A Wealth of Talent
With the goal of building interdisciplinary collaborations, LaMP trainees are sought from diverse graduate groups including Neuroscience (NSC), Pharmacology and Toxicology (PTX), Psychology (PSY), Integrative Genetics and Genomics (IGG), Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (BMCDB), Molecular Cellular and Integrative Physiology (MCIP) and Biomedical Engineering (BMEGG) graduate programs. Current and past trainees are highlighted below with links to their biographies and recent publications.
Current Trainees (2020-2021)
Jasmine Carter
Graduate Group: Neuroscience
Major Professor: Kyle Fink
Research Area: Cell/Molecular
Proposal Title: iPSC-derived neuronal model to study synaptic plasticity impairments associated with intellectual disabilities
Rose De Kock
Graduate Group: Neuroscience
Major Professor: Wil Joiner
Research Area: Systems/Behavior
Proposal Title: Influence of movement on temporal discrimination in children with ADHD
Anirudh Gaur
Graduate Group: Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Major Professor: Jennifer Whistler
Research Area: Systems/Behavior
Proposal Title: Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptors gate dopamine dynamics, memory and learning
Kiran Long-Iyer
Graduate Group: Neuroscience
Major Professor: Lin Tian
Research Area: Cell/Molecular
Proposal Title: Investigating the sterotonergic modulation of reinforcement learning
Jacob Russin
Graduate Group: Psychology
Major Professor: Randy O'Reilly
Research Area: Computational
Proposal Title: Computational principles underlying learning in the prefrontal cortex
Ksenia Vlasov
Graduate Group: Neuroscience
Major Professor: Diasynou Fioravante
Research Area: Systems/Behavior
Proposal Title: Functional connectivity in novel cerebellar-amygdala circuits in mice
Tracy Warren
Graduate Group: Neuroscience
Major Professor: Alex Nord
Research Area: Cell/Molecular
Proposal Title: Uncovering the functional role of memory-associated risk variants in CACNA1C