People make the Science
Science is a team sport.
We work together to discover, teach, and learn.
Here are pictures of the teams of people who make up the lab over the last two and a half decades.
May 2024
L to R: Paul, Sarah, Kriti, Wonser, Zahraa, Sunny, Gianna, Phoenix (with Bennett), Cheyenne, Alycia, Kate, Renczie, Alex, Harshada, Srimaan
January 2024, Seattle WA
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Conference.
Back: Des, Paul, Cheyenne, Renzci, Alex, Gianna, Kate
Front: Kriti, Kassidy, Sarah
May 2023
Left to Right: Cheyenne, Kate, Renzci, Srika, Phoenix, Katelyn, Fran, Mehak, Ashley, Gianna, Sarah, Alex, Veda, Des, Ryan, Kriti, Harshada, Paul
May 2022
Sage, Meagan, Cheyenne, Kate, Alycia, Michaela, Adeline, Mehak, Julia, Rylie, Shane, Kriti, David, Alex, Ashley, Paul
September 2021
Left to right. Back Row: Des, Harshada, Phoenix, Chigozie, Gianna, Ashley S, Ashley G.
Front Row: Shane, David, Kate, Julia, Sage, Saida, Paul, Meagan, Kelsi, Cheyenne.
Dogs: Princess, Perd, Petey
May 2021
Back Row: Kelly, Ani, Kristina, Ashley, Alycia (and Collin)
Front: Julia, Kelsi, Kate, Des, Paul, Shane, Joseph, Harshada, Cheyenne
November 2020 (touching hands on Zoom)
Kelly, Thi, Paul, Harshada
Alycia, Kristina, Liz, Ani
Meagan, Des, Kelsi, Saida,
Cheyenne, Julia, Phoenix, Jefferson
April 29, 2019
Left to right: Back row: Kate, Thi, Cheyenne, Sebastian, Des, Paul, Ashley, Jackson.
Front row: Phillip, Shivani, Phoenix, Amanda, Megan, Alycia
May 2018
Back row: Mack, Nika, Paul, Sebastian, Brandon.
Middle row: Des (aka Waldo), Thi, Margot, Bhoomi, Kelly, Daniela, Mai, Samira
Front row: PHOENIX!!!
November 2017 (First UMass Lab).
Left to Right: Paul, Brandon, Des, Phoenix, Thi, Mai, Margot, Samira, Daniela, Ben, and Mack (in back)
June 2016 (Georgia State University)
Elif, Anastasia, Arianna, Amriah, Jonathan, Akira, Megan, Seyda, Paul
Missing: Preetham, Aastha, Saba, Rachael, Lynn
March 2015 (GSU)
Back: Jonathan, Akira, Ryan, Arianna.
Front: Adriano, Seyda, Paul, Charuni, Preetham
November 2014:
Arianna, Akira, Paul, Charuni, Preetham, Adriano
December 2013:
Adriano, Ariana, Akira, Paul, Charuni
Top Row (Left to right): Josh Lillvis, Paul Katz, Akira Sakurai, Prashanth Irudayaraj
Front Row (Left to righ)t: May Chen, Charuni Gunaratni, Rosanne Tan, Arianna Tamvacakis
This was moving day from our old lab in the Natural Science Center to the new lab in the Petit Science Center
Back to Front: Paul , Sagar, Akira, Josh, Arianna, Charuni
San Diego Society for Neuroscience Meeting:
Akira, Charuni, Paul, Michelle, Bob, and Josh
The coolest way to get to travel to a conference, chartered plane.
Paul, Josh, Bob
Paul, Akira, Bob, Evan, Michelle, Josh
Paul, Jim, Naim, Akira
Todd, Jim, Paul, Christy