Current Lab Members

Jessica R. Barson, PhD

• Principal Investigator
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Brody Carpenter

• Doctoral Student, 2020 – Present
• BA in Neuroscience, 2020, Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky

Cydney Martin

• Doctoral Student, 2021 – Present (co-mentored with Dr. Ramesh Raghupathi)
• BS in Biology, 2020, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana

Christina Nelson

• Graduate Student, 2025 – Present
• BS in Neuroscience, 2022, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

Annie Hawks

• Laboratory Technician, 2022 – Present
• BA in Psychology, 2022, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Malcolm Jennings

• Volunteer and Laboratory Technician, 2023 – Present
• BS in Psychology, 2023, Drexel University

Past Lab Members

Destinee Monasterio

• MS in Neuroscience, 2025, Drexel University College of Medicine
• Master’s Student in the Barson Laboratory, 2023 – 2025
• BS in Neuroscience, 2022, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

Joe Mazzerina

• MS in Neuroscience, 2025, Drexel University College of Medicine
• Master’s Student in the Barson Laboratory, 2023 – 2025
• BA in Psychology, 2022, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey

Breanne Pirino

• PhD in Neuroscience, 2023 Postdoctoral Trainee, 2024, Drexel University College of Medicine
• Doctoral Student in the Barson Laboratory, 2018 – 2023
• BS in Neuroscience and Spanish, 2017, Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Genevieve Curtis

• PhD in Neuroscience, 2022, Drexel University College of Medicine
• Doctoral Student in the Barson Laboratory, 2017 – 2022
• BS in Neuroscience, 2014, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania

Surya Pandey

• PhD in Neuroscience, 2019, Drexel University College of Medicine
• Doctoral Student in the Barson Laboratory, 2015 – 2019
• BS in Biology, 2012, Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa

Andrew Gargiulo

• PhD in Neuroscience, 2019, Drexel University College of Medicine
• Doctoral Student in the Barson Laboratory, 2015 – 2019
• BS in Neuroscience & Cognitive Studies, Minor in Psychology, 2014, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi

Angela Grant

• Medical Student Summer Research Fellow, 2023
• BS in Neuroscience, 2022, University of California, Los Angeles, California

Pelagia Candelas

• Medical Student Summer Research Fellow, 2022
• MS in Cellular Molecular Biology, 2019, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
• BS in Biology, 2016, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts

Kathleen Oakes

• Medical Scholar, 2020 – Present
• BS in Psychobiology, 2019, UCLA, Los Angeles, California

Andrea Fowora

• MS in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2018, Drexel University College of Medicine
• Master’s Student in the Barson Laboratory, 2017 – 2018
• BS in Microbiology, 2016, Pennsylvania State University, College Park, Pennsylvania

George Li

• STAR Student and Volunteer, 2023 – 2024
• BS in Biology, 2026 (expected), Drexel University

Nawal Syed

• STAR Student and Volunteer, 2022 – 2023
• BS in Biological Sciences, 2025 (expected), Drexel University

Krisha Shah

• STAR Student and Volunteer, 2021 – 2024
• BS in Biological Sciences, 2024, Drexel University

Medha Gupta

• STAR Student and Volunteer, 2020 – 2022
• BS in Biological Sciences, 2023, Drexel University

Priyanka Shah

• STAR Student and Volunteer, 2017 – 2019
• BS in Biology, 2019, Drexel University

Justina Toma

• STAR Student and Volunteer, 2017 – 2019
• BS in Biology, 2020, Drexel University

Anuranita Gupta

• STAR Student and Volunteer, 2016 – 2018
• BS in Biology, 2018, Drexel University

Lilia Sanzalone

• Research Assistant, 2017 – 2018
• BA in Molecular Biology, 2016, Hampshire College, Amherst, Mass.

Preeti Badve

• Research Assistant, 2015 – 2017
• MS in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2015, Drexel University College of Medicine
• BS in Psychology and Biological Sciences, minor in Chemistry, 2013, Carnegie Mellon University
• In her spare time, Preeti likes to sing and bake

Osman Ozel

• Volunteer, 2015
• Medical student at Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Medical School
• Project title: Anxiety as a predictor of ethanol drinking

 
Contact Us

The Barson Lab
Drexel University College of Medicine
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy
2900 W. Queen Lane, Room 170, Philadelphia, PA 19129
   215.991.8498 (Lab) |    215.991.8848 (Office) |   jrb455@drexel.edu

 
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