People

Justin Kenney

Principal Investigator

Postdoc, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada (w/ Paul Frankland)
Postdoc, University of Southampton, UK (w/ Christopher Proud)
PhD, Neuroscience/Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA (w/ Thomas Gould)
BS & BA, Physics & Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

Hometown: Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA

Superpower: Beard growing

Inspiration: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, Nietzche's aphorisms, landscape art, poetry of Mary Oliver, French countryside

Jake Hudock

Graduate Student

BS, Biology, Wayne State University

Hometown: Rochester, MI

Superpower: Staying awake until 5AM

Inspiration: Dune, Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit, The natural world and its mysteries!

Keita Kuramitsu

Graduate Student

BS, Neuroscience, AA, Physics, Adrian College

Hometown: Yokohama, Japan

Superpower: Patience, procrastination, and perfect pitch

Inspiration: Science, philosophy, and music

Chathuri Arachchilage

Graduate Student

BSc, Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Hometown: Colombo, Sri Lanka

Superpower: Positivity and persistence

Inspiration: The beauty of nature and the healing power of natural medicine

Angelina Tohme

Research Assistant

BS, Biological Sciences, Wayne State University

Hometown: Macomb, MI

Superpower: Curiosity and love for learning

Inspiration: Museums, sunsets, mountains, outer space, the intricacies of the natural world, my family and friends

Kamaya Cook-Barnes

Undergraduate

Major: Chemistry

Hometown: Westland, MI

Superpowers: Can fall asleep at night despite taking a long nap

Inspiration: Playing tennis and reading

Ian Lee

High School Student

Hometown: Novi, MI

Superpowers: Organizing bookshelves by size, color, and author (in that order)

Inspiration: Novels of Haruki Murakami, poetry of Pablo Neruda, paintings of Mark Rothko; the mysteries of mind, brain, and behavior

Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows

Neha Rajput, PhD (2025-2026). Now a post-doc with Susanne Brummelte at Wayne State.

Barbara Fontana, PhD (2021-2023). Now a post-doc at Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Graduate Students

Aliyah Goldson, MS (2022-2025).

Neha Rajput, PhD (2018-2025). Now a post-doc in the lab.

Muntasir Rahman, MS (2019-2021). Research Associate at BIAL biotech)

Visiting Fellows

Tripatchara Atiratana (2023-2024). Visiting PhD student from Srinakharinwirot University in Bangkok, Thailand.

Fatemeh Beigloo, PhD (2022-2023). Visited from the Iranian Food and Drug Administration.

Technicians

Hrishi Bhagwat, BS (2024-2025). Now a research assistant at Washington University in St. Louis.

Dinh Luong, BS (2022-2024). Now in the PharmD program at the University of Michigan.

Jake Hudock, BS (2021-2022). Now a graduate student in the lab!

Maris Polanco, MS (2020). Teaching at Henry Ford College.

Undergraduates

Paul Meram (2023). MD student at Oakland University.

Joe Gjonaj (2022-2023). MD student at Wayne State School of Medicine.

Dea Kanani (2022-2023). MD student at Wayne State School of Medicine.

Ada Squires (2022). Research Assistant at the Wayne State School of Medicine.

Matheu Wong (2021 - 2022). Medical student at Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine at A.T. Still University.

Kailyn Fields (2021 - 2022). PhD student in Chemistry at Wayne State University.

Kristopher Covert (2021). Software engineer at IBM.

Saba Dubaishi (2019 - 2021). MA student in Philosophy at Wayne State University.

Olivia Young (2019 - 2021). PhD student in Biomedical Sciences at University of North Texas Health Science Center.

Stiven Roytman (2020 - 2021. Research assistant at University of Michigan.

Meng Ting Shi (2019 - 2020). Physicians assistant school at Western Michigan University.

Daniel Rickard (2019 - 2020). Nursing school at Wayne State University.

Highschool students

Kush Parikh (2021-2024; currently a student at University of Pennsylvania).

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