{"id":519,"date":"2015-12-10T15:52:35","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T20:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.grad.uchc.uconn.edu\/?page_id=519"},"modified":"2025-08-25T13:33:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T17:33:33","slug":"students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/academics\/programs\/ph-d-biomedical-science\/neuroscience\/students\/","title":{"rendered":"Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cemile Ceren Akgul<\/strong>
\nPrevious Education: B.A., Bilkent University, M.S., Middle East Technical University
\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Sebnem Tuncdemir
\nEmail: akgul@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Arzu Kunwar<\/strong>
\nPrevious Education: B.S., Tribhuvan University; M.S., University of New Haven
\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Riqiang Yan
\nEmail: akunwar@uchc.edu<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Deepa Anjan Kumar<\/strong>
\nPrevious Education: B.S., Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, M.S., Northeastern University
\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Eric Levine
\nEmail: anjankumar@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Jake Lustig<\/strong>
\nPrevious Education: B.S., Cornell University; M.S., New York University
\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Stephen Crocker
\nEmail: lustig@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Moumita Bhattacharya<\/strong>
\nPrevious Education: B.S., Jadavpur University, M.S., National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, S.A.S.
\nNagar
\nMajor Advisor: Dr. Riqiang Yan
\nEmail: bhattacharya@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Alexander Mitchell<\/strong>
\nM.D.\/Ph.D. student
\nPrevious Education:
\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Timothy Spellman
\nEmail: almitchell@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Jacob Brady<\/strong>
\nM.D.\/Ph.D. student
\nPrevious Education:
\nThesis Advisor: Dr.\u00a0 Feliks Trakhtenberg
\nEmail: jabrady@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Lucille Papile<\/strong>
\nPrevious Education: B.S., Dickenson College
\nThesis Advisor: Drs. Stephen Crocker and Timothy Spellman
\nEmail: papile@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Rei Bufi<\/strong>
\nM.D.\/PhD. student
\nPrevious Education:
\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Fredrick Varn
\nEmail: bufi@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Joseph Pathoulas<\/strong>
\nM.D.\/Ph.D. student
\nPrevious Education:
\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Riqiang Yan
\nEmail: jpathoulas@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Natan Busel<\/strong>
\nPrevious Education: B.S., University of Connecticut
\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Eric Levine
\nEmail: busel@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Michal Ragan<\/strong>
\nPrevious Education: B.S., University of Illinois-Chicago
\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Zhao-Wen Wang
\nEmail:\u00a0ragan@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Keaven Caro<\/strong>
\nM.D.\/Ph.D. student
\nPrevious Education:
\nThesis Advisor: Dr. David Martinelli
\nEmail: caro@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Shreya Savla<\/strong>
\nPrevious Education: B.S., Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies; M.S., University of Mumbai
\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Rajkumar Verma
\nEmail: savla@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Hiu Cheung<\/strong>
\nPrevious Education: B.S., University of Connecticut
\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Zhao-Wen Wang
\nEmail: hcheung@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Pearl Sutter<\/strong>
\nM.D.\/Ph.D. student
\nPrevious Education:
\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Stephen Crocker
\nEmail:\u00a0 psutter@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Zuzanna Fracz<\/strong>
\nPrevious Education: B.S., University of Michigan
\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Zhao-Wen Wang
\nEmail: fracz@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Haley Tallman<\/strong>
\nPrevious Education: B.S., Salve Regina University
\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Byoung-Il Bae
\nEmail: tallman@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Matthew Frost<\/strong>
\nPrevious Education: B.S., University of Massachusetts-Amherst
\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Feliks Trakhtenberg
\nEmail: mfrost@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Kelsey Walsh<\/strong>
\nM.D.\/PhD. student
\nPrevious Education:
\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Andres Grosmark
\nEmail: kelwalsh@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Zelda Galdenzi<\/strong>
\nPrevious Education: B.A., M.S., Wesleyan University
\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Yulan Xiong
\nEmail: galdenzi@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Sarah Wilensky<\/strong>
\nPrevious Education: B.A., Skidmore College
\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Riqiang Yan
\nEmail: wilensky@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Jacob Hudobenko<\/strong>
\nM.D.\/Ph.D. student
\nPrevious Education:
\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Riqiang Yan
\nEmail: jahudobenko@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Annie Yao<\/strong>
\nM.D.\/PhD. student
\nPrevious Education:
\nThesis Advisor: Dr. Riqiang Yan
\nEmail: ayao@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Krystina Jorgensen<\/strong>
\nPrevious Education: B.S., University of Arizona
\nThesis Advisor: Drs. Byoung-Il Bae and Timothy Spellman
\nEmail: kjorgensen@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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