Team

Current Members

Undergraduate Researchers

Alumni

Graduate Students and Postdocs

Dr. Bhagya Gunasekera (Postdoc, 2015) - Currently lecturer @ UIUC

Dr. Mingzhen Zhang (postdoc, 2016) - Currently assistant professor @ Fudan University

Dr. Meghan Logun (Ph.D. in Neuroscience, 2021) - Currently Postdoc @ UPenn

Dr. Min Kyoung Sun (Ph.D. in Neuroscience, 2021) - Currently @ Unchained Labs

Dr. Charles-Francois Latchoumane (Sr. Research Scientist, 2020) - Currently @ NeuroRestore

Chaitanya Tondepu - MS Animal and Dairy Science (2021) - Currently @ Xyphos Biosciences

Dr. Chethan Devanur Shanthamurthy (Postdoc, 2025)

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Undergraduate Mentees

Dr. Hannah Mason (Undergraduate researcher, 2014) - NIH Ph.D. and Currently @ Emory U SOM

Dr. Nicole Bisel (Undergraduate researcher, 2016) - Currently @ Duke U SOM

Dr. Kallie Wynens (Undergraduate researcher, 2019) - Currently @ CWRU SOM

Dr. Aws Ahmed (UGA PREP Scholar, 2019) - Currently @ East Tennessee State University SOM

Morgan Goeden (Undergraduate researcher, 2019) - Currently @ GSU graduate school

Bianca Patel (Undergraduate researcher, 2021) - Currently @ Morehouse SOM

Mason Wolfe (Undergraduate researcher, 2020) - Currently @ Philadelphia college of osteopathic medicine

Divya Ventrapragada (Undergraduate researcher, 2021) - Currently @ Northwestern University graduate school

Rebecca Guerreso (Undergraduate researcher, 2020) - Currently @ Augusta Univesrity SOM

Atharva Athalye (Undergraduate researcher, 2020) - Currently applying to medical school

Rameen Forghani (Undergraduate researcher, 2021) - Currently @ U Pitt SOM

Braxton Goodnight (Undergraduate Student Researcher, 2021) - Currently @ Wash U SOM

Rohan Pise (Undergraduate Student Researcher, 2024)

Deniz Mamaghani (Undergraduate Student Researcher, 2025)

REU Students:

Khush Patel

Lilly Speier

Nasser Raslan

Sophie Davis

Translational Glycomaterials and Neural Repair Lab

Regenerative Bioscience Center, University of Georgia

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