Zachary Loschinskey
Carolyn Marar
Carolyn Marar is a PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering. She received her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 2020. She was first introduced to neurophotonics during her graduate rotations, after which she joined the Ji-Xin Cheng Lab. She is currently conducting research on neuromodulation using microwaves. She has helped develop a device for […]
Manuel J. Marte
Manuel Jose Marte is a PhD candidate in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. He received his BA in Speech and Hearing Science from the University at Buffalo and his MS in Communication Disorders from SUNY New Paltz. Upon graduation, he worked as a speech-language therapist in stroke and traumatic brain injury neurorehabilitation. As a current […]
Grant McConachie
Grant McConachie is a PhD candidate in the Biomedical Engineering program at Boston University. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Bioengineering from Oregon State University and previously conducted natural products chemistry research at the National Cancer Institute. At BU, Grant is working with Dr. Brian DePasquale, where he is interested in applying sophisticated machine learning methods to neuroscience. Grant primarily works […]
Urvi Mishra
Urvi Mishra is a PhD student in the Brain, Behavior, and Cognition program in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Boston University, working in the Scott Lab of Comparative Cognition. She earned her BSc in Biomedical Sciences from NMIMS University, Mumbai, and her MSc in Biological Sciences from TIFR, Mumbai, where she studied cell-fate […]
Arielle Moore
Arielle Anayanci Moore (Perrachione Lab | Stephen Lab) graduated from Oakwood University in 2020 with a B.S. in Biochemistry. She is co-mentored by Dr. Tyler Perrachione and Dr. Emily Stephen and uses functional MRI to investigate the encoding of features of speech in humans. She hopes to incorporate functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) into her research to gain further insight […]
Nishaat Mukadam
Nishaat Mukadam is pursuing a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology with a focus on neuropsychology at the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at BU. She is a part of the Vision and Cognition Lab where she works under the mentorship of Dr. Alice Cronin-Golomb. She is interested in understanding cognitive functioning in healthy aging […]
Elif Ozsen
Elif Ozsen is a Neurobiology Ph.D. student in Dr. Lynne Chantranupong’s laboratory. Elif received her B.A. in Cell Biology and Neuroscience from Rutgers University in 2022. Currently, Elif is investigating how mTORC1, a core lysosomal-dependent signaling pathway, is remodeled in the brain. In collaboration with Dr. Ji-Xin Cheng’s laboratory, she is utilizing fluorescence-coupled mid-infrared photothermal […]
Negar Rahmani
Negar Rahmani is a Ph.D. student in Neuroscience at Boston University, studying Reelin signaling in the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex and its role in memory-related circuits and neurodegeneration. Her research explores how Reelin influences neuronal activity and synaptic function using confocal microscopy, molecular biology, and behavioral assays. She holds a Master’s degree in Neuroscience from the […]