Interdisciplinary Neuroscience: Students

Interdisciplinary Programs

Current Students

Working directly with faculty P.I.s, the Ph.D. students in the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience program engage in cutting edge research, tackling grand challenges from different angles.

Bridget Armstrong

Psychological & Brain Sciences

bridgeja@udel.edu

Advisor: Jaclyn Schwarz

Research interests: microglia, neuroendocrinology, postpartum depression

Abbie Bower

Kinesiology & Applied Physiology

aebower@udel.edu

Advisor: Roxana G. Burciu

Research Description: motor neuroscience, movement disorders and neuroimaging

Emily Dean

Psychological & Brain Sciences

edean@udel.edu

Advisor: Amanda Hernan

Research Description: epilepsy

Niloufar Faridani

Psychological & Brain Sciences

nilfarid@udel.edu

Advisor: Maryam Viziri-Pashkam

Research interests: Studying vision and movement during human social interactions using fMRI neuroimaging technique and computational methods

Akanksha Goyal

Psychological & Brain Sciences

agoyal@udel.edu

Advisor: Amanda Hernan

Research Description: Neural dynamics and epilepsy

Dominique Lopiccolo

Linguistics & Cognitive Science

dlopicco@udel.edu

Advisor: Alon Hafri

Research Description: neural mechanisms underlying spatial and mathematical cognition

Yichong (Andre) Ma

Psychological & Brain Sciences

yma@udel.edu

Advisor: Josh Neunuebel

Molly Quattrucci

Kinesiology and Applied Physiology

mkq@udel.edu

Advisor: Roxana Burciu

Research Description: motor neuroscience, movement disorders and neuroimaging

PUB MED

Sara Penuela Rodriguez

Kinesiology & Applied Physiology

penuelas@udel.edu

Advisor: Dr. John Jeka

Research Description: balance and locomotion, focused on concussions and neuro mechanics

Ali Solbi

Communication Sciences & Disorders

alisolbi@udel.edu

Advisor: F. Sayako Earle

Research Description: memory consolidation, sleep, speech perception

Boshang Yin

bsyin@udel.edu

Advisor: Amanda Seidl

Research focus: language development, infant speech perception and infant speech production

Bodhiswata Biswas

bswata@udel.edu

Advisor: Alon Hafri

Research Description: Representation and organization of events in human cognition, how event structures are constructed, maintained, and transformed across modalities; how symbolic categories interface with continuous neural codes and interact with memory and perceptual systems.

Claudia Collins

Psychological & Brain Sciences

ccol@udel.edu

Advisor: Josh Neunuebel

Mariah Egerton

megerton@udel.edu

Advisor: Gio Morini

Research interests: language acquisition, cognitive development, bilingualism

Grace Gervino

Communication Sciences & Disorders

ggervino@udel.edu

Advisors: Evan Usler and Ho Ming Chow

Research Description: Speech motor control, motor neuroscience, stuttering

Christyana Kawar

Psychological & Brain Sciences

ckawar@udel.edu

Advisor: Josh Neunuebel

Research Description: behavioral neuroscience, studying the relationship between sensory cues and behavior, the influence of gentle touch sensation on vocalization and social behavior

Anna Luddy

aluddy@udel.edu

Advisor: Chris Martens

Research Interests: aging and neurodegenerative disease

Sarah Marshall

Psychological and Brain Sciences

marshsa@udel.edu

Advisor: Philip Gable

Research Description: psychological and brain sciences

Devashish Pande

Psychological & Brain Sciences

deva@udel.edu

Advisor: Josh Neunuebel

Ian Smith

Psychological & Brain Sciences

ismith@udel.edu

Advisor: Anna Klintsova

Fei Ting Woon

Communication Sciences & Disorders

feitingw@udel.edu

Advisor: Amanda Seidl

Research Description: language acquisition and development

Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Alumni

Heather Aiken

Psychological & Brain Sciences

haiken@udel.edu

Advisor: Keith Schneider

Research Description: cognitive neuroscience, temporal properties of the human visual system and functions of attention, perception and awareness.

Mary Beth Bielicki

Psychological & Brain Sciences

bielicki@udel.edu

Advisor: Jaclyn Schwarz

Research Description: developmental neuroimmunology, how immune activation during critical periods of development can contribute to symptoms of developmental disorders and impact learning behavior and brain function later in life

PUBMED LINK

Taylor Campbell

Psychological & Brain Sciences

tcamp@udel.edu

Research Description: behavioral epigenetics, how both positive (exercise) and negative (stress, CNS injuries) experiences during early development and adulthood alter epigenetic regulation in the brain and spinal cord.

Pubmed link

Zachary Gemzik

Psychological & Brain Sciences

zgemzik@udel.edu

Advisor: Amy Griffin

Su Hyeong Kim

Psychological & Brain Sciences

suhyeong@udel.edu

Advisor: Amy Griffin, Anna Klintsova

Research Description: system, behavioral, and developmental neuroscience, how developmental alcohol exposure affects cognitive function later in life and how medial prefrontal cortex and hippocampus communicate while performing spatial working memory

Pubmed Link

Jung-Mei Tsai

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Advisor: Anjana Bhat

Research Area: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)/creative intervention, creative art interventions for children with ASD to improve emotion processing and recognition.

Nicholas Collins

Psychological & Brain Sciences

nicollin@udel.edu

Research Description: behavioral neuroscience, the development of fear behavior as a function of maternal programming and associated epigenetic changes occurring in the brain of the progeny.

Mohamad Khalife

Psychological & Brain Sciences

mkhalife@udel.edu

Advisor: Amanda Hernan

Research Description: epilepsy, single-cell electrophysiology and neural dynamics, the mechanisms of cognitive improvement in early life seizure mice post ACTH treatment

Pubmed Link