Students
Karim Abdelaal
Program Start Year:
2020
Email address:
karim.abdelaal@duke.edu
Lindsey Chew
Kayla Fernando
Program Start Year:
2020
Email address:
kayla.fernando@duke.edu
Aaron Halvorsen
Program Start Year:
2020
Email address:
aaron.halvorsen@duke.edu
Jesse Herche
Elana Lockshin
Program Start Year:
2020
Email address:
elana.lockshin@duke.edu
Michael Mutersbaugh
Program Start Year:
2020
Email address:
michael.mutersbaugh@duke.edu
Justin Savage
Program Start Year:
2020
Email address:
justin.savage@duke.edu
Michael Sindoni
Program Start Year:
2020
Email address:
michael.sindoni@duke.edu
Kehali Woldemichael
Program Start Year:
2020
Email address:
kehali.woldemichael@duke.edu
Trevor Alston
Minel Arinel
Jake Benton
Kirill Chesnov
Madeline Clark
Marie Cronin
Isabella Fallon
Whit Jacobs
Lan Luo
Thomas Nguyen
J. Russell Ravenel
Shaolin Ruan
Program Start Year:
2019
Email address:
shaolin.ruan@duke.edu
Katherine Thanyamongkhonsawat
Program Start Year:
2019
Mentor:
Anita Disney
Faculty lab
Email address:
katherine.thanyamongkhonsawat@duke.edu
Robin Blazing
Carolyn Diaz
Program Start Year:
2018
Mentor:
Fan Wang and Kevin Franks
Faculty lab
Email address:
carolyn.diaz@duke.edu
Fabiola Duarte Ortiz
Program Start Year:
2018
Mentor:
Richard Mooney
Faculty lab
Email address:
fabiola.duarte.ortiz@duke.edu
Matt Loring
Aki Min
Arthy Narayanan
Liz O’Gorman
Program Start Year:
2018
Mentor:
Kafui Dzirasa
Faculty lab
Email address:
elizabeth.ogorman@duke.edu
Meredith Schmehl
Peter Weng
Sasha Burwell
Victoria Hall
Program Start Year:
2017
Mentor:
Nicole Calakos
Faculty lab
Email address:
victoria.l.hall@duke.edu
919-681-3132
Shuyang Jin
Na Young Jun
Jennifer Li
Winston Liu
Jiaxuan Qi
Juan Ramirez
Marios Tringides
Program Start Year:
2017
Mentor:
Richard Mooney
Faculty lab
Email address:
marios.tringides@duke.edu
Alex Vaz
Stuart Behling
Tyler Bradshaw
Program Start Year:
2016
Mentor:
Scott Soderling
Faculty lab
Email address:
tyler.w.bradshaw@duke.edu
Mary Rose Branch
Jamie Courtland
Program Start Year:
2016
Mentor:
Scott Soderling
Faculty lab
Email address:
jamie.courtland@duke.edu
Mariah Hazlett
Dalton Hughes
Oluwadamilola Lawal
Program Start Year:
2016
Mentor:
Cagla Eroglu
Faculty lab
Email address:
oluwadamilola.lawal@duke.edu
Valerie Michael
Caitlin Paisley
Gwenaelle Thomas
Program Start Year:
2016
Mentor:
Marc Caron & Kaf Dzirasa
Faculty lab
Email address:
gwenaelle.thomas@duke.edu
Michael Young
Program Start Year:
2016
Mentor:
Jorg Grandl
Faculty lab
Email address:
michael.young@duke.edu
201-410-5220
Bryson Deanhardt
Program Start Year:
2015
Mentor:
Pelin Volkan
Faculty lab
Email address:
bryson.deanhardt@duke.edu
919-684-1682
Research interest - regulation of synapse development, function, and plasticity
Shataakshi Dube
Program Start Year:
2015
Mentor:
Scott Soderling
Faculty lab
Email address:
shataakshi.dube@duke.edu
919-684-5634
Research interest - Regulation of synapse development, function, and plasticity
Neil Gallagher
Program Start Year:
2015
Mentor:
Kafui Dzirasa
Faculty lab
Email address:
neil.gallagher@duke.edu
909-613-2832
Shiva Nagappan
Program Start Year:
2015
Mentor:
Kevin Franks
Faculty lab
Email address:
shiva.nc@duke.edu
607-280-1486
Development and function of neural circuits
Corey Roach
Divya Subramanian
Program Start Year:
2015
Mentor:
Marc Sommer
Faculty lab
Email address:
divya.subramanian@duke.edu
919-681-1176
I am broadly interested in a computational and circuit-level understanding of sensorimotor systems. Specifically, I am interested in how motor information interacts with sensory processing to drive perception and behavior.
Aashutosh Vihani
Program Start Year:
2015
Mentor:
Hiroaki Matsunami
Faculty lab
Email address:
aashutosh.vihani@duke.edu
919-668-3622
Research interest - synaptic transmission, ion channel properties
Sam Brudner
Program Start Year:
2014
Mentor:
Richard Mooney
Faculty lab
Email address:
samuel.brudner@duke.edu
919-684-5133
I graduated from Yale College in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in cognitive science. There, I completed a senior project, advised by Brian Scholl, that investigated a relationship between eye movements and memory. I have also conducted psychology research with Daniel Richardson at University College London, and with Marcia Johnson at Yale. Beyond many interests within psychology, I enjoy music and dance -- and I have studied and performed traditional and contemporary West African dance.
Timothy Darlington
Program Start Year:
2014
Mentor:
Stephen Lisberger
Faculty lab
Email address:
timothy.darlington@duke.edu
919-684-1162
I'm currently interested in understanding how sensorimotor circuits integrate past experience with current sensory information to guide behavior. My project is investigating this in the context of target-direction estimation for smooth pursuit eye movements in nonhuman primates.
Elizabeth Fleming
Program Start Year:
2014
Mentor:
Court Hull
Faculty lab
Email address:
elizabeth.fleming@duke.edu
919-660-0990
I am interested in studying how sensorimotor information is encoded in the cerebellar cortex and how this level of processing is impacted by neuromodulation.
Jinghao Lu
Program Start Year:
2014
Mentor:
Fan Wang
Email address:
jinghao.lu@duke.edu
919-684-6091
I am interested in studying network level neural dynamics, dissecting sensory information pathways, and modeling simple neural circuits with cortical computing algorithms. Ultimately, I hope to combine quantitative neural modeling approaches, various dimensional experiment techniques, and applications based on neural theories to develop a systematic understanding of how the brain works, why it works, and whether it can be improved.
Joshua Jones Macopson
Program Start Year:
2013
Mentor:
Donald Lo and Al La Spada
Faculty lab
Email address:
joshua.jones.macopson@duke.edu
919-613-9562
I’m interested in research involving brain machine interfaces and prosthetics.