Lab Members

Dinesh Pal, Ph.D.  (dineshp@med.umich.edu)

Associate Professor

Department of Anesthesiology 

Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Neuroscience Graduate Program

Michigan Neuroscience Institute, Affiliate

Michigan Psychedelic Center

Center for Consciousness Science

Tiecheng Liu, M.D.

Research Lab Specialist Senior

Department of Anesthesiology

tiecliu@med.umich.edu 

Sara Smith, B.S., L.V.T.

Research Lab Specialist Senior

Department of Anesthesiology

sarazak@med.umich.edu 

Emma Huels, B.S. (etrammel@med.umich.edu )

Graduate Student - Neuroscience Graduate Program

Department of Anesthesiology

Center for Consciousness Science

Nick Kolbman, B.S. (nkolbman@med.umich.edu)

Graduate Student - Department of Pharmacology

Department of Anesthesiology

Center for Consciousness Science

Trent Groenhout, B.A.

Research Associate

Department of Anesthesiology

trgroenh@med.umich.edu 

Amanda Nelson, B.S., M.A.

Research Assistant

Department of Anesthesiology

agnels@med.umich.edu

Sumegha Ponnaluri

Undergraduate Research Assistant

College of Literature, Science, and the Arts - Neuroscience

sumeghap@umich.edu

Sarayu Chaparala

Undergraduate Research Assistant

College of Literature, Science, and the Arts - Neuroscience

sarayuc@umich.edu

Rachel Summerfield

Undergraduate Research Assistant

College of Literature, Science, and the Arts - Neuroscience

rsummerf@umich.edu

Eva Goren

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience

evagoren@umich.edu

ALUMNI

Stella Wisidagamage, M.S. (2012-2016)

Research Lab Specialist Intermediate

Department of Anesthesiology

Donald Fedrigon, B.S. (2013-2015)

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Neuroscience

Farah Alam, B.S. (2013-2016)

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience 

Lana Sharba, B.S. (2015-2018)

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Neuroscience (Honors)

Ahad Bootwala, B.S. (2016-2018)

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Movement Science

Jon Dean, M.S., Ph.D. (2016-2020)

Graduate Student

Department of Anesthesiology

Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Anna Fryzel, M.S. (2017-2020)

Research Laboratory Specialist Intermediate

Department of Anesthesiology

Michael Brito, Ph.D. (2017-2021)

Graduate Student - Neuroscience Graduate Program

Department of Anesthesiology

Center for Consciousness Science

Nick Glynos, Ph.D. (2018-2023)

Graduate Student - Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Department of Anesthesiology

Haya Beydoun (2019-2020)

Undergraudate Research Assistant

LSA student in Biology, Health, and Society, and French

Jiayu Liu (2019-2020)

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Program in Biology/Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience (Biochemistry Major)

Daiyao Yi (2019)

Volunteer Master's Student

Biomedical Engineering

Anjum Parkar, Ph.D. (2019-2021)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Department of Anesthesiology

Chloe Rybicki-Kler, B.S. (2019-2020) 

Research Assistant 

Biochemistry & English Literature and Language 

Peter Walczyk (2020)

BME 590 student

Biomedical Engineering

Zuzanna Fracz, B.S. (2020-2023)

Undergraduate Research Assistant

College of Literature, Science, and the Arts - Neuroscience

Chris Fields, B.S. (2020-2023)

Research Associate

Department of Anesthesiology

Russell Nichols, D.V.M. (2021-2022)

Research Fellow

Department of Anesthesiology

Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine

Haoxuan Lucy Wang, B.S. (2021-2023)

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Neuroscience

Harini Byraju, B.S. (2021-2023)

Undergraduate Research Assistant

College of Literature, Science, and the Arts - Neuroscience

kbyraju@umich.edu

Brian Silverstein, Ph.D. (2021-2024)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Department of Anesthesiology

Center for Consciousness Science

Mary Norat, B.S.

Research Lab Specialist Senior

Department of Anesthesiology

mnorat@med.umich.edu