People
Current and past lab members
Current Lab Members
Anthony Brown - Principal Investigator
BSc Hons & PhD, King’s College, University of London
brown.2302@osu.edu
Tony obtained his BSc in Cellular and Molecular Biology from King’s College in the University of London and then his PhD in Biophysics from the same institution under the direction of Peter Eagles. After post-doctoral training with Ray Lasek at Case Western Reserve University and Mark Black at Temple University, he joined the Department of Biological Sciences at Ohio University in 1993. In 2001 he moved to Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, where he is now a Professor in the Department of Neuroscience, Director of the Neuroscience Center Core and Neuroscience Imaging Core, and Co-Director of the Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology graduate program. Tony has more than 40 years experience studying neurofilaments and the neuronal cytoskeleton.
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Mehmet Yalvac - Research Scientist
BSc & MSc, Atatürk University
MSc, Istanbul Technical University
PhD, Marmara University
yalvac.1@osu.edu
Mehmet obtained his BSc and MSc in Biological Education from Atatürk University in Erzurum, Turkey, his MSc in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Istanbul Technical University, and his PhD in Biochemistry from Marmara University in Istanbul. After post-doctoral training with Jerry Mendell and Zarife Sahenk at the Research Institute of Nationwide Children’s Hospital, he worked as a Research Scientist in the lab of Stephen Kolb in the Department of Neurology at Ohio State University. He joined the Brown lab in 2022 and is working on the cellular mechanisms of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2E in iPSC-derived neurons as well as gene therapy strategies in mouse models of this disease. Mehmet has more than 15 years of experience in cell and gene therapy for neuromuscular disorders.
View Mehmet’s publications in PubMed and his profiles on Google Scholar, ORCiD, and LinkedIn
Hannah Bailey - Postdoctoral Researcher
BS, Otterbein University
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
bailey.1127@osu.edu
Hannah obtained her BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, and her PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology from the University of California, Los Angeles. She has a background in imaging and genetics and her doctoral research was on actin dynamics in developing Drosophila oocytes. She joined the lab in 2024 and is studying the mechanism and gene therapy of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2E in mouse models of this disease. View Hannah’s publications in PubMed and her profile on LinkedIn
Paula Monsma - Research Assistant
BS & MS, Case Western Reserve University
monsma.1@osu.edu
Paula obtained her BS in Biological Sciences from Ohio Northern University and her MS in Cell Biology from Case Western Reserve University. She has 4 years experience as a Research Assistant in the Department of Neuropathology and 4 years experience managing a DNA sequencing facility. Since 2004 she has managed the Neuroscience Imaging Core, where she is currently responsible for all oversight and training on our two confocal microscopes. Paula joined the Brown lab in 2009 and currently divides her time between managing the Imaging Core and the Brown lab, where she performs electron microscopy and also conducts her own research projects on neurofilament transport in myelinated axons.
View Paula’s publications in PubMed
Past Lab Members
Tori King - Research Assistant, 2020-2022
BS, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
MS, Wake Forest University
Current position: PhD student, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Atsuko Uchida - Post-doc & Research Scientist, 2002-2006 & 2010-2020
BSc & PhD, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Current position: Professor, Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences
Nick Boyer - Post-doc, 2019-2020
BS, Clemson University
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Current position: Post-doc, University of California San Diego
Liz Stone - PhD Student, 2015-2020
BS, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
PhD, Ohio State University
Current position: Research Scientist, Sarepta Therapeutics
Alex Sheldon - Undergraduate Student, 2018-2020
BS, Ohio State University
Current position: Medical Student, Ohio State University College of Medicine
J. Dan Fenn - MD PhD Student, 2012-2018
BS, Brigham Young University
PhD, Ohio State University
Current position: Neurology Resident, Ohio State University College of Medicine
Katie Philpot - Research Assistant, 2017-2018
BS, Ohio State University
DVM, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
Current position: Veterinarian, Maple Orchard Animal Hospital, West Bloomfield, MI
Maite Azcorra Sedano - Undergraduate Student, 2015-2016
BS, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
PhD, Northwestern University
Current position: Post-doc, Ramdya Lab, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Mayuran Ravindran - Undergraduate Student, 2013-2016
BS, Ohio State University
MD, Ohio State University College of Medicine
Current position: Allergy/Immunology Fellow, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Lina Wang - Graduate Student, 2006-2011
BS, Nankai University
PhD, Ohio State University
Post-doc with Subhojit Roy at UCSD
Current position: Principal Scientist, Lundbeck, San Diego
Cynthia Walker - Research Assistant, 2010-2012
BS, Cornell University
Amrita Mukhopadhyay - Undergraduate Student, 2010-2012
BS, Ohio State University
MD, University of Chicago Medical School
Current position: Cardiologist, NYU Langone Medical Center, NY
Nicholas Taylor - Undergraduate Student, 2009-2011
BS, Ohio State University
MD, Ohio State University College of Medicine
Current position: Neurologist, Unity Hospital, Rochester, NY
Nael Alami - Graduate Student, 2004-2009
MS, American University of Beirut
PhD, Ohio State University
Post-doc with J. Paul Taylor, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
MA, Policy, Organization & Leadership Studies, Stanford University
Current position: Vice President, Modern University for Business and Science (MUBS)
Gulsen Colakoglu - Graduate Student, 2004-2009
BS, Istanbul University; MS, Bilkent University
PhD, Ohio State University
Post-doc with Yimin Zou, UCSD
Post-doc with Barbara Ranscht, Sanford-Burnham Institute, La Jolla
Post-doc with Kang Shen, Stanford University
Niraj Trivedi - Postdoctoral Fellow, 2004-2007
BSc & PhD, King’s College, University of London
Current position: Research Lab Scientist with David Solecki, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Yanping Yan - Graduate Student, 2000-2005
BS, University of Science & Technology of China
PhD, Ohio State University
Post-doc with Kendal Broadie, Vanderbilt University
Current position: Chief Operations Advisor, Shantani Proteome Analytics, Pune, India
Kitty Jensen - Research Assistant, 2002-2005
PhD, University of Georgia
Lei Wang - Graduate Student, 1998-2001
BS & MS, Beijing Medical University
PhD, Ohio University
Post-doc with Ed Giniger, University of Washington
Post-doc with Elena Pasquale, Sanford-Burnhamn Institute. Ls Jolla
Current position: Research Scientist with Young-Goo Han, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Allison Levine Norwood - Undergraduate Student, 2000-2001
BS, Ohio University
MD, Ohio State University College of Medicine
Current position: Pediatrician, Akron Children’s Hospital. Akron, OH
Tom Koehnle - Undergraduate Student, 1997-1998
BS, Ohio University; PhD, University of California, Davis
Post-doc with Dorothy Gietzen, University of Pittsburgh
Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Hiram College