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Department of Neuroscience, Center for Learning and Memory, University of Texas at Austin
Department of Neurology, Dell Medical School
Our team
Neurophysiology of epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders
MacKenzie Howard, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Center for Learning and Memory
Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin
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PhD Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington
BA Biology, Lewis and Clark College
Audrey Brumback, MD/PhD
MD/PhD Neuroscience, University of Colorado School of Medicine
BA Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin
Mendee Geist
Laboratory Manager
Isaac Guillen, MS
Electrophysiologist
Shelby Towers
INS Graduate Student (Brumback Lab)
Undergraduates
Martha Treviño
(Neuroscience, 2024)
Akshi Pant
(Polymathic Scholars, Neuroscience and Chemistry, 2024
Lauren Cheek
(Neuroscience, 2025)
Ela Albiston (Neuroscience, 2024)
Caitlin Richardson (Biology, 2024)
Collaborators
Brumback Lab (PI: Audrey Brumback, MD/PhD)
Department of Neuroscience
Department of Neurology
UT Austin and Dell Medical School
brumbacklab.com
Stone Lab (PI: Audrey Stone, PhD)
Department of Kinesiology
UT Austin
Huang lab (PI: Evan Huang, PhD)
Department of Biomedical Engineering
UT Austin
Nixon Lab (PI: Kimberly Nixon, PhD)
Pharmacology and Toxicology
UT Austin
sites.utexas.edu/nixon/
Vogt Lab (PI: Daniel Vogt, PhD)
Dept. Pediatrics and Human Development
Michigan State University
www.vogtlab.org/
Past Lab Members
Postdoctoral Fellows:
Jessica Chancey, PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow): Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, UT Austin
Research Associates/Lab Managers:
Aurora Weiden (lab technician)
Meredith McCarty (lab technician): PhD program, MD Anderson/UT Health Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Madelynn Campbell (lab technician)
Alena Kizimenko, MS (Histologist)
Alexandra Munson (Laboratory Manager): Texas Tech Medical School Class of 2028
Polina Lyuboslavsky (Electrophysiologist; Brumback Lab)
Undergraduates:
Saima Khan (2020 BSA Biology, Research Distinction): Dell Medical School Class of 2024
Alexandra McConnell (Neuroscience Honors Thesis): PhD program, MD Anderson/UT Health Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Alisha Ahmed (Neuroscience Honors Thesis; Dean's Scholars): Neuroscience PhD program, New York University
Samantha Jackson (2022 BS Neuroscience, Neuroscience Scholars, Women in Neuroscience Fellow, TIDES Summer Research Fellow): Neuroscience Graduate Program, UC Berkeley
Saket Ashar (2023 BSA Neuroscience)
Naren Gundapaneni (2022 BS Neuroscience/BSA Physics)
Lance Chu (2022 BS Neuroscience)
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