Lab Members
Principal Investigator

Postdoctoral Scholars
Research Staff
Graduate Students

Optogenetic control of mitochondria to investigate the role of protonmotive force in neuronal physiology

The effects of pathological tau uptake by astrocytes on mitochondrial function and the impact on their ability to support neuron health

The effect of mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress on tau pathology.
Research Assistants
Alumni
Arsalan Farooqi – Technical Associate; currently, medical student
Brandon Berry - Graduate Student; currently, postdoctoral research fellow
Fernando Escobedo - Technical Associate
Aksana Baldzizhar - Technical Associate
Anmol Almast - Undergraduate Student; currently, medical student.
Laura Bahr - Technical Associate; currently, graduate student
Nick Philip - Undergraduate Student; currently, medical student.
Adam Trewin - Post-doctoral Fellow; currently postdoctoral research fellow
Alicia Wei - Undergraduate Student; currently, graduate student
Madeline O’Connell – Undergraduate Student
Tyrone Nieves – Undergraduate Student; currently physician assistant student
Thinh Le – Undergraduate Student; currently Medical student
Abbey Kampel – Undergraduate Student; currently Graduate student
Lizbeth De la Rosa - Undergraduate Student; currently clinical research coordinator
John Onukwufor – Post-doctoral Fellow; currently tenure-track assistant professor
Jacob Horn – Technical Associate; currently graduate student
Wilson Peng – undergraduate student; currently in the Onukwufor lab
Andrew Bischer – Post-doctoral Fellow; currently postdoctoral research fellow RGH