Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Kahlilia-Headshot

Dr. Kahlilia Morris-Blanco

Ph.D

Neuroscience, University of Miami School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Cerebrovascular Disease Research Center
Mentor: Dr. Miguel Perez-Pinzon

Postdoc

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Neurological Surgery
Mentor: Dr. Raghu Vemuganti

Current Members

Sylwia Pietrzak

Lab Manager/Research Specialist

Hui-Ting Huang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Monsif Ahmed Shawky

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ilona Golynker

Graduate Student

Jordan Gross

Graduate Student

Shreya Dutta

Graduate Student

Jackson Simpson

Undergraduate PURM Fellow

Ezana Tedla

Undergraduate PURM Fellow

Elizabeth Ni

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Allyanna Lewis

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Lily Glaser

Undergraduate PURM Fellow

Mason Zona

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Alumni

Mario J. Bertogliat

Undergraduate Research Assistant (2017-2020)

Alexis B. Gaillard

Undergraduate Research Assistant (2019-2022)

Samantha M. Probelsky

Undergraduate Research Assistant (2021-2022)

Mete Ozgen

Undergraduate Research Assistant (2021-2022)

Shengfu Piao

Visiting Scientist (2023-2024)

Jasmine Akoto

CAMB Rotating Graduate Student (Spring 2023)

Carlos Ayarza

Undergraduate TRIP Fellow (Summer 2023)

Irene Amalaraj

Undergraduate SUIP Fellow (Summer 2023)

Hafsa Rana

Penn OER Research Intern (Summer 2023)

Eric Xu

Research Intern (Summer 2023)

Alyssa Moore

CAMB Rotating Graduate Student (Fall 2023)

Delaney McKinstry

NGG Rotating Graduate Student (Spring 2024)

Adetimilehin (Evelyn) Adeyemo

Undergraduate SUIP Fellow (Summer 2024)

Kaitlyn Whitehead

OER Research Intern (Summer 2024)

Dhruv Parikh

Master's Graduate Student (2023-2024)

Delaney Rutherford

Rotating Graduate Student (CAMB)

Mary Bergwell

Rotating Graduate Student (CAMB)

Jared Lynch

Rotating Graduate Student (CAMB)