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Adam Hantman, PhD – Lab Head<\/h1>\n

\"Adam<\/p>\n

adam_hantman@med.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\nCV<\/a>\n

Research Scientists<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Jeremy Cohen, PhD – Senior Research Scientist<\/h3>\n

\"Jeremy<\/p>\n

jeremy_cohen@med.unc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n

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Jian Zhong (Jay) Guo, PhD – Principal Scientist<\/h3>\n

\"Jay<\/p>\n

jayzhong@email.unc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n

Simone Appaqaq – Research Scientist<\/h3>\n

sappaqaq@email.unc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Postdoctoral Fellows<\/span><\/h2>\n

Scott Albert, PhD<\/h3>\n

\"Scott<\/p>\n

albertsc@email.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Kevin Cross, PhD<\/h3>\n

\"Kevin<\/p>\n

kevcross@email.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Stefan Lemke, PhD<\/h3>\n

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slemke@email.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Graduate Students<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Reagan Bullins Shugg<\/h3>\n

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rbullins@unc.edu<\/a>
\nTwitter<\/a>\n<\/td>\n

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Reagan graduated from Virginia Tech with a B.S. in Computational and Systems Neuroscience and a minor in psychology (December 2020). She worked in the English Lab studying spike sorting validation using ground-truth neural recordings and contributed to Flatiron’s SpikeForest project.<\/p>\n

In her graduate studies, she is working on one project leveraging optogenetic perturbations to manipulate neural trajectories and drive behavior.<\/p>\n

In a second project, she is characterizing transformations performed by the basilar pontine nuclei, a major bottleneck in the motor circuit.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
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Yuechen Qiu<\/h3>\n

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ycqiu@email.unc.edu<\/a>
\nCo-advised with Greg Scherrer<\/span>\n<\/td>\n

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Yuechen earned her B.Eng and M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Duke University. She previously worked at Gladstone Institutes (UCSF) studying circuit mechanisms underlying Alzheimer’s disease.<\/p>\n

In graduate school, she aims to leverage cortical motor circuits to understand opioid neuromodulation.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
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Jaesung Yoo<\/h3>\n

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jsyoo61@unc.edu<\/a>
\nTwitter<\/a>
\nWebsite<\/a>
\nCo-advised with Kanaka Rajan<\/span>\n<\/td>\n

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Jaesung studied Electrical Engineering and Brain & Cognitive Sciences at Korea University. He worked at Seoul National University Hospital and MIT using artificial neural networks (ANNs) for neuroscience and medical AI.<\/p>\n

His graduate work uses ANNs to model how neural population activity generates behavior.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Undergraduate Students<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Anjali Nelatoor<\/h3>\n

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nelatoor@email.unc.edu<\/a>\n<\/td>\n

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Anjali is a junior at UNC Chapel Hill double majoring in Neuroscience and Community & Global Public Health. Her interests lie at the intersection of neuroscience, research, and community-based care.<\/p>\n

She is particularly interested in neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism spectrum disorder, with a focus on early diagnosis, treatment strategies, and underlying neurobiology.<\/p>\n

She plans to pursue a career in medicine integrating clinical care and research to improve outcomes in neurodevelopmental health.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

UNC Alumni & Current Collaborators<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Megan Gerlach<\/h3>\n

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mgerlach@unc.edu<\/a>\n<\/td>\n

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Lab Position:<\/strong> Undergraduate Assistant Researcher (Fall 2023 \u2013 Summer 2025)<\/p>\n

Additional Role:<\/strong> Research Technician, Dr. Gianmarco Pinton Lab (Summer 2025 \u2013 Summer 2026)<\/p>\n

Current Position:<\/strong> PhD Neuroscience Student, Emory University (August 2026)<\/p>\n

Research Interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n