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.

Ryan, Akhil, Allen, Caitlin, Tess, Aditya, Helena, Simon, Noah, Alex, Sonoma, Pardis, Samantha, Maitreyi, Cheryl, Tanvi, Paul

May 2026
Paul, Alycia, Simon, Jorge, Isabella, Emma, Liam, Tess, Suranya, Virendra, Alex

April 2026, Central & Western Mass Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience

Paul, Tess, Aditya, Isabella, Alex, Virendra, and Suranya

October 2025

Left to right: Juliette, Emma, Sharanya, Nate, Kate, Simon, Tess, Lauren, Jorge, Gabby, Kuki, Paul, Alex, Srimaan, Liam, Aditya, Isabel, Ryan, Caitlin

May 2025

Back (L-R) Alex, Harshada, Sarah, Kriti, Renzci, Wonser, Kate
Front (L-R) Paul, Ginaldo, Ashna, Colleen, Zahraa, Alycia, Jorge, Vikash

May 2025

Back (left to right): Jorge, Aditya, Liam, Virendra.
Mid: Kate, Alex, Caitlin, Harshada, Kriti, Sarah
Front: Paul, Colleen, Tess, Ashna, Vikash

January 2025

Harshada, Paul, Alex, Renzci, Kate, Wonser, Cheyenne

August 2024

L to R: Kassidy, Kate, Alex, Harshada, Vikash, Cheyenne, Zharaa, Atif, Paul, Wonser, Jorge

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