Investigators

Lab Director:

Associate Professor of Molecular Virology and Neuroscience, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Northeast Ohio Medical University.

Graduate Faculty in Biomedical Sciences, Programs in Cell and Molecular Biology and Program in Neuroscience, Kent State University.

Training:

University of Akron, Akron, OH		1974-76	Chemical Engineering
Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO	BS (double major)	1982	Biological Sciences/ Physical Sciences
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	Ph.D.	1988	Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology (Neuroscience Minor)
Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH, Hamilton, MT	postdoc	1988-1994	Neurovirology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA	postdoc	1994-1996	Neuropathology Neural Stem Cells

Research Personnel and Students:

Medical Student, NEOMED

Pre-Medicine, University of Akron

Ph.D. Student, Kent State University and NEOMED

Current: Fellow, University of Texas at San Antonio

NEOMED Medical Student Fellow

Current: Harvard Medical School, Residency in Neurology

Graduate Student:MS

Current position: PhD Student at Tufts University Medical School

NEOMED Medical Student

Ph.D. Student – Kent State University and NEOMED

Current: Assistant Staff-Federal Drug Administration

Neural Stem Cell Pioneer-Long time collaborator

Sanford-Burnham-Prebys Research Institute and UCSD

West Virginia University Health Science Center

Inspiration, role model, fantastic person!

Pioneer in Retroviral Pathogenesis- University of California, Davis

Research Scientist

Current: Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Undergraduate Research Volunteer, Kent State University

Not pictured

Krystal Renzel, MS, DO

Ali Arif

Shakib Islam

Rajesh Nair. 1998. NEOUCOM Medical Student Summer Research Fellow.

Noah Miller. 1998. NEOUCOM Medical Student Summer Research Fellow.

Tom Lin. 1999. NEOUCOM Medical Student Summer Research Fellow.

Ananth Thyagarajan. 1999. Undergraduate Research Assistant.

Faisal Rahman. 2000. Undergraduate Research Assistant.

Tiona Johnson. 2001. High School Advanced Placement Biology Independent Study.

Rocco Rossi. 2001. Undergraduate Research Assistant.

Kate Jennings. 2002-2004. Undergraduate Research Assistant/Kent State University, Honors College.

Anil Perumbeti. 2004. NEOUCOM BS/MD Medical Student Summer Research Fellow.

Collin Evans. Indiana University of Pennsylvania. 2004. Summer Research Fellow.

Neha Kumar. Spring 2005. NEOUCOM BS/MD Medical Student Summer Research Fellow.

Rahul Patel. Spring 2005. NEOUCOM Medical Student Summer Research Fellow.

Richard Morris. 2004-6. Undergraduate Research Assistant/Kent State University.

Kristen Tenzek. 2005-7. Undergraduate Research Assistant/Kent State University

Joseph Shivers. Harvard University. 2008. NEOMED Summer Research Fellow.

Alvin Das. 2009-2011. Premed/Medical Student Research Experience; NEOMED Summer research fellow and 2011. American Association of Neurology Fellow.

Connor Lynch. 2012-2013. NEOMED Undergraduate Summer Research Fellow.

Sean Cody. 2013. NEOMED Undergraduate Summer Research Fellow.

Donald DeSanto. 2013-2014. NEOMED Summer Research Fellow.

Shakib Islam. 2016. NEOMED Summer Research Fellow.

Jenna Singer. 2016-2017. Undergraduate Research Volunteer.

Spencer Servizi. 2016. KSU BMS Graduate Student (rotation).

April Enger. 2016. Undergraduate Research Volunteer.

Shane Mathew. 2016-2017. Undergraduate Research Volunteer.

Megan North. 2017. Undergraduate Research Volunteer.

Ariel Kleinschmidt. 2017. Graduate student (rotation), Kent State University

Jennifer Janovick. 2017. Undergraduate Research Volunteer, Akron University

Magdeline Durback. 2017. Undergraduate Research Volunteer, Akron University.

Amy Billow. 2017. NEOMED Summer Research Fellow.

Ernesto Solarzano Zepeda. 2017-18. Research Volunteer. Walsh University.

Ali Arif. 2017-18. Undergraduate Research Volunteer, Kent State University.