Lab Members

Stewart D. Clark, PhD

Associate Professor



Kathiravan Kaliyappan

Post-Doctoral Fellow
(2022 – present)

Andrew Smith

Pharmacology and Toxicology PhD
(2023 – present)

Brianna Bailey

Biology, MA
(2022- present)

Nicholas Towler

Pharmacology and Toxicology, MS
(2022- present)

Pallavi Phadtare

Neuroscience, MS
(2023- present)

Undergraduate Researchers

Jacob DiStasio

Neuroscience, BS
(2022- present)

Ryan Dewan

Biology, BS, CSTEP Program
(2022- present)

Hasnat Nuri

Biomedical Sciences, BS
(2022- present)

Maymuna Akter

Biological Sciences, BS, CSTEP Program
(2023- present)

Saviour Ameyaa

Biology, BS, CSTEP Program
(2023- present)

Kellyann Cleary

Biological Sciences, BS
(2023- present)

Anna Tang

Biological Sciences, BS
(2023- present)

Michelle Chen

Biological Sciences, BS
(2023- present)

Starr Goggans

Neuroscience, BS
(2023- present)

Samuel Roberts

Neuroscience, BS
(2023- present)

Former Lab Members

Duncan MacLaren, Post-Doctoral Fellow  (2012-2016)

Yuanli Huang, Post-Doctoral Fellow (2018-2022)

Anthony Jones, Post-Doctoral Fellow (2019-2020)

Fatemeh Hadi, Post-Doctoral Fellow (2021 – 2021)


Masters Degree


Ashley Russell, Neuroscience MS (2012-2013)

Taylor Warren, Pharmacology & Toxicology BS/MS (2012-2014)

Joseph Santini, Pharmacology & Toxicology BS/MS (2013-2015)

Robert Ettaro, Pharmacology & Toxicology, BS/MS (2015-2017)

Trisha Ljungberg, Neuroscience MS (2015-2018)

Steven Gertz, Neuroscience MS (2016-2017)

Kaliana Veros, Pharmacology & Toxicology, BS/MS (2016-2018)

Gabriella King, Pharmacology & Toxicology, BS/MS (2018-2020)

Juman Aref, Biology, MA (2018-2020)

Herika Fernandez, Pharmacology & Toxicology, BS/MS (2019-2021)

Gabriel Jewula, Neuroscience, MS (2020-2022)

Kyle Feldman, Pharmacology & Toxicology, BS/MS (2021-2023)

Shruti Suresh, Neuroscience, MS (2021-2023)

Andrew Smith, Pharmacology & Toxicology, BS/MS (2021-2023)

Brisa Salinas, Pharmacology & Toxicology, BS/MS (2021-2022)


Undergraduates

Laura Kuroski, Pharmacology & Toxicology BS/MS (2011-2012)
Tamara Markovic, Pharmacology & Toxicology BS (2012 - 2014)
Abraham Reinhardt, Biomedical Sciences, BS (2012)
Anandita Kumar, Biomedical Engineering, BS (2013-2016)
Jasmine Nurse, Early Assurance Program for Pharmacy (2013-2015)
Michael Marsh, Biomedical Sciences, BS (2013-2014)
Richard Persaud, Biomedical Sciences, BS (2013-2015)
Meghan Griffin, Sociology, BS (2015-2018)
Emily Hart, Early Assurance Program for Pharmacy (2015)
Ragna Haegebaert, Pharmacology, BS (2016-2018)
Arsalan Mustafa, Pharmacology, BS (2016)
Mohammed Karim, Biomedical Sciences, BS CSTEP Program (2016- 2017)
Madison Ortiz, Biomedical Engineering, CSTEP Program (2017-2018)
Aditya Sidharth, Biomedical Sciences, BS (2017-2018)
Rebecca Moore, Intended Nursing Program (2018)
Alaina Wojciechowski, Pharmacology and Toxicology, BS (2018-2021)
Morgan Ritter, Pharmacology and Toxicology, BS (2018-2019)
Paula Costa, Neuroscience, BS, CSTEP Program (2019-2022)
Nicole Swiderek, Biology, BS (2021-2023)
Almuhannad Qneis, Biology and Psychology, BS (2021-2022)

Summer Undergraduates

Grace Yoo, Neuroscience/Computer Science, BS, Mount Holyoke College (2013-2014) CLIMB-UP Program
Alasanne Mballo, Biomedical Sciences, BS (2015)
Gabriella King, Pharmacology and Toxicology, BS (2018) CLIMB-UP Program
Mohammed Karim, Biomedical Sciences, BS (2016) CSTEP Summer Internship
Alaina Wojciechowski, Pharmacology and Toxicology, BS (2019) CLIMB-UP Program
Herika Fernandez, Pharmacology and Toxicology, BS (2019) CLIMB-UP Program
Paula Costa, Neuroscience, BS (2020) CSTEP Summer Internship
Paula Costa, Neuroscience, BS (2021) CLIMB-UP Program
Sarah LoCurto, Neuroscience and Philosophy, BS (Duke) (2021) CLIMB-UP Program
Kyle Feldman, Pharmacology and Toxicology, BS (2021)
Jacob DiStasio, Neuroscience, BS (2022) CLIMB-UP Program
Ryan Dewan, Biology, BS (2022) CSTEP Summer Internship
Hasnat Nuri, Biomedical Sciences, BS (2022)
Samuel Roberts, Neuroscience, BS (2023) CLIMB-UP Program
Ryan Dewan, Biology, BS (2023) CLIMB-UP Program
Maymuna Akter, Neuroscience, BS (2023) CSTEP Summer Internship
Hasnat Nuri, Biomedical Sciences, BS (2023) URSO Award

Rotation PhD Students

Diara Santiago Gonzalez, PPBS PhD rotation student (2012)
Shichen Shen, PPBS PhD rotation student (2013)
Steven Gertz, Pharmacology PhD (2015)