Meet Our Doctoral Program Students

Divya (Mona) Anchan

Started Fall 2010
BS/MS, Concordia University Chicago
Laboratory: Drs. Nandini Vasudevan and Benjamin Hall

Research Interests: Interaction between Estrogen and NMDA Receptors in the context of Schizophrenia.

Jennifer (Loxley) Battle

Started Spring 2011
BS, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Laboratory: Dr. Nandini Vasudevan

Katelyn Black

Started Fall 2012
BS, Longwood University
Laboratory: Dr. Jill Daniel

Jonathan Cachat

Started Spring 2012
BS, Denison University / MS, Tulane University
Laboratory: Dr. Allan Kalueff

Crescent Somers-Combe

Started Fall 2005
BS, Loyola University at New Orleans
Laboratory: Dr. Fiona Inglis

Katherine Cost

Started Fall 2008
BS, University of Michigan
Laboratory: Dr. Gary Dohanich

Somhrita Dutta

Started Fall 2010
BA, Colorado College
Laboratory: Dr. David Busija

Brett East

Started Fall 2009
BS, Louisiana State University
Laboratory: Dr. Paul Colombo

Jeremy Hartner

Started Fall 2011
BS, University of Michigan
Laboratory: Dr. Laura Schrader

Amanda Hill

Started Fall 2009
BS, The University of Georgia
Laboratory: Dr. Paul Colombo

Damek Homiack

Started Fall 2012
BA, University of Colorado / MS, Tulane University
Laboratory: Dr. Laura Schrader

Jennifer Jernberg

Started Fall 2009
BS/MMS, University of South Florida
Laboratory: Dr. Jim Zadina

Yanyan Jiang

Started Fall 2010
BS, University of Science and Technology of China
Laboratory: Dr. Andrei Derbenev

Debra Karhson

Started Fall 2008
BS, Drexel University
Laboratory: Dr. Edward Golob

Research Interests: Specific: Information processing mechanisms in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in auditory attention and working memory capacity. As well as: EEG, cognitive neuroscience, learning and memory, cultural neuroscience and its interactions with ASD, both domestically and globally.

Publications
Manuscripts:
Alexander JC, McDermott CM, Tunur T, Rands V, Stelly C, Karhson D, Bowlby MR, An WF, Sweatt JD, Schrader LA., “The role of calsenilin/DREAM/KChIP3 in contextual fear conditioning.” Learning and Memory. 2009 Feb 17; 16(3): 67-177

Abstracts:
Karhson, D., Golob, E.,“Influence of repetitive TMS to right inferior parietal cortex on auditory spatial processing.”, Organization for Human Brain Mapping, June 6-10, 2010, Barcelona, Spain

Karhson, D., Golob, E.,“The effect of repetitive TMS to the right inferior parietal cortex on auditory spatial attention.”, Cognitive Neuroscience Society, April 17-20, 2010, Montreal, QC, Canada

Fiorotto, M.L., Davis, T.A., Sosa, H.A., Estrada, I.J., Watson, K.L., Karhson, D. 2010. “Age-dependent capacity to accelerate protein synthesis dictates the extent of compensatory growth in skeletal muscle following under-nutrition.” Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Conference, April 24-28, 2010, Anaheim, California. Vol 24: Abstract No. 97.8.

Alexander, C., Karhson, D., Trimmer, J., Sweatt, D., Schrader, L., “The Role of KChIP2 in Learning and Memory and Synaptic Plasticity”, Society for Neuroscience, 2005

Figures:
Jerng, HH., Pfaffinger, PJ., Covarrubias, M., “Molecular physiology and modulation of somatodendritic A-type potassium channels”, Molecular and Cellular Neurosci. 2004 Dec; 27(4): 343-69. (Acknowledged for Fig. 2)

Celine McConville

Started Fall 2006
BA, University of Notre Dame / MS, Tulane University
Laboratory: Dr. Jeffrey Tasker

Oliver Miller

Started Fall 2010
BA, University of California, Santa Cruz
Laboratory: Dr. Benjamin Hall

Jacqueline Moran

Started Fall 2011
BS, University of California, San Diego
Laboratory: Drs. Michael Moore and Benjamin Hall

Britta Nelson

Started Fall 2009
BS, University of Pittsburgh / MS, Youngstown State University
Laboratory: Dr. Jill Daniel

Mark Nilges

Started Fall 2010
BA, Northern Illinois University
Laboratory: Dr. Jim Zadina

Josh Pahng

Started Fall 2008
BS, College of William and Mary
Laboratory: Dr. Guoyong Wang

Carrie Pauker

Started Fall 20YY
BS, Tulane University
Laboratory: Dr. Edward Golob

Kevin Pollard

Started Fall 20YY
BA, The University of Chicago
Laboratory: Dr. Nandini Vasudevan

Chih-Chieh (Jay) Wang

Started Fall 20YY
BS, Tzu-Chi University / MS, National Cheng-Kung University Medical, Taiwan
Laboratory: Dr. Benjamin Hall

Jamie White

Started Fall 20YY
BS, Spelman College
Laboratory: Dr. Jeffrey Tasker

Emily Wilkinson

Started Fall 20YY
BS/MS, Georgia College and State University
Laboratory: Dr. Edward Golob

Christine Witty

Started Fall 20YY
BS, Millsaps College
Laboratory: Dr. Jill Daniel

Michael Wren

Started Fall 20YY
BS, Louisiana State University
Laboratory: Dr. Jeffrey Tasker

Diankun Yu

Started Fall 20YY
BS, University of Science and Technology of China
Laboratory: Dr. Laura Schrader