{"id":1260,"date":"2015-09-24T15:10:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T19:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neuroscience.uchc.edu\/\/?page_id=1260"},"modified":"2026-01-30T10:30:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:30:27","slug":"current-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/peoplemenu\/current-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Akgul

Cemile Ceren Akgul<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey<\/span><\/p>\n

Thesis Advisor: Sebnem Tuncdemir, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n

Email: akgul@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Deepa

Deepa Anjan Kumar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Northeastern University, Boston, MA<\/p>\n

Thesis Advisor: Eric Levine, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n

Email: anjankumar@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"M.

Moumita Bhattacharya<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education:\u00a0 Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal<\/p>\n

Thesis Advisor: Riqiang Yan, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n

Email: bhattacharya@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"

Jacob Brady<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education:\u00a0 Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA<\/p>\n

Thesis Advisor: Feliks Ephraim Trakhtenberg Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n

Email: jabrady@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Bufi\"

Rei Bufi<\/b><\/p>\n

Previous Education:\u00a0 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT<\/p>\n

Thesis Advisor: Frederick Varn, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n

Email: bufi@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Busel,N.\"

Natan Busel<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education:\u00a0 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT<\/p>\n

Thesis Advisor: Eric Levine, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n

Email: busel@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Cheung\"

Hiu Cheung<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education:\u00a0 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT<\/p>\n

Thesis Advisor: Zhao-Wen Wang, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n

Email: hcheung@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"E

Erika Cortez\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Rhode Island College, Providence, RI<\/p>\n

Thesis Advisor: Riqiang Yan, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n

Email: ecortez@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Suzanna

Zuzanna Fracz<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education:\u00a0 University of Michigan,\u00a0 Ann Arbor, MI<\/p>\n

Thesis Advisor: Zhao-Wen Wang Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n

Email: fracz@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Matthew

Matthew Frost<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA<\/p>\n

Thesis Advisor: Ephraim Trakhtenberg, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n

Email: mfrost@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"

Zelda Galdenzi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education:\u00a0 Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT<\/p>\n

Thesis Advisor: Yulan Xiong Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n

Email: galdenzi@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Krystina

Krystina Jorgensen<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ<\/p>\n

Thesis Advisor: Timothy Spellman, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n

Byoung-Il Bae, Ph.D<\/a><\/p>\n

Email: kjorgensen@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Arzu

Arzu Kunwar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: University of New Haven, West Haven, CT<\/p>\n

Thesis Advisor: Riqiang Yan, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n

Email: akunwar@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Lustig,

Jake Lustig<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: New York University, New York, NY<\/p>\n

Thesis Advisor: Stephen Crocker, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n

Email: lustig@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"alex

Alexander (Alex) Mitchell<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Brandeis University, Waltham, MA<\/p>\n

Thesis Advisor: Timothy Spellman, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n

Email: almitchell@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Papile\"

Lucille Papile<\/b><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA<\/p>\n

Thesis Advisor: Stephen Crocker, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nTimothy Spellman, Ph.D. <\/a><\/p>\n

Email: papile@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Joe

Joseph Pathoulas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Saint John's University, Collegeville, MN<\/p>\n

Thesis Advisor: Riqiang Yan, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n

Email: jpathoulas@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"S

Shreya Savla<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, India;
\nUniversity of Mumbai, Mumbai, India<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thesis Advisor: Rajkumar Verma, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n

Email: savla@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"

Haley Tallman<\/b><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Salve Regina University, Newport, RI<\/p>\n

Thesis Advisor: Byoung-Il Bae, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n

Email:\u00a0 tallman@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Kelsey

Kelsey Walsh<\/b><\/p>\n

Previous Education: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA<\/p>\n

Thesis Advisor: Andres Grosmark, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n

Email:\u00a0 kelwalsh@uchc.edu\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"S.

Sarah Wilensky<\/b><\/p>\n

Previous Education: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY<\/p>\n

Thesis Advisor: Riqiang Yan, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n

Email:\u00a0 wilensky@uchc.edu\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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