Team Members
Always eager to make discovery

Chih Hung Lo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program
BioInspired Institute
Syracuse University

Jialiu Zeng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program
BioInspired Institute
Syracuse University

Kholoud AbdElRaouf Ali Bekheit, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D. in Cell Biology
Ain Shams University, Egypt
Research Interests: Therapeutic development targeting lysosomal dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases.

Fiona Sharp
Undergraduate Student
BS in Biomedical Engineering (2024-2028)
Syracuse University
Research Interests: Nanotherapeutic development targeting intrinsically disordered protein aggregation.

Victoria Alwar
Undergraduate Student
BS in Biology & Neuroscience (2023-2027)
Syracuse University
Research Interests: Mouse studies on neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration.

Sophia Moran
Undergraduate Student
BS in Biology & Neuroscience (2023-2027)
Syracuse University
Research Interests: Examining pathogenic interactions of toxic tau proteins in cell-based assays and mouse studies.

Antonio Franco Aguado
Undergraduate Student
BS in Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering (2022-2026)
SUNY ESF
Research Interests: Computational biology, machine learning, molecular dynamics simulation, and drug discovery.

Eka Norfaishanty Saipuljumri
Undergraduate Student
Neuroscience & Cognitive Science (2025-2028)
University of Arizona (Online Program)
Research Interests: Investigate lipid dysregulation and inflammation in metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases through body-brain interaction.

Esha Manchanda
Master's Student (NTU Singapore)
BS in Computer Science
Ashoka University, India
Research Interests: Computational methods to unravel mechanisms associated with metabolic dysfunctions in multiple sclerosis. Artificial intelligence and machine learning for blood glucose monitoring in T1D.
Alumni
Name (duration in the lab) - current position
Lenny Yi Tong Cheong (summer 2024) - Biotechnology student, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore
Evridiki Asimakidou, MD (2023 - 2024) - PhD student in University of Cambridge, UK
Jonathan Indajang (2022 - 2024) - Undergraduate student in Cornell University, USA
Gavin Loi (2022 - 2024) - Undergraduate student in University of Queensland, Australia
Enoch Kwok (Summer 2023) - Medical Student in LKC School of Medicine, NTU Singapore
Cristian Silva (2021 - 2023) - MS student in University of Boras, Sweden
Blake O'Connor (2021 - 2023) - PharmD student in University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Caleb Hernes (2021 - 2023) - MD student in University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, USA
Lance O'Connor (2021 - 2023) - PhD student in Johns Hopkins University, USA
Joey Quick (2021 - 2023) - MD student in Cleveland Clinic, USA