members emeriti

Any organization like GLIA owes much – if not all! – to the invaluable and tireless contributions of its past members, and especially those members who built GLIA up from its infancy. To these people, once the heart and soul of our merry band and whose footsteps go ever before us, we of GLIA offer our undying thanks and admiration:

Emily Feierman Hyatt, Former Brain Bee; Upward Bound; Former Brains in Briefs (writer & apprentice); Former Public Lecture Committee Member

Sara Taylor (Ph.D. 2021), Former Upward Bound Neuroscience Course leader (Activity Apprentice); Former Writer for Brains in Briefs

Melanie Schaffler (Ph.D. 2022), Former Brain Bee committee (apprentice); Former Research Fridays (apprentice)

Greer Prettyman (Ph.D. 2022), Former Public Lecture committee; ESO; Former Brains in Briefs Learning/Behavioral Section Co-Chief; Former PennNeuroKnow Writer

Leah Middleton (Ph.D. 2022), Former Co-chair of ESO; Former Research Fridays (volunteer)

Solymar Rolón, Former Student Retreat leader, Former Brain Awareness Week leader, Former Public Relations committee Member

Ilenna Jones, Former Elementary School Outreach (apprentice); Former K-3 Primer (artist/designer)

Ron DiTullio, Former Writer for Brains in Briefs; , Former Coordinator of Upward Bound Summer Courses; Website Development Team: Neuronet

Alexis Crockett, Former Return of NGG Alumni (RNA) committee, Former Fuel for Successful Scientists (FSS) committee

Jeni Stiso (Ph.D. 2021), Former Student Invited Seminar Series Leader; Former NeuroNet Committee Member; Former Co-Director, Secretary and Professional Development Chair

Dan Kalamarides, Former General Member

Mike Iannacone, Former Brains in Briefs committee Member

Logan Fickling, Former GAPSA Representative

Sydney Cason (Ph.D. 2022), Former APICAL leader; Former NeuroNet committee; Former Public Relations Chair

Mary Schreck (Ph.D. 2021), Former Brain Bee leader, Former APICAL leader

Elelbin Ortiz, Former GLIA co-director and outreach chair, Former co-director for the Upward Bound neuroscience course

Ina Mexhitaj (Ph.D. 2021), Former Co-Director; Former Professional Development Chair; Former FSS Leader; Former RNA Leader; General Member

Claudia Lopez (Ph.D. 2022), Former Neuroscience Public Lecture committee; Former Brains in Briefs writer; Former PennNeuroKnow blog writer

Alice Dallstream, Former NeuroNet leader; Former Co-Director and Community Building Chair; Former ESO leader

Kate Brynildsen (Ph.D. 2021), Former Brains in Briefs Chair, Former Public Lecture leader

Alex Wei, Former member of Public Lecture Committee

Daniel Schonhaut, Former member of PHL Science Festival Committee and Brain Awareness Week

Vanessa Fleites (Ph.D. 2022), Former Student Retreat Co-Chair, Former Co-President and Secretary for Penn SACNAS Chapter

Barbara Terzic (Ph.D. 2020), Former SISS Leader, Brains in Brief Section Chief, Former Co-director and Professional Development Chair

Hannah Shoenhard, Former Biomedical Breakthroughs Outreach Project Leader; Former PHL Science Festival Leader, Former SISS Leader, Former Diversity in STEM Leader, Former PR Chair

Patti Murphy (Ph.D. 2021), Elementary School Outreach Founder and Former Leader, K-3 Founder and Former Leader, Former PHL Science Festival Leader, Former Co-Chair, Outreach Chair, Treasurer

Nicole Hernandez (Ph.D. 2019), Former Chalk Talks Director, Former Co-President for Penn SACNAS Chapter, Former Community Building Chair

Nicole Bowman, General Member ’15-’16

Erin Coffey (Ph.D. 2015), Websultan, Public Relations Chair ’12-’13

Kate Christison-Lagay (Ph.D. 2015), Public Relations Chair ’12-’13, Co-Director, ’13-14; Advisor Emeritus

Felicia Davatolhagh (Ph.D. 2021), Co-Director '16-'17

Shachee Doshi (Ph.D. 2017), Co-Director '14-'15

Yunshu Fan (Ph.D. 2019), Data Eclipse leader ‘17-’19, Brains in Briefs section chief ‘17-’19

Katherine Gribble (Ph.D. 2017), Webmaster, Public Relations Chair ’14-’15

Leo Guercio (Ph.D. 2016), General Member ’13-’16

Julia Kahn (Ph.D. 2019), Secretary/Treasurer '15-'16

Blake Kimmey (Ph.D. 2019), General Member ’14-’16

Maria Fasolino (Ph.D. 2017), Professional Development Chair, ’12-’13 & ’13-’14, General Member, ’14-’15

Kait Folweiler (Ph.D. 2019), Public Relations Chair '16-'17

Jesse Isaacman-Beck (Ph.D. 2015), Co-Director, ’12-13; Advisor Emeritus

Toni-Moi Prince (Ph.D. 2013), Secretary ’12-’13

Andrew Moore (Ph.D. 2018), General Member ’14-’16

Ryan Natan (Ph.D. 2016), General Member ’15-’16

Ceren Ozek (Ph.D. 2015), Outreach Chair ’12-’13; Secretary ’13-’14; Professional Development Chair ’14-’15

Trishala Parthasarathi (Ph.D. 2017), Co-Director '15-'16

Isaac Perron (Ph.D. 2017), Co-Director '14-'15

David Reiner (Ph.D. 2017), Outreach chair '13-'15, Co-Director '15-'16, Treasurer '16-'17

Shivon Robinson (Ph.D. 2016), General Member ’15-’16

Ali Rodgers (Ph.D. 2015), Public Relations Chair ’12-’13 & ’13-’14

Yeri Song (Ph.D. 2020), Secretary ’16-’18

Morgan Taylor (Ph.D. 2017), Co-Director '13-'14; Treasurer '14-'15

Alyse Thomas (Ph.D. 2017), General Member '13-'17

Samantha White (Ph.D. 2013), Co-Director, ’12-’13; Advisor Emeritus