: Luke Remage–Healey

Felipe Cini
Andrea Contreras

Advisor: Mariana Pereira
Research interests: Understanding the neurobiological basis of parenting and maternal sensitivity

Andrea Contreras

Graduate student in the Katz lab

Graduate student in the Katz lab

Kaitlin Copelas

Advisor: Mariana Pereira

Kaitlin Copelas

B.S. Neuroscience, Bay Path University, 2020

Hannah Cournoyer

Advisor: Agnes Lacreuse
Research interests: Sex differences and sex hormones in the brain

Hannah Cournoyer

Graduate student in rotation

Graduate student in rotation

Harshada Sant

Advisor: Youngbin Kwak

Harshada Sant

Graduate student in the Katz lab

Graduate student in the Katz lab

Hyejoo Kang

Advisor: Luke Remage–Healey

Hyejoo Kang

Graduate student in the Downes lab

Graduate student in the Downes lab

Graduate student in rotation

Gradaute student in rotation

Chungyan (Tom) Lee

Advisor: Kyle R. Cave

Chungyan (Tom) Lee
Emily Robinson

Advisor: Mariana Pereira
Research interests: I study maternal behavior via the cellular activity in the medial preoptic area.

Emily Robinson

Graduate student in the Rauch lab

Graduate student in the Rauch lab

B.A. Psychology and Spanish, San Diego State University, 2014

Miriam Munoz

Advisor: Jennifer E. Mack
Research interests: The neural mechanism in hearing and perceptual adaptation to a talker with a speech disorder

Miriam Munoz

B.S. Biochemistry and psychological sciences, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2021
M.S. Neuroscience, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2022

Kathryn Nippert

Advisor: Elena Vazey, David E. Moorman

Kathryn Nippert

B.S. Zoology with a minor in Mathematical Biology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, 2018

Kate Otter

Advisor: Paul S. Katz
Research interests: Predator-prey interactions and risky decision-making

Kate Otter

B.A. Exercise Science, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
M.S. Biology, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Greg L. Pearson

Advisor: Ilia Karatsoreos
Research interests: Using the circadian clock as a tool to understand neuroimmune responses to pathogens.

Greg L. Pearson

B.A. Psychology, minor in Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Shrishti Ramaiah

Advisor: David E. Moorman, Elena Vazey
Research interests: Decision making, specifically addiction models of decision making in rodents. My work so far has focused on targeted drug manipulations to theoretically based cortical subregions to understand the neurobiological and behavioral underpinnings of risky decision making.

Shrishti Ramaiah
Harshada Sant

Advisor: Ilia Karatsoreos

Harshada Sant
Katrina Rodheim

Advisor: Rebecca Spencer

Katrina Rodheim

Neuroscience and behavior graduate student in the Richardson lab

Photo of Margot Schmitt

Neuroscience and behavior graduate student in the Richardson lab

Photo of Margot Schmitt

Graduate student in the Sun lab

Graduate student in the Sun lab

Graduate student in the Rauch lab

Graduate student in the Rauch lab

Catarina Teves

Advisor: Elena Vazey

Catarina Teves

B.S. Economics, Neurobiology, Economic Decision-Making, and Social Systems, UMass Amherst, May 2018
M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, UMass Amherst, Sept. 2019

Francesca Walsh

Advisor: Youngbin Kwak
Research interests: Neural mechanisms underpinning monetary choices and the role of risk and social pressure in economic decision-making

Francesca Walsh

B.S. Biology, minor in Chemistry, Brandeis University, 2015

Jennifer Jiexin Wang

Advisor: Ilia Karatsoreos
Research interests: Desynchronization of circadian rhythms and molecular mechanisms contributing to our circadian clocks

Jennifer Jiexin Wang

Graduate student in rotation 

Graduate student in rotation

Graduate student in rotation 

Graduate student in rotation

Fast Track Master's Graduate Students

Andrea Contreras

Advisor: Mariana Pereira
Research interests: Understanding the neurobiological basis of parenting and maternal sensitivity

Andrea Contreras

Graduate student in rotation

Graduate student in rotation

Chungyan (Tom) Lee

Advisor: Kyle R. Cave

Chungyan (Tom) Lee

Graduate student in the Sun lab

Graduate student in the Sun lab