The Barson Lab Members Current Lab Members Jessica R. Barson, PhD Principal Investigator View Profile Genevieve Curtis Doctoral Student, 2017 – present BS in Neuroscience, 2014, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania Breanne Pirino Graduate Student, 2018 – present BS in Neuroscience and Spanish, 2017, Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Brody Carpenter Master’s Student, 2020 – Present BA in Neuroscience, 2020, Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky Kathleen Oakes Medical Scholar, 2020 – Present BS in Psychobiology, 2019, UCLA, Los Angeles, California Medha Gupta STAR Student, 2020 – Present BS in Biological Sciences, 2023 (expected), Drexel University Past Lab Members Zachary Merkle Master’s Student, 2019 – Present BS in Psychology, 2018, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina Surya Pandey PhD in Neuroscience, 2019, Drexel University College of Medicine Doctoral Student in the Barson Laboratory, 2015 – 2019 BS in Biology, 2012, Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa Andrew Gargiulo PhD in Neuroscience, 2019, Drexel University College of Medicine Doctoral Student in the Barson Laboratory, 2015 – 2019 BS in Neuroscience & Cognitive Studies, Minor in Psychology, 2014, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi Raehan Ahmed MS in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2019, Drexel University College of Medicine Master’s Student in the Barson Laboratory, 2018 – 2019 BS in Biology, 2017, UCLA, Los Angeles, California Priyanka Shah Undergraduate Volunteer, 2017 – 2019 BS in Biology, 2019, Drexel University Justina Toma Undergraduate Volunteer, 2017 – 2019 BS in Biology, 2020 (expected), Drexel University Andrea Fowora MS in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2018, Drexel University College of Medicine Master’s Student in the Barson Laboratory, 2017 – 2018 BS in Microbiology, 2016, Pennsylvania State University, College Park, Pennsylvania Anuranita Gupta Undergraduate Volunteer, 2016 – 2018 BS in Biology, 2018, Drexel University Lilia Sanzalone Research Assistant, 2017 – 2018 BA in Molecular Biology, 2016, Hampshire College, Amherst, Mass. Preeti Badve Research Assistant, 2015 – 2017 MS in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2015, Drexel University College of Medicine BS in Psychology and Biological Sciences, minor in Chemistry, 2013, Carnegie Mellon University In her spare time, Preeti likes to sing and bake Osman Ozel Volunteer, 2015 Medical student at Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Medical School Project title: Anxiety as a predictor of ethanol drinking Back to Top