Carolina Gomez - Undergraduate Researcher (2022-2023)
After graduating from Tulane in 2023 with a BS in Neuroscience, Carolina worked at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. She has been accepted to Tulane Medical School and will start Fall 2024! During her time in the Galazo lab, she focused on motor learning in mice.
Alina Tiemroth – Undergraduate Researcher (2019-2022)
While working in the Galazo Lab, Alina developed a strong interest in the genetic programs that generate the brain. Her Honors Thesis project investigated the role of a transcriptional co-regulator in the development of the cerebral cortex. She is currently a PhD student in the Neuroscience Graduate Program at the University of California, Berkeley.
Mauren Akumuo - Laboratory Technician (2022-2023)
Mauren is from Sewell, New Jersey, and joined the lab in May of 2022. Prior to her start in the lab, she obtained her Bachelor of Science in Biology with a Minor in Chemistry and a concentration in Neurobiology in 2020 from the New Jersey Insitute of Technology. In 2022 she received her Masters of Science in Physiology from Tulane University School of Medicine. Currently, Mauren is on track to matriculating into Tulane University School of Medicine Class of 2027 to receive her Doctorate of Medicine. She hopes to combine her passion for medicine and interest in developmental neuroscience research throughout her career. When not in the lab, Mauren likes teaching, coaching volleyball, and playing the cello!
Hallie Berndt – Undergraduate Researcher (2020-2021)
During her time working in the Galazo lab, Hallie designed and handmade drives for in vivo recording during cognitive tests of behaving animals, performed genotyping, conducted behavioral tests, and analyzed data. Hallie works as a medical assistant in Hoboken, NJ with an orthopedic surgeon and is currently applying to medical schools with the hopes of beginning next summer.
Madelyn Korn – Undergraduate Researcher (2020-2021)
Alexandra Figueroa – Laboratory Technician (2019 - 2020)
Rosa Reyes – Laboratory Technician (2018 - 2019)
Rosa earned her MD from UIWSOM in San Antonio, TX in 2023 and is currently completing her residency at University of Michigan in Family Medicine.