Krisha Aghi

Ph.D., Neuroscience (2022) - University of California, Berkeley

Research:

Spatiotemporal dynamics of gonadal steroid-sensitive neural circuits that regulate thermogenesis and energy expenditure

Gulistan Agirman

Ph.D., Neuroscience (2020), University of Geneva and University of Liege

Research:

Gut-brain interaction in neurodevelopmental disorder.

Laura Cortes

Ph.D., Neuroscience (2022) - Georgia State University.

Research:

The neural underpinnings of thermoregulatory changes accompanying pregnancy

Pablo Currea

Ph.D., Developmental Science (2021) - Florida International University

Research:

Visual motion perception in flies and their underlying neural circuits

Giovanni Frighetto

Ph.D., Psychological Sciences (Neuroscience) (2020), University of Padova (Italy)

Research:

Visual feature detection and visuomotor integration

Ting Fu

Ph.D., Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology (2022) - University of California, Los Angeles

Research:

Function of genetic variants and RNA editing in cancer

Mayuri Khandelwal

Ph.D., (2020) - Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi)

Research:

Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury in brain and peripheral tissues

Leonila Lagunes

Ph.D., Biological Sciences (2020), University of California Irvine

Research:

Computational approaches to understand cell signaling

Zhiheng Liu

Ph.D., Bioinformatics (2020), Peking University

Research:

Bioinformatics, RNA biology, Sequencing technology

Thuy Linh Nguyen

Ph.D., Life Science (2020) - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Research:

Double-stranded RNA editing and sensing

Takahiro Ohara

Ph.D., Immunology (2023) - Washington University in St. Louis

Research:

Mechanisms of gut-brain communication

Ezgi Özcan

Ph.D., Food Science (2019), University of Massachusetts Amherst

Research:

Interaction of food components with microbes in the gut and this interaction's effect on the brain function and neurodegenerative disease.

Cheng Qian

Ph.D., Biology (2021) - Tsinghua University (China)

Research:

Microbiota-gut-brain axis

Joe Reynolds

Ph.D., Biology of Aging (2020), University of Southern California

Research:

Skeletal Muscle Biology

Vartika Sharma

Ph.D., Molecular and Human Genetics (2021) - Banaras Hindu University, India

Research:

Understanding the mechanistic relationships between intestinal barrier dysfunction, aging, and age-onset neuroinflammation

Pavan Thapak

Ph.D., Pharmacology and Toxicology (2019), National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), S.A.S. Nagar, India

Research:

To understand the cellular and molecular dynamics underlying neurodegenerative disorders associated with drug discovery.

Giovanni Quinones Valdez

Ph.D., Bioengineering (2021) - University of California, Los Angeles

Research:

Development of computational methods, genetic variants, RNA processing

Bruna Weber Fulco

Ph.D. in Biological Science, Toxicological Biochemistry (2022). Federal University of Santa Maria, UFSM (Brazil)

Research:

Metabolic and molecular changes in adipose tissues and the liver following traumatic brain injury, particularly emphasizing their roles in thermoregulation.

Faculty Advisor: Fernando Gomez-Pinilla
Ivy Xiong

Ph.D., Systems Biology (2021) - University of Oxford

Research:

Oscillatory dynamics in renal physiology