Alumni
2023
Ashleigh Rawls
Junior Scientific Creator
Graduate Student, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Elise Adamson, PhD
Junior Scientific Creator
Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
Dalton Hughes, PhD
Senior Scientific Creator
Research Specialist
Alex Bey, PhD, MD
Senior Scientific Creator
Child Psychiatry Fellow and Postdoctoral Research Associate
Samantha Scott
Junior Scientific Creator
Research Technician
Sophia Vera
Junior Scientific Creator
Research Technician
2022
Jake Benton
Junior Scientific Creator
Graduate Student, Neurobiology
Medical Scientist Training Program
Gwenaelle Thomas, PhD
Senior Scientific Creator
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Carter Vanderloo
Junior Scientific Creator
Undergraduate Research Assistant
2021
Neil Gallagher
Graduate Student, Neurobiology (2015-2021)
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2010-2013)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Weill Cornell Medical School
Zachary Rene
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2018-2021)
Zach completed a BS in Psychology from Duke University in 2021 Current Position: Masters of Biomedical Science Student at Duke University
Rachel Fisher
Research Technician (2019-2021)
Current Position: Incoming Graduate Student. Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai. Rachel completed her B.A. in Psychology from Vasser College in 2019
Athy Robinson
Research Analyst II (2013-2021)
Athy has expertise in varied research laboratory techniques and in lab management. She completed her undergraduate degree in Biology at East Carolina University and her Master's Degree in Marine Biology at UNC-Wilmington
2020
Austin Talbot, PhD
Statistical Sciences Graduate Student, Duke University (2016-2020)
Summer Research Intern (2015)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Stanford University
Katelyn (Kat) Hefter
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2018-2020)
Current Position: Law Student, University of Pennsylvania Kat graduate with her BS in Biomedical Engineering, Neruoscience, and Electrical Engineering from Duke University in 2020
Reagan Portelance
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2018-2020)
Reagan graduated with her BS in Electrical Engineering from Duke University in 2020.
Current Position: Graduate Student, Neuroscience at Wake Forest University
Tatiana Rodriguez
Laboratory Research Technician (2017-2020)
Current Position: Graduate Student NYU Tatiana completed her B.S. in Biochemistry from University of Maryland Baltimore County in 2019.
Alexandra Fink
Undergraduate Researcher (2017-2020)
Current Position: Graduate Student. Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai. Alie completed her B.S. in Neuroscience from Duke University in 2020
2019
Ryan Bowman
Laboratory Technician (2017-2019)
Current Position: Graduate Student. Neuroscience, Carnegie Mellon. Ryan completed his B.S. in Neuroscience from Duke University in 2017.
Timothy Nyangacha
Laboratory Technician (2018-2019)
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2016-2018)
Tim completed his BS in Neuroscience with from Duke University in 2015. He is an incoming medical student at University of Minnesota.
Cameron Blount
Research Technician (2017-2019)
Laboratory Technician (2016-2017)
Undergraduate Research Intern (2015-2016)
Awarded NIH Administrative supplement. Current Position: Incoming Medical Student, Emory Medical School
Anna Matthews
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Neuroscience (2017-2019)
2018
Rainbo Hultman, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate (2013-2018)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics. Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Mai-Anh Vu, PhD
Graduate Student (2013-2018)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Boston University
Nkemdilim Ndubuizu
Laboratory Technician (2016-2018)
Current Position: Medical Student, Howard School of Medicine
Anica Nangia
Undergraduate Researcher (2017-2018)
2017
Meghana Vagwala
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2015-2017)
Awarded Marshall Scholarship
Current Position: Medical Student, Harvard
Chuma Eruchalu
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2016-2017)
Current: Medical Student, Harvard Medical School
Hannah Schwennesen
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2016-2017)
Completed Medical School, University of Pennsylvania.
Current Position: Medical Resident, Duke University Medical Center
Haley Talbot
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2016-2017)
Medical Student, University of Michigan
2016
Alexander Skidmore
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2016)
Completed Medical School: Washington University of St. Louis.
Current Position: Neurosurgery Resident, University of Kentucky
Christa Parrish
Summer Intern (2016)
North Carolina School of Science and Math
Joyce Wang
Laboratory Technician (2015-2016)
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2014-2015)
Joyce completed her BS in Neuroscience with Distinction from Duke University in 2015. She is currently a Neuroscience Graduate Student at MIT.
Lisa David
Research Technician (2014-2016)
Undergraduate Research Intern (2012-2014)
Current: Medical Student, Florida International University Medical School
Jana Schaich Borg, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate (2013 – 2016)
Current: Assistant Research Professor, Duke University
Okechi Boms
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2014-2016)
Fullbright, 2016-2017 Current: Medical Student, Harvard Medical School
2015
Caley Burrus
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2015)
Current: Duke Neurobiology Graduate Student
Rithi Chandy
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2014 – 2015)
Brittany Katz
Laboratory Research Technician (2012 – 2015)
Current position: Graduate student, University of North Carolina
Sunil Kumar, PhD
Research Technician and Senior Research Associate (2009 – 2015)
2014
Gretchen Chidester (née Sprow), PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate (2013 – 2014)
Current position: consultant, MedThink Communications
Lizhen Lin, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate (2012 – 2014)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, University of Notre Dame
Matthew Shirley
Undergraduate Research Intern (2014)
Current Position: Undergraduate student, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Nadine Michel
Research Intern (2013-2014)
Undergraduate Research Intern (2012-2013)
Current: MD/PhD student, University of Virginia
Current Position: Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Kinsley Johnson
Research Technician (2012 – 2014)
2013
Kia Johnson
Undergraduate Research Intern (2013)
Graduate, University of St. Thomas. Subsequently awarded Fullbright Fellowship
2012
Nicole Peretti
Undergraduate Research Intern (2012)
Current position: pre-doctoral scholar, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Sherilynn Black, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate (2010 – 2012)
Current position: Assistant Professor of the Practice in Medical Education, Duke University School of Medicine Director, Office of Biomedical Graduate Diversity