Principal Investigator

Christa McIntyre, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Email: christa.mcintyre@utdallas.edu

PhD Students – Cognition and Neuroscience

DEBORA CALDERON WILLIAMS – PhD Candidate
Role of the Locus Coeruleus on Vagus Nerve Stimulation Enhanced Fear Extinction

Debora examines the effects of optogenetic inhibition of the locus coeruleus on vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) enhanced extinction of conditioned fear in rats.

MELISSA KRAUTH – PhD Candidate

Melissa studies fear and anxiety in a genetic rat model of Autism Spectrum Disorder.

TABITHA RISTVEDT – PhD student

Tabitha examines potential mechanisms of VNS-enhanced memory using in-vivo recording techniques. She is currently focused on using fiber photometry to examine norepinephrine dynamics during VNS-paired behavior.

YARA EL ZOUGHBY – PhD student

Masters Students

Morgan Rushing-Martinez

Lab Technician

Antoinette Cotton
Manager & Colony

Current Undergraduate Students

Charvi Katikala
Chelsea Edosomwan
Varshitha Korrapolu
Anna May
Pranathi Prasanna
Harshi Pulagam
Tripura Kota
Anisha Reddy
Navya Grandhe
Ishayu Gupta
Sumana Karnala
Theresa Jagan
Saloni Maniar
Pragathi Mahesh
Shivvani Sathish
Varun Saravanan