Graduated Doctorates














Ahmet Ceceli
M.A., New York University
M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University, Newark
Ahmet is a Post-Doctoral Researcher in Rita Goldstein's NARC Research Group at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Brynne DiMenichi
M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University, Newark
Brynne is a Senior Medical Writer at Zimmer Biomet.
Chris Cagna
B.A., M.S., Seton Hall University
P.h.D., Rutgers University
Chris is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Kessler Foundation.
Ekaterina Dobryakova
M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University, Newark
Katya is a Senior Research Scientist at Kessler Foundation.
Samantha DePasque Swanson
M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University, Newark
Sam is a Post-Doctoral Researcher in Adriana Galván's Developmental Neuroscience Lab at UCLA.
Previous Lab Managers












James Perrotta
James is an M.A. student at William Patterson University studying Industrial Organizational Psychology.
Dina Mattern
Dina is a Research Coordinator in the Division of Addiction Psychiatry at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
Christina Bejjani
Christina is a PhD student in the Egner lab at Duke University.
Karolina Lempert
M.A., Ph.D., NYU (Phelps Lab)
Karolina is a post-doctoral researcher at Joseph Kable's lab at UPenn.
Holly Sullivan-Toole
Holly is a PhD student in the TBMH program at Virginia Tech.
Chrystal Spencer
Chrystal is a PhD student in the Behavioral Neurophysiology Lab at Pitt.
Melanie Roloff
Melanie is a PhD student in the Holly Lab at Rutgers University-Newark.
Former Research Assistants


















Usha Persaud
Part-Time Research Assistant
B.A., Rutgers University at Newark
Michael DeLucca
Part-Time Research Assistant
B.A., Rutgers University at Newark
Rebecca Williams
Part-Time Research Assistant
B.A., Rutgers University at Newark
Manuela Iglesias
Part-Time Research Assistant
B.S., Rutgers University at Newark
Shivangi Sharma
Part-Time Research Assistant
B.A., Rutgers University at Newark
Pictured: Tiffany Mangru, Nuhu Osman Attah, Charlie Ndouli, Clarisse Jose, Mehul Patel, Rob Campos, Onaisa Rizki, Zana J. Hanini.
Not pictured: Sarah Ramirez, Islam Ahmed, Tanashia Hall, Christine Oti, Jessica Bowen, Mihika Gupta, Joe Melon, Matthew Gavin, Michelle Chen, Stuti, Paige Rusnock, Giavanna Esposito, Karin Farag, Kaylan Quijandria.