Sathya Puthanveettil, PhD
Principal Investigator
Dr. Puthanveettil graduated from Washington State University where he studied calcium calmodulin dependent protein kinases in the laboratory of Dr. B. W. Poovaiah. He then joined Dr. Eric Kandel’s laboratory at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, for his post-doctoral research on learning and memory storage.

Bindu Raveendra, PhD
Senior Research Associate
(2014 – present)
University of Kerala
Dr. Raveendra is currently exploring the role of long noncoding RNAs in learning and memory.

Abhishek Sadhu, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
(2020 – present)
University of Calcutta, Saitama University, Japan
Abhishek is currently studying the protein transport dynamics during memory formation in sea slug Aplysia.

Jenna Wingfield, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
(2020 – present)
University of Georgia
Jenna is studying the role of mitotic kinesins in post-mitotic neurons.

Kaushik Chanda, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
(2021 – present)
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata
Kaushik is studying the roles of circular RNAs in memory consolidation.

Yibo Zhao
Emory University
Yibo is an incoming graduate student interested in transcriptional regulation during associative and non-associative learning.

Erin Bryant
Research Assistant
(2021 – present)
Hamilton College
Erin is currently investigating the role of molecular motor proteins in synaptic plasticity and memory storage.

Kerriann Badal
Graduate Student (external)
(2015 – present)
Kerriann is currently a PhD Student in the Integrated Biology program of Department of Biological Sciences of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Florida Atlantic University. She studying axonal transport and memory storage using sea slug Aplysia and mouse as models.

Daniel Park
Undergraduate Intern
(2021 – present)
University of Central Florida
Daniel is working on structure-function analysis of kinesin motor domains.

Wuyue Zhou
Graduate Student
(2021 – present)
Bates College
Wuyue is currently working on the role of noncoding RNAs in molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying memory storage.

Kathleen O’Brien
Laboratory Administrative Coordinator

Lukas Abraham
High School Intern
(2022 – present)
Suncoast Community High School
Lukas is currently conducting proteomic analysis of transport complexes.

Arthi Khan
Undergraduate (SURF) Intern
(2022 – present)
Florida Atlantic University
Arthi is working on proteomic analysis of transport complexes
