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Neuroscience Students

The Neuroscience Graduate Students come from all over the world and from diverse educational disciplines. Students with strong undergraduate backgrounds in biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, mathematics or social sciences including psychology are admitted to the program. The program is designed to help each student with his or her specific needs.

Dr. Mariella De Biasi is the Director of the Neuroscience Graduate Program; Dr. Paul Pfaffinger is the Associate Director of th Graduate Program. Along with the Departmental Chair, Dr. Michael Friedlander, they are responsible for monitoring all aspects of the Graduate Program. The Director and Associate Director are mediators as well as advisors and present requests from students to the applicable Graduate School committees and work with the students to establish goals.

Ms. Krista Defalco is the Program Administrator and she works closely with the Director as well as the Graduate School office in the transmission of forms, grades, and recommendations from various committees as they relate to the student.

	Edwin Alexander B.S., Morehouse College, 2009
	Ryan Ash B.S./B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 2007
	Kelli Baalman B.S., Rockhurst University, 2008 Major Advisor Matthew N. Rasband, Ph.D.
	Heather Born B.S., Michigan State University, 2008 Major Advisor Joanna L. Jankowsky, Ph.D.
	Shelly Buffington B. S., University of Arkansas, 2007 Major Advisor Matthew N. Rasband, Ph.D. Research Interests Molecular mechanisms of axon initial segment formation and maintenance.
	Mingbo Cai B.S., Peking University, 2008
	Angela Carter B.A., Florida Atlantic University, 2007
	Jose Casanova B.A., Our Lady of the Lake University, 2003 Major Advisor John W. Swann, Ph.D.
	Hsiao-Tuan Chao B.S., University of Texas at Austin, 2002 Major Advisor Huda Y. Zoghbi, M.D. \| Christian Rosenmund, Ph.D. Research Interests Contribution of global neuronal activity to the development of Rett syndrome neurological phenotypes.
	David Chung B.A., University of California - Berkeley, 2008
	Keith Cordiner M.B.E., Rice University, 2009 B.E., University of Glasgow, 1990
	James Cotton B.S., Rice University, 2004 Major Advisor Andreas S. Tolias, Ph.D. Research Interests The representation of uncertainty within populations of neurons in prefrontal cortex.
	Cameron Cowan B.S., University of Texas Austin, 2005 Major Advisor Samuel M. Wu, Ph.D. Research Interests The synaptic connections and electrical coupling which form the basis for light responses of well-defined retinal ganglion cell classes.
	Dang Dao B.A., University of California, 2004 Major Advisor Mariella De Biasi, Ph.D. Research Interests Neural mechanisms of nicotine dependence in the medial habenula.
	Josepheen De Asis Cruz M.D., University of the Philippines, 2003 Major Advisor P. Read Montague, Ph.D.
	Olivia Fitch B.A., Cornell University, 2000 Major Advisor Michael J. Friedlander, Ph.D. Research Interests The role of transcriptional regulation on hippocampal long-term depression in young animals.
	Haleh Fotowat B.S., Tehran Polytechnic, 1999 Major Advisor Fabrizio Gabbiani, Ph.D.
	Emmanouil Froudarakis B.S., University of Athens, 2005
	Shannon Hamilton B.A., William Jewell College and University of Cambridge, 2004 Major Advisor Rich Paylor, Ph.D. Research Interests Investigation of�neuropsychological disorders through the molecular, cellular,�and behavioral analysis of mouse models.
	Ann Harvey B.S., Northwestern University, 2002 Major Advisor P. Read Montague, Ph.D. Research Interests The neural basis of human reward processing, decision making, and social interaction in humans as evaluated with fMRI - understanding how abstract rewards and cultural messages such as art, political messages, and brand labels acquire value in the human brain.
	Mimi Huang B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 2004 Major Advisor Christian Rosenmund, Ph.D. Research Interests Roles of the vesicular glutamatergic transporters (VGLUTs) in the regulation of synaptic strength.
	Wei Huang B.S., University of Science and Technology of China, 2008 Major Advisor Mauro Costa-Mattioli, Ph.D. Research Interests Translational control in memory and neurological diseases.
	Tara Huddleston B.S., The Ohio State University, 2003 Major Advisor Michael J. Friedlander, Ph.D. Research Interests Role of intra- and intercellular signaling by reactive oxygen species in synaptic plasticity.
	Cathryn Hughes B.S., Baylor University, 2007
	Danny Jenson B.S., Brigham Young University, 2006 Major Advisor John A. Dani , Ph.D. Research Interests Effects of traumatic stress on long-term learning in mice.
	Peter Jones B.S., Stanford University, 2001 Major Advisor Fabrizio Gabbiani, Ph.D.
	Tiffany Kinney M.S., Ludwig Maximillian Universitaet, 2008 B.S., University of Texas, 2005
	Miguel (Alec) Marin B.A., University of St. Thomas, 2009
	Kara Marshall B.S., Texas A&M University, 2007 Major Advisor Ellen A. Lumpkin, Ph.D. Research Interests The role of pancreatic sensory innervation in blood glucose regulation.
	Yalda Moayedi-Esfahani B.S., University of Texas at Austin, 2004 Major Advisor Graeme Mardon, Ph.D. Research Interests Genetics of retinal development in mice.
	Brian Nadin B.A., Amherst College, 1998 Major Advisor Paul J. Pfaffinger, Ph.D. Research Interests Modulation of voltage-gated potassium channel Kv4.2 localization and function by calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II.
	Aislyn Nelson B.A., Johns Hopkins University, 2005 Major Advisor Ellen A. Lumpkin, Ph.D.
	Steffie Nelson B.A., Rice University, 2006 Major Advisor David M. Eagleman, Ph.D. Research Interests Synesthesia as a behavioral and genetic model for increased neural crosstalk.
	Pedro Olivetti B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005 Major Advisor Jeffrey L. Noebels, M.D., Ph.D. Research Interests Neuropsychiatric co-morbidities of epilepsy and potentially shared pathophysiological mechanisms. Regulation of neuronal excitability, seizure development, and analysis of neuronal circuits in genetic mouse models with seizure-causing ion channel mutations.
	Mario Oyola B.S., University of Puerto Rico, 2007
	Vani Pariyadath BCS, University of Pune, India, 2003 MSc, University of Allahabad, India, 2005 Major Advisor David M. Eagleman, Ph.D. Research Interests The neural mechanisms underlying duration judgments and the perception of time.
	Erika Perez B.S., Texas Woman's University, 2006 Major Advisor Mariella De Biasi, Ph.D.
	Brandon Schwechter B.S., University of Wisconsin, 2006 Major Advisor Kim Tolias, Ph.D. \| Christian Rosenmund, Ph.D. Research Interests Rho GTPases involved in rapid spine morphology alterations and AMPAR trafficking.
	David Shim A.B., Harvard University, 2003 Major Advisor Hui Zheng, Ph.D. Research Interests Alzheimers Disease, Neuronal Survival, and Neurodegeneration.
	David Simons B.A., Taylor University, 2004 Major Advisor Samuel M. Wu, Ph.D. Research Interests Gene therapy for diseases of the retina.
	Patrick Storer B.S., Rice University, 2007
	Manivannan Subramaniyan B.F.Sc. Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, India, 1998 Major Advisor Andreas Tolias, Ph.D. Research Interests Learning and memory at the level of integrative neural systems.
	C. Nicole Sunnen B.S., University of Guelph, 2004 Major Advisor Anne E. Anderson, M.D. Research Interests The role of the PI3K-mTOR growth pathway in mouse models of neuronal development and cortical dysplasia related to pediatric epilepsy.
	Yanfen Teng M.S., China Pharmceutical University, 2002 Major Advisor Mariella De Biasi, Ph.D. Research Interests Molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors intracellular trafficking and nicotine addiction.
	Alexia Thomas B.A., Rice University, 2000 Major Advisor Rich Paylor, Ph.D. Research Interests To understand pathways underlying a mental retardation disorder, fragile X syndrome, using genetic, pharmacologic and behavioral techniques.
	Christina Thomas B.S., Tulane University, 2008
	KyongMi Um B.S., Korea University, 2004 Major Advisor Kimberley R. Tolias, Ph.D. Research Interests Role of small GTPse regulating proteins in dendritic development and plasticity.
	Scott Wellnitz B.S., University of Kansas, 2004 Major Advisor Ellen A. Lumpkin, Ph.D. Research Interests Transduction mechanisms of light touch.
	Ting Xiang B.S., Wuhan University, China, 2005 Major Advisor P. Read Montague, Ph.D.
	Alycia Yarnall B.A., St. Olaf College, 2008 Major Advisor John A. Dani , Ph.D.
	Dimitri Yatsenko M.S., University of Utah, 2005 Major Advisor Andreas S. Tolias, Ph.D. Research Interests Neural circuits of the mammalian visual system, their functional development and maturation, and their dependence on visual experience and environment.
	Michael Yetman B.S., University of Texas at Austin, 2009