People
Principal Investigator
Nicolas C. Pégard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Physical Sciences
Affiliated Faculty, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Primary Faculty, Carolina Stress Initiative, UNC Neuroscience Center
Beckman Young Investigator, Sloan Research Fellow in Neurosciences
2014-2018 Postdoc at U.C. Berkeley
2009-2014 Ph.D. Electrical Engineering from Princeton University
2006-2009 B.S. from Ecole Polytechnique
Key Collaborator
Jose Rodríguez-Romaguera, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Affiliated Faculty, Department of Applied Physical Sciences
Primary Faculty, Carolina Stress Initiative, UNC Neuroscience Center, Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Young Investigator
2015-2019 Postdoc at UNC-Chapel Hill
2010-2015 PhD in Psychology (Behavioral Neuroscience) from the University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras
Postdoctoral Scholars
Antonio Florido, MSc, PhD
Email: aflorido@email.unc.edu
2023-Present: CPPFD Fellow at UNC-Chapel Hill, USA
2022-2023: Postdoc at Translational Mechanisms of Fear Lab (UAB), Spain
2017-2022 Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain
2014-2015 MSc in Mental Health at the University of Almeria (UAL), Spain
Changjia Cai, MS, PhD
Email: changjia@live.unc.edu
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/changjia
2020-2024 Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University, USA
2017-2019 M.S. in Statistics and Operations Research at UNC Chapel Hill, USA
2013-2017 B.S. in Physics at Fudan University, China
Graduate Students
Maria Magdalena Ortiz-Juza
Email: mariamag@unc.edu
2020-Present Ph.D. in Neuroscience at UNC-Chapel Hill, USA
2013-2018 B.S. Biology (physiology concentration), San Francisco State University, USA
Noah Miller
Email: nmill12@email.unc.edu
2021-Present Ph.D. in Neuroscience at UNC-Chapel Hill, USA
2015-2019 B.S. in Psychology, B.A. Biology at UNC-Chapel Hill, USA
Jovan Tormes-Vaquerano
Email: jovantv@email.unc.edu
2023-Present Ph.D. in Applied Physical Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill, USA
2019-2023 B.S. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
Research Support
Ellora (Ellie) McTaggart
Email: ellora@live.unc.edu
2019-2023 B.S. in Biomedical and Health Sciences Engineering (Minor: Neuroscience) at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University, USA
Jose Rios
Email: josera@live.unc.edu
2019-2023 B.S. in Biomedical and Health Sciences Engineering (Minor: Neuroscience) at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University, USA
Krisha Mehta
Email: krimehta@email.unc.edu
2019-2023 B.S. in Neuroscience at Dickinson College, PA, USA
Undergraduate Students
Sarah Lowe
Email: slowe3@unc.edu
2020-Present B.S. in Neuroscience and B.A. in Music at UNC-Chapel Hill, USA
John Boniberger
Email: bjo@unc.edu
2022-Present B.S. in Neuroscience and Biology (Minor: Chemistry) at UNC-Chapel Hill, USA
Lab Alumni
Praneeth Chakravarthula, PhD
PhD in Computer Science at UNC-Chapel Hill, 2020
Asha Sata
East Chapel Hill High School, 2020
Ross Rucho
B.S. in Computer Science and Biomedical and Health Sciences Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill, 2020
Andrew Knudsen
B.S. in Biomedical and Health Sciences Engineering and B.A. in Mathematics (Spanish for the Health Professions Minor) at UNC-Chapel Hill, 2021
Mathew Atisa
B.S. in Computer Science at UNC-Chapel Hill, 2022
Aram Moossavi
B.A. in Mathematics and B.S. in Statistics and Analytics (Computer Science Minor) at UNC-Chapel Hill, 2022
Jiayi Xu
B.S. in Computer Science and Psychology (Neuroscience Minor) at UNC-Chapel Hill, 2022
Nicholas Caira, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Applied Physical Sciences, 2022
Hannah Baker
B.S. in Biomedical and Health Sciences Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University, 2024
Hossein Eybposh, Ph.D.
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill, 2023
Samir Patel
B.S. in Biology at UNC-Chapel Hill, 2022
Micah Baldonado
B.S. in Biomedical and Health Sciences Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University, 2024
Ayden Ring
B.A. in Biology at UNC-Chapel Hill, 2023
Sophia Hegel
B.S. in Neuroscience at UNC-Chapel Hill, 2024
Kayal Udaiyar
B.S. in Neuroscience and Psychology at UNC-Chapel Hill, 2024
Geronimo Velazquez-Hernandez, PhD
Postdoc in Neuroscience at UNC-Chapel Hill, 2024
Vincent Curtis, PhD
Ph.D. in Applied Physical Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill, 2024