The following graduate students conducted brain science research at Brown, earning their Ph.D.s during the 2023-2024 academic year in one of Carney's eight allied graduate programs. Dissertation titles are in italics. The omega Ω indicates graduation in February 2024 or October 2023.

Anthony M. Crown
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry
Neural Circuits for Controlling Drosophila Locomotion  

Huy G. Cu
Biomedical Engineering
Unveiling the Neural Dynamics of Sensorimotor Interaction during Active Grasping: A Multifaceted Approach Integrating Local Field Potentials, Spike and Dopaminergic Signals in Nonhuman Primates and Rats

Simon Daste
Neuroscience
Olfactory Information Coding and Routing in Cortical Neural Circuits

Abdul-Rahim Deeb Ω
Cognitive Science
The Online Processing of Dynamics  

Kelvin A. De Leon
Neuroscience
Phenotypic Distinction between Missense and Loss of Function Mutations in SLC13A5 Epilepsy

Sinda Fekir
Neuroscience
Ventral Tegmental Area Regulation of Dynamic Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability   

Meghan E. Gallo Ω
Psychology
Behavioral Opportunism: Neural and Behavioral Adaptations to Adverse Early Life Environments   

Luis A. Goicouria Ω
Neuroscience
Contributions to the Relationship between Circadian Rhythm Protein Dysfunction and Epilepsy—CLOCK and the PAR bZIP Transcription Factors

Meghan A. Gonsalves Ω
Neuroscience
Elucidating rTMS-Induced Antidepressant Efficacy as a Function of Neurometabolites: From Clinical Biomarkers to Mechanisms 

Hala K. Haddad Ω
Neuroscience
Characterization of Non-Visual Opsin 3 Receptor Signaling and Function in the Hypothalamus and Beyond 

Benjamin T. Jung
Neuroscience
The Role of Rare Copy Number Variants in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Kevin M. Keary Ω
Neuroscience
Examining Subcellular Compartmentalization of Synaptic Plasticity in CA1 Apical Dendrites

Jovan T. Kemp Ω
Cognitive Science
Mechanisms Underlying 3-D Vision: A Comparison between Stochastic and Deterministic Accounts 

Ruby M. Lam Ω
Neuroscience
The Cells and Molecules Underlying Mechanosensation  

Amrita K. Lamba Ω
Psychology
The (in)  Flexible Social Brain: How Learning Dynamics Unfold in Our Uncertain Social World  

Xiamin Leng
Cognitive Science
Cognitive Control under Reward and Penalty: Mechanisms Underlying Variability within and across Individuals

Charles J. Lovering Ω
Computer Science
Understanding The Conceptual Structure of Neural Networks 

Kimberly Rose Madhwani
Neuroscience
Neurodevelopmental Role of the tRNA Methyltransferase, ALKBH8, Implicated in Intellectual Disability 

Brendan McCarthy-Sinclair
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry
The Role of Doublecortin-Like Kinase 1 (DCLK1) in Epilepsy Progression

Katie S. McCullar Ω
Neuroscience
Exploring the Effects of Consecutive Nights of Pre-Sleep Alcohol on Sleep Architecture

Rachel M. McLaughlin Ω
Neuroscience
Developing a Three-Dimensional Brain Microtissue Model of Ischemic-Reperfusion Injury   

Audrey T. Medeiros
Neuroscience
Role of Calcium Channels and Their Auxiliary Subunits in Establishing Diverse Synaptic Properties 

Jazlyn Nketia Ω
Cognitive Science
The Role of Lived Experience and Contextual Demand on Working Memory Development in Early Childhood  

Xiangyuan Peng Ω
Psychology
Parahippocampal-Orbitofrontal Interaction at the Interface between Latent Learning and Goal-Directed Behavior 

Zoe E. Piccus Ω
Neuroscience
Mouse Models of Motor Neuron Disease Stemming from Unrestrained Sphingolipid Synthesis  

Anne-Mary N. Salib
Neuroscience
Neuroimmune Crosstalk Underlying Adaptive and Maladaptive Sensitization of Sensory Neurons in Skin

Doruk Savas
Neuroscience
Neural Circuit Mapping Using Circuit Epistasis Strategies in Drosophila

Aaron Traylor
Computer Science
The Emergence of Symbolic Structure from Data in Prototype Neural Networks

Amaro Tuninetti Ω
Cognitive Science
Investigating Spatial Attention in Echolocating Bats

Sara Zeppilli Ω
Neuroscience
Olfactory Circuits and Emerging Principles of Cell Type Evolution