Team
Co-Directors:
Howard M. Eisenberg Distinguished Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery, Director of the Maryland Brain Tumor Treatment and Research Center
- Director of Translational Therapeutics Research Group (TTRG)
- Specialties: Neurosurgical Oncology, Skull Base, Pituitary, Tumors, Focused Ultrasound
Professor of Surgery, Neurosurgery, and Physiology
- Co-Director of Translational Therapeutics Research Group (TTRG)
Professor of Neurosurgery and Pharmacology
- Co-Director of Translational Therapeutics Research Group (TTRG)
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Bioengineering at College Park
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the School of Pharmacy
Faculty:
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Anatomy Neurobiology
- Translational Therapeutics Research Group Faculty Member
Assitant Professor of Neurosurgery
- Translational Therapeutics Research Group (TTRG) Faculty Member
Associate Professor of Pathology and Neurosurgery
- Translational Therapeutics Research Group (TTRG) Faculty Member
- Secondary Appointments: Molecular Medicine Program; Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
Assitant Professor of Epidemiology, Public Health, and Neurosurgery
- Translational Therapeutics Research Group (TTRG) Faculty Member
- Specialties: Biostatistics
Post-Doctoral Fellows and Research Staff:
- Nikhil Pandey, PhD | Research Associate
- UMSOM CARTI Scholar
- PhD University of Texas
- Emylee McFarland, BS, MLAS, LATg | Research Supervisor
- MLAS Drexel University College of Medicine
Graduate Students and Medical Students:
- Pranjali Kanvinde, MS | PhD Student
- Shruti Vig, MS | PhD Student (UMB/UMCP)
- Adarsha Malla | MD/PhD Student
- Musavvir Mahmud, MD | Future Faculty Program Fellow, PhD Student
- Hassan Saadi, MS | MD/PhD Student
- Alexandra Seas, BS | MD/PhD Student
- Ananya Elati, BS | PhD Student
Past Members:
Previous Post-Doctoral Fellows and Research Staff
- Poornima Dubey, PhD (2022-2023)
- Currently: Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School
- Anshika Kapur, PhD (2019-2022)
- Currently: Lecturer, Associate Faculty of Chemistry, California State University San Bernandino / Mt. San Antonio College
- Nina Connolly, PhD (2014-2021)
- Currently: Lead Researcher, St. Jude Children's Hospital
- Rebeca Galisteo (2013-2021)
- Currently: Research Specialist, NIH
- Aniket S. Wadajkar, PhD (2015-2019)
- Currently: Director of Nanoparticle Platform Development, NexImmune
- David Hersh, MD (2015-2016)
- Currently: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Conneticut Medical School
- Craig Schneider, MD, PhD (2013-2015)
- Currently: Radiation Oncology Resident, University of Alabama School of Medicine
Previous Graduate Students and Medical Staff
- Cole Brown (2022-2023)
- Christine Carney, PhD (2018-2022)
- 2023 GPILS PhD Thesis Award
- Nathan Roberts, MD, PhD (2015-2018)
- Jimena G. Dancy, PhD (2013-2018)
- Emily Cheng, PhD (2008-2014)
- Yamini Vyas (2020-2022)
- Aymen Alqazzaz (2017-2020)
- Lucy Wang (2018)
- Neila Kline (2018)
- Michaella Reif (2017)
Previous Undergraduate Students
- Lea Petratos (2023, NSIP Intern)
- Jennifer Yan (2021)
- Bruck Negash (2019)
- Blair London (2019)
- Jacqueline Hwang (2018)
- Sarah Barlow (2017)
- Nathalie Chen (2017)
- Jay Swayambunathan (2016)
- Arjun Adapa (2015)
- Adip Bhargav (2015)
- Haelee Pettingill (2014)