Alumni Postdoctoral Researchers
Research Interest: Vagus Nerve Stimulation Enhancement of Conditioned Fear
Alumni PhD
Ya-Yu Hu – Earned Phd 2025
Thesis: Mechanisms of Glucocorticoid-Mediated Stress-Induced Migraine
Lindsey Noble – Earned Phd 2018
Thesis: Effects of Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Extinction of Conditioned Fear
Amanda Alvarez-Dieppa – Earned Phd 2017
Thesis: Molecular Mechanisms of Vagus Nerve Stimulation Enhancement of Extinction in an Impaired Animal Model
David Peña – Earned Phd 2013
Thesis: The Use of Vagus Nerve Stimulation to Enhance the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Jayme McReynolds – Earned PhD 2012
Thesis: Basolateral Complex of the Amygdala Modulation of Encoding Emotional Valence and Arc Protein Expression
Crystal Holloway – Earned Phd 2011
Thesis: Interaction of the Amygdala and the Rostral Anterior Cingulate Cortex in the Consolidation of Long-Term Memory
Masters Students
- Sina Kashef
- Derek Lehtonen
- Samantha Plas
- Sophia Rudman
Alumni Research Technicians
- Shawn Willett, 2012-2014
- Nicole Robertson, 2017-2019
- Peyton Demetrovich, 2019
Alumni Undergraduate Researchers
- Vijaya Dutt
- Tanu Shivaswamy
- Brandon Myers
- Kavya Donepudi
- Zara Siddiqui
- Ciro Randazzo
- Merlyn George
- Donvie Hur
- Eric Bellinghausen
- Malavika Ramaswamy
- Veda Tsai
- Simmone Spielmann
- Sruthi Potturi
- Muriel Thornton
- Michael Abraham
- Payam Mohammadi
- Peyton Demetrovich
- Joe Epperson
- Michael Tabet
- Rajya Adhikari
- Sheridan Cavalier
- Sean Kashiwagura
- Ezik Mathew
- Ian Gonzalez
- Karthik Ramanathan
- Kimberly Griffin
- Meredith Mortberg
- Cecily Oleksiak
- Ben Belfort
- Adam Howard