Undergrads

Tran Doan, Computer Science, Benjamin Franklin College, 2025
Project: Human-Robot Hide-and-Seek
Advisor: Brian Scassellati

Sarah Feng, Neuroscience, Trumbull College, 2025
Project: Trauma resilience and multiple memory systems
Advisor: Elizabeth Goldfarb

Ernestine Giahyue, Neuroscience, Saybrook College, 2025
Project: Labeling the ensemble of neurons activated during stress and reward encoding using ArcTRAP
Advisor: Marina Picciotto

Eliana Peyton, Neuroscience, Trumbull College, 2026
Project: Molecular determinants of behavior patterns in an autism/BPD model rodent
Advisor: Elizabeth Jonas

Sean Piñón, Neuroscience, Saybrook College, 2024
Project: Investigating Glial-Vascular Transport Mechanisms across the Blood-Brain-Barrier
Advisor: Jaime Grutzendler

Aranyo Ray, Computer Science & Psychology, Saybrook College, 2025
Project: Social Learning of International Students in the United States
Advisor: Melissa Ferguson

Ariana Reichler, Cognitive Science, Trumbull College, 2024
Project: Affective Schema Learning and Early Experiences
Advisor: Dylan Gee

Nathalia Reis, Cognitive Science, Davenport College, 2024
Project: Functional Brain Networks Underlying Cognitive Inflexibility
Advisor: Jutta Joormann

Ben Scheve, History, Silliman College, 2024
Project: Environmental Risk and Protective Factors for Youth Suicidality
Advisor: Arielle Baskin-Sommers

Isabel Shi, MCDB, Benjamin Franklin College, 2026
Project: Study of Impaired Consciousness in a Mouse Model of Focal Temporal Lobe Seizures
Advisor: Hal Blumenfeld

Serina Wang, Undeclared, Saybrook College, 2026
Project: Reverse-engineering the brain: modeling neural dynamics of primate predator pursuit with novel recurrent neural network model
Advisor: Ilker Yildirim

Elizabeth Wu, Neuroscience, Saybrook College, 2024
Project: Dissecting visual distance estimation in Drosophila
Advisor: Damon Clark
 

Callie Benson-Williams, Neuroscience, Yale College
The Role of Multicontextual Threat on Emotional and Cognitive Processing, Advisor - Arielle Baskin-Sommers

Doris Chen, Psychology, Yale College
Resting State of Executive Control Networks (DLPFC) Predict Development of Control of Hallucinations, Advisor - Albert Powers

Evan Gerritz, Computer Science, Yale College
The Role of Color in the Perception of Translucent Surfaces, Advisor - Steven Zucker

Dawood Ghauri, Computer Engineering, Iowa State University
Neuron Identification Using Convolutional Neural Networks for In-Vivo Two-Photon Calcium Imagery From Mice, Advisor - Liang Liang

Brianny Gonzalez, Psychology, Connecticut College
The Effects of Disruptive Behavior Disorders and Family Environment and Neighborhood Environment on Behavioral and Neural Indicators of Emotional Working Memory, Advisor - Arielle Baskin-Sommers

Gabriela Hernandez-Busot, Molecular Biology, University of Puerto Rico- Rio Piedras
Measuring Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Serum as a Biomarker of Cognition in Patients with Hallucinations and Clinical High Risk for Psychosis, Advisor - Albert Powers

Elisa Howard, Neuroscience, Yale College
Imaging Dynamics of the Actin-Spectrin Cytoskeleton of Regenerating Axons, Advisor - Stephen Strittmatter

Erick Lopez, Psychology, Yale College
Role of Subcortical Arousal Systems During Transient Changes in Attention, Advisor - Hal Blumenfeld

Amma Otchere, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale College
Investigating the Role of Acetylcholine in the Developing Mouse Cortex, Advisor - Michael Crair

Arianna Rodriguez-Rivera, Microbiology, University of Puerto Rico-Humacao
Multiple Cognitive and Neurobiological Mechanisms of Alcohol Processing, Advisor - Elizabeth Goldfarb

Sabrina Santos-De Leon, Cellular Molecular Biology, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
Hierarchical Control and Memory Encoding, Advisor - Samuel McDougle

Gabriella Valdivieso-Calderon, Neuroscience, Amherst College
Investigating the Effects of Internal State on Foraging in Drosophila, Advisor - Michael Nitabach

Elaine Wijaya, Neuroscience, Yale College
The Influence of Acute Stress on Episodic Memory and Statistical Learning, Advisor - Elizabeth Goldfarb

Nathan Wu, Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale College
Investigating Perceptual Asymmetry Upon Time Reversal in Drosophila, Advisor - Damon Clark

Zhangir Azerbayev 
Project - Learning Metacognition for Artificial Visual Systems
Advisor - Julian Jara-Ettinger

Omar Chishti 
Project - Investigating White Matter Connectivity in a Novel Brain Atlas
Advisor - Hitten Zaveri

Nanki Chugh 
Project - Characterizing Innate Pattern Preferences in Drosphila, Advisor - Damon Clark

Michal Gerasimiuk
Project - Investigating the Performance Per Watt of Neuromorphic Computing Approaches in a Spike Sorting Pipeline for Implantable Brain-Computer Interfaces, 
Advisor - Abhishek Bhattacharjee

Samira Glaeser-Khan
Project - Two-Photon Imaging in the Prefrontal Cortex to Reveal Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Norepinephrine Spread and Release, Advisor - Alfred Kaye

Jacques Morris
Project - Creating Real-Time Decoding Algorithms to Understand How Neural Activity Enables Complex Behaviors, Advisor - Ethan Meyers

George Mourgkos
Project - Investigating the Activation of Disease-Associated, Proangiogenic Astrocytes in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Advisor - Brian Hafler

Jenna Salameh 
Project - VIP Interneuron Contributions to Perception in the Primary Visual Cortex, Advisor - Jess Cardin

Isabel Santiuste
Project - Effects of Early Life Adversity on Frontolimbic Circuitry, Advisor - Dylan Gee

Amy Shteyman
Project - Investigating the Role and Ability of Anti-Apoptotic Protein Bcl-xL to Modulate Memory and Cognition, Advisor - Elizabeth Jonas

Alice Zhang
Project - Determining Size and Stoichiometry of the TRPA1 CFS Mutant Protein Channel, Advisor - Candice Paulsen

Sophia Zhao 
Project - Investigating the Developmental Trajectory of Inhibitory Synapses and Dendritic Spines in Cortical Pyramidal Neurons, Advisor - Michael Higley