Welcome to the Mabb Lab!
Antoinette Charles, UAP Neuroscience Undergraduate, August 2016 - May 2019
Antoinette received a Post-baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) conducting research at the NIMH Office of the Clinical Director. She is currently a medical student at Duke University School of Medicine. Link
Dustin Grossman, Neuroscience Postbaccalaureate. October 2018 - May 2021
Dustin received his MS in Medical Sciences at GSU. He is currently a forensic technician for DeKalb Medical Examiner's Office in GA.
Nitheyaa Shree Ramesh, Neuroscience Undergraduate. August 2019 - June 2021
Nitheyaa is currently a Marshall Scholar at the University of Bristol, Biochemistry Ph.D. program. Link
Fernanda Tallard, Neuroscience Undergraduate Researcher and Postbac, May 2017 - September 2018.
Fernanda received her B.S. in Neuroscience in 2017. Her major hobby is computer graphics. Link
Samantha (Sam) Chery, Undergraduate and Postbaccalaureate Researcher, June 2016 - summer 2017
Sam received her Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program. Link
Julia Ding, summer high school student, research volunteer, July 2025 - August 2025
Julia is currently a junior in high school. Her project in the lab was focused on molecular cloning.
Katherine Sherwood, summer ION student, research volunteer, June 2025 - August 2025
Kate will be pursuing a degree in Neuroscience at UCLA in Fall 2025. Her project in the lab was focused on building new tools to study tauopathies.
Yarely Davila-Vazquez, Graduate Rotation Student, fall 2016
Yarely is currently an Assistant Professor in Science at the Berea School of Ministry. Link
Arlene George, Neuroscience Institute Graduate Student, October 2016 - May 2022
Arlene received her Ph.D. in May 2022. She is currently an NRSA postdoctoral fellow in the Margolis and Abraira labs at Rutgers University. Link
Dina Yakout, Neuroscience Institute Graduate Student, February 2018 - March 2023
Dina received her PhD in Neuroscience at GSU in March 2023. She is currently a lecturer in the Biology Department at GSU. Link
Ruy Tobar Mosqueira, Postbac, August 2023 - June 2024
Ruy was a postbac researcher who was analyzing how disruptions in protein ubiquitination impacts spatial behaviors in adulthood and in aging. He is currently a research specialist at Emory National Primate Center. Link
Bailey Cottrill, Undergraduate Researcher, November 2016 - June 2018
Bailey received her B.S. in Neuroscience at Georgia State University in 2018. She was an honors student and a member of the Nu Rho Psi honor society. In her free time, Bailey loves to paint, hike, and volunteer with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
Kayja Collett, Neuroscience Undergraduate Student, January 2024 - July 2024
Kayja was a senior undergraduate student pursuing Neuroscience at Georgia State. Her project was focused studying neurovasculature changes in neurodegenerative disorders, such as Gordon Holmes syndrome. She is currently an animal lab tech at GSU. Link
Jayashree Kadirvelu, Neuroscience Masters student, July 2017 - December 2019
Jayashree is currently a medical student at St. George's University School of Medicine.
Delance Wright, Neuroscience MS Student, August 2023 - June 2025
Delance is pursuing his masters degree in the Neuroscience Institute. His research was focused on the role of OTUD4 in Gordon Holmes syndrome.
Adi Mehtani, Biology Undergraduate. August 2021 - January 2022
Adi is currently an Oncology Clinical Research Coordinator at HCA Healthcare in Asheville, NC. Link
Mohammad (Amin) Ghane, Neuroscience Institute Graduate Student, Postdoctoral Fellow, July 2017 - February 2023
Amin received his PhD in Neuroscience at GSU in January 2023. He is currently Senior Scientific Communications Manager at Red Nucleus. Link
Christopher Ware, Summer volunteer Undergraduate, summer 2016
Chris received his MS degree in Neuroscience at GSU in 2023. He is currently a Research Specialist at Emory National Primate Center. Link
Brent Henry, summer ION student, research volunteer, June 2024 - August 2024
Brent was a summer 2024 ION student. His project was focused on testing a new viral-based Ca2+ sensor in mouse hippocampus and analyzing Ca2+ imaging data in awake behaving mice performing a spatial task. He is currently an undergraduate at Georgia Institute of Technology majoring in Computer Engineering. Link
Dominique Granville, Neuroscience Master's Student, January 2021 - May 2022
Dominique completed his M.S. degree in May 2022. He is a PhD graduate student in Biology at the University of Oregon in fall 2022. Link
Vishrut Thaker, Neuroscience Undergraduate Student, September 2022 - May 2024
Vishrut completed his honors thesis project in collaboration with the Feresin Lab researching the endothelial function and cognitive performance of clinical trial patients with hypertension on a blueberry powder diet. Vishrut is a postbac and Emory University and is currently applying to medical school. Link
Joseph Sexton, summer ION student, research volunteer, June 2018 - August 2019
Joseph is currently pursuing a B.S. in Neuroscience at Vanderbilt University, where he is both an Honors Scholar and a Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholarship recipient. Aside from his research interests in major depressive disorder, Joseph also has passions in science journalism, medicine, and mental health advocacy. Outside of academia, he enjoys playing ultimate as well as reading and performing poetry. Link
Doyel Datta, Neuroscience 4+1 Master's Student, August 2021 - December 2022
Doyel received her MS degree in Neuroscience at GSU in December 2022. She is currently a substitute teacher and applying to medical schools. Link