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Research Scientists

Fouad Lemtiri-Chlieh, PhD

Research Interests: Neurotoxicity, Lactate neuroprotection, NMDARs, Electrophysiology

Corrado Calì, PhD

Research Interests: Neuroscience, Astrocytes, Glycogen, 3D reconstruction, Electron microscopy

Postdoctoral Fellows

Fadwa Joud EL Merabi, PhD

Research Interests: Biophotonics, Non-linear optics, Digital holographic microscopy, Multimodal microscopy, Quantum optics

Nannan Sun, PhD

Research Interests: Energy metabolism, Endogenous fluorescence, Neuronal activities

Tursunjan Nurmamat, PhD

Research Interests: Epigenetics, Metabolic disorders, Brain development, Neuronal disease

Amanda Ooi, PhD

Research Interests: Photobiomodulation, Plant physiology, Laser-based horticulture, Neuroprotection

Arnaud Tauffenberger, PhD

Research Interests: Metabolism, Aging, Neurodegenerative disorders, C. elegans, Neuronal physiology

PhD Students

Engy Ibrahim

Research Interests: Brain energetics, Behavioral neuroscience

Pakiza Noutsi

Research Interests: Neuronal plasticity, Stem cell differentiation, Memory, Two-Photon microscopy, Membrane fluidity

Hanan Mahmood

Research Interests: Hydra, Molecular evolution, Cloning

Manar Darwish

Research Interests: Oxidative and glycolytic metabolism, Astrocyte-Neuron-Lactate shuttle (ANLS), Gene regulation, Epigenetics

Michael Bogdan Margineanu

Research Interests: Transcriptomics, RNA-seq, Genetics, Cellular energy metabolism, Neuroenergetics, Microbiota and the brain

Masters Students

Rana Alrabeh

Research Interests: Neuroscience, Energy metabolism, Computational tools, Glial cells

Rayyan Alamoudi

Research Interests: Calcium imaging, Molecular biology, Bioengineering

Research Group Staff

Lingsong Qin

​Laboratory Manager

Research Interests: Bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC), Optical molecular imaging, Functional cell imaging, Signal pathway

Lorène Mottier

Research Technician

Research Interests: Cellular biology, Synaptic plasticity, Neuroprotection

Daniya Boges

Software developer

Research Interests: Code optimization, Data driven visualization, Molecular biology, 3D analysis, 3D modeling, Virtual Reality

Kalpana Kare

Research Technician

Research Interests: Image modeling, 3D reconstruction