Student Seminars and Defenses
NSC 503 Seminar
Tom Scudder & Lelo Shamambo - PhD Candidates
Titles: TBD
Faculty Evaluators: Doug Portman & Marissa Sobolewski
Student Moderator: Abigail Alpers
Mar 17, 2025 @ 4:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307
Seeds for Collaboration
Brian Keane, PhD; James L. McGrath, PhD; Katrina S. Korfmacher, PhD - Assistant Professor; William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Professor
Please join us for the next Seeds for Collaboration event which will held on Wednesday, 3/19, at 4:30 PM in the LeChase Assembly Rm, G9576. See the seminar announcement attached for further information.
Presenters include:
Katrina S. Korfmacher, PhD
Professor of Environmental Medicine and Director of Community Engagement for the Environmental Health Sciences Center (EHSC) and the Institute for Human Health and the Environment
“Moving Forward with Reporting Back Environmental Health Research Results”
Brian Keane, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Center for Visual Science, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
“A Novel Sensory Dysconnectivity Biomarker for Psychosis: Searching for Mechanisms and Transdiagnosticity”
James L. McGrath, PhD
William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Biomedical Engineering
“Building the Vulnerable Brain On-a-Chip”
Mar 19, 2025 @ 4:30 p.m.
Medical Center | LeChase Assembly Rm. (G9576)
NSC 503 Seminar
Sean Lydon & Estephanie Balb - PhD Candidates
Titles: TBD
Faculty Evaluators: Benjamin Suarez-Jimenez & Samuel MacKenzie
Student Moderator: Dominic Bunn
Mar 24, 2025 @ 4:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307
NSC 503 Seminar
Gueladouan Jean Setenet & Pavel Rjabtsenkov - PhD Candidates
Titles: TBD
Faculty Evaluators: Thomas O'Connor & Amy Kiernan
Student Moderator: Andrea Campbell
Mar 31, 2025 @ 4:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307
NSC 503 Seminar
Adam Roszczyk & Caleb Mahlen - PhD Candidates
Titles: TBD
Faculty Evaluators: Manoela Fogaca & Andrew Wojtovich
Student Moderator: Tanique McDonald
Apr 07, 2025 @ 4:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307
NSC 503 Seminar
Tracey Preko & Skylar DeWitt - PhD Candidates
Titles: TBD
Faculty Evaluators: Samuel Norman-Haignere & Ania Busza
Student Moderator: Amelia Hines
Apr 14, 2025 @ 4:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307
NSC 503 Seminar
Wen Li & Yunshan Cai - PhD Candidates
Titles: TBD
Faculty Evaluators: Rick Libby & Ed Brown
Student Moderator: Mariah Marrero
Apr 21, 2025 @ 4:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307
NSC 503 Seminar
Joanne Chiu & Emma Bryson - PhD Candidates
Titles: TBD
Faculty Evaluators: Jean Bidlack & David Dodell-Feder
Student Moderator: Daulton Myers
Apr 28, 2025 @ 4:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307
NSC 503 Seminar
Alesandra Martin & Emma Strawderman - PhD Candidates
Titles: TBD
Faculty Evaluators: Michael Telias & Frank Garcea
Student Moderator: Jeeyun Kim
May 05, 2025 @ 4:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K207
NSC 503 Seminar
Alex Solorzano & Alexis Feidl - PhD Candidates
Titles: TBD
Faculty Evaluators: John Olschowka & Debroah Cory-Slechta
Student Moderator: Margaux Masten
May 12, 2025 @ 4:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K207
NSC 503 Seminar
Catalina Guzman - PhD Candidate
Title: TBD
Faculty Evaluators: Ania Majewska & Loisa Bennetto
Student Moderator: Gavin Magill
May 19, 2025 @ 4:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K207