Shigeki Watanabe

Associate Professor
PhD U of Utah 2013
(Erik Jorgensen)
Postdoc Charite Berlin
(Christian Rosenmund)
Directing the lab
shigeki.watanabe@jhmi.edu

Gerald Rameau

Visiting Associate Professor
Morgan State University
Metabolism and plasticity

Manisha Singh

Lab manager
BS St. Johns College
PhD All India Institute of Medical Sciences
managing the lab
msingh37@jh.edu

Technicians

Krishnaveni Jonnalagadda

Lab tech

Master's student at Hopkins

Frances Middleton-Davis

Lab tech
BS Johns Hopkins

Research Associates

Sumana Raychaudhuri

Research Associate
PhD IISc, India
Loves lipid biology
Studying mechanisms of
membrane remodeling
sumanaraychaudhuri1@gmail.com

Alfred Gan

Postdoc
PhD Stony Brook
Loves glycolysis
Studying synaptic heterogeneity
and metabolism
alfred-ganquan@hotmail.com

Postdocs

Renee Pepper

Postdoc
PhD University of Tasmania
Loves glia
Studying microglia
and synapses
renee.ellen.pepper.1@gmail.com

Nawon Kim

postdoc
PhD University of Edinburgh
Loves jigsaw puzzles&spicy foods
studying de novo synaptogenesis
nkim71@jh.edu

Shun HIramatsu

postdoc
PhD Tohoku University
Loves
studying membrane mechanics
shirama1@jh.edu

Austin Ramsey

postdoc, PhD U. of Maryland, Loves nano-architecture, studying CaV localization, aramse10@jh.edu

Bhavna Pydah

Postdoc, PhD National Centre for Cell Science, working on sleep, bpydah1@jh.edu

Graduate students/postbac scholars

Chin Patel

Graduate student

Joint student with Dr. Maher
B.S. University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
adventurous
studying synaptic transmission
in human neurons
cpatel28@jhmi.edu

Clara Wolfe

Graduate student

BS University of Rochester
Loves snacks
Studying synaptic proteostasis
cwolfe12@jhu.edu

Suchitra Magesh

Graduate student
MS Johns Hopkins
Loves
Studying axon
regeneration and pain
smagesh1@jhmi.edu

Thu Le

Graduate student
BS&MS Brandeis University
loves lasers
studying axon pearling
hle35@jhmi.edu

Dariia Khomiuk

Ms student

Vasu Patni

Ms student

Undergraduate research associates

Alex Choi

Undergrad assistant

Alexus Grey

Undergrad assistant

Deborah Chung

Undergrad assistant

Emiya Rendall-Jackson

Undergrad assistant

Aditya Shivaswamy

Undergrad assistant

Eman Atwain

Undergrad assistant


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Lab mascot


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lab mascot 2020
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