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 30 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 the Department of Neuroscience in 2022, where he is working on the cellular mechanisms of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2E and on gene therapy strategies in mouse models of this disease. Mehmet has more than 15 years of experience in cell and gene therapy of neuromuscular disorders.
View Mehmet’s publications in PubMed and his profiles on Google Scholar, ORCiD, and 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
Tori King - Research Assistant
BS, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
MS, Wake Forest University
king.3015@osu.edu
Tori obtained her BS in Biology from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and her MS in Biomedical Sciences from Wake Forest University. She joined the Brown lab in 2020 and is working on mouse models of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2E.
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Past Lab Members
Atsuko Uchida - Post-doc & Research Scientist, 2002-2006 & 2010-2020
BSc & PhD, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Current position: Research Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin
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
Current position: Veterinary Medical Student, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
Maite Azcorra Sedano - Undergraduate Student, 2015-2016
BS, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Current position: Neuroscience Graduate Student, Northwestern University
Mayuran Ravindran - Undergraduate Student, 2013-2016
BS, Ohio State University
MD, Ohio State University College of Medicine
Current position: Resident, Emory University 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: Research Scientist, Amgen Inc.
Cynthia Walker - Research Assistant, 2010-2012
BS, Cornell University
Current position: Nursing student, Breen School of Nursing, Ursuline College
Amrita Mukhopadhyay - Undergraduate Student, 2010-2012
BS, Ohio State University
MD, University of Chicago Medical School
Current position: Resident Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
Nicholas Taylor - Undergraduate Student, 2009-2011
BS, Ohio State University
MD, Ohio State University College of Medicine
Current position: Fellow, University of Rochester Medical Center
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 for Research and Innovation, 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
Current position: Research Specialist 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 Operating 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 Associate with Young-Goo Han, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Allison Norwood - Undergraduate Student, 2000-2001
BS, Ohio University
MD, Ohio State University College of Medicine
Current position: Pediatrician, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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