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Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy Contact Information & Directory

General Information

Address: Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy
Drexel University College of Medicine
2900 W. Queen Lane
Philadelphia, PA 19129

Contacts

Rodrigo A. España, PhD
Interim Department Chair
Phone: 215.991.8274
Email: rae39@drexel.edu

Joy Hudson
Project and Teaching Coordinator
Phone: 215.991.8401
Email: Jh53@drexel.edu

Kathleen Golden
Assistant to Chair, Administrative Coordinator
Phone: 215.991.8402
Email: kg35@drexel.edu

Lisa Kaiser
Department Administrator
Phone: 215.991.8497
Email: lak86@drexel.edu

Anna Maria Falco
Financial Analyst
Phone: 215.991.8255
Email: af535@drexel.edu

Department Directory

Miguel Emiliano Ablaza

Miguel Emiliano Ablaza

MS Student
ma374@drexel.edu

Cameron Anderson

PhD Student
coa38@drexel.edu

Jessica Ausborn, PhD

Associate Professor
ja696@drexel.edu
215.991.8310

Homaira Azim, MD, PhD

Faculty
homaira.azim@drexel.edu

Peter W. Baas, PhD

Professor
pwb22@drexel.edu
215.991.8298

Douglas Baird, PhD

Director, Curricular Innovation and Student Success, Graduate School; Associate Professor
db34@drexel.edu
267.359.2408

Jessica R. Barson, PhD

Associate Professor
jrb455@drexel.edu
215.991.8848

Alison Bashford

Alison Bashford

PhD Student
arb442@drexel.edu

Alexander Benson

Alexander Benson

MS Student
ab4728@drexel.edu

Tatiana Bezdudnaya, PhD

Assistant Professor
tb462@drexel.edu
215.991.8890

Andrey Borisyuk

Andrey Borisyuk

PhD Student (Giszter Lab)
apb323@drexel.edu
615.801.2476

Julien Bouyer

Julien Bouyer

Research Assistant (Fischer Lab)
jjb97@drexel.edu
215.991.8284

Tiffany Briscoe

Tiffany Briscoe

Research Assistant (Raghupathi Lab)
tmb445@drexel.edu
609.351.3242

Brody Carpenter

MS Student (Barson Lab)
bac367@drexel.edu

Kendra Case

Kendra Case: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

PhD Student (Baas Lab)
klc356@drexel.edu

Jacob Clarin

Jacob Clarin: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

PhD Student
jc4532@drexel.edu

Sophie Cohen

Sophie Cohen: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

MS Student
src346@drexel.edu

Sierra Coleman

PhD Student
sc4262@drexel.edu

Theresa Connors

Theresa Connors

Instructor
tc42@drexel.edu
215.991.8307

Marie-Pascale Côté, PhD

Associate Professor
mc849@drexel.edu
215.991.8598

Timothy Cunningham, PhD

Professor
tjc29@drexel.edu
215.991.8505

Christina Curran-Alfaro

PhD Student
cc3862@drexel.edu

Genevieve Curtis

Genevieve Curtis

PhD Student (Barson Lab)
grc37@drexel.edu

Marissa Cusimano

PhD Student
mac682@drexel.edu

Simon M. Danner, PhD

Associate Professor
smd395@drexel.edu
215.991.8507

Dennis DePace, PhD

Emeritus Associate Professor
dd38@drexel.edu
215.991.8475

Megan Ryan Detloff, PhD

Associate Professor
mrd64@drexel.edu
215.991.8986

Alex Dizhoor, PhD

Professor
ad4293@drexel.edu

Kimberly Dougherty, PhD

Professor
kjd86@drexel.edu
215.991.8407

Bridie Eckel

Bridget Eckel: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

PhD Student
be355@drexel.edu

Barbara Engle

Barbara Engle

Administrative Coordinator
be24@drexel.edu
215.991.8272

Rodrigo A. España, PhD

Professor and Interim Chair
rae39@drexel.edu
215.991.8274

Anna Maria Falco

Anna Maria Falco

Financial Analyst
af535@drexel.edu
215.991.8255

Silvia Fernandes

Silvia Fernandez

PhD Student (Hou Lab)
sdf72@drexel.edu

Itzhak Fischer, PhD

Professor
if24@drexel.edu
215.991.8400

Leigh (Taylor) Flynn

Leigh (Taylor) Flynn

MD/PhD Student (Gao Lab)
ltf28@drexel.edu

Patrick W. (Bill) Frank, DC

Associate Professor
bf475@drexel.edu
267.857.6817

Wen-Jun Gao, PhD

Professor
wg38@drexel.edu
215.991.8907

A. Denise R. García, PhD

Associate Professor
adg82@drexel.edu
215.571.4534

Leonardo (Leo) García-Ramírez, PhD

D. Leonardo Garcia Ramirez, PhD

Instructor
dg679@drexel.edu
215.991.8454

John Gibbons

MS Student
jg3877@drexel.edu

Grace Giddings

Grace Giddings

PhD Student
gag52@drexel.edu

Simon Giszter, PhD

Professor
sg33@drexel.edu
215.991.8412

Kathy Golden

Kathy Golden

Administrative Coordinator, Assistant to the Chair
kg35@drexel.edu
215.991.8402

Haviva Goldman, PhD

Professor
hmg25@drexel.edu
215.991.8467

Tyler Gray

PhD Student
tg846@drexel.edu

Shrobona Guha

Shrobona Guha: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

PhD Student (Baas Lab)
sg3536@drexel.edu

Adam Hall

Adam Hall: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

PhD Student (Lane Lab)
aah347@drexel.edu

Arron Hall

PhD Student
ah3583@drexel.edu

John D. Houle, PhD

Professor
jdh52@drexel.edu
215.991.8295

Caitlin Howe, PhD

Associate Professor
cah433@drexel.edu
215.991.8898

Wenqiang Huang

PhD Student
wh395@drexel.edu

Joy Hudson

Joy Hudson

Project and Teaching Coordinator
jh53@drexel.edu
215.991.8401

Jenna Hunt

PhD Student
jnh96@drexel.edu

Ashraful Islam

WHOOOO

PhD Student (Tom Lab)
ai384@drexel.edu

Ying Jin, PhD

Research Assistant Professor
yj62@drexel.edu
215.991.8314

Lisa Kaiser

Department Administrator
lak86@drexel.edu
215.991.8497

Abby Keith

Abby Keith: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

MS Student (Gao Lab)
alk348@drexel.edu

Taegyo Kim, PhD

Taegyo Kim, PhD

Instructor
tk67@drexel.edu
215.991.8423

Koray Kirimtay, PhD

Koray Kirimtay

Postdoctoral Fellow (Baas Lab)
kk3482@drexel.edu

Kurtulus Kullu, PhD

Kurtulus (Kurt) Kullu, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow (Ausborn Lab)
kk3478@drexel.edu

Michael A. Lane, PhD

Associate Professor
mlane.neuro@gmail.com
215.991.8892

Michel Lemay, PhD

Adjunct Faculty
tuf44624@temple.edu

Maurice Lindner-Jackson

PhD Student
mkl99@drexel.edu

Jun Liu, PhD

Jun Liu, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow (Wang Lab)
jl3933@drexel.edu
215.991.8431

Andrew Lockhart

PhD Student (Danner Lab)
abl73@drexel.edu

Dillon Chase Malloy, PhD

Dillon Chase Malloy, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow (Côté Lab)
dcm332@drexel.edu

Corinne Marble

Corinne Marble

PhD Student
cm3965@drexel.edu

Sergey N. Markin, PhD

Research Assistant Professor
snm34@drexel.edu
215.991.8597

Cydney Martin

Cydney Martin: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

PhD Student
crm377@drexel.edu

Joya Maser

Joya Maser: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

PhD Student (Raghupathi Lab)
jm4755@drexel.edu

Joseph Mazzerina

MS Student
jm5267@drexel.edu

Patrick McGinnis

MS Student
pm934@drexel.edu

Jenna McGrath

Jenna McGrath

PhD Student (Dougherty Lab)
jrm472@drexel.edu

Volodar Migovich

Volodar Migovich

PhD Student
vmm74@drexel.edu

Destinee Monasterio

Destinee Monasterio

MS Student
dlm398@drexel.edu

Lynnette Montgomery, PhD, BPHTY

Assistant Professor
lrm82@drexel.edu

Anthony Moreno Sanchez

Anthony Moreno Sanchez: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

PhD Student
am4946@drexel.edu

Jacob Nelson

MS Student
jkn33@drexel.edu

Alessia Niceforo, PhD

Alessia Niceforo, PhD: postdoctoral researcher, Fischer Lab

Postdoctoral Fellow (Fischer Lab)
an675@drexel.edu

Victor Ogbolu

Victor Ogbolu

MS Student
vco28@drexel.edu

Ashley Opalka

Ashley Opalka

PhD Student (Wang Lab)
ano43@drexel.edu

Jennifer Pastorino

Jennifer Pastorino: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

PhD Student (Giszter Lab)
jdp375@drexel.edu

Dana Peterson, PhD, MA, MEd

Professor
dp3244@drexel.edu
267.857.6820

Emanuela Piermarini, PhD

Emanuela Piermarini, PhD

Research Instructor
ep477@drexel.edu

Dayani Pillai

Dayani Pillai

PhD Student
dp3284@drexel.edu

Breanne Pirino

Breanne Pirino: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

PhD Student (Barson Lab)
bep46@drexel.edu

Liang Oscar Qiang, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
lq24@drexel.edu

Ramesh Raghupathi, PhD

Professor
rr79@drexel.edu
215.991.8405

Shravan Tata Ramalingasetty, PhD

Shravan Tata Ramalingasetty, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow (Danner Lab)
st3247@drexel.edu
215.626.8507

Jonathan Richards

PhD Student (Detloff Lab)
jhr47@drexel.edu
215.991.8286

Candace Rizzi-Wise

Candace Rizzi-Wise

PhD Student (Wang Lab)
car388@drexel.edu

Ilya A. Rybak, PhD

Professor
iar22@drexel.edu
215.991.8596

Shanna Samels

Shanna Samels: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

PhD Student
ss5422@drexel.edu

Tatiana M. Saltos

Tatiana M. Saltos

Lab Manager (Tom Lab)
tms367@drexel.edu
215.991.8477

Pryscilla Santos Acevedo

Pryscilla Santos Acevedo: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

MS Student (Raghupathi Lab)
ps956@drexel.edu

Nishell Savory

Nishell Savory: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

PhD Student
nts47@drexel.edu

Julie Schaub

Julie Schaub: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

PhD Student
js5228@drexel.edu

Laura Schoenhals

Laura Schoenhals

PhD Student
las578@drexel.edu

Francis Sessler, PhD

Francis Sessler, PhD

Professor
fs28@drexel.edu
215.991.8489

Natalia Shevtsova, PhD

Research Assistant Professor
nas29@drexel.edu
215.991.8597

Jed Shumsky, PhD

Senior Associate Dean of Educational & Academic Affairs; Professor
js52@drexel.edu
215.991.8736

Shayna Singh

Shayna Singh: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

PhD Student (Dougherty Lab)
sps84@drexel.edu

Janet Smith, PhD

Professor
js56@drexel.edu
215.991.8474

Trevor Smith

Trevor Smith

PhD Student (Giszter Lab)
tss72@drexel.edu

Jana Smuts

PhD Student
js3943@drexel.edu

Sara S. Solomon, MS

Sara S. Solomon, MS

Human Anatomy Labs Program Manager
sms858@drexel.edu
215.991.8858

Akshaya Sridharan

PhD Student
as5875@drexel.edu

Nicholas Stachowski, MS

Nicholas Stachowski: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

PhD Student (Dougherty Lab)
njs83@drexel.edu

Xiaohuan Sun

Xiaohuan Sun: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

PhD Student (Baas Lab)
xs77@drexel.edu

Veronica J. Tom, PhD

Professor
vjt25@drexel.edu
215.991.8590

Kazuhito Toyooka, PhD

Associate Professor
kt469@drexel.edu
215.991.8288

Phuong Tran

Phuong Tran

PhD Student
ptt35@drexel.edu

Cameron Trueblood

Cameron Trueblood: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

PhD Student (Hou Lab)
ctt35@drexel.edu

Moin Vahora

MS Student
mmv39@drexel.edu

Alexander Vasserman

Alexander Vasserman: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

Research Assistant (Ausborn Lab)
anv52@drexel.edu

Kathryn Veazey, PhD, MS

Assistant Professor
kv452@drexel.edu
267.857.6818

John Walker

John Walker

PhD Student (Detloff Lab)
jw3646@drexel.edu
215.991.8286

Dong Wang, PhD

Assistant Professor
dw657@drexel.edu
215.991.8420

Sam Wechsler

Sam Wechsler

PhD Student (Bhandawat Lab BME)
spw43@drexel.edu

Jeremy Weinbeger

Jeremy Weinberger: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

PhD Student (Côté Lab)
jw3396@drexel.edu

Mason Weinstock

MS Student
mcw383@drexel.edu

Christopher West

Christopher West: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

PhD Student
cw3299@drexel.edu

Jason Wheeler

MS Student
jw3775@drexel.edu

Mariah Wulf

Mariah Wulf: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

MS Student (Tom Lab)
mjw458@drexel.edu

Nichole Yakas

MS Student
nay33@drexel.edu

Lihua Yao

Lihua Yao

Research Assistant (Dougherty Lab)
ly42@drexel.edu
215.991.8498

Kyle Yeakle

Kyle Yeakle

Research Assistant (Côté Lab)
kcy26@drexel.edu
215.991.8296

Wenqian Yu, MD

Research Assistant Professor
wy25@drexel.edu
215.991.8280

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