
Lab Members
Alexandros Poulopoulos
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
Postdoc, Macklis Lab
Harvard University
PhD in Neuroscience
University of Göttingen
Brose Lab, Max Planck Inst. of Exp. Med.
BSc in Biology
University of Athens
Andrea Romanowski (she/her)
Postdoc
Postdoc, Bourne Lab
National Institute of Mental Health
PhD in Molecular Medicine
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Poulopoulos Lab
BSc in Mol. Bio. & Biotechnology
Palm Beach Atlantic University
Ro Whitten (they/them)
PhD student, Neuroscience
NIH Postbac, Beerman Lab
National Institute on Aging
BSc in Neuroscience
University of Rochester
Dhanashree Deore
PhD student, Molecular Medicine
MSc, MTech in Biotechnology
Pune University
Antonia Papadimas
Research Assistant
MSc in Mol. Microbiol. & Immunol.
University of Maryland, Baltimore
BSc in Public Health Science
University of Maryland, College Park
Timothy Zhang
Research Assistant
(joint w/ Benavides and Ciryam labs)
BSc in Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University
JaNýa Brown
Postbac, STAR-PREP Scholar
BSc in Forensic Chemistry
York College of Pennsylvania
Paul Paronich
Postbac, STAR-PREP Scholar
BSc in Neuroscience
Nova Southeastern University
Olakiitan Blessing Adedeji
ASCEND Scholar
Medical Lab Science major
Morgan State University

Lab Alumni
Ryan Richardson
2017-2020 Postdoc, T32 Fellow
Went on to AAAS Fellow at NIH BRAIN!
PhD in Biochemistry
Harvard University
Silver Lab, Wyss Inst. for Bio-Inspired Engineering
BSc in Biochemistry
Northeastern University
Bekir Altas
2018-2022 Postdoc
Went on to faculty at Marquette!
PhD in Neuroscience
University of Göttingen
Brose Lab, Max Planck Inst. of Exp. Med.
BSc in Mol. Bio. & Genetics
Middle East Technical University
Cheryl Brandenburg
2020-2023 Postdoc,T32 Fellow
Went on to faculty at LSU!
PhD in Neuroscience
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Blatt Lab, Hussman Inst. for Autism
BSc, MSc in Cell and Mol. Bio.
University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
Colin Robertson
2020-2025 PhD in Neuroscience
Went on to postdoc at Hopkins!
BSc in Biology
Westminster College
Garrett Crutcher (he/his)
2019-2023 PhD in Neuroscience
Went on to Signal Systems Corp!
BSc in Neuroscience
University of Rochester
Saovleak (Noury) Khim
2019-2022 Postbac
STAR-PREP Scholar
Went on to PhD at UMB!
BSc in Cell & Mol. Neuroscience
Temple University
Marilyn Steyert
2018-2020 Research Assistant
Went on to PhD at UCSF!
BSc in Biology
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Amgen Scholar, ΦΒΚ
Corinne Martin
2021-2022 Schnaper Intern
Nathan Schnaper Program
Went on to PhD at UCSF!
Bioengineering major
University of Maryland, College Park
Uriel Jean-Baptiste
2019-2020 Postbac,
STAR-PREP Scholar
Went on to PhD at UNC Chapel Hill!
BSc in Biochemistry
Florida State University


