Research Team

The Zhang Lab

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From left to right: Ayesha, Lena, Steph, Grace, Sara, Chirag, Andrea, Hao, Ariana, Dr. Zhang


Current Graduate Students

Lena Jamal: Lena studies neural connections among auditory forebrain and midbrain structures.

Chirag Patel: Chirag studies neural processing in the auditory midbrain as well as synaptic mechanisms responsible for the processing.


Current Undergraduate Thesis Students

Carmela Redhead: Carmela studies the neuropharmacology of the auditory midbrain.

Aruj Chawla: Aruj studies neural connections from the auditory cortex to the auditory midbrain.

Afifa Bokhari: Afifa studies neural connections from the auditory cortex to the auditory midbrain.


Other Undergraduate Students

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Sara Dawood: Sara helps with neurophysiological projects.

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Ayesha Raza: Ayesha helps with projects on the expression of neurotransmitter receptors.

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Dorian Murariu: Dorian helps with analyses of neurophysiological results using digital signal processing methods.

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Stephanie Stephan: Stephanie helps with neurophysiological projects.

Harshil Jasra: Harshil helps with neurophysiological projects.

Rebecca Philipose: Rebecca is an outstanding scholar student helping with neurophysiological projects.

Ali Mokdad: Ali is an BCN student help with neuroanatomical projects.


Former Students

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Hao Zhang: Hao studied the expression of neurotransmitter receptors and successfully obtained his M.Sc. degree.

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Ariana Lumani: Ariana studied the physiological function of the auditory midbrain and descending projections from the auditory cortex. She successfully obtained her M.Sc. degree.

Stefanie Stimac: Stefanie was an undergraduate thesis student working on neural projections from the auditory cortex to the auditory midbrain.

Shaun Martinho: Shaun was an undergraduate thesis student working on neural projections from the auditory cortex to the auditory midbrain.

Andre Paquette: Andre was an undergraduate thesis student working on neural projections from the auditory cortex to the auditory midbrain.

Andrea Cervi: Andrea was a summer NSERC student working on a neurophysiological project related to neural sensitivity to novel sounds in the auditory midbrain.

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Grace Stephan: Grace helped with neurophysiological projects.