Current Students

Mentor:  Brian Muntean, PhD
LAB:  CB 3621
Undergraduate: King’s College (in Wilkes Barre, PA)
Graduation: 2025-2026
Research Interest: Exploring the relationship between KCTD proteins on GPCRs and their role in neuronal signaling 
Awards:
* The Susquehanna Valley Section, American Chemical Society Award, 2021

* Jerry J. Buccafusco Travel Award, 2024

Mentor:  Jun Zhu, MD, PhD
LAB: GE 4055
Undergraduate: Winston Salem State University 
Graduation: Anticipated Spring 2028
Research Interests: Neuroscience and Neurodevelopmental disorders

Mentor:  Almira Vazdarjanova, PhD
LAB: CB 3503
Undergraduate: University of South Carolina - Aiken
Graduation: 2028
Research Interests: Elucidating susceptibility factors contributing to the development of PTSD.
Awards
* Armand M. Karow Scholarship Award 2025-2026

* Award for Excellence in Research in Pharmacology  (Graduate Research Day) 2026.

* 2nd place in the AU Innovate competition with the HIM (Hormonal Interstitial Monitor) device, 2026.

* 1st Place 3 MT Presentation 2024

* Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Research (Graduate Research Day) 2024

* 1st Place Poster Presentation (DNRM retreat) 2023

* Honorable Mention Awardee (AGE 2023 Early Career Scholar's Program) 2023

Mentor:  Sangeetha Sukumari-Ramesh, PhD
LAB: CB 3515
Undergraduate: B.S. Psychology from Augusta University 
Graduation: Spring 2029
Research Interests: Treatment of secondary injury following Intracerebral Hemorrhage; with a major focus on the attenuation of chronic neuroinflammation.

Mentor:  Jun Zhu, MD, PhD
LAB: GE 4055
Undergraduate: 
BS in Biology, University of the Incarnate Word
MS in Applied Pharmaceutical Science, Feik School of Pharmacy at the University of the Incarnate Word. 
Graduation:  June 2029
Research Interests: Drug addiction and Neurological disorders 

Mentor: Raghavan Raju, PhD
LAB: CB 2614
Undergraduate: 
B.S. - Jawaharlal Technological University Anantapur (JNTUA)
M.S. - National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Kolkata (NIPER,KOLKATA) 
Graduation: Anticipated 2028
Research Interests: Senescence, oxidative stress signaling
Awards:
* Jerry J. Buccafusco Travel Award, 2025-2026
* Raymond P. Alquist Travel Award, 2024

Mentor: Sangeetha Sukumari-Ramesh, PhD
LAB: CB 3515
Undergraduate: B.Sc. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Graduation: Anticipated May 2029
Research Interests: Mitochondrial dysfunction in intracerebral hemorrhage and neuroinflammation.
Awards:
* Raymond P. Ahlquist Travel Award, 2025-2026