Administrative Assistant
Marisa Gallego
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Marisa Gallego
Graduate Student
Lauren Smith
E-cigarette and nicotine enzyme
Lauren Smith
Postdoctoral Fellow
Hassiba Beldjoud
Role of NE in cocaine escalation
Hassiba Beldjoud
Research Assistant
Sharona Sedighim
GWAS
Sharona Sedighim
Senior Consortium Coordinator
Mike Arends
GWAS/Biobank
Mike Arends
Associate Professor
Olivier George
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Olivier George
Graduate Student
Sierra Simpson
Microbiome and addiction
Sierra Simpson
Postdoctoral Fellow
Adam Kimbrough
Whole brain imaging
Adam Kimbrough
Research Assistant
Molly Brennan
GWAS
Molly Brennan
Staff Scientist
Giordano De Guglielmo
Giordano De Guglielmo
Graduate Student
Kokila Shankar
Looking at how feeding metabolism and physiology is disrupted by drugs of abuse at different points of the addiction cycle
Originally from Lansdale, Pennsylvania, I graduated from The Pennsylvania State University in 2017 with a B.S. in Biology and minors in Psychology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. During that time, I worked as an undergraduate research assistant in Dr. Moriah Szpara's lab, where I completed an undergraduate Honors thesis studying in vitro cellular phenotypes of herpes simplex virus type 1 infection.
I started my PhD at The Scripps Research Institute in the fall of 2017, and spent a year developing my research interests in both neuroscience and metabolism. I look forward to connecting these two fields throughout my PhD research in addiction. Outside of the lab, I enjoy baking/cooking, going to trivia nights, and watching Penn State football.
Kokila Shankar
Postdoctoral Fellow
Lieselot Carrette
Startup of new project:
- Epigenetic variation (start with looking at MECP2 levels) in the biobank brains. Then try to selectively modulate MECP2 levels and evaluate behavioral change.
Joining in ongoing projects:
- Nociceptin
- Pre-clinical testing of oral compound for alcohol dependence
- Neuronal ensembles
During my postdoc in epigenetics and molecular biology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, I was working on a novel therapeutic approach for the neurodevelopmental disorder, Rett syndrome. In the George lab, I want to delve deeper into neuroscience, trying to better understand and treat substance use disorder, both as a goal on itself and as a model for other disorders.
Lieselot Carrette
Professional Scientific Collab
Marc Azar
Marc Azar
Senior Consortium Coordinator
Lisa Maturin
Biobank
Lisa Maturin
Staff Scientist
Marsida Kallupi
Marsida Kallupi