Patrick E. Rothwell, Ph.D.
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Associate Professor of Neuroscience
MnDRIVE Neuromodulation Scholar
Distinguished University Teaching Professor
Phone: 612-626-8744
Email: rothwell AT umn.edu
@perothwell
Jessica Swanson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Genetics & Genomics
(Baylor College of Medicine)
B.S., Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development
(University of Minnesota)
Phone: 612-624-0752
Email: swan1600 AT umn.edu
Lydia Cunitz
Research Technician
B.A. Cum Laude, Spanish
(Macalester College)
Email: cunit003 AT umn.edu
Phone: 612-624-0752
Rachel Dick
Neuroscience Ph.D. student
B.A., Neuroscience & Spanish
(University of Virginia)
Email: dick0678 AT umn.edu
Phone: 612-624-0752
Filip Hanak
Neuroscience Ph.D. student
B.S., Neuroscience and
Molecular & Cellular Biology
(University of Arizona)
Email: hanak006 AT umn.edu
Phone: 612-624-0752
Ross Armant
Neuroscience Ph.D. student
Honors B.S., Biology
(University of Texas at Arlington)
Email: arman036 AT umn.edu
Phone: 612-624-0752
Anisha Adke
M.D./Ph.D. student
B.S., Biology
(University of Oregon)
Email: adke0001 AT umn.edu
Phone: 612-624-0752
Nicole Quintus
Neuroscience Ph.D. student
M.S., Clinical and Translational Science
B.S., Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
(University of Arizona)
Email: quint246 AT umn.edu
Phone: 612-624-0752
Ciarra Whindleton
Neuroscience Ph.D. student
B.A., Biology
(University of Virginia)
Email: whind001 AT umn.edu
Phone: 612-624-0752
Alumni
Dr. Emilia Lefevre: postdoctoral fellow, 2016-2024
- currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota (Duluth campus)
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Mohammed Mashal: research technician, 2021-2024
- currently an MD/PhD student at the University of Minnesota
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Elysia Gauther: research technician, 2021-2024
- currently in graduate school at Vanderbilt University
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Dr. Adrina Kocharian: neuroscience PhD student, 2019-2023
- currently completing medical school at the University of Minnesota
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Erin Myhre: undergraduate student (UMN), 2020-2023
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Crystal Lemchi: rotating neuroscience graduate student, 2022
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Dr. Brian Trieu: neuroscience PhD student, 2017-2022
- currently completing medical residency in psychiatry at The Mayo Clinic
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Dr. Dieter Brander: neuroscience PhD student, 2018-2022
- currently completing medical residency in ophthalmology at UCSF
Dr. Carlee Todddes: neuroscience PhD student, 2017-2022
- currently a postdoctoral scientist at the University of Washington (Golden Lab)
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Dr. Cassandra Retzlaff: postdoctoral fellow, 2017-2022
- currently a Scientist at Voyager Therapeutics
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Dr. Marc Pisansky: postdoctoral fellow, 2016-2021
- currently a Medical Science Liaison at AbbVie
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Bailey Remmers: research technician, 2019-2021
- currently in graduate school at UT Austin
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Jacob Noeker: rotating M.D./Ph.D. student, 2021
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Megan Brickner: rotating neuroscience graduate student, 2021
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Lizzie Souter: rotating neuroscience graduate student, 2019
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Fangze Li: undergraduate student (Macalester College), 2018-2019
Hillary Handler: rotating neuroscience graduate student, 2018
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Haleigh Mulholland: rotating neuroscience graduate student, 2017
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Bethany Stieve: rotating neuroscience graduate student, 2017
Sowmya Narayan: undergraduate student (UMN), 2017-2019
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Sumyuktha Vijay: undergraduate student (UMN), 2017-2019
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Amelia Windorksi: LSSURP program, summers 2017 & 2018
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Roberto Lopez Cervera: rotating M.D./Ph.D. student, 2017
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Frank Valdes: rotating neuroscience graduate student, 2017
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David Leipold: research technician, 2016-2019
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Tim Monko: rotating neuroscience graduate student, 2016
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Megan Warwick: rotating neuroscience graduate student, 2016
Kerry Trotter: research technician, 2016-2017
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Eshaan Iyer: undergraduate student (Macalester College), 2016-2017