Sciolino Former Lab Members

Postdoctoral Fellows

1. Melissa Boucher, PhD. Assistant Research Professor (2023-2024). Current Position: Applying for Positions in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Master’s Students

1. Madeleine Sarner. UConn Applied Biochemistry and Cell Biology Master’s Student Researcher (2021-2022). Advising as Associate Advisor. Current Position: Senior Research Associate, Vertex, Pharmaceuticals, Boston, MA.

Postbacc. Trainees

1. Victoria Doocy. Lab Manager/Research Assistant III (2023-2024). Current Position: Educational Program Assistant, UConn Department of Psychological Sciences.

2. Olivia DePasquale. Lab Manager (2022-2023). Current Position: PhD Student, Rutgers University

3. Candace Banasiewicz. Research Technician (2022-2023). Current Position: Research Technician, Alexander Jackson Lab UConn Department of Physiology and Neurobiology

4. Martina De Cristofaro. Lab Manager Visiting Researcher (2021-2022). Current Position: Surgical medical assistant, Johnson Pain Management Clinic, New Bern, NC.

Undergraduate Students

1. Lily Kons. REU summer student (2024)Current Position: Undergraduate student, Allegheny College, Neuroscience and Psychology (double major).

2. Jasmine Ranieri. UConn Physiology and Neurobiology Undergraduate Researcher (2022-2024). Current Position: Research technician, Brown University, Dept. of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Dr. Hwamee Oh

3. Carson Gaines. UConn Physiology and Neurobiology Undergraduate Researcher (2021-2024. Current Position: Applying to medical school

4. Anishi Kalaria, Physiology and Neurobiology Major, 2024. Current Position: Studying for the MCATs.

5. Shanze Khan. Undergraduate Researcher (2023). Current Position: Applying to Dental School

6. Felise Bressler. Research Experience for Undergraduates at UConn Physiology and Neurobiology, 2023. Current Position: Undergraduate student, McNair Scholar, Baylor University.

7. Nicholas Ryan. UConn Physiology and Neurobiology Undergraduate Researcher (2023). Current Position: Research Technician, Jax Laboratories.

8. Leroy Griffiths Jr. UConn Physiology and Neurobiology Undergraduate Researcher (2022). Current Position: M.S. student in Public Health, Brown University.

9. Alex Goldhamer. UConn Physiology and Neurobiology Honors Undergraduate Researcher (2021-2022). Current Position: PhD student in Neuroscience at University of Pennsylvania.

10. Emma Ratnaval. UConn Physiology and Neurobiology Undergraduate Researcher (2022). Current Position: Undergraduate Student, UConn Department of Physiology and Neurobiology.

11. Maha Naqvi. UConn Physiology and Neurobiology McNair Scholar (2021-2022). Current Position: Undergraduate Student, UConn Department of Biology.

12. Christopher Engborg, Molecular & Cell Biology Major, 2021-22. Current Position: M.S. student at UConn in the Department of Physiology and Neurobiology.

13. Julia Paul. UConn Physiology & Neurobiology Undergraduate Researcher (2021-2022). Current Position: Medical Student, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

14. Madeleine Orsini. UConn Physiology & Neurobiology Undergraduate Researcher (2021-2022). Current Position: PostBac IRTA, NIEHS Developmental Neurobiology Group.