{"id":34,"date":"2019-09-11T12:57:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T16:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bae-lab\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:06:21","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/spellman-lab\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Timothy<\/div>

Timothy Spellman, Ph.D.<\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience<\/p>\n

View Bio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

John Stout<\/h3>

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\nJohn Stout, Ph.D.<\/strong>
\nPostdoctoral Fellow. Current project: all-optical functional dissection of the prefrontal corticothalamic loop and its role in cognitive flexibility and attention.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/a>
\nAlex Mitchel, B.S.<\/strong>
\nGraduate Student, M.D.\/Ph.D. Program<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Lucy Papile, B.S.<\/strong>
\nGraduate Student, Ph.D. Program<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Krystina Jorgensen, B.S.<\/strong>
\nGraduate Student, Ph.D. Program<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/a>
\n[left] Ademide Ogunsina, [right] Katarina Kalajzic<\/strong>
\nUndergraduate Researchers
\nPhoto: 2025 Fall Frontiers Undergraduate Research Poster Exhibition<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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\n
\n<\/a>Varun Chamarty<\/strong>
\nUndergraduate Researcher
\nCurrent Project: Machine vision-based decoding of mouse facial indicators of attention<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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\n
\n<\/a>Assiata Ayinla<\/strong>
\nUndergraduate Researcher<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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\n
\n EMERITI <\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/a>
\nPeyton Fletcher, B.S.<\/strong>
\nResearch Technician
\nCurrent Project: Longitudinal imaging of attention coding in mouse models of Alzheimer's<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/a>
\nAiden Campbell, B.S.<\/strong>
\nResearch Technician
\nCurrent Project: Optogenetic testing of prefrontal involvement in feedback coding<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/a>
\n
\nKeaven Caro, B.S.<\/strong>
\nGraduate Student
\nCurrent Project: Characterizing the functional role of synaptic binding proteins in the cortex<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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\n
\nMaya Preibisz-Kamat, B.S.<\/strong>
\nLab Manager
\nCurrent Project: Looking at the roles of prefrontal catecholamine neuromodulatory systems in attention<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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\n
\nJames Rybczyk, B.S.<\/strong>
\nTechnician
\nCurrent Project: Optogenetic modulation of prefrontal catecholamine release in attention<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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\n
\nMark Cristino<\/strong>
\nUndergraduate Researcher
\nCurrent Project: Developing a voluntary head-restraint system for rodent attention tasks<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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