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READ MOREUndergrad Kailyn Butler Kailyn Butler is a third-year undergraduate student studying neuroscience with a minor in bioethics. She plans to pursue a MD/PhD or a MD/MPH dual degree to further enhance her passion on racial inequality in healthcare and how it affects children. Kailyn’s research focuses on Lateral Hypothalamic Cells projecting to the Dorsal Motor […]
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Undergrad Victoria (Toria) Fex Victoria Fex is a third-year undergraduate student studying neuroscience with a minor in bioethics. She plans to pursue a DO/ Ph.D. or a MD/ Ph.D. dual degree in neuroscience to further pursue her passion for research within medicine as a neurosurgeon. Victoria’s research focuses most heavily on dopamine signaling within the […]
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READ MOREGrad Student Bingxin (Bing) Mo Bing joined the lab in July 2022. She is currently a first-year graduate student in the Behavioral Neuroscience program at MSU. She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2020 with a Bachelor of Science in Developmental Psychology, and later received her Master’s in Anatomy & Neurobiology from Boston University […]
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READ MOREUndergraduate Abby Mills Abby Mills is a fourth year undergraduate studying Neuroscience with a minor in bioethics. She has been with the Johnson Lab since May 2022 and has primarily done research involving binge eating. She is currently working on a project investigating the role of GHSR receptors in feeding behavior following dietary obesity.In the […]
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READ MOREUndergraduate Smayati Manam Smayati Manam is a third-year undergraduate student studying Neuroscience with a minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. She plans to pursue a M.D. or D.O. pathway after undergrad and pursue Neurology. At the Johnson Lab, she has worked with binge eating studies and how biological and environmental factors affect food overconsumption. In addition […]
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READ MORELab Manager Nathan “Aura” Pence Aura has been with the Johnson Lab since November 2018, and has been lab manager since September 2020. He completed his Bachelors of Science in Cognitive Neuroscience at Michigan State University in December 2020 with Honor. Aura’s research interests focus on endophenotypes and aberrant dopamine expression associated with neuropsychiatric disorders like […]
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Post-Doc Jenna Lee, PhD Why is it so easy and satisfying to over-eat tasty food even when we know better? My research interests lie in exploring biological and environmental factors that mediate over consumption of palatable foods. With a background in ingestive behavior from Purdue University, I continued to examine these factors by researching the […]
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READ MOREPI Alexander W. Johnson Current Position Associate Professor (June 2018–present) Department of Psychology, Member of Neuroscience Program and Cell and Molecular Biology Program Education and Employment History B.Sc Hons Psychology Coventry University (1999-2002) PhD Experimental Psychology Cardiff University (2002-2006) Post-doctoral Research Fellow Johns Hopkins University (2005-2009) Associate Research Scientist Johns Hopkins University (2009-2012) Assistant Professor […]