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SERRANO NEUROLAB RESEARCHERS

UPDATED JUNE 2023

 

Name (NMSU Program):

Serrano Mentee Status

highest degree earned

Status (last known)

POSTDOCTORAL

 

 

 

TuShun Powers

Postdoctoral

PhD NMSU

Bioinformatician, Peraton

Daniel Barto (IRACDA)

Postdoctoral

PhD UNM

Data Scientist, BLN24

 

 

 

 

PHD STUDENTS

 

 

 

Armando Varela-Ramirez (MBRS)

PhD

PhD NMSU

Research Scientist  UTEP Border Biomedical Research Center

Sreenatha Kirakodu

PhD

PhD NMSU

Research Scientist, U of Kentucky

David Sultemeier (NMSGC)

PhD

PhD NMSU

Professor, University of Puget Sound

Marti Morales (RISE)

PhD, MS

PhD NMSU

Professor, Adrian College, MI

Quincy Quick (RISE, NMSGC)

PhD

PhD NMSU

Professor and Asst VP of Research, Tennessee State University

Erin Rivera (RISE)

PhD, MS

PhD NMSU

Physician's Asst, Albuquerque

Selene Virk (IGERT, RISE)

PhD

PhD NMSU

Bioinformatician, Personalis Inc

Daniel Ramirez-Gordillo (AMP, IGERT, RISE)

PhD, MS

PhD NMSU

Professor, UC Denver Anshutz Medical Venter

Bleu Knight (CS)

PhD, MS

PhD NMSU

Research Scientist; Active Inference Labs

Manasi Jogalekar

PhD

PhD NMSU

Research Scientist UCSF Medical School

Ray Berry (RISE)

PhD

PhD NMSU

Postdoctoral Research Associate, UNT Health Science Center

 

 

 

 

MS STUDENTS

 

 

 

Hadya Khawaja

MS

MS NMSU

Human Research Protections Program Director, UNM

James Kory Wilson (MBRS)

MS

MS NMSU

Financial  Adviser, Fidelity Brokerage Services Llc

Amanda Luna (MBRS)

MS

MS NMSU

Manager, CRLS, UNM

Vincent Lopez-Anaya (MBRS)

BS

MS NMSU

Criminal Investigator, Las Cruces Law Enforcement

Laura Haas

MS

MS NMSU

Program Operations Director, INBRE, NMSU

Lina Urquidi

MS

MS NMSU

Science Educator, Las Cruces Public Schools

Christopher Williams (NMSGC)

MS

MS NMSU

Monsignor, Basilica de Mesilla, Las Cruces  Roman Catholic Diocese

Jason Sammons

MS

MS NMSU

Biochemical  Engineer, Honeywell

Laura Rodriguez

MS

PhD NMSU

Program Coordinator, NMSU

Alicia Arguelles (AMP)

MS

PHD-PHARM,  UNM

Pharmacist, Lovelace Women's Hospital

Desarae Gutierrez (AMP)

MS

Doctor of PT Univ St. Augustine for Health Sciences, FL

Physical Therapist, San Antonio

Shannon Manuelito (RISE)

MS

PhD, ASU

Professor, Maricopa Community College, AZ

Jennifer Sitton

MS

PhD NMSU

PhD, NMSU; Curriculum Developer, Invent Now, Inc.

Samantha Cicero (NMSGC)

MS

PhD Case Western

Senior Director Managed Care Neurocrine Biosciences

Price Lawhon

MS

MS NMSU

Physician's Asst,  Soldier Family Care  Pediatric Clinic, La Clinica Guadalupana

Rachelle Bassen

MS

MS, NMSU

Professor, Western Nevada College

Leigh Cooper

MS

DO, Burrell College

Resident Physician, Alaska

Anushruti Sangami

MS

MS-NMSU

PhD student UNM

Taylor Nunn

MS

MD UNM

Resident Physician , Air Force Medical

Anna Harmon

MS

MS

PhD-IP NMSU

Savannah Sanchez

MS

MS

Marketing

Jamira Virk

MS

MS

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Grace Olagunju

MS

BS

MS-IP NMSU

 

 

 

 

UNDERGRADUATES

 

 

 

W. Michael Bullock (CS)

undergraduate

PhD/MD UNM

Professor, Duke University  Medical School

Oscar Ramirez (RISE,MBRS)

undergraduate

PhD UTEP

Professor, Aims Community College

Joanna Mounce (nee Beeson) (HHMI, CS)

undergraduate

PhD UNM

unknown

John Gladden (CS,NNMSGC)

undergraduate

PhD UC Berkeley

Principal Member Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Victor Carrasco

undergraduate

PhD U of Denver

Psychology Resident, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

Justin Brantley (BP-ENDURE)

undergraduate

PhD U Houston

Postdoc U Pennsylvania

Augusto Roman (CS)

undergraduate

PhD Stanford

Software Engineer, Google

Gregg MacPherson

undergraduate

PhD NMSU

Professor, Middle Tennessee State University

Kathryn Sanchez (CS, RISE)

undergraduate

PhD Georgetown

Postdoc- UNM

William "Billy" Doyon (MBRS)

undergraduate

PhD Baylor

Clinical Neurophysiologist at Neurological Monitoring Services

Daniel Lopez-Maldonado (MBRS)

undergraduate

PharmD, UNM

Pharmacist, Dallas Tx

Justin Provo (BP-ENDURE)

undergraduate

MD-UNM

Medical Intern, University of Utah Medical Center

Erin Corriveau

undergraduate

MD UNM, MPH

Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Kansas

Ana Lisa Rodriquez (CS,MARC)

undergraduate

MD UNM

Family Medicine Dallas, Texas

Barbara Cadena (MARC,MBRS)

undergraduate

MD UNM

Family Medicine Las Cruces NM

 Laura De La Cruz (RISE,MBRS)

undergraduate

MD UNM

Resident, UNM Medical School

Nanette LaShay

undergraduate

MD UNM

OB/GYN, Kaiser Permananete, CA

Ana Teresa Arizaga (CS,MARC)

undergraduate

MD UNM

Psychiatry, Gila Regional Medical Center, Silver City

Ursa Brown Glaberman (CS)

undergraduate

MD UNM

Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, UNM

Jaime Aagard (CS)

undergraduate

MD UNM

Emergency Medicine, Albuquerque NM

Marco Diaz (MARC,MBRS)

undergraduate

MD UNM

Family Medicine Specialist Las Palmas Medical Center, el Paso

Karla Almaraz (RISE, MARC)

undergraduate

MD UNM

Intern, UNM Internal Medicine

Pablo Coss (RISE)

undergraduate

MD U of Texas Medical School at Houston

Neurologist, UT Health Science Center San Antonio

Paula Mora (CS,MARC)

undergraduate

MD Stanford

Chief Meical Officer, IHS Division of Public Health, Tucson

Sean Penwell (CS; MARC)

undergraduate

MD Harvard

Founder and CEOFounder and CEO Healthstar Technologies, Inc.

Juliet Gladden (CS)

undergraduate

DVM, North Carolina State

Emergency Medicine, BluePearl Veterinary Partners

Eva Trujillo (CS)

undergraduate

DVM, Col State

Veterinary Care, Gruda Veterinary Hospital NM

Shellee Roe (CS,MBRS)

undergraduate

DVM, Col State

University Animal Hospital, AZ

Scott Maxwell (CS)

undergraduate

MS University of Indiana

unknown

Loic Daumail (Study Abroad)

undergraduate

MS Université Claude Bernard

PhD -IP Vanderbilt

Kevin Hemphill (CS)

undergraduate

MS UC Boulder

R&D Manager at Revvity

Carlos Roman (CS,MBRS)

undergraduate

MS Stanford

Head of Global Partner Marketing, Cloudstrike

Vincent Lopez-Anaya (MBRS)

BS

MS NMSU

Criminal Investigator, Las Cruces Law Enforcement

Michael Best

undergraduate

MS NMSU

Business Owner

Danielle Aldrich

undergraduate

MS NMSU

Project analyst, White Sands Missile Range

Matt Marple (CS)

undergraduate

MS NMSU

Technical Lead at John Deere, Iowa

Victor Abravanel

undergraduate

MS NMSU

unknown

Angel Miera (MARC,CS)

undergraduate

MS Georgetown

Georgetown University, grants manager

Fleurette Brown (BRIDGES,MBRS)

undergraduate

MS CSU

Officer, Gallup United States Public Health Service

Eduardo Llamas (AMP, RISE)

undergraduate

MS , U Maryland

Scientist, Technical Writer at Catalent Pharma Solutions

Natasha Yazzie (BRIDGES,MBRS)

undergraduate

MS  NMSU

Lecturer, UNM-Gallup

Elijah Wade

undergraduate

MS NMSU

MS in progress, NMSU; Manufacturing Engineer at GE Aviation

Eddie Medina

undergraduate

BS UNM

Personal Wellness Coach, Herbalife

Jill Hendren (CS)

undergraduate

BS NMSU

PhD in progress, UNM

Robyn Hawkinson (CS)

undergraduate

BS NMSU

Research Chemist at Delphi Catalyst

Hnin Khaing (CS)

undergraduate

BS NMSU

Environmental Scientist, Carlsbad WIPP Environmental Monitoring & Research Center

Kristy Tafoya (MBRS)

undergraduate

BS NMSU

unknown

Michelle Hopkins

undergraduate

BN NMSU

unknown

Mary Burwash (RISE, MBRS)

undergraduate

BS NMSU

unknown

Roberta Winston (CS,MARC)

undergraduate

BS NMSU

Software engineer, Hewlett-Packard

Corey Payton (HHMI)

undergraduate

BS NMSU

Verizon Tech Communicator

Jared Banks (AMP)

undergraduate

BS NMSU

BS, Applying to dental school

Gabe Sanchez

undergraduate

BS NMSU

Business sector

Paul Arellanes (McNair)

undergraduate

BS NMSU

Lead Information Architect,  Freescale Semiconductor

Dominic Jefferson

undergraduate

BS NMSU

Principal System EngineerPrincipal System Engineer, LinQuest

Roberto Marquez (CS,BRIDGES,MBRS, MARC)

undergraduate

BS NMSU

Service Information developer, Hewlett-Packard

Alexandru Boje (RISE)

undergraduate

BS NMSU

Manufacturing Engineer at Jabil Healthcare

Mark Gladden

undergraduate

BS NMSU

Development Officer, Santa Fe Dance Academy

Nathan Theye

undergraduate

BS NMSU

US Army, SOC Securities, Areotek

Ryan Peters

undergraduate

BS NMSU

Associate Scientist, UNM CID Biodefenses

Shannon Nunn (CS)

undergraduate

BS NMSU

unknown

Steven Williams (CS,McNair)

undergraduate

BS NMSU

Product ManagementProduct Management, Allegion US

Ana Cadena (CS, RISE))

undergraduate

BS NMSU

BS, applying to med school

Miriam Favela (BP-ENDURE)

undergraduate

BS NMSU

MD-IP INM

Blanca (Dena) Smith

undergraduate

BS NMSU

US Army

Daniel Moench

undergraduate

BS NMSU

unknown

Daniel Aguilar (HHMI)

undergraduate

BS NMSU

unknown

Pedro Gonzalez

undergraduate

BS NMSU

unknown

Luis (Emanuel) Reynolds

undergraduate

BS NMSU

unknown

Miriam Favela (BP-ENDURE)

undergraduate

BS NMSU

MD-IP INM

Taylor Uselman

undergraduate

BS NMSU

PhD-IP UNM

Ahmed Muhyi

undergraduate

BS NMSU

PharmD in progress, UNM

Alexis Torres (AMP)

undergraduate

BS NMSU

PhD program ASU

Jessica Barney

undergraduate

BS NMSU

unknown

Lorena Casiano (BP-ENDURE)

undergraduate

BS NMSU

Program Specialist, NMSU

Totteona Gray (CS, AMP)

undergraduate

BS NMSU

NIH Postbac Researcher

Pablo Salas Chavira (CS)

undergraduate

BS NMSU

unknown

Dana Wojulewicz

undergraduate

BS NMSU

System Engineer Boeing

Henry Gatica Gutierrez (CS, AMP)

undergraduate

BS NMSU

PhD-IP Rice University

Katalina Lopez (CS)

undergraduate

BS NMSU

PhD -IP, UNM

Miranda Salt (BRIDGES,MBRS)

undergraduate

AA

Navajo Health Services

Rosalinda Corchado

undergraduate

AA

BS IP- ASU

Vanessa Provencio (AMP)

undergraduate

HS

BS -IP NMSU

Alexa Brito (CS)

undergraduate

HS

BS-IP, NMSU

Vanessa Loera (CS)

undergraduate

BS

MS-IP NMSU

Alejandra Soliz (CS)

undergraduate

BS

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Esai Cisneros (CS)

undergraduate

HS

BS-IP, NMSU

Ashley Rivas (CS)

undergraduate

HS

BS-IP, NMSU

 

 

 

 

GRADUATE INTERNS

 

 

 

Robert Pham

MS intern

BS NMSU

Computer Administrator,US Government

Alejandro Reyes

MS intern

PhD USC

Neural Interface Engineer, Henry M. Jackson Foundation

Chelsey (Piskorski) Lewis

MS intern

MS NMSU

NM Equine Veterinary Hospital

Steve Berruecos

OD intern

OD-Burrell College

Pediatric Resident, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

Jennifer Lucitti

PhD intern

PhD NMSU

Research Associate, UNC School of Medicine

Tatiana Kardashina

PhD intern

BS

PhD-IP NMSU

 

 

 

 

UNDERGRADUATE INTERNS

 

 

 

Sawyer Peterman (BRIDGES,MBRS)

AA summer intern

BS UNM

Histologist, Tricore, Albuquerque

Aaron Begay (BRIDGES,MBRS)

AA summer intern

AA

Dine College

Chris Belone (BRIDGES)

AA summer intern

AA

unknown

Matilda Akeah (BRIDGES,MBRS)

AA summer intern

HS

unknown

Melissa Clark (BRIDGES,MBRS)

AA summer intern

HS

unknown

Lynn Julian (BRIDGES,MBRS)

AA summer intern

HS

unknown

Will Silversmith (BRIDGES,MBRS)

AA summer intern

AA

Equipment operator, Arizona Public Service

RESEARCH STAFF

 

 

 

Casilda Provencio

 

Research Associate

MPH NMSU

Child Advocacy, Lac Cruces

Lisa Frost

Research Technician

BS NMSU

Washington Public Schools

Kimberly Cervantes

 

Research Scientist, Senior

MS NMSU

Student Advising, NMSU

Shannon Rodriguez

Program Specialist

BA NMSU

Pre-Law

Margie Vela

 

Program Manager

PhD NMSU

DEI Leader, Amazon Web Services

Jarod Peterman

Program Manager

MBA NMSU

NMSU NSF HSI STEM  Hub

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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