Current lab members (October 2024)
Staff scientists
Post-doctoral fellows
Post-bac students
Post-doc Alumni
Yvona Buczek, Ph.D. (1997-1998)
Deputy Director, Scientific Services,Centre of Forensic Sciences
U Toronto
David Highfield, Ph.D. (1998-2001)
Research Director
Pulmonary & Critical Care
Associates of Baltimore
Hans Crombag, Ph.D. (1999-2001)
Senior Lecturer (tenured)
Psychology Dept.
U of Sussex, Brighton, England
Uri Shalev, Ph.D. (1999-2002)
Associate Professor (tenured)
Psychology Dept.
Concordia U, Montreal, Canada
Udi Ghitza, Ph.D. (2004-2006)
Health Scientist Administrator
Center for Clinical Trial Network,
NIDA, NIH, Rockville, MD
Eisuke Koya, Ph.D. (2005-2010)
Reader (tenure-track)
Psychology Dept.
Sussex University, Brighton, England (co-mentored with Bruce Hope, main mentor)
Donna Calu, Ph.D. (2010-2011)
Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology
U of Maryland Medical School
Charles Pickens, Ph.D. (2007-2012)
Associate Professor (tenured)
Psychology Dept
Kansas State U, Kansas
Nathan Marchant, Ph.D. (2011-2015)
Assistant Professor (tenured)
Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences
Free U, Amsterdam
Daniele Caprioli, Ph.D. (2013-2016)
Associate Professor (tenured)
Dept. of Pharmacol
Sapienza U of Rome, Rome, Italy
Sam Golden, Ph.D. (2014-2018)
Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
Dept. of Biological Structure
U of Washington, Seattle
Marco Venniro Ph.D. (2016-2020)
Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology
U of Maryland Medical School
David Reiner, Ph.D. (2017-2023)
Science Officer
California Inst Adv Precision Med
Governor’s Office of Planning & Research, Sacramento
Post-bac Alumni
Kelly Badger (2001-2002)
Consultant for adults with mental illnesses,
St. Luke's House, Washington, DC
Deepti Nagarkar (2004-2005)
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Division of Allergy and Immunology,
Northwestern University, IL
Hila Eichenbaum (2011-2012)
Medical student, Midwestern U Chicago
College of Osteopathic Medicine, IL
