People
Lab Members
Rongchen Huang, MS
PhD Candidate, Neuroscience
Rongchen is a doctoral candidate exploring the effects of Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) . . .
Katie Casey
Undergraduate Researcher, Marketing and Media Manager
Katie is exploring cholinergic modulation of disinhibitory circuits in the motor cortex, specifically during .. . .
Kimberly Gagnon
PhD Candidate, Neuroscience
Kim is exploring the effect of behaviorally relevant and temporally precise neuromodulator release . . .
Anthony Chavez
Technical Expertise
Anthony is our mouse guru who keeps our colonies in order, and helps keep us in order too!
Elise Carter
Undergraduate Researcher
Elise is finishing her masters in Bioengineering developing software to automate analysis of kinematic data . . .
Sean Vieau
Professional Research Assistant
Sean studied psychology and biology at MSU Denver, and is now working primarily on our voltage imaging miniscope project. . .
Alumni
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Spencer Bowles, PhD
Spencer earned a BS in Neuroscience and Psychology at Regis University. He obtained his Ph.D. in the lab of Dr. Cristin Welle where he studied the role of cholinergic signaling in endogenous and VNS-enhanced motor learning. He used chronically implanted stimulating and recording electrodes, in vivo optogenetics, and markerless kinematic tracking to explore the changes in neural activity and behavior that accompany motor learning. Spencer will be continuing his post-doctoral training in the lab of Dr. Mackenzie Mathis.
