Doctoral Graduate Students
Mary C. Catanese
B.A. English, University of Massachusetts Amherst (2008)
Research Interests: Cellular and Molecular Signaling Pathways
Amanda Cremone
B.S. in Psychology & Biology, Merrimack College, May 2012
Research Interests: Role of sleep and early experience on development and cognitive functioning
Adaeze Egwuatu
B.S. Psychology, University of Florida, December 2011
Research Interests: The neural mechanisms underlying self-regulation in typical and atypical populations throughout development
Chaia Flegenheimer
B.A. Neuroscience and Behavior, Vassar College, May 2013
Research Interests: The development of attention in typically and atypically developing populations
Daniil Frolov
B.S., Biology, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia 2004
M.S., Biology with specialization in Human and Animal Physiology and Endocrinology, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia 2007
Research Interests: Behavioral and Electrophysiological Investigations of Sensorimotor System Development
Amanda F. Hamel
B.S. Animal Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst, May 2008
Research Interests: Primate Cognition and Behavior
John Hernandez
B.S. Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, May 2010
M.S. Biology, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, August 2012
Research Interests: Behavioral, Electrophysiological, and Molecular mechanisms underlying sexually dimorphic behavior
Jeffreys Nathaniel Johnson
B.S. Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, May 2010
Research Interests: Pharmacology and mechanism of action of the sigma receptor
Beata Kaminska
B.S., Individualized Major: Developmental Neuropsychology and Spanish, University of Connecticut, May 2014
Research Interests: Development of second language skills and attention in typically and atypically developing populations
Elina Kaplan
B.S. Neuroscience, Brandeis University, May 2007
Research Interests: Multimodal processing and attention.
Amanda A. Krentzel
B.S. Neuroscience, Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport (May 2011)
Research Interests: Molecular and Behavioral Neuroendocrinology; Sexual Differentiation and Sexual Dimorphism
Ajay Kumar
B.S. Biology, George Mason University (2007)
Research Interests: Social Behavior, Development, and Neuroendocrinology
Matthew LaClair
B.A. Psychology, Eastern Connecticut State University, May 2006
Research Interests: Neuroendocrinology, cognition and goal-directed behavior
Yi-Ling Lu
B.S. Biology, National Cheng Kung University, June 2004
M.S. Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang-Ming University, June 2006
Research Interests: Stress Response in Prefrontal Cortex
Matheus Macedo-Lima
B.S. Biology, Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil, October 2013
Research Interests: Evolutionary neurobiology/endocrinology, song learning and songbird development
Emily Manoogian
B.A. Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, June 2010
Research Interests: Circadian Rhythms and Neuroendocrinology: Melatonin Influence on the Brain and Reproductive Axis
Janna Mantua
B.A. Psychology, West Virginia University, May 2011
Research Interests: Sleep, memory consolidation, and aging
Amy M. Ryan
B.S. Biology, College of William & Mary (May 2007)
M.A. Psychology, Hunter College-City University of New York (May 2011)
Research Interests: Primate social learning
Andrea Silva-Gotay
B.S. Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, 2014
Research Interests: Neuroendocrinology, neurochemistry, drugs of abuse and addiction behavior, social and sexual behavior
Akshata Sonni
B.S. Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, February 2008
Research Interests: Sleep, Memory and Aging; Sleep and Movement Disorders; Role of the cerebellum in time perception
Chelsea Tyrrell
B.A. Psychology, Central Connecticut State University, December 2011
Research Interests: Functional and structural cortical reorganization and treatment outcomes in post-stroke aphasia
Margaret Ugolini
B.S. in Biopsychology, Cognition, & Neuroscience, University of Michigan, May 2013
Research Interests: Language development in typically and atypically developing children
Daniel Vahaba
B.S. Psychology, Wayne State University, May 2011
Research Interests: The role of brain-derived estradiol in songbird vocal communication learning across development
Wanette Vargas
B.S. Psychology, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, May 2009
Research Interests: Neurobiological Mechanisms of Alcohol Addiction
Amarylis Velez-Perez
B.A. Psychology, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, May 2009
Research Interests: Effects of stressors during puberty on adult behavior
