Current Lab Members
Gilad Barnea, Ph.D.
Sidney A. Fox and Dorothea Doctors Fox
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology,
Visual Sciences, and Neuroscience
Principal Investigator
gilad_barnea at brown.edu
Tariq Cannonier
Postbaccalaureate Research Assistant
tariq_cannonier at alumni.brown.edu
Anthony Crown
Graduate Student
anthony_crown at brown.edu
John Fisher
Graduate Student
john_d_fisher at brown.edu
Jonathan Huang
Undergraduate Researcher
jonathan_huang at brown.edu
Erin Meyers
Lab Manager
erin_meyers at brown.edu
Silas Monje
Undergraduate Researcher
silas_monje at brown.edu
Doruk Savas
Graduate Student
doruk_savas at brown.edu
Yiannis Savva, Ph.D.
Effat Sharmin, M.S.
Research Assistant
effat_sharmin at brown.edu
Nathaniel Snell
Graduate Student
nathaniel_snell at brown.edu
Altar Sorkaç, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
altar_sorkac at brown.edu
Victoria Tran
Undergraduate Researcher
victoria_tran at brown.edu
Neel Vishwanath
Undergraduate Researcher
neel_vishwanath at brown.edu
Chloe Zana
Undergraduate Researcher
chloe_zana at brown.edu
Meet Zandawala, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
meet_zandawala at brown.edu
Ben Zolyomi
Undergraduate Researcher
bence_zolyomi at brown.edu
Former Lab Members
Eliza Adams
Former Undergraduate Researcher in Barnea Lab
Graduate Student, Luo and Tessier-Lavigne Labs,
Stanford University
Will Allen
Former Undergraduate Researcher in Barnea Lab
Graduate Student, Stanford University
http://www.stanford.edu/~wallen
Jeremy Bengson, MD
Former Undergraduate Researcher in Barnea Lab
Resident, Anesthesiology / Critical Care,
Oregon Health & Science University
Kathleen Lohr Burke, MA, RVT, LATG
Former Lab Manager in Barnea Lab
Teaching Technologist, Veterinary Parasitology and Microbiology,
College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University
Michael Chang, MD
Former Undergraduate Researcher in Barnea Lab
Resident, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery,
Stanford Hospital
Cambria Chou-Freed
Former Undergraduate Researcher and Postbaccalaureate Research Assistant in Barnea Lab
Fulbright Scholar, Raingo Lab, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Celular (IMBICE)
La Plata, Argentina
Mike Dmytrenko
Former Undergraduate Researcher in Barnea Lab
Lauren Dobson, Ph.D.
Former Graduate Student in Barnea Lab
Chemistry Teacher, South Shore Charter Public School
Norwell, MA
Grisselle Escotto
Former Undergraduate Researcher and
Postbaccalaureate Research Assistant in Barnea Lab
Director of Operations, CLB Network
Los Angeles, CA
Griffin Hartmann
Former Undergraduate Researcher and
Postbaccalaureate Research Assistant in Barnea Lab
Senior Research Technician,
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
https://www.mskcc.org/research-areas/labs/tuomas-tammela
Scott Herrick, Ph.D.
Former Graduate Student in Barnea Lab
Staff Scientist, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
https://www.choate.com/attorneys/scott-p-herrick.html
Mark A. Johnson, Ph.D.
Former Graduate Student in Barnea Lab
Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
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Ivan L. Kaspruk
Former Undergraduate Researcher in Barnea Lab
Medical Student,
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Lulu I. Tsai Korsak, Ph.D.
Former Graduate Student in Barnea Lab
Research Associate, Gottfried Lab, University of Pennsylvania
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Danielle Lo, MD
Former Undergraduate Researcher in Barnea Lab
Resident, Department of Ophthalmology,
NYU School of Medicine
Alex Logan, MD
Former Undergraduate Researcher and
Postbaccalaureate Research Assistant in Barnea Lab
Internal Medicine Resident, University of Washington
Sasha Machado
Former Undergraduate Researcher in Barnea Lab
Research Assistant at Massachusetts General Hospital
Jeff Mayse, Ph.D.
Former Postdoctoral Fellow in Barnea Lab
Data Scientist, Upserve
Providence, RI
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Nived Nair
Former Research Assistant in Barnea Lab
Business Analyst
Montréal, QC
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Alexander Raufi, MD
Former Undergraduate Researcher in Barnea Lab
Hematology-Oncology Fellow, Columbia University
Ethan Richman
Former Undergraduate Researcher and
Postbaccalaureate Research Assistant in Barnea Lab
Graduate Student, Deisseroth and Luo Labs, Stanford University
http://stanford.edu/~richman/
Juan Santoyo
Former Postbaccalaureate Research Assistant in Barnea Lab
Watson Institute Humanitarian Innovation Initiative’s International Fellow
Principal Investigator - Contemplative practice as psychosocial support for ex-Combatants in Colombia's peacebuilding process
Elias Scheer
Former Undergraduate Researcher in Barnea Lab
Graduate Fellow, Bargmann Lab, Rockefeller University
John R. Szymanski, Ph.D.
Former Undergraduate Researcher and
Postbaccalaureate Research Assistant in Barnea Lab
Ph.D. from Columbia University
Currently pursuing entrepreneurial projects
Mustafa Talay, Ph.D.
Former Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow in Barnea Lab
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dulac Lab, Harvard University
David Valenzuela, M.Sc.
Former Graduate Student in Barnea Lab
Department Chair, Sciences Faculty
Madison High School, PPS
https://www.pps.net/domain/2367