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The lab over the years

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Supriya farewell (March 2017)
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Mario's creation featured on the cover of Cell Reports (October 2021)

Lab members

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Somdatta Saha (2021-present)
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar, India
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Jason Younkin (2021-present)
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Awards: NIH-NIMH T32MH020030
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Alaina M. Jaster  (2020-present)
PhD candidate
BS, Central Michigan University
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Maya Gaines-Smith (2022-present)
PhD student 
MS, Hampton University
BS, Hampton University
Awards: NIH-IMSD R25GM090084
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Jessica Maltman  (2022-present)
PhD student
BS, Virginia Tech
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Sandra Ledesma Corvi
Visiting PhD student 

PhD student, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain
Awards: Spain Ministry of Economy Fellowship
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Julie Kraft (2022-present)
MS student 

Premedical Graduate Sciences Certificate Program (CERT) at VCU
BA, CUNY Hunter College
AS, CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College 
BA, New York University Gallatin School

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Jeremy D. Rolquin (2022-present)
Research scientist - Lab manager

MS, Virginia Commonwealth University
BS, University of North Carolina
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Enrique Valenzuela Lesme  (2021-present)
Undergraduate student at VCU
BS, John Tyler Community College
Awards: VCU Bridges to Baccalaureate (NIH R25GM102795)

Alumni

Doan On (2017-2022)
Research scientist 

MS, Virginia Commonwealth University
MS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BS, University of Virginia

Douglas Keener (2022)

Visiting summer student
Undergraduate student at William & Mary University

Julie Rix (2022)
Visiting high school teacher

Awards: R25DA036915 (HERO-T)

​Nikita Thakur (2021-2022)
Master's student 
Premedical Graduate Sciences Certificate Program (CERT) at VCU
BA, University of Virginia
Current position: MD student at Eastern Virginia Medical School 

Mario de la Fuente Revenga (2015-2021)
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
Awards: NIH-NIMH T32MH020030
Current position: Head of Discovery Science at Radius Health, Inc. 

John McGinn (2020-2021)
Master's student 
Premedical Graduate Sciences Certificate Program (CERT) at VCU
BS, University of Virginia
Current position: MD student at St. George's University, Grenade, West Indies 

Natalia Cordero Ruiz (2021)

Visiting PhD student 
PhD student, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Bilbao, Spain 
Awards: Spain Ministry of Economy Fellowship

​Rudy Toneatti (2016-2021)

PhD student
MS, Pierre et Marie Curie University, Paris, France
MS, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
BPhil, University of Nice, France 

Awards: UPMC Fellowship

Justin M. Saunders (2016-2021)

MD-PhD student
BS, Villanova University
Awards: NIH-NIMH F30MH116550
                Phi Kappa Phi School of Medicine Scholarship

Current position: Medical phase of the MD-PhD program at VCU

Kyle Hsu (2021)
​Summer undergraduate student 

Hiba Vohra (2017-2021)

Master's student and Research Scientist
BS, College of William & Mary
Current position: MD student at VCU

Urjita H. Shah (2017-2021)
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University

Current position: Research Associate at Noetic Fund

Jennifer Jimenez (2019-2021)
Research Assistant
BS, Virginia Commonwealth University

Salvador Sierra San Nicolás (2017-2020)

Postdoctoral Fellow
MD-PhD, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Neurology Residency at Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain ​
Current position: Neurology Residency at University of Michigan
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Audrey McMurtrie (2019-2020)

Master's student
Premedical Graduate Sciences Certificate Program (CERT), VCU
BA, University of Notre Dame
Awards: Poland Award in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at VCU
Current position: MD student at VCU

​Mohamed Aarif Abdul Kareem (2019-2020)

Master's student
Premedical Graduate Sciences Certificate Program (CERT), VCU
​Visiting student at Universidad Autónoma in Madrid, Spain

BA, Boston University
Awards: Certificate of Recognition in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at VCU
Current position: DM student at University of Pittsburgh
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Xiomara Cuno Lavilla (2017-2019)
Undergraduate summer rotation student
BS student at Thomas Nelson Community College

Awards: VCU Bridges to Baccalaureate (R25GM102795)​
Current position: Undergraduate student at Johns Hopkins University

Dexter Jandres Rivera 
Visiting High School Student

Travis Cuddy (2017-2019)

Master's student
Current position: MD student at VCU

Jong Shin (2017-2018)

Master's student
Next position: Postbac IRTA fellow at NINDS

Yashu Sampathkumar (2018)
MD summer rotation student


​Cassandra Dunn (2017-2018)
Research Assistant

Maryum Ijaz (2016-2017)

Master's student
Current position: MD student at VCU
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Ana Sánchez-González (2017)
Visiting student
PhD student, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain

Supriya Gaitonde (2016-2017)

Postdoctoral Fellow
Next position: Medical Advisor at Cipla Ltd. in Mumbai, India. 

Ashkhan Hojati (2016-2017)
Research Assistant
Current position: MD student at Carle Illinois College of Medicine

Kelsey Hideshima (2015-2017)
Research Assistant
Current position: MD student at University of California, Davis
Next position: Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at  University of California, Davis

Juan F. López-Giménez (2016)
Visiting Professor

Research Professor at CSIC in Santander, Spain 

José L. Moreno (2008-2016)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Awards: Spain Ministry of Science and Education Postdoctoral Fellowship (2008-2009)
Next position: Scientist at GSK in Stevenage, UK

Current position: Head of Analytical Services at VIVEbiotech in Donostia, Spain

Luna Fomsgaard (2016)
Visiting Student

Master's student at Bispebjerg Hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark

Apostolia Baki (2015)
Assistant Professor
Next position: Assistant Professor at Northeastern University

Daisuke Ibi (2012 – 2015)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Awards: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship (2012-2013)
                The Uehara Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2014-2015)
Current position: Assistant Professor at Meijo University in Nagoya, Japan

Terrell Holloway (2009 – 2014)
Research Assistant
Awards: AMA Foundation Minority Scholars Award
                Distinction in Research
Next position: MD Student, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Current position: Psychiatry Residency at Yale School of Medicine
 
Jeremy Seto (2011 – 2014)
Visiting Scientist
Current position: Assistant Professor at New York City College of Technology, CUNY
 
Spencer Sharp (2013 – 2014)     
CEYE Student
Next position: Undergraduate student at Case Western Reserve University
 
Aintzane García-Bea (2012 and 2013)
Visiting PhD Student
Awards: Basque Country Fellowship
Next position: Postdoctoral fellow at University of Oxford, England
Current position: Scientist at Faes Farma, Bilbao, Spain
 
Tess Lewis-Jacus (2012)
Visiting High School Student
 
Ariel Ben-Ezra (2012)
Visiting High School Student

Vinayak Rayannavar (2011 – 2012)
Visiting Undergraduate Student
Next position: PhD Student, NYU Sackler Institute

Verónica Vargas (2011)
Visiting PhD Student
Awards: Spain Ministry of Science and Innovation Fellowship

Giuseppe Mocci (2011)
Visiting PhD Student
Awards: CSIC Fellowship
Next position: Postdoctoral fellow at The Karolinska Institute, Sweden

Fuencisla Pilar-Cuellar (2011)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Awards: Fundación Alicia Koplowitz Fellowship
Next position: Staff Scientist, CSIC, Santander, Spain.
        
Alexey A. Kozlenkov (2010 – 2011)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current position: Assistant Professor at James J Peters VA Medical Center, New York
 
Adrienne Umali (2010 – 2012)
Master’s Student
Awards: Master’s in Biomedical Sciences Thesis Award
Next position: Fellow, Lehman College at CUNY

Jeffrey D. Ruta (2010)
Visiting Undergraduate Student
Next position: MD student, Drexel University
Current position: Neurology Residency at Lewis Katz School of Medicine
 
Mitsumasa Kurita (2009 – 2011)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current position: Senior Research Scientist at Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma, Osaka, Japan

Javier López Arqueros (2008)
Visiting Researcher
Current position: Neurologist at Hospital Universitario in Alicante, Spain
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