Current Members

Tingting Wang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Curriculum Director, Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience (IPN)

Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University School of Medicine

B.S. Tsinghua University, Beijing

Ph.D. Duke University

Postdoc University of California, San Francisco

Erqiu Li, Ph.D.

Research Specialist

B.S. Peking University, Beijing

Ph.D. Peking University, Beijing

Saleem Abu-Tayeh

Research Assistant

B.S. University of Virginia

M.S. Georgetown University

Yumeng Xie, M.D. / Ph.D.

Postdoc Fellow

M.D. / Ph.D. Wuhan University, Wuhan

SURFiN Mentor, SFARI

Yimei Cai

Ph.D. Student (Pharm)

B.S. University of Maryland

M.S. Georgetown University

F31 NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship, NIH/NINDS

GradGov-GSAS Award

Cosmos Scholar

Rita Levi Montalcini Scholar

SURFiN Mentor, SFARI

Gabrielle Williams

Ph.D. Student (Pharm)

B.S. Michigan State University

M.S. Georgetown University

Patrick Healy Fellowship

BGE Merit Scholarship

Robert Coats

M.S. Student (Physiology)

B.A. Arizona State University

Ken Carlo Pondevida

M.S. Student (Pharmacology)

B.S. Stockton University

Grace Vaillancourt

M.S. Student (Pharmacology)

B.S. Towson University

Rachel Nokku

Undergraduate Student

(Biology, College of Arts and Sciences)

Georgetown University

Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN), Simons Foundation

Lisa J. Raines Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Jim Wang

Undergraduate Student

(Human Science, School of Health)

Georgetown University

Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN), Simons Foundation

Susan Huang

Undergraduate Student

(Human Science, School of Health)

Georgetown University

Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN), Simons Foundation

SMURF-Dekkers Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Nina Lorenzo

Undergraduate Student

(Human Science, School of Health)

Georgetown University

2024 Genesee Scientific Drosophila Art Contest Winner

Shriya Muthukumar

Undergraduate Student

(Biology, College of Arts and Sciences)

Georgetown University

Grace Chu

Undergraduate Student

(Biology, College of Arts and Sciences)

Georgetown University

Rene Li

Undergraduate Student

(Biology, College of Arts and Sciences)

Georgetown University

Brandon Hu

Undergraduate Student

(Human Science, School of Health)

Georgetown University

Jeffery Shi

Undergraduate Student

(Global Health, School of Health)

Georgetown University

Future Lab Members

Lab Alumni

Postdoc Researchers

Yanfeng Zhang, M.D. Ph.D. (2018-2019) Visiting Clinician, Current: Associate Professor, Pediatric Neurology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, China

Ting Wang, Ph.D. (2022-2023) Postdoc Fellow, Current: Researcher, Oncology Georgetown University Medical Center

Ph.D. Students

Yang Xue, M.D., Ph.D. (2019-2020) Visiting Ph.D. Student, Current: Neurologist, Harbin Medical University, China

Pengqi Yin, M.D., Ph.D. (2019-2021) Visiting Ph.D. Student, Current: Neurologist, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China

Danielle Morency, Ph.D. (2018-2023) Ph.D. Student (IPN), Georgetown University

M.S. Students

Andre Jang (2019) Master Student (Physiology), Georgetown University, Current: Ph.D. Student, University of Connecticut

Caroline Pocher (2020-2021) Master Student (Physiology), Georgetown University, Current: Research Associate, Biotechnology

Shatha Salameh (2020-2021) Master Student (Pharmacology), Georgetown University, Current: Ph.D. Student, George Washington University

Samantha Wood (2020-2021) Master Student (Physiology), Georgetown University, Current: Medical Assistant, Healthcare Services

Siena Alfrey (2022) Master Student (Physiology), Georgetown University, Current: M.D. Student, Rutgers University.

Andrew Berg (2022) Master Student (Physiology), Georgetown University, Current: Research Assistant

Blu Mahbub (2022) Master Student (Neuroscience), Georgetown University, Current: Stem Cell Biologist, NIH

Paloma Ames-Zuniga (2023) Master Student (Physiology), Georgetown University, Current: Medical Assistant

Saleem Abu-Tayeh (2023) Master Student (Physiology), Georgetown University, Current: Research Assistant

Rebekah Moon (2024) Master Student (Physiology), Georgetown University

Lindsay Cornell (2024) Master Student (Physiology), Georgetown University

Iain Allingham (2024) Master Student (Physiology), Georgetown University

Undergraduate Students

Christina Fin (2018-2020) Undergraduate Student, Georgetown University, Current: Graduate Student, Weill Cornell Medicine

Celine Bennett (2018-2020) Undergraduate Student, Georgetown University, Current: Industry

Moira Ma (2018-2020) Undergraduate Student, Georgetown University, Current: Student, Columbia University

Sneha Thandra (2019-2022) Undergraduate Student, Emory University, Current: M.D. Student, UCSD

Anna Grigsby-Brown (2019) Undergraduate Student, Georgetown University, Current: Ph.D. Student, UCSF

Chloe Lok (2021-2023) Undergraduate Student, Georgetown University, Current: Medical Assistant, RISSER Orthopaedic Group

Aidan Mitchell (2021-2023) Undergraduate Student, Georgetown University, Current: Medical Assistant, Integrated Dermatology

Akashdiya Chakraborty (2021-2023) Undergraduate Student, Georgetown University, Current: Postbac Researcher, NIH

Divya Sammeta (2021) Undergraduate Student, Georgetown University

Jacqueline Chen (2022) Undergraduate Student, Georgetown University

Giselle Rasquinha (2022) Undergraduate Student, Georgetown University

Shreya Kalra (2022) Undergraduate Student, Georgetown University

Angel Lee (2022-2023) Undergraduate Student, Georgetown University

Ryan Wen (2024) Undergraduate Student, Georgetown University

Research Assistants

Paxton Paganelli (2020-2022) Research Assistant, Georgetown University, Current: MBA program at USC and MS in Engineering at UCLA.

Andrew Berg (2023-2025) Research Assistant, Georgetown University

Ph.D. Rotation Students

Eric Witherspoon (2018) Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University

Serena Scognamiglio (2018) Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University

Andrew Wodrich (2019) IPN, Georgetown University

David Saxon (2020) MSTP, Georgetown University

Jordy Sepulveda (2020) Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University

Yousef Aljohani (2020) Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University

Meagan Beaver (2021) Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University

Lindsey Russ (2022) Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University

Anna Pearson (2022) IPN, Georgetown University

Alex Sukharev (2023) MSTP, Georgetown University