T32 – Trainees

Current Trainees

Victoria Figarola. Pre-doctoral fellow, 2022 – .
Shinn-Cunningham lab, Neuroscience Institute, CMU.

Keith Kaufman. Pre-doctoral fellow, 2022 – .
Williamson lab, Dept. of Otolaryngology, Univ. of Pittsburgh.

Maggie Zink. Pre-doctoral fellow, 2022 – .
Chandrasekaran lab, Dept. of Communication Science and Disorders, University of Pittsburgh.

Vibha Viswanathan. Post-doctoral fellow, 2022 – .
Abel and Holt labs, Univ. of Pittsburgh and CMU.

Nick Lozier. Post-doctoral fellow, 2022 – .
Rubio lab, Dept. of Neurobiology, Univ. of Pittsburgh.

Alumni

Kyle M. Rupp, PhD. Postdoctoral fellow, 2020 – 2021.
Holt lab, CMU.

Rebecca A. DeGiosio, Graduate student (CNUP), 2019 – 2021.
Sweet lab, Dept. of Psychiatry, Univ. of Pittsburgh.

Jacie B. McHaney, Graduate student (CSD), 2019 – 2021.
Chandrasekaran lab, Dept. of Communication Science and Disorders, Univ. of Pittsburgh.

Patrick A. Cody, Graduate student (BioE), 2019 – 2021.
Tzounopoulos lab, Dept. of Otolaryngology, Univ. of Pittsburgh.

Mishaela DiNino, PhD. Postdoctoral fellow, 2018 – 2019.
Shinn-Cunningham lab, CMU.

Shi Tong Liu, Bioengineering graduate student, 2017 – 2019.
Mentor: Dr. Sadagopan, Dept. of Neurobiology, U. Pitt.

Emily Parker, Graduate student, CNUP 2017 – 2019.
Mentor: Dr. Sweet, Dept. of Psychiatry, U. Pitt.

Samantha Skobel, Graduate Student, CNUP, 2017 – 2019.
Mentor: Dr. Rubio, Dept. of Neurobiology, U. Pitt.

Wendy Zhang-Hooks, PhD. Postdoc 2016 – 2017.
Mentor: Dr. Kandler, Dept. of Neurobiology, U. Pitt.
Current Position: Management consultant.

Bopanna Kalappa, PhD. Postdoc 2016 – 2017.
Mentor: Dr. Tzounopoulos, Dept. of Otolaryngology, U. Pitt.
Current Position: Project manager, Jackson Laboratories.

Brooke Klatt, Graduate student, 2015 – 2017.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, School of Health and Rehabiliation Sciences, U. Pitt.

Casey Roark, Graduate student, 2015 – 2017.
Mentor: Dr. Holt, Dept. of Psychology, CMU.
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow, Chandrasekaran lab, U. Pitt.

Derek Miller, PhD. Postdoc 2014 – 2016.
Mentor: Dr. Yates, Dept. of Otolaryngology, U. Pitt.
Current Position: Research associate, Dept. of Otolaryngology, U. Pitt.

Charles Anderson, PhD. Postdoc 2014 – 2016.
Mentor: Dr. Tzounopoulos, Dept. of Otolaryngology, U. Pitt.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University.

Stefanie Altieri, PhD. Postdoc 2014 – 2015.
Mentor: Dr. Maricich, Dept. of Pediatrics, U. Pitt.
Current Position: Quality data analytics expert, U. Pitt.

Micah Shelton, Graduate student, 2013 – 2015.
Mentor: Dr. Sweet, Dept. of Psychiatry, U. Pitt.

Ivan Smalianchuk, Graduate student, 2013 – 2015.
Mentor: Dr. Gandhi, Dept. of Bioengineering, U. Pitt.

Peter Adelman, Graduate student, 2012 – 2014.
Mentor: Dr. Kandler, Dept. of Neurobiology, U. Pitt.
Current Position: Algorithm engineer, Afinity.com.

David Wozny, PhD. Postdoc 2011 – 2012.
Mentor: Dr. Holt, Dept. of Psychology, CMU.
Current Position: Cook MyoSite.

Catherine Weisz, PhD. Postdoc 2011 – 2012.
Mentor: Dr. Kandler, Dept. of Neurobiology, U. Pitt.
Current Position: Chief, Section on Neuronal Circuitry, NIDCD.