SCHOLARS PROGRAM
The B&B Summer Scholars Program provides summer fellowships to selected Georgia State undergraduates to support their research efforts in faculty laboratories.
A Summer Research & Professional Development Program
*This year, our summer cohort will engage in lab research as well as interactive training workshops with the CASA, centered on their professional development.
Prospective B&B Scholars
Prospective B&B Scholars are required to:
- Have a 3.0 GPA or better.
- Be current GSU undergraduates in good standing.
- Can not be graduating before the program begins.
- Be already engaged in research with a B&B faculty member.
- Have a B&B faculty nomination.
- B&B Scholars will engage in weekly professional development workshops.
Frequently Asked Questions
- The PI should submit the application for their students(s) for this program.
- Each summer scholarship will pay $10.42 per hour, and will require approximately 5 hours of professional development and up tp 15 hours of lab research per week for 12 weeks (May 16 – August 5), which totals approximately ~$2500 over 12 weeks.
- They are offered with the same conditions as the University Scholars program and the additional provision that they would support undergraduate online professional development workshops.
- Scholars must be in a B&B faculty member's laboratory for work related to neuroscience and/or behavior (or must have been prior the shut-down).
- Students will have to log hours remotely.
- Graduating seniors are not eligible.
- Download a PAF for application submission here: Fillable Personnel Action Form.
Current B&B Scholars
Current B&B Scholars
- 2025 Scholars will be announced in late March 2025.
- Scholars will engage in weekly professional development workshops.
- Scholars will present their research at a Research Symposium at the end of the Summer.
Past B&B Scholars
| Mo Adetoya-Allen | Neuroscience | Parent Lab |
| Christian Belizaire | Exercise Science | Wu Lab |
| Tianle Cao | Biology | Shi Lab |
| Jiayu Chen | Biology | Xue Lab |
| Sedi Ejuoneatse-Clarke | Neuroscience | King Lab |
| Anna Gianella | Mathematics | Cymbalyuk Lab |
| Zeeshan Hirani | Physics | Yang Lab |
| Lily Hoot | Neuroscience | Cymbalyuk Lab |
| Jordyn Jackson | Neuroscience | Clark Lab |
| Niti Jani | Neuroscience | Roseberry Lab |
| Jade Kang | Biochem/Neuroscience | Murphy Lab |
| Urjoshi Kar | Neuroscience | Bolton Lab |
| Xiaofang Ke | Biology | Yang Lab |
| Yosef Keleta | math | Shilnikov Lab |
| Varsha Madishetty | Biology | Murphy Lab |
| Narciso Moquete | Neuroscience | Arrington Lab |
| Peter Mun | Neuroscience | Cox Lab |
| Jonila Shehu | Neuroscience | Bolton Lab |
| Annissa Taylor | Neuroscience | Offutt Lab |
Faja Al-Mujahid / Yang Lab / KINESIOLOGY
Sprihanjay Banik / Molkov Lab / MATH
Andrew Channer / Yang Lab / KINESIOLOGY
Kadiatou Cisse / Tone Lab / PSYCH
Cadence Claar-Pressley / V. Dotson Lab / PSYCH
Annabel Duran / Hamm Lab / NEURO
Evelyn Farkas / Morris & Tone Labs / PSYCH
Mercedes Fyffe / V. Dotson Lab / PSYCH
Rahmah Ibrahim / Cox Lab / NEURO
Dara Jonkosk / Beran Labi / PSYCH
Urjoshi Kar / Bolton Lab / NEURO
Harish Koyya / Parent Lab / NEURO
Alli Lipstein / King Lab / PSYCH
Yvonne Milligan / Forger Lab / NEURO
Chinkuli Munkombwe / Calhoun Lab / PSYCH
Jackelyne Perez / Wu Lab / KINESIOLOGY
Eshan Shah / Wanders Lab / NUTRITION
Jonila Shehu / Bolton Lab / NEURO
Emily Smith / Cymbalyuk Lab / NEURO
Patrick Underwood / Wu Lab / KINESIOLOGY
- Samantha Bartholomew / Erin Tone PSYCH
- Trenton Buckner / Marise Parent NEURO
- Cole Cunningham / Dan Cox NEURO
- Charlotte Dennison / Martin Norgaard MUSIC
- Gehna Gupta / Robin Morris PSYCH
- Julie Hon / Feng Yang KINESIOLOGY & HEALTH
- Shiqi (Nevaeh) Huang / Bing Xue BIO
- Rahmah Ibrahim / Sarah Clark NEURO
- Sarah Jamal / Page Anderson PSYCH
- Melani Macik / Anne Murphy NEURO
- Jeewaka Manamendra / Aaron Roseberry NEURO
- Sana Nadeem / Erin Tone PSYCH
- Alfredo Padilla / Andrey Shilnikov NEURO
- Jonila Shehu / Jessica Bolton NEURO
- Maura Stoehr / Elliott Albers NEURO
- Kylie Szymanski / Tricia King PSYCH
- Naveen Thourani / Tricia King PSYCH
- Heaven Varner / Sarah Brosnan PSYCH
- Charleese Williams / Dan Cox NEURO
- Jesse Bosonetto / Andrey Shilnikov NEURO
- Kharli Major / Nancy Forger NEURO
- Chloe Benjamin / Nancy Forger NEURO
- Anukruthi Venukadasula/ Aras Petrulis NEURO
- Charlotte Dennison / Martin Norgaard MUSIC
- Emma Stacey / Martin Norgaard MUSIC
- Samuel Orlando Core / Gennady Cymbalyuk NEURO
- Chinkuli Munkombwe / Vonetta Dotson PSYCH
- Malika Pandit / Anne Murphy NEURO
- Ryan Garland / Page Anderson PSYCH
- Heather Patton / Page Anderson PSYCH
- Nidhi Patel / Jessica Turner PSYCH
- Mycah Howell / Erin Tone PSYCH
- Benoit Tete / Dan Cox NEURO
- Zoi Min Suddreth / Feng Yang KINESIOLOGY & HEALTH
- Robert Ian Lenthart / Feng Yang KINESIOLOGY & HEALTH
- Maria Parrilla / Tricia King PSYCH
- Kenki Velenzona Cabahug (Forger) NEURO
- Ari McNeil (Forger) NEURO
- Kathryn Whitley (Parent) NEURO
- Adaugo Okpareke (Parent) NEURO
- Sydney Ross (Murphy) NEURO
- Malika Pandit (Murphy) NEURO
- Jade Christman (Petrulis) NEURO
- Kelsey Clark (Yang) KINESIOLOGY
- Myah Vogt (Beran) PSYCH
- Isbah Nasir (Carruth) NEURO
- Shivaanii Uma (Carruth) NEURO
- Savitha Narayanaswa (King) PSYCH
- Nitheyaa Shree (Mabb) NEURO
- Sara Correa (Derby) NEURO
- Jais Matta (Cox) NEURO
- Natoli Bora (Frantz) NEURO
- Doyal Datta (Frantz) NEURO
- Praful Gade (Anderson) PSYCH
- Caitlin Ray (Laures-Gore) COMMUNICATION SCI & DISORDERS
| Caleb Truscott | Sarah Brosnan Lab | Psychology |
| William Bell | Anne Murphy Lab | Neuroscience |
| Shruthi Polu | Robert Latzman Lab | Psychology |
| Reagan Sapp | David Washburn Lab | Psychology |
| Gabriella Norton | Jacqueline Sue Laures-Gore Lab | Education |
| Tanya Pinwale | Tricia King Lab | Psychology |
| Myah Vogt | Michael Beran Lab | Psychology |
| Benjamin Anthony | Kyle Frantz Lab | Neuroscience |
| Nitheyaa Shree | Sarah Pallas Lab | Neuroscience |
| Elara Ruszkowski | Nancy Forger Lab | Neuroscience |
| Siddharth Poyapakkam | Dan Cox Lab | Neuroscience |
| Anna Xiao | Manfred Schmidt & Charles Derby Lab | Neuroscience |
| Jennifer Lees | Feng Yeng Lab | Kinesiology |
| Abigail Vasquez | Nancy Forger Lab | Neuroscience |
| Dawn Jensen | Jessica Turner Lab | Psychology |
| Janavi Ramesh | Marise Parent Lab | Neuroscience |
| Sara Abdullah | Eyal Aharoni's Lab | Neuroscience |
| William Bell | Anne Murphy's Lab | Neuroscience |
| Brett Daniel | Kyle Frantz's Lab | Neuroscience |
| Lindsey Green | Robert Latzman's Lab | Psychology |
| Sarah Johnson | Gennady Cymbalyuk's Lab | Physics |
| Kendrick King | Jessica Turner's Lab | Neuroscience |
| Joshua Lott | Dan Cox's Lab | Neuroscience |
| Kali Malham | Kim Huhman's Lab | Neuroscience |
| Meira Robbins | Aras Petrulis' Lab | Neuroscience |
| Elara Ruszkowski | Nancy Forger's Lab | Neuroscience |
| James Scully | Andrey Shilnikov's Lab | Math & Stat |
| Grace Signiski | Geert de Vries' Lab | Neuroscience |
| Shea Sparks | Manfred Schmidt & Charles Derby's Lab | Neuroscience |
| Caleb Truscott | Sarah Brosnan's Lab | Psychology |
| Sophie Yount | Huanbiao Mo's Lab | Nutrition |
| Janavi Ramesh | Marise Parent's Lab | Neuroscience |
2017 Scholar Poster Session
Coming Soon.
| Vivian Ruth Persons | Aras Petrulis’ Lab | Neuroscience |
| Amber Fouts | Eyal Aharoni’s Lab | Psychology |
| Darryl Burnet | Jessica Turner’s Lab | Psychology |
| Srilaxmi Kishor | Chuck Derby’s Lab | Neuroscience |
| Sukalia Miller | Walt Wilczynski’s Lab | Neuroscience |
| Amanda Shindelar | Tricia King’s Lab | Psychology |
| Julian Dunn | Geert de Vries’ Lab | Neuroscience |
| Kristen Oyler | Dominic Parrott’s Lab | Neuroscience |
| Nathan Hardcastle | Elliott Alber’s Lab | Neuroscience |
| Jenna Harris | Dan Cox’s Lab | Neuroscience |
| Mohammad Matthew Harb | Andrey Shilnikov’s Lab | Neuroscience |
| Andrew Jacobs | Nancy Forger’s Lab | Neuroscience |
| Nicolette Barnett | Marise Parent’s Lab | Psychology |
| Alyssa Bartlett | Dr. Anne Murphy | Neuroscience |
| Hansley Bobo | Dr. Dan Cox | Neuroscience |
| Taylor Montgomery | Dr. Nancy Forger | Neuroscience |
| Luis Ferrer Labarca | Dr. Raj Sunderraman | Computer Science |
| Eileen Persichetti | Dr. Jessica Turner | Psychology |
| Drake Knapper | Dr. Andrey Shilnikov | Neuroscience & Math |
| Kristy Yun | Dr. Mukesh Dhamala | Physics & Astronomy |
| Ryan Salby | Dr. Elliott Albers | Neuroscience |
| Mercedes Hodges | Dr. Aras Petrulis | Neuroscience |
| Alexandria White | Dr. Kyle Frantz | Neuroscience |
| Alexa Faulkner | Dr. Marise Parent | Neuroscience |
| Krishna Mehta | Dr. Geert de Vries | Neuroscience |
| Ashley Lauterbach | Dr. Chris Conway | Psychology |
| Kristin French | Dr. David Washburn | Psychology |
| Sierra Rackley | Dr. Dom Parrot | Psychology |
| Jordon Cook | Dr. Charles Derby Lab | Neuroscience |
| Michael Donahue | Dr. Laura Carruth Lab | Neuroscience |
| Lluvia Frias | Dr. Marise Parent Lab | Neuroscience |
| Preetham Ganupuru | Dr. Paul Katz Lab | Neuroscience |
| Kegan Isaak | Dr. Sarah Brosnan Lab | Psychology |
| Drake Engel Knapper | Dr. Andrey Shilnikov Lab | Neuroscience & Math |
| Anandhi Martin | Dr. Walt Wilczynski Lab | Neuroscience |
| Caitlin McCoyd | Dr. Nicole Vincent Lab | Philosophy |
| Megan Moore | Dr. Aras Petrulis Lab | Neuroscience |
| Ana Noriega | Dr. Andrey Shilnikov Lab | Neuroscience & Math |
| Krupa Prashant Patel | Dr. Gennady Cymbalyuk Lab | Neuroscience |
| Fardowsa Hassan Robow | Dr. Tim Bartness Lab | Biology |
| Elizabeth Sandy | Dr. Anne Murphy Lab | Neuroscience |
| Jessica Snellings | Dr. Jessica Turner Lab | Psychology |
| William Walker | Dr. Nancy Forger Lab | Neuroscience |
2014 Poster Symposium Winners:
- 1st Place: William Walker
Lab: Nancy Forger
“Role of Microglia in Programmed Death” - Honorable Mention: Michael Donahue
Lab: Laura Carruth
“Effects of early developmental stress on global methylation in the zebra finch”
Contact Us
Neuroscience Institute Acting Director
Dr. Nancy Forger
Associate Director of Brains & Behavior Program
Liz Weaver, M.S.
Interdisciplinary Committee Chair
Dr. Sarah Brosnan
Office Address:
880 Petit Science Center
100 Piedmont Avenue SE
Atlanta, GA, 30303
USPS Mailing Address:
Neuroscience Institute
Georgia State University
PO Box 5030
Atlanta, GA 30302-5030