March 2025
Sophia Vetter-Ryan receives 2025 AURA Summer Research Award!
Sophia has been awarded the Advanced Undergraduate Research Achievement Award (AURA) to investigate the effects of testosterone during adolescence on markers of brain plasticity. Congrats Sophia!!!
Sara Grubbs receives 2025 AURA Summer Research Award!
Sara has been awarded the Advanced Undergraduate Research Achievement Award (AURA) to investigate adolescent sensitive period plasticity. Way to go Sara!
December 2024
Congratulations Graduates!
Thank you Belle, CJ, and Meg (not pictured here) for your numerous contributions to our research! We are cheering you on—new adventures await!
October 2024
Jessica Tremblay, M.A., successfully defended her thesis!
Congrats Jess-those new letters look good on you!!!
September 2024
Jessica Tremblay receives Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation Award from the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology!
Congrats Jess on an excellent presentation at the inaugural SBN Online Research Symposium!
May 2024
Marcia Chavez receives Outstanding Presentation Award
Marcia was awarded the Outstanding Presentation Award at the Department of Psychology Annual Spring Celebration. Congrats Marcia!
Trevor Pounders receives 2024 AURA Summer Research Award !
Trevor has been awarded the Advanced Undergraduate Research Achievement Award (AURA) to investigate the effects of pubertal timing on adolescent brain plasticity. Way to Go Trevor!
Joseph Hunter receives presentation award at EURECA!
Joseph was awarded the EURECA Research and Creative Achievement Award for his excellent poster presentation!
April 2024
Marcia receives Excellence in Graduate Research Award!
Way to go Marcia!
Sept 2023
Maddie and Alyssa present at UTK Discover Day!
Congratulations to Alyssa Whaley and Maddie Jones on a fantastic data presentation at UTK Discovery Day!
May 2023
Ian Warren accepted into Ph.D. program at UC Riverside
Our spectacular Master’s student Ian Warren is off to California! Ian will be conducting his Ph.D. work in the laboratory of Dr. Wendy Saltzman. Congrats Ian!!!
Saltzman Lab Website
Abby and Moneera receive presentation awards at Eureca!
Abby Solano and Moneera Khan were awarded the Eureca Research and Creative Achievement Award for their excellent poster presentations. Nice one Moneera and Abby!
Joseph Hunter receives AURA summer research award!
Joseph has been awarded the Advanced Undergraduate Research Achievement Award (AURA) to investigate the effects of developmental stress on adult neural plasticity. Way to Go Joseph!
April 2023
Micah Igot selected to present at NCUR!
Micah Igot’s work was selected for presentation at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) in Wisconsin. Way to go Micah!
APRIL 2022
Excellence in Teaching Award to Arthur Castaneda
The Graduate Student Senate recognized AJ with the prestigious Excellence in Teaching Award! Congrats AJ!
June 2021
PIPES 2021 STEM Research Program for high school students
AJ and Marcia enjoyed teaching Cole, Brayden, and Autumn brain immunofluorescence and identification of perineuronal nets this week! The students did an amazing job and we hope to recruit them to our lab at UT following graduation!
May 2021
Congrats to Raneem Ammar for receiving the University of Tennessee 2021 Summer Undergraduate Internship Award!
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Marcia Chavez wins the 2021 Women’s Health Research Award!
Marcia’s translational project is a follow-up study from her previously published work and will use an immunofluorescence technique to examine whether prenatal and adolescent stress exposure in female rats decreases estrogen receptor alpha in brain regions important for mental health. Congrats Marcia!!!
Arthur J. Castaneda wins the 2021 Graduate Student Teaching Award!
The winner of this year’s graduate student teaching award goes to someone who not only received more than 40% of the individual nominations we received, but who also received some of the most meaningful nominations. Congrats AJ!!!!
April 2020
Gulsah Onar wins Eureca Undergraduate Poster Presentation (virtual) award!
Congratulations Gulsah! This was a wacky weird year conducting your presentation over zoom, and you nailed it!
March 2020
Former Undergraduate Researcher Rob Ledbetter publishes a timely and important article in the Tennessean:
https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2020/03/27/coronavirus-tennessee-governor-bill-lee-should-issue-stay-home-order/2921820001/
August 2019
Office of Undergraduate Research highlights Carinne, John, and Gulsah’s summer research with a great article and pictures!
April 2019
Congrats to Carinne Cheney for being awarded the University of Tennessee 2019 Summer Undergraduate Internship Award!
Congrats to John Lawrence for being awarded the University of Tennessee 2019 Summer Undergraduate Internship Award!
Congrats to Gulsah Onar for being awarded the University of Tennessee 2019 Summer Undergraduate Internship Award!
March 2019
Congratulations to Marcia Chavez for securing a Student-Faculty Research Award!
February 2019
Congratulations to AJ Castaneda for his award-winning 3MT presentation!
February 2018
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Robert Ledbetter selected out of over 4,000 students to present his work at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Congratulations Rob!
April 2017
Colin Maxie's poster presentation awarded 1st place in Neuroscience for the College of Arts and Science at the Eureca Undergraduate Research Symposium!
March 2017
Shana Oltmann was awarded second place for her oral presentation at the 3rd Annual Women in STEM Research Symposium. Way to go Shana!
Congrats Rob Ledbetter for being awarded the University of Tennessee 2017 Summer Undergraduate Internship Award!
Congrats Chris Finotti for being awarded the University of Tennessee 2017 Summer Undergraduate Internship Award!