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Lindsey A. Schier, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator
Gabilan Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

  • Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida

    • ​Postdoctoral Fellow (2012 - 2017)

  • ​Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana

    • ​Doctor of Philosophy in Behavioral Neuroscience (2011)

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Ciorana Roman-Ortiz

Postdoctoral Researcher

  • University of California, Los Angeles

    • Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2023)

  • Icahn School of Medicine | Mount Sinai, New York

    • Ph.D. in Neuroscience (2021)

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Graduate Students

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Aracely Simental-Ramos

Ph.D. Candidate in Neuroscience

University of California, Los Angeles | Los Angeles, California

  • Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience

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Katherine Merkling

Ph.D. Student in Integrative and Evolutionary Biology

California State University Long Beach | Long Beach, California

  • Master of Arts in Psychological Research

California State University Stanislaus | Turlock, California

  • Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

  • Biological Sciences, Minor

Modesto Junior College | Modesto, California

  • Associate in Psychology

Undergraduate Students
Class of 2024

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Tricia Saputera

B.S. Candidate in Human Biology

Minors in Health Care Studies & 3-D Animation in Cinematic Arts

  • USC Dornsife Student Opportunities for Academic Research (SOAR) Fellowship

  • West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference (2023)

    • First place oral presentation

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Amelia Cave

B.A. Candidate in Health and the Human Sciences

  • USC Bridge Undergraduate Science Summer Research Program

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Devin de Monteiro

B.S. Candidate in Human Biology

  • Helen Leslie Milligan Turner Fellowship

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Jack Brown

B.S. Candidate in Human Biology

Minor in Nutrition and Health Promotion

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Thisun Udagedara

B.S. Candidate in Human Biology

Minor in Real Estate Finance

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Caroline Metyas

B.A. Candidate in Health and Human Sciences

Minor in Cinema-Television for the Health Professions

  • USC Dornsife Student Opportunities for Academic Research (SOAR) Fellowship

Undergraduate Students
Class of 2025

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Badruddin Mahamed

B.S. Candidate in Quantitative Biology

Minor in American Popular Culture

  • USC Bridge Undergraduate Science Summer Research Program

    • Trudi Berwin Student Support Fellowship (2022)​

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Kieran Heung

B.S. Candidate in Human Biology

Minors in Applied Analytics & East Asian Languages and Cultures

Undergraduate Students
Class of 2026

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Madeline Obrzut

B.S. Candidate in Biochemistry

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Jonathan Fan

B.A. Candidate in Cognitive Science

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Lab Alumni

Sandrine Chometton

Postdoctoral Researcher

Diabetes & Obesity Research Institute (DORI) Symposium

• Second Place Poster Presentation (2022)

Université Laval | Quebéc, Canada

• Postdoctoral researcher (2016-18)

Université de Franche-Comté | Besançon, France

• Ph.D in Neuroscience (2015)

Ahyun Jung

Graduate Student

University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California

• Ph.D in Neuroscience (2023)

Diabetes & Obesity Research Institute (DORI) Symposium

• Third Place Oral Presentation (2023)

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | Daejeon, South Korea

• Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences

• Bachelor of Science in Business and Technology Management

Jonathan Fu

Undergraduate Research Assistant

University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California

• Bachelor of Science in Human Biology (2023)

• Health Care Studies, Minor (2023)

• Music Production, Minor (2023)

Lilly Mai

Undergraduate Research Assistant

University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California

• Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry (2023)

• Psychology, Minor (2023)

Diabetes & Obesity Research Institute (DORI) Symposium

• First Place Poster Presentation (2022)

Isabelle Vu

Undergraduate Research Assistant

University of California, San Francisco | San Francisco, California

• M.D. Candidate (Present)

University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California

• Bachelor of Science in Human Biology (2022)

• Psychology, Minor (2022)

Leah Wootton

Undergraduate Research Assistant

University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California

• Bachelor of Science in Human Biology (2022)

• Business Economics, Minor (2022)

Justin Chang

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Western University of Health Sciences - College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific | Pomona, California

• D.O. Candidate (Present)

University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California

• Bachelor of Science in Human Biology (2021)

• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (2021)

Shushanna Sargsyan

Lab Manager and Research Technician

University of California, Los Angeles | Los Angeles, California

• B.S. in Neuroscience (2017)

Verenice Ascencio

Diabetes & Obesity Research Institute (DORI) Symposium

• First Place Oral Presentation (2021)

Torregrossa Lab at University at Buffalo | Buffalo, New York

• Psychology-Behavioral Neuroscience Graduate Student (Present)

• Lab Manager (2019 - 2020)

Elizabeth Winnicki

Undergraduate Research Assistant

University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California

• Bachelor of Science in Human Biology (2020)

Wattis Dumke Undergraduate Research Fellowship

USC Provost's Undergrad Research Fellowship

USC Women in Science and Engineering Fellowship

Monserrat Orozco

USC Neuroscience Experience Undergraduate Research and Learning (NEURAL) Program (2019)

University of New Mexico | Albuquerque, New Mexico

• Ph.D. Candidate (Present)

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis | Indianapolis, IN

• Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (2020)

California State University, Los Angeles | Los Angeles, California

• Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry (2020)

• Criminal Justice, Minor (2020)

Taylor L. Dal Bon

USC Women in Science and Engineering Graduate Research Fellow

University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California

• Doctor of Philosophy (2021)

​Purdue University | West Lafayette, Indiana

• Bachelor of Science in Biology (2018)

• Anthropology, Minor (2018)

• Forensic Sciences, Minor (2018)

Elizabeth Loxterkamp

T32 Predoctoral Training in Interdisciplinary Neurosciences Fellow

University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California

• Ph.D. Candidate in Neuroscience (Present)

Wellesley College | Wellesley, Massachusetts

• Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience (2018)

Lily Kovach

Undergraduate Research Assistant

University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California

• Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience (2020)

• Dance, Minor (2020)

• Renaissance Scholar (2020)

Student Opportunities for Academic Research Fellow (2019)

Summer Undergraduate Research Fund Fellow (2018, 2019)

Chaitra Subbarao

Undergraduate Research Assistant

University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California

Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (2020)

Bridge UnderGraduate Science (BUGS) Summer Research Program

• Trudi Berwin Student Support Fellowship

Martina Erdstein

Undergraduate Research Assistant

University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California

• Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience (2020)

• Narrative Studies, Minor (2020)

USC Women in Science and Engineering Fellowship

 

Camilla Griggs

Undergraduate Research Assistant

University of Michigan Medical School | Ann Arbor, Michigan

• M.D. Candidate (Present)

University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California

• Bachelor of Science in Human Biology (2019)

• Spanish, Minor (2019)

• Summa Cum Laude (2019)

• Renaissance Scholar (2019)

Mary Richardson

Undergraduate Research Assistant

University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California

• M.D. Candidate (Present)

• Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering (2018)

USC Provost's Undergrad Research Fellowship

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