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Neuroscience

In its Honors Program, the Neuroscience program awards one level of Honors to student research projects. The projects listed below have been defended successfully, and a copy of the thesis deposited in Swem Library.

Key:

• Student, "Thesis" (Honors level)
  Committee Chair + Other Committee Members

2024-2025

• Catherine Ann Bare,  (Honors) 
  Mainak Patel and Evie Burnet + Megan Raddatz
• Allison Michelle Dolan, (Honors) 
  Cheryl Dickter + Josh Burk, Christy Porter, Paul Davies
• Jeffrey Gu,  (Honors) 
  Christopher Del Negro + Greg Conradi Smith, Margaret Saha
• Sanjoli Jain,  (Honors) 
  Joshua Burk + Robert Barnet, Robin Looft-Wilson
• Abner Joseph,  (Honors) 
  Joshua Burk + Robert Barnet, John Bedford
• Elyssa Jordan Kancherla,  (Honors) 
  Cheryl Dickter + Adrian Bravo, Patricia Habersham, Shanta Hinton 
• Maryclaire Ceili O'Brien,  (Honors) 
  Stephanie Caligiuri + Patton Burchett, Christy Porter
• Marcus Owen Royster,  (Honors) 
  Margaret Saha + Isaiah Speight, Mark Forsyth, Shanta Hinton
• Sarah Sakly,  (Honors) 
  Greg Conradi Smith + Christopher Del Negro, Junping Shi
• Marco Karim Stettler,  (Honors) 
  Christopher Del Negro + Greg Conradi Smith, Margaret Saha
• Nivedha Vaidy, (Honors) 
  Margaret Saha + Joshua Burk, Mark Forsyth

2023-2024

• Amber Nicole Cantú,  (Honors) 
  Randolph A. Coleman + Christy Porter, Jorge Terukina
• Yinuo Chen,  (Honors) 
  Greg Conradi Smith + Christopher A. Del Negro, Junping Shi, Robert C. Barnet
• Lauren Carson Daniel,  (Honors) 
  Daniel Cristol & W. Gregory Hundley + Lizabeth Allison, Randolph Coleman 
• Megan Shea Fleeharty,  (Honors) 
  Margaret Saha + Greg Conradi Smith, Mark Forsyth, Dana Willner 
• Ainsley Elizabeth Golden,  (Honors) 
  Pamela Hunt + Catherine Forestell, Tyler Meldrum
• Jamesa Mecayla Gray,  (Honors) 
  Jennifer Stevens + Bjorg Larson, Randolph Coleman
• Madeleine Ellie Harris,  (Honors) 
  Jennifer Bestman + Randolph Coleman, Lizabeth Allison
• Maggie Rose Kettelberger,  (Honors) 
  Jennifer Bestman + Lisa Landino, Stephanie Caligiuri
• Julia Marie Rashid,  (Honors) 
  Randolph Coleman + Jennifer Bestman, Christy Porter 
• Gabrielle Alina Riddlemoser,  (Honors) 
  Randolph Coleman + Christy Porter, Lisa Landino 
• Jingzhi Zhao,  (Honors) 
  Christopher A. Del Negro + Gregory Conradi Smith, Christy Porter, Paul Kieffaber

2022-2023

• Elizabeth Mariam Ancheril, "" (Honors) 
  Pamela Hunt + Randy Coleman, Phoebe Williams
• Ramprasanna Tarun Chandrasekar, "" (Honors) 
  Pamela Hunt + Xiaowen Xu, Michael Tierney
• Alejandra Eceizabarrena Sainz, "" (Honors) 
  Josh Burk + Jennifer Bestman, Robin Looft-Wilson
• Mackenzie Alexandra Fergus, "" (Honors)
   Cheryl Dickter + Pam Hunt, Cemile Kumas, Josh Burk
• Marissa Clementina Incer, " (Honors) 
  Jennifer Stevens + Cathy Forestell, Harvey Langholtz, Amy Rains
• Sreya Mallipeddi, "" (Honors) 
  Joshua Burk + Cheryl Dickter, Adrian Bravo, Randy Coleman
• Hayden Christopher McArdle, "" (Honors) 
  Robert Barnet + Pam Hunt, Robin Looft-Wilson
• Elsa Isabella Quillin, "" (Honors) 
  Pamela Hunt + Amy Rains, Doug Young
• Aravind Sreeram, "" (Honors) 
  Cheryl Dickter + Randy Coleman, J Goldwater

2021-2022

• Bryan Weselman, "" (Honors)
  Margaret Saha + Randy Coleman, Dana Willner
• Catherine Jones, "" (Honors)
  Randolph Coleman + Brian Rabinovitz, Dana Lashley
• Juliana Cantarutti , "" (Honors)
  Paul Heideman + Jennifer Stevens, Paul Kieffaber
• Julianne Miranda, "" (Honors)
  Randolph Coleman + Pamela Hunt, Mainak Patel
• Kushali Patel, "" (Honors)
  Margaret Saha + Jennifer Bestman, Pamela Hunt, Oliver Kerscher
• Zixu Guo, "" (Honors)
  Joshua Burk + Bob Barnet, Jennifer Bestman

2020-2021

• Belle Buzzi, "" (Honors)
  Randolph Coleman + Jennifer Bestman, Adrian Bravo
• Shih-En Chen, "" (Honors)
  Christopher Del Negro + Jennifer Bestman, Dana Lashley, Randolph Coleman
• Sihan Feng, "" (Honors)
  Jennifer Bestman + Beverly Sher, Christy Porter
• Grace Haffner, "" (Honors)
  Cheryl Dickter + Joshua Burk, Robin Looft-Wilson
• Shreyas Kumar, "" (Honors)
  Christopher A. Del Negro + Gregory D. Conradi Smith, Jennifer E. Bestman, Pamela S. Hunt
• Leila Mabudian, "" (Honors)
  Daniel Cristol + Douglas Young, Robin Looft-Wilson, W. Gregory Hundley
• Lauren Mayer, "" (Honors)
  Randolph Coleman + Drew M. LaMar, John Swaddle, Heather Sasinowska
• Emma Moore, "" (Honors)
  Pamela Hunt + Robin Looft-Wilson, Matthew Wawersik
• Faith Reid, "" (Honors)
  Joshua A. Burk + Randolph Coleman, Matthias Leu, Joshua Burk
• Curtis Rogers, "" (Honors)
  Christopher Ball + Randolph Coleman, Paul Kieffaber
• Grace Smith, "" (Honors)
  Joshua Burk + Jennifer Bestman, Shantá Hintion
• Swathi Sowmitran, "" (Honors)
  Margaret Saha + Jennifer Bestman, Robin Looft-Wilson, Phoebe Williams

2019-2020

• Kendall Brannham, "" (Honors)
   Jennifer Bestman + Diane Shakes, Dana Willner
• Ross Fladeland, "" (Honors)
   Robert Barnet + Joshua Burk, Jennifer Bestman
• Alyssa Luz-Ricca, "" (Honors)
   Jennifer Bestman + Margaret Saha, Greg Conradi Smith, Leisa Meyer
• Saurav Pattanayak, "" (Honors)
   Joshua Burk + Robert Barnet, Paul Heideman
• Stacy Pitcairn, "" (Honors)
   Joshua Burk + Robin Looft-Wilson, Paul Kieffaber
• Minna Blottner, (Honors)
   Cheryl Dickter +  Joshua Burk, Randolph Coleman
• Lorissa Simpson, "" (Honors)
   Paul Kieffaber + Camilla Buchanan, Randolph Coleman

2018-19

• Brent Russell, "" (Honors)
  Douglas Young + Christy Porter
• Jessica Seidenberg, "" (Highest Honors)
  Josh Burk + Shanta Hinton, Claire McKinney
• Rachel Smith, "" (Honors)
  Lisa Landino + Randy Coleman, Christy Porter

2017-18

• Brian Anyakoha Jr., "" (Honors)
  Cheryl Dickter + Joshua Burk, Dana Lashley
• James Cole, "" (Highest Honors) 
  Paul Kieffaber + Jennifer Stevens, Joshua Burk, Michael Deschenes
• Jessica Crowley, "" (Honors) 
  Randolph Coleman + Lizabeth Allison, Lisa Landino
• Jacob Feldmann, "" (Honors)
  Joshua Burk + Randolph Coleman, Shantá Hinton
• Natalie Frye, "Cross-Modal Modulation of Perception of Facial Emotion by Emotional Music" (Honors) 
  Jennifer Stevens + Brian Rabinovitz, Cheryl Dickter, Brian Hulse
• Emily Hauge, "" (Honors) 
  Paul Heideman + Pamela Hunt, Margaret Saha, Jason Chen
• Yajna Jowaheer, "" (Honors)
  Cheryl Dickter + Pamela Hunt, Lizabeth Allison
• Sarah Yoojin Kook, "" (Honors) 
  Elizabeth Raposa + Chris Conway, Cheryl Dickter, Robert Scholnick
• Ravikant Pattapagala, "A Computational Model of Multiple Sclerosis and NF-κB Regulation" (Honors) 
  Randolph Coleman + Christine Porter, Greg Conradi-Smith 

2016-17

• Matthew McGuinness, "" (Honors) 
  Randolph Coleman + Christine Porter, Sarah Day 
  
• Austin Tapp, "" (Honors) 
  Joshua Burk + Christy Porter, Randolph Coleman 
  
• Sara Taylor, "" (Honors) 
  Cheryl Dickter + Josh Burk, Randolph Coleman
  
• Abhya Vij, "The Role of Basal Forebrain Orexin-2-Receptors in Attentional Performance in Rattus norvegicus" (Honors) 
  Joshua Burk + Gregory Smith, Tim Davis
  
• Matthew Wong, "Take a Break: is the Spacing Effect Beneficial to Student's Studying" (Honors) 
  Jennifer Stevens + John Charles, Jiuqing Cheng, Pamela Hunt
  
• Ellen Yates, "" (Honors) 
  Joshua Burk + Gregory Smith, Matthew Haug
  

2015-16

• Augustin Hennings, "" (Honors) 
  Robert Barnet + Christine Porter, Carla Buck
• Cassandra Leong, "Effects of PKC Activation on Attention Deficits Following Loss of Corticopetal Cholinergic Neurons" (Honors) 
  Joshua Burk + Christine Porter, Randolph Coleman
• Mikaela Spruill, "The Analysis of Person Perception within Minority Groups" (Honors) 
  Cheryl Dickter + Christy Porter, Rose Buckelew
• Christina Stephens, "Creating a Computational Model of Prion Disease in the Human Neocortex" (Honors) 
  Randolph Coleman + Shanta Hinton, Lisa Landino, Margaret Saha 
• Sarah Volz, "" (Honors)
  Cheryl Dickter + Catherine Forestell, Paul Kieffaber, Robin Looft-Wilson 

2014-15

• Emma Albert-Stone, (Honors) 
  Josh Burk + Randolph Coleman and Pamela Hunt
• Elise Braatz, (Honors) 
  Randolph Coleman + Joshua Burk and Deborah Noonan
• Sean Chadwick, (Honors) 
  Paul Kieffaber + Christy Porter, Christopher Ball and Greg Smith
• Lindsay Maguire, (Honors)
  John Griffin + Randolph Coleman and Bev Sher
• Rachel Sillcox, (Honors) 
  Jennifer A. Stevens + Paul Kieffaber, Denise Wade, Mark McLaughlin

2013-14

• Cassidy Reich, (Honors) 
  Josh Burk + Randolph Coleman, Debbie Noonan
• Elizabeth Wolfe, "Basal Forebrain Noncholinergic Neurons: The Overlooked Mediators of Sustained Attention" (Honors)
  Joshua Burk + John Griffin, Alexander Angelov

2012-13

• Bilal Ashraf, (Honors) 
  Robert Barnet + Matthew Wawersik, Christine Porter
• Holly Blackburn, (Honors)
  Jonathan Allen + Matthias Leu, Margaret Saha, Kam Tang
• Oliver Phillips, (Honors) 
  Robert Barnet + Deborah Bebout, Joshua Burk 

2011-12

• Diana Gal, "" (Honors) 
   Paul Kieffaber + Cheryl Dickter, Gregory Smith
• Ksenija Kapetanovic, "Can Vitamin E Supplementation Reverse Memory Impairments Caused by Early Mercury Exposure?" (Honors)
  Pamela Hunt + Randolph Coleman, M. Christine Porter 
• Se-Jun Lee, "" (Honors)
  Paul Heideman + Randolph Coleman, Beverly Sher 

2010-11

• Kathryn Easterling, "Stop signal reaction time task performance in rats: role of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors" (Honors)
  Josh Burk + John Griffin, Paul Kieffaber
• John Haight,  (Honors)
  Cheryl Dickter + Cathy Forestell, Cynthia Battie
• Virginia McLane, (Honors)
  John Griffin + Josh Burk, Matt Wawersik

2009-10

• Ashley Barrineau, (Honors)
  Pamela Hunt + Robert Barnet, Deborah Bebout, Randolph Coleman, Mark Forsyth
• Benjamin Brush, "Investigating the molucular and ionic mechanism of respiratory function in the preBotzinger Complex of neonatal mice in vitro" (Honors)
  Christopher Del Negro + Joshua Burk, Margaret Saha, Gregory Smith
• Cori DeSanto, (Honors)
  Paul Heidenman + John Griffin, Bev Sher
• Rebecca Krey, (Honors)
  Christopher Del Negro + John Griffin, Robin Looft-Wilson, Margaret Saha
• Weston Northam, (Honors)
  Lizabeth Allison + Dan Cristol, Randolph Coleman, Mary Forsyth, Rowan Lockwood
• Paige Roseman, (Honors)
  Joshua Burk + Pamela Hunt, John Griffin
• Maya Sapiurka, (Honors)
  John Griffin + Randolph Coleman, Matthew Wawersik

2008-09

• Sarah Baum, (Honors)
  Jeanine Stefanucci + Josh Burk, Randy Coleman
  
• Natasha Hakkal, (Honors)
  Pam Hunt + Randy Coleman, Christine Niehaus
  
• Michael Harper, (Honors)
  Margaret Saha + John Griffin, Christopher Del Negro, Mark Forsyth
  
• David Mangini, "Protein Kinase C Disrupts Signal Detection in an Attention-Demanding Task" (Honors)
  Joshua Burk + Randy Coleman, Paul Kieffaber
  
• Dillon Niederhut, (Honors)
  Jeanine Stefanucci + Lee Kirkpatrick, Randy Coleman
  
• Jeremy Powers, (Honors)
  Lizabeth Allison + Paul Heideman, Randy Coleman, Sean Tarter
  
• Katherine Roberts, (Honors)
  Jennifer Stevens + Glenn Shean, Adam Potkay
• Jessica Sciver, (Honors)
  Jennifer Stevens + John Griffin, Randy Coleman
  

2007-08

• Kellyn Carrierfenster, "Specification of the GABAergic and glutamatergic neurotransmitter phenotypes in Xenopus laevis" (Honors)
  Margaret Saha + John Griffin, Paul Heideman, Christopher Del Negro
• Terence Imbery, "An Analysis of COX-2 Derived Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) in the Alpha-1 and Alpha-2 Adrenoreceptor-Mediated Responses of Thermally Classified Neurons in the Anterior Hypothalamus" (Honors)
  John Griffin + Lisa Landino, Randy Coleman

2006-07

• Kathleen Altemose, "The Effects of Loss of Cortical Acetylcholine on Divided Attention in Rats" (Honors)
  Josh Burk + Pam Hunt, Randy Coleman
• Erin Crowder, "Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Biphosphate Regulates Inspiratory Burst Activity in the Neonatal Muse PreBotzinger Complex" (Honors)
  Christopher Del Negro + John Griffin, Margaret Saha, Marc Sher

2005-06

• Susannah Anderson, "Do Voice Characteristics Aid Word Memory? Speech Processing Models and Speaker Variation" (Honors)
  Chris Ball + Jennifer Stevens, Chris Scales
• Eric Baker
  Pamela Hunt + Josh Burk, Mark Forsyth
• Laura Hack, "The Effects of Leptin on the Firing Rates of Thermoregulatory Neurons in the Anterior Hypothalamus" (Honors)
  John Griffin + Eric Bradley, Randy Coleman
• Shawna Kettyle, "Acute Effects of Light Exercise on Short-Term Memory Tasks in Older Adults" (Honors)
  Jennifer Stevens + Robert Kohl, Marc Raphael
• Kristen Malkus, "Analysis of Potential Regulators of Glutamatergic and GABAergic Neural Differentiation" (Honors)
  Margaret Saha + John Griffin, Lizabeth Allison, Randy Coleman
• Beth Pecora, "Thermoregulatory Projections to the Dorsomedial Hypothalmus" (Honors)
  John Griffin + Paul Heideman, Randy Coleman
• Lindsay Young, "The Influence of Fatigue on Cognitive and Motor Performance" (Honors)
  Jennifer Stevens + Michael Deschenes, Alan Goldman

2004-05

• Karl Mendoza
  John Griffin + Lisa Anderson, Randy Coleman
• Lindsay Walker
  Pamela Hunt + Katherine Preston, Michael Deschenes