Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows - Pharmacology and Toxicology

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The University of Texas at Austin’s Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology attracts top students and postdoctoral fellows from all over the world. We are proud to build a culture where everyone has opportunities and a sense of belonging.

Current Graduate Students

Current Postdoctoral Fellows

Narayan Acharya smiling in the Pharmacy building

Narayan Acharya, Ph.D.

Lab: Richburg Lab
Education: Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Contact: Email Narayan | Narayans' LinkedIn

Research Interests:
Mechanistic toxicology/Reproductive toxicology, Cancer biology

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Alexis (Lexi) Campanile, Ph.D.

Lab: Fonken Lab
Education: Ph.D., Florida State University
Contact: Email Alexis | Alexis' LinkedIn

Research Interests:
As a postdoc in the Fonken lab, I'm interested in how immune function can become altered due to aging, and how this can lead to changes from the cellular to behavioral level.

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Steven Guerin, Ph.D

Lab: Fonken Lab
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Contact: Email Steven | Steven's LinkedIn

Research Interests:
Next generation sequencing, Glia

Emily Hilz

Emily N. Hilz, Ph.D.

Lab: Gore Lab
Education: Ph.D.
Contact: Email Emily 

Research Interests:
Endocrine disrupting chemicals, brain development, intergenerational inheritance of cognitive-behavioral disruption

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Tyler Milewski, Ph.D.

Lab: Gore Lab
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Contact: Email Tyler

Research Interests:
My research interests lie in the interaction between endocrine-disrupting chemicals and the endocrine system. I investigate how prenatal exposure to these chemicals can lead to long-lasting genomic changes in both the brain and peripheral tissues.

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Natalie Narawawong, Ph.D.

Lab: Nixon Lab
Education: Ph.D., The Medical College of Wisconsin; BA, Vassar College
Contact: Email Natalie

Research Interests:
My research focuses on investigating the role of neurons born during reactive neurogenesis on hippocampal structure and function.

Christy Lite

Christy Lite Samuel, Ph.D.

Lab: Richburg Lab
Education: Ph.D., SRM University
Contact: Email Christy | Christy's LinkedIn

Research Interests:
Male Reproductive Biology and Immunology

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Meenu Sharma

Lab: Kim Lab
Education: Ph.D.
Contact: Email Meenu

Research Interests:
My research interest focus to studying the role of non canonical G4 DNA in transcription and genome stability. 

Nishant Sharma

Nishant Sharma, Ph.D.

Lab: Mukhopadhyay Lab
Education: Ph.D., National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research-Ahmedabad, India
Contact: Email Nishant | Nishant's LinkedIn

Research Interests:
I am interested in exploring the pathobiology of Manganese-induced motor disease, and how SLC30A10 is expressed and functions in neuron-specific subtypes to develop a tailored medicine approach.

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Kevin Uribe, Ph.D.

Lab: Marinelli Lab
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at El Paso
Contact: Email Kevin | Kevin's LinkedIn

Research Interests:
My research interests are exploring how the endocrine system regulates the progression of drug dependency. Specifically, I am interested in how a previously ignored brain structure, the lateral preoptic area (LPO), incorporates glucose and hormonal signaling to modulate motivated behavior. My current research focuses on the mechanisms through which activation of the LPO reinstates cocaine-seeking behavior. Additionally, I am looking at how the glucose system in the LPO mediates the acquisition and escalation of alcohol consumption. 

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Wanjie Yang, Ph.D.

Lab: Kim Lab
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Contact: Email Wanjie | Wanjie's LinkedIn

Research Interests:
G-quadruplex DNA and its role in gene transcription regulation.