Mary Gordon Roberts Summer MBB Fellows 2016


MBB is pleased to announce the recipients of its Mary Gordon Roberts Summer Thesis Fellowships. These competitive fellowships support thesis research of rising seniors in MBB tracks, or in the secondary field if they are doing MBB-related thesis work. Listed below are our 2016 Fellows from the Class of 2017, their MBB program, topic of research, advisor, and advisor affiliation.


Taiga Abe, Neurobiology, Analysis and modeling of movement kinematics in a mouse model of motor adaptation
advised by Mackenzie Amoroso (Molecular and Cellular Biology/FAS) and Alexander Mathis (Molecular and Cellular Biology/FAS)

Ruby Almanza, Neurobiology, Brain imaging Bangladeshi children living in poverty
advised by Charles Nelson (Pediatrics and Psychology/HMS, Education /GSE, and Social and Behavioral Sciences/SPH)

Enchi Chang, Neurobiology, Characterizing CDKL5-mutant mouse models of Rett syndrome-like Disorders
advised by Michela Fagiolini (Neurology/HMS)

Katie Cohen, History and Science, Edward Adamson’s life and work: The intersection of art and mental illness
advised by Anne Harrington (History of Science/FAS)

Stephanie Deccy, Secondary Field, dACC glutamate and neural correlates of reward responsiveness in mood disorders
advised by Diego Pizzagalli (Psychiatry/HMS)

Eleni Kovatsis, Neurobiology, Silencing strategies for unmyelinated mechanoreceptors and their behavioral implications
advised by Amanda Zimmerman (Neurobiology/HMS)

Julia Lord, Neurobiology, Studying the integration of adult-born neurons into the olfactory bulb in mice
advised by Venkatesh Murthy (Molecular and Cellular Biology/FAS)

Cynthia Okamoto, Neurobiology, The elevator dilemma
advised by Robert Stickgold (Psychiatry/HMS)

Halie Olson, Neurobiology, Emotion processing in infancy and early childhood outcomes
advised by Charles Nelson (Pediatrics and Psychology/HMS, Education /GSE, and Social and Behavioral Sciences/SPH)

Emilie Robert Wong, Neurobiology, The ‘bilingual advantage?’ The effects of bilingualism on language, education, and brain connectivity
advised by Gigi Luk (Education/GSE)

Justin Sanchez, Neurobiology, Individual differences in fMRI imaging studies
advised by Rodrigo Braga (Psychology/FAS) and Randy Buckner (Psychology/FAS)

Emma Satterthwaite Muresianu, Neurobiology, JPB toxic stress
advised by Charles Nelson (Pediatrics and Psychology/HMS, Education /GSE, and Social and Behavioral Sciences/SPH)

Madeleine Snyder, Neurobiology, Analysis of fMRI data from default mode network in juvenile macaques
advised by Margaret Livingstone (Neurobiology/HMS)

Georgia Stirtz, Neurobiology, Modeling and preventing inclusions that result from alpha-synuclein dyshomeostasis
advised by Dennis Selkoe (Neurology/HMS)

Julia Versel, Neurobiology, Sleep spindles in schizophrenia
advised by Dara Manoach (Psychology/HMS)

Yi Zhang, Neurobiology, Neuroanatomical analysis of the human Rett syndrome brain
advised by Michela Fagiolini (Neurology/HMS)