Yasra Arif
Dr. Tony Wilson's lab

Doctor of Medicine,
Ayub Medical College

Research Interests:
Changes in brain oscillations in visuospatial attention task after tdcs (transcranial direct current stimulation) via magnetoencephalography.

Lara Bergdolt
Dr. Anna Dunaevsky's lab

B.A., Chemistry and Biology,
Concordia University

Research Interests:
Maternal immune activation and exosomes

Ashish Bhandari
Dr. Matthew Van Hook's lab

M.S., Biology
University of Houston

Research interests:
Retina, ganglion cells, glaucoma, TBI. and injury induced neurodegeneration, astrocytes, neuron-glia interactions.

Elizabeth Bierlein
Dr. Matthew Van Hook's lab

B.A. Neuroscience
Alma College

Denise Cobb
Dr. Howard E. Gendelman's lab

B.S.
Kansas State University

Research Interests
Natural and Synthetic Nanoparticles, Antiretroviral Therapies

Suyash Sanjay Deodhar
Drs. Howard E. Gendelman's and Benson Edagwa's labs

M.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences
Creighton University

Abraham Killanin
Dr. Tony Wilson's lab

B.S., Psychology
Yale College

Brandon Lew
Dr. Tony Wilson's lab

B.S., Physics, Psychobiology
State University of New York at Binghamton

Matthew McCumber
Rotating in labs

M.S., Anatomy
Creighton University

Christopher Mesnard
Dr. Wallace Thoreson's lab

B.S., Neuroscience
Creighton University

Research Interests:
The role of mitochondrial dysfunction in aging, as well as mechanisms of synaptic plasticity and neurodegeneration

Mohammad Ullah Nayan
Dr. Benson Edagwa's and Howard E. Gendelman's labs

B. Pharmacy
University of Dhaka

Katherine Odegaard
Dr. Sowmya Yelamanchili's lab

B.S., Biology
Gordon State College

Research Interests:
Methamphetamine abuse and opioid abuse and their effects on neural development

Recipient: National Institutes of Health BRAIN Initiative Summer Course 2018

Connor Phipps
Dr. David Warren's lab

B.S., Bioinformatics
University of Nebraska - Omaha

Meghan Ramirez
Rotating in labs

B.S., Psychology
University of Oregon - Eugene

Farah Shahjin
Dr. Howard E Gendelman's lab

M. Pharm Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Research Interests:
Potential role of extracellular vesicles in the pathophysiology of drug addiction and neurotoxicity.

Rachel K. Spooner
Dr. Tony Wilson's lab

B.A. Biology,
Central College

Research Interests:
Parkinson's Disease

Seth Springer
Dr. Tony Wilson's lab

B.S. Chemistry
University of Nebraska, Kearney

Michael Trevarrow
Dr. Max Kurz' lab

B.S., Neuroscience
University of Nebraska-Omaha

Research Interests:
Brain imaging and stimulation, motor disease

Kevin Tyner
Dr. Anna Dunaevsky's lab

B.S. Biology
Ottawa University

Research Interests:
Astrocytes in FXS Pathogenesis

Student Interns:

Jacob Cohen
Dr. Howard E. Gendelman's lab

Michael Douchey
Dr. Anna Dunaevsky's lab

Emily Fitzgerald
Dr. Tony Wilson's lab

Lila Gordon
Dr. Shilpa Buch's lab

Lauren Ott
Dr. Tony Wilson's lab

Samantha Penhale
Dr. Tony Wilson's lab

Lubaba Zaman
Dr. Pawel Ciborowski's lab