Principal Investigator
Sara Aton, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Sara earned her PhD in Neuroscience at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. She went on to complete her postdoctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania under the mentorship of Marcos Frank. She then joined the MCDB department at the University of Michigan in 2012.
Current Lab Members
Jessy Martinez
PhD Student
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Lijing Wang
PhD Student
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Frank Raven, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD – University of Groningen
Alexis Vega Medina
PhD Student
Neuroscience (PIBS)
Vinodh Balendran
PhD Student
Neuroscience (PIBS)
Daniel Torres
Undergraduate Student
Major: Biology
Lauren Park
Undergraduate Student
Major: Neuroscience
William Brancaleone
Undergraduate Student
Major: Neuroscience
Stephany Mendez Ortega
Undergraduate Student
Major: Neuroscience
Kathryn Peterson
Undergraduate Student
Major: Neuroscience
Lydia Wilson
Undergraduate Student
Major: Biology, Health, and Society
Former Lab Members
Sha Jiang
Lab Manager
Amy Ensing
Undergraduate Student
Major: Neuroscience
James Shaver
Undergraduate Student
Majors: Cellular and Molecular Biology/Biomedical Engineering
Brittany Clawson
PhD Student
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (PIBS)
Carlos Puentes-Mestril
PhD Student
Neuroscience (PIBS)
James Delorme
PhD Student
Neuroscience
Varna Kodoth
Undergraduate Student
Majors: Cellular and Molecular Biology/English
Marcus Donnelly
Undergraduate Student
Major: Neuroscience
Donald Popke
Undergraduate Student
Major: Neuroscience
Laura Geneseo
Undergraduate Student
Major: Cellular and Molecular Biology
John Gonzalez-Amoretti
Summer Undergraduate Student
Universidad Ana G. Mendez – Gurabo Campus
Jaclyn Durkin
PhD Student
Neuroscience
Emily Pickup
Undergraduate Researcher
Major: Neuroscience
Nicollette Ognjanovski
PhD Student
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Karihara (Hari) Thiruchelvam
Postdoctoral Fellow
Aneesha Suresh
Senior Lab Technician