Graduate Students
Christian Abosede
Advisor: Dr. Susan Eliazer
Michael Allen
Advisor: Dr. L.Keith Henry
Tobi Aminu
Advisor: Dr. Junguk Hur
Specialties: Bioinformatics, Regulatory genomics & predictive modeling
Gbolahan Bamgbose
Advisor: Dr. Alexei Tulin
Specialties: Epigenetics, Proteomics, PARPs
Derek Besch
Advisor: Dr. Mikhail Golovko
Zach Bigelow
First Year Student
Cody Boyle
Advisor: Dr. Saobo Lei
Specialties: Electrophysiology, neuropeptides
Dawn Cleveland
Advisor: Dr. Catherine Brissette
Specialties: Microbiology, Lyme disease, Host-Pathogen Interactions
Mikhala Cooper-Robinson
Advisor: Dr. Motoki Takaku
Specialties: Epigenetics, pioneer factors, GATA3
Madysen Davies
First Year Student
Dilini Ekanayake
Advisor: Dr. Kumi Nagamoto-Combs
Specialties: Neuroimmunology, Food Allergy, Immunophenotyping
Kingsley Ekumi
First Year Student
Bernard Frempong
Advisor: Dr. David Bradley
Specialties: Immunology & Microbiology
Brooke Froelich
First Year Student
Everett Glower
Advisor: Dr. Benjamin Roche
Jenna Grindeland
First Year Student
Sakuntha Gunarathna
Advisor: Dr. Motoki Takaku
Specialties: Cancer, cfDNA, Bioinformatics
Kaitlyn Gura
Advisor: Drs. Catherine Brissette & Archana Dhasarathy
Wendie Hasler
Advisor: Dr. Xuesong Chen
Specialties: Virology, neuroimmune disorders, and endosomal Toll-Like Receptors
Jacob Haugen
Advisor: Dr. Barry Milavetz
Specialties: Epigenetic regulation, chromatin structure, and Simian Virus 40(SV40)
Hannah Huthmaker
First Year Student
Madison Jochim
Advisor: Dr. Eric Murphy
Specialties: Lipid biochemistry, Lipid metabolism, Lipid-transfer proteins
Matthew Johnston
Advisor: Dr. Holly Brown-Borg
Behnaz Karimialiabadi
First Year Student
Angela Keraney
First Year Student
Mostafa Khaled
Advisor: Dr. Masfique Mehed
Nirmal Kumar
Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Geiger
Specialties: Neurodegeneration, Redox Biology, Endolysosome iron metabolism, Oxidative stress
Nurcan Kilic
Advisor: Dr. Colin Combs
Michaela Lano
Advisor: Dr. Masfique Mehedi
Goshen Miteu
First Year Student
Michelle Murphy
First Year Student
Aerica Nagornyuk
First Year Student
Abiodun Odufuwa
Advisor: Dr. John Watt
Specialties: Epigenetics of neuronal regeneration, Astrocytes and neurons interactions during regeneration.
Chidiebele (Sharon) Oraegbuna
Advisor: Dr. Saobo Lei
Specialties: Ion channels, neuropeptides, electrophysiology
Taylor Painter
First Year Student
Darius Quansah
Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Geiger
Specialties: Neuroscience, Alzheimer's Disease and HIV-1 Associated Neurocognitive Disorders, Endolysosome
Iron-based therapies
Neda Rezagholizadeh
Advisor: Dr. Xuesong Chen
Specialties: Neuro-HIV, HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND), COVID-19
Brennon Schofield
Advisor: Dr. Mikhail Golovko
Abiola Sholarin
Advisor: Dr. David Bradley
Specialties: Immunology, Microbiology, Cancer Immunotherapy, and Infectious Disease
Victoria Silva
First Year Student
Nathan Velaris
Advisor: Dr. David Bradley