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Neuroscience Graduate Program
Program Overview
Administration
Handbook of Policies and Procedures
Section 1: Overview
Section 2: Administration
Section 3: Graduate Faculty
Section 4: Admission
Section 5: Student Records
Section 6: Requirements for a PhD
Section 7: Course Registration
Section 8: Academic Standards
Section 9: Advisory Committee
Section 10: Candidacy Exam
Section 11: Doctoral Exam
Section 12: Petitions and Grievances
Section 13: Financial Assistance
Section 14: Travel Awards
Section 15: Seminars
Section 16: Graduate Minor
Section 17: Miscellaneous
Research Specialties
Diversity and Inclusion
The Diversity in Neuroscience Scholarship Fund
Prospective Students
Admissions
Graduate Minor in Neuroscience
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Director, Mentor Faculty
Kathryn Lenz
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
45 Psychology Building
lenz.56@osu.edu
Leah Pyter
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
223 Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
Leah.Pyter@osumc.edu
Staff
Mido Aly
aly.9@osu.edu
Mentor Faculty
Billur Akkaya
She/Her
Assistant Professor, Neurology
akkaya.10@osu.edu
Amal Amer
Professor, Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity
750 Biomedical Research Tower
Amal.Amer@osumc.edu
Candice Askwith
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
4066B Graves Hall
askwith.1@osu.edu
Elisabetta Babetto
She/Her
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
elisabetta.babetto@osumc.edu
Krystof Bankiewicz
He/Him/His
Professor, Neurological Surgery
Biomedical Research Tower, Room 1010
bankiewicz.1@osu.edu
Ruth Barrientos
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
319 Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
Ruth.Barrientos@osumc.edu
D. Michele Basso
Professor, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
516 Atwell Hall
basso.2@osu.edu
Bogdan Beirowski
He/Him
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
bogdan.beirowski@osumc.edu
Luis Bonet Ponce
Assistant Professor, Neurology
430 IBMR
luis.bonetponce@osumc.edu
Eric Bourekas
Associate Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neurological surgery
487 Faculty Office Tower
Eric.Bourekas@osumc.edu
Anthony Brown
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
060 Rightmire Hall
brown.2302@osu.edu
Arthur Burghes
Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology
168 Rightmire Hall
burghes.1@osu.edu
Lei Cao
Professor, Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics
910 Biomedical Research Tower
Lei.Cao@osumc.edu
Krishna chinthalapudi
He/Him
chinthalapudi.1@osu.edu
Laurence Coutellier
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
053 Psychology Building
coutellier.8@osu.edu
Hamdy Elsayed-Awad
He/Him/His
Professor, Anesthesiology
Tzagournis 415
Elsayed-Awad.1@osu.edu
Andrew Fischer
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
3020 Graves Hall
fischer.412@osu.edu
Jay Fournier
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Harding Hospital
Jay.Fournier@osumc.edu
Hongjun (Harry) Fu
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
616 Biomedical Research Tower
Hongjun.Fu@osumc.edu
Jie Gao
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
614 Biomedical Research Tower
Jie.Gao@osumc.edu
Erica Glasper
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
259 IBMR
erica.glasper@osumc.edu
Jonathan Godbout
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
259 Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
Jonathan.Godbout@osumc.edu
Julie Golomb
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
201 Lazenby Hall
golomb.9@osu.edu
Stephanie Gorka
She/Her
gorka.20@osu.edu
Bin Gu
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
612 Biomedical Research Tower
Bin.Gu@osumc.edu
Chen Gu
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology
182 Rightmire Hall
gu.49@osu.edu
Tamar Gur
Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
Tamar.Gur@osumc.edu
Martin Haesemeyer
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
190 Rightmire Hall
Martin.Haesemeyer@osumc.edu
Cole Harrington
They/Them
BRT 604
cole.harrington@osumc.edu
Paco Herson
He/Him
herson.8@osu.edu
Kari Hoyt
Professor, Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology
412 Riffe Building
hoyt.31@osu.edu
Ashley Ingiosi
She/Her
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
4066A Graves Hall
ingiosi.1@osu.edu
Michael Kearse
He/Him
kearse.3@osu.edu
Anthony King
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health
king.3120@osu.edu
Elizabeth Kirby
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
055 Psychology Building
kirby.224@osu.edu
Olga Kokiko-Cochran
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
257 Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
Olga.Kokiko-cochran@osumc.edu
Stephen Kolb
Associate Professor, Departments of Neurology and Biological Chemistry & Pharmacology
226A Rightmire Hall
stephen.kolb@osumc.edu
Jeff Kuret
Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology
108 Rightmire Hall
kuret.3@osu.edu
Andrew Leber
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
203 Psychology Building
leber.30@osu.edu
Benedetta Leuner
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
51 Psychology Building
leuner.1@osu.edu
C.L. Glenn Lin
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
4130 Graves Hall
lin.492@osu.edu
Amy Lovett-Racke
Professor, Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity
684 Biomedical Research Tower
lovett-racke.1@osu.edu
Setty Magaña
She/Her/Hers
Assistant Professor of Neurology & Pediatrics
660 Biomedical Research Tower
setty.magana@nationwidechildrens.org
Paola Malerba
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Abigail Wexner Research Institute
malerba.2@osu.edu
Stuart Mangel
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
4072 Graves Hall
mangel.1@osu.edu
Paul Martin
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
WA3023
Paul.Martin@nationwidechildrens.org
Dana McTigue
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
692 Biomedical Research Tower
Dana.McTigue@osumc.edu
Gordon Meares
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
gordon.meares@osumc.edu
Kathrin Meyer
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Kathrin.Meyer@NationwideChildrens.org
Kirk Mykytyn
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology
5034 Graves Hall
mykytyn.1@osu.edu
Shahid Nimjee
Associate Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery, Radiology, and Neuroscience
Shahid.Nimjee@osumc.edu
John Oberdick
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
4073 Graves Hall
oberdick.1@osu.edu
Karl Obrietan
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
4036 Graves Hall
obrietan.1@osu.edu
Steve Oghumu
He/Him/His
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
248 Evans Hall
oghumu.1@osu.edu
Jose Otero
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
4171 Graves Hall
Jose.Otero@osumc.edu
Sarah Peters
She/Her/Hers
Assistant Professor, Division of Biosciences
Postle Hall 4165
peters.1026@osu.edu
Giles Plant
He/Him
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
plant.49@osu.edu
Phillip Popovich
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
694 Biomedical Research Tower
Phillip.Popovich@osumc.edu
Sara Saez Atienzar
524 IBMR
saezatienzar.1@osu.edu
Lluis Samaranch
He/Him/His
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
BRT 1004
Samaranch.1@osu.edu
Andrew Sas
He/Him
sas.4@osu.edu
Zeynep Saygin
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
205 Psychology
saygin.3@osu.edu
Jan Schwab
Professor, Department of Neurology
610 Biomedical Research Tower
Jan.Schwab@osumc.edu
Benjamin Segal
Professor, Departments of Neurology and Microbial Infection & Immunity
7th Floor
Benjamin.Segal@osumc.edu
John Sheridan
Professor, Division of Biosciences
Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
sheridan.1@osu.edu
Gina Sizemore
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
646C Tzagournis Medical Research Facility
Gina.Sizemore@osumc.edu
Wenjing Sun
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
696 Biomedical Research Tower
Wenjing.Sun@osumc.edu
Hiroki Taniguchi
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
Hiroki.Taniguchi@osumc.edu
Andrea Tedeschi
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
698 Biomedical Research Tower
Andrea.Tedeschi@osumc.edu
Kristy Townsend
Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
townsend.853@osu.edu
Susan Travers
Professor, Division of Biosciences
4153 Postle Hall
travers.3@osu.edu
Monica Venere
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
514B Tzagournis Medical Research Facility
Monica.Venere@osumc.edu
Cole Vonder Haar
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
688 Biomedical Research Tower
Cole.VonderHaar@osumc.edu
Jacy Wagnon
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
618 Biomedical Research Tower
Jacy.Wagnon@osumc.edu
Lei Wang
Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health & Neuroscience
124E Evans Hall
Lei.Wang@osumc.edu
Nicolas Wein
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Abigail Wexner Research Institute
Nicolas.Wein@NationwideChildrens.org
Jason Wester
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
4024 Graves Hall
Jason.Wester@osumc.edu
Vicki Wysocki
She/Her/Hers
Ohio Eminent Scholar
279 Biomedical Research Tower
Wysocki.11@osu.edu
Ruili Xie
Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
400 Tzagournis Medical Research Facility
Ruili.Xie@osumc.edu
Lihua Ye
She/Her/Hers
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
BRT 650
ye.1030@osu.edu
Min Zhou
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
4066C Graves Hall
Min.Zhou@osumc.edu
Participating Faculty
Hojjat Adeli
Academy Professor, Dept. of Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering; Professor, Department of Neuroscience (by courtesy); Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics (by courtesy)
adeli.1@osu.edu
Georgia Bishop
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
3187P Graves Hall
bishop.9@osu.edu
Arnab Chakravarti
Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
080B James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute
arnab.chakravarti@osumc.edu
Daniel Eiferman
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and Burn
Daniel.Eiferman@osumc.edu
Ben Givens
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
055 Psychology
givens.7@osu.edu
Howard Gu
Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology
5184B Graves Hall
gu.37@osu.edu
Deliang Guo
Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
544A Tzagournis Medical Research Facility
Deliang.Guo@osumc.edu
Andrew Hartwick
Associate Professor, College of Optometry and Department of Neuroscience
566 Fry Hall
hartwick.4@osu.edu
James Jontes
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
115 Rightmire Hall
jontes.1@osu.edu
Michael Knopp
Professor, Department of of Radiology
Room 430
knopp.16@osu.edu
Russell Lonser
Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Doan Hall
Russell.Lonser@osumc.edu
Ulysses Magalang
Professor, Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep
201 Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute
magalang.1@osu.edu
W. Jerry Mysiw
Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
W.Mysiw@osumc.edu
David Terman
Professor, Department of Mathematics
550 Math Tower
terman.1@osu.edu
Graduate Student
Anthony Alfredo
He/Him/His
Advisor: Dana McTigue
670 Biomedical Research Tower
alfredo.2@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Bryan Alvarez
He/Him/His
Advisor: Ruth Barrientos
alvarez.312@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Lindsay Anderson
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Martin Haesemeyer
anderson.4299@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Kiara Bahamonde
She/Her/Hers
Rotating Student
kiara.bahamonde@osumc.edu
Calli Bellinger
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Ben Segal
bellinger.15@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Sophia Bibb
She/Her/Hers
Rotating Student
Bibb.30@osu.edu
Rebecca Biltz
She/Her/Hers
Co-Advisors: Jonathan Godbout and John Sheridan
247 IBMR
biltz.17@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Rebecca Boland
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Olga (Niki) Kokiko-Cochran
boland.76@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Michaela Breach
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Kathryn Lenz
B85 Psychology
breach.3@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Kelley Coakley
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Paco Herson
Coakley.66@osu.edu
Bryce Collison
He/Him/His
Rotating Student
collison.12@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Christopher Cotter
He/Him/His
Advisor: Olga (Niki) Kokiko-Cochran
322 Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
cotter.116@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Amara Davis
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Jon Godbout
davis.6773@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Nidhi Devasthali
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Liz Kirby
devasthali.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Elizabeth Dybas
She/Her/Hers
Rotating Student
dybas.3@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Courtney Dye
She/Her/Hers
Co-Advisors: Kathryn (Katy) Lenz and Benedetta Leuner
Psychology
dye.240@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Alexander Efanov
He/Him/His
Advisor: Ben Segal
Alexander.Efanov@osumc.edu
Mostafa Eltobgy
He/Him/His
Advisor: Amal Amer
eltobgy.2@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Sarah Faber
She/Her/Hers
Rotating Student
faber.119@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Cameron Ford
He/Him/His
Advisor: Candice Askwith
Graves Hall
cameron.ford@osumc.edu
Rachel Gilfarb
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Benedetta Leuner
Room B76 Psychology Building
gilfarb.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Ethan Goodman
He/Him/His
Co-Advisors: Jonathan Godbout and John Sheridan
247 Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
goodman.469@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Nathaniel Grabinski
He/Him/His
Advisor: Gina Sizemore
grabinski.8@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Jacelyn Greenwald
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Vicki Wysocki
Jacelyn.Greenwald@osumc.edu
Hayley Groover
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Ben Segal
groover.11@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Zixu Guo
He/Him/His
Advisor: Ruili Xie
guo.2102@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Nicklaus Halloy
He/Him/His
Advisor: Karl Obrietan
halloy.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Meretta Hanson
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Jason Wester
4024 Graves Hall
hanson.482@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Sam Houle
He/Him/His
Advisor: Olga (Niki) Kokiko-Cochran
180A Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
houle.26@osu.edu
Athena Howell
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Jay Fournier
howell.551@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Aravind Kalathil
He/Him/His
Rotating Student
kalathil.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Sarah Kaye
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Jie Gao
640 Biomedical Research Tower
kaye.100@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Nikaela (Nikki) Losievski
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Stephen Kolb
226A Rightmire Hall
losievski.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Sabrina Mackey-Alfonso
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Ruth Barrientos
Sabrina.Mackey-Alfonso@osumc.edu
Alec Marshall
He/Him/His
Advisor: Jason Wester
marshall.929@osu.edu
Micaiah McNabb
He/Him/His
Advisor: Min Zhou
mcnabb.68@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Jonathan Packer
He/Him/His
Advisor: Jonathan Godbout
247 Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
packer.71@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Kyleigh Rodgers
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Phillip Popovich
670 Biomedical Research Tower
Kyleigh.DePetro@osumc.edu
Ileanexis Rosado-Burgos
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Elizabeth (Liz) Kirby
B91 Psychology Building
rosado-burgos.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Benjamin Seicol
He/Him/His
Advisor: Ruili Xie
400 Tzagournis Research Facility
seicol.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Lindsay Strehle
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Leah Pyter
230 Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
strehle.6@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Toneisha (Toni) Stubbs
She/Her/Hers
Co-Advisors: Kirk Mykytyn and Candice Askwith
Graves Hall
stubbs.89@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Olivia Taylor
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Andrew Fischer
3140 Graves Hall
taylor.3878@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Meika Travis
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Krystof Bankiewicz
meika.travis@osumc.edu
Christopher Vadala
He/Him/His
Advisor: Jan Schwab
vadala.2@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Yonaida Valentine
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Leah Pyter
valentine.381@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Branden Verosky
He/Him/His
Advisor: Tamar Gur
Branden.Verosky@osumc.edu
Stephen Vidman
He/Him/His
Advisor: Andrea Tedeschi
vidman.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Shakeera Walker
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Erica Glasper
walker.2655@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Gabriela Wandling
She/Her/Hers
Rotating Student
wandling.8@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Lynde Wangler
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Jonathan Godbout
247 Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
wanger.14@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Cameron (Cami) Webb
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Jie Gao
webb.965@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Zachary Weisenseel
He/Him/His
Advisor: Erica Glasper
weisenseel.2@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Emma Woodward
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Laurence Coutellier
B81 Psychology Building
woodward.207@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Yoon-Jae Yi
He/Him/His
Rotating Student
yi.277@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Alejandra Zaleta-Lastra
She/Her/Hers
Advisor: Katy Lenz
zaletalastra.2@osu.edu