Neuroscience Graduate Program Alumni

Graduate Advisor: Quanguang Zhang, PhD

Research:  Luodan studies the effect of photobiomodulation on neurodegenerative disease.

Graduate Advisor: Chandramohan Wakade

Research: Marissa studies the benefits of niacin supplementation for Parkinson's Disease patients.

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Graduate Advisor: David Blake, PhD

Research: Jake studies Alzheimer's disease using deep brain stimulation as a potential treatment.

Graduate Advisor: Nevin Lambert, PhD

Research: G protein-couples receptor signaling in living cells.

Graduate Advisor: Xinyun Lu, PhD - Dept. of Neuroscience & Regenerative Medicine, Augusta University

Xing is currently a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Southern California.

Graduate Advisor: Kris Dhandapani, PhD - Dept. of Neurosurgery, Augusta University

Graduate Advisor: Darrell W. Brann, PhD- Dept. of Neuroscience & Regenerative Medicine, Augusta University

Yujiao is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Dhandapani Lab, Dept. of Neurosurgery,  Augusta University.

Graduate Advisor: Kris Dhandapani, PhD- Dept. of Neurosurgery, Augusta University

Currently, Molly is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Kirkegaard Lab at Stanford University.

Graduate Advisor: Lin Mei, PhD- Dept. of Neuroscience & Regenerative Medicine

Kai studied Molecular downstream of LRP4-MuSK signaling which is important for neuromuscular junction development.

Graduate Advisor: Adviye Ergul, PhD- Dept. of Physiology & Endocrinology

Becca is currently employed as a Medical Writer at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Graduate Advisor: Darrell Brann, PhD- Dept. of Neuroscience & Regenerative Medicine

After obtaining her PhD from AU, Roshni became a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Univ. of Tennessee Medical Center, Dec. 2017-July 2019. She is currently employed as Research Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine.

Graduate Advisor: Alvin Terry, PhD- Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology

Graduate Advisor: Darrell Brann, PhD -Dept. of Neuroscience & Regenerative Medicine

Merry is currently a resident in the Urology Department at Augusta University.

Graduate Advisor: Lin Mei, PhD- Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine

Thiri is currently a Postdoctoral Associate at Duke University School of Medicine.

Graduate Advisor: Bo-shiun Chen, PhD- Neurology

Tong Luo is interested in the trafficking of GluN2C subunit of NMDA receptors. He is investigating the function of NMDA receptor in oligodendrocyte cells.

Graduate Advisor: Anil Pillai, PhD- Psychiatry

Amanda is currently a Biology Instructor at Savannah Technical College.

Graduate Advisor: Lin Mei, PhD- Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine

Dwight is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Graduate Advisor: Jeff Mumm, PhD- Cellular Biology & Anatomy

David White was trained in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology receiving a B.Sc. from Pennsylvania State University.

Graduate Advisor: Lin Mei, PhD- Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine

Currently, Jonathan is a Postdoctoral Associate at Baylor College of Medicine

Graduate Advisor: Lin Mei, PhD- Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine

Anu is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at National Institutes of Health

Graduate Advisor: Darrell Brann, PhD- Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine

Erin currently has a Faculty Appointment at Univ. of Rochester Medical Center, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Graduate Advisor: Nevin Lambert, PhD- Pharmacology

Tien-hung Lan is currently a post doc in the laboratory of Dr. Nevin Lambert.

Graduate Advisor: Krishnan Dhandipani, PhD- Neurosurgery

Richard Fessler is now a 1st year medical student at the University of Cincinnati Medical School.

Graduate Advisor: Lin Mei, PhD- Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine

Ryan Bates is now enrolled in medical school at Mercer University, Savannah, GA. is now enrolled in medical school at Mercer University, Savannah, GA.

Graduate Advisor: Lin Mei, PhD- Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine

Arnab Barik is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Lin Mei at Augusta University.

Graduate Advisor: Joe Tsien, PhD- BBDI

Stephanie Jacobs was doing a postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Joe Tsien at Augusta University.

Graduate Advisor: Anilkumar Pillai, PhD- Psychiatry

Kristy Howell is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and is supported by a T32 Training Grant post doctoral fellowship award.

Graduate Advisor: Sergei Kirov- Neurosurgery

Jeremy Sword is currently a Captain in the US Navy serving a tour overseas.

Graduate Advisor: Alvin Terry, PhD- Pharmacology and Toxicology

Christina Wilson began her post doc in November 2012 at the University of Maryland, Department of Psychiatry in Dr. James Koenig's lab.

Graduate Advisor: Almira Vazdarjanova, PhD- Center for Synapses and Cognitive Center Neuroscience

Dr. Nalloor is currently a postdoc at Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, Augusta, GA.

Graduate Advisor: Jeff Mumm, PhD- Cellular Biology & Anatomy 

Dr. Junko Ariga accepted a Scientist position at GlaxoSmithKline in Japan.

Graduate Advisory: Krishnan Dhandapani, PhD- Department of Neurosurgery

Dr. Kimbler is a major in the U.S. Army, and will assume the position of Director, Anesthesiology Program at Eisenhower U.S. Army Hospital at Ft. Eisenhower.

Graduate Advisor: David Blake, PhD- Brain and Behavior Discovery Institute

Dr. Elsie Yenfen Wong Spingath graduated from Emmanuel College with a BS in Pre-Professional Studies in 2003.

Graduate Advisor: Darrell Brann, PhD- IMMAG

At present Dr. Limor Raz is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico.

Graduate Advisor: Nevin Lambert, PhD- Department of Pharmacology/Toxicology

At present, Dr. Kou Qin is a Postdoc at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York.

Graduate Advisor: Krishnan Dhandapani, PhD- Department of Neurosurgery

At present, Dr. Melissa Laird is a Navy Physiologist at the Navy Medical Research Center.

Graduate Advisor: Sergei Kirov, PhD- Brain and Behavior Discovery Institute

At present, Dr. William C. Risher is an Asst. Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences at Marshall University

Graduate Advisor: Lori Redmond, PhD- Department of Pharmacology/Toxicology

At present Dr. Tharkika Nagendran is a Postdoc at North Carolina State University

Graduate Advisor: Clare Bergson, PhD- Department of Pharmacology/Toxicology

At present Dr. Nagendran Muthusamy is a Postdoc at North Carolina State University

Graduate Advisor: Lin Mei, PhD- IMMAG

At present Dr. Kin Lai (Annie) Ting is a Postdoc at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Graduate Advisor: Kristen Harris, PhD and Darrell Brann, PhD

At present, Dr. Mark Witcher is a physician at Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, VA.

Graduate Advisor: Nevin Lambert, PhD- Department of Pharmacology/Toxicology

At present, Dr. Greg Digby is a Dentist at Spanish Trail Dentistry in Pensacola, FL.