The Barson Lab Members Current Lab Members Jessica R. Barson, PhD Principal Investigator View Profile Brody Carpenter Master’s Student, 2020 – Present BA in Neuroscience, 2020, Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky Cydney Martin Graduate Student, 2021 – Present (co-mentored with Dr. Ramesh Raghupathi) BS in Biology, 2020, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana Joe Mazzerina Master’s Student, 2023 – Present BA in Psychology, 2022, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey Destinee Monasterio Master’s Student, 2023 – Present BS in Neuroscience, 2022, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania 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 Breanne Pirino PhD in Neuroscience, 2023 Postdoctoral Trainee, 2024, Drexel University College of Medicine Doctoral Student in the Barson Laboratory, 2018 – 2013 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 – 2012 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 Raehan Ahmed MS in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2019, Drexel University College of Medicine Master’s Student in the Barson Laboratory, 2018 – 2019 BS in Biology, 2017, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 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 Back to Top