Our team

  • Alexandre Tiriac, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

  • Fernanda Orsi

    Research Assistant II

  • Rishikesh Kumar Gupta, PhD

    Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Kaylee Odum

    Biosci PhD Student, NSF GRFP scholar

  • Alexander Fisch

    Biosci PhD Student

  • Elysia Gauthier

    Pharmacology PhD Student. T32 Fellow

  • Elise Martin

    Elise Martin

    IGP PhD student. T32 Fellow

  • Usma Sajid

    Vanderbilt Neuroscience major. VUSRP awardee

  • Parthav Gavini

    Vanderbilt neuroscience and MHS majors. V-START scholar

  • Kevin Fall

    Vanderbilt Neuroscience major. Crescere Aude Scholar

Lab Photos

  • 2026 - Games at Pins Mechanical

  • 2025 - Tacos at Torchy's

Lab Alums

Usma Sajid (Undergraduate researcher and VUSRP fellow) - next step: Medical school

Nathan Stanko (RA) - next step: Medical school

Natalie Clark (RA) - next step: Forensic Anthropology PhD at Michigan State University

Dominic Vita, PhD (Postdoc) - next step: Postdoc in Cheadle lab at CSHL

Ji-Hoon Jang (Undergraduate researcher and VUSRP fellow) - next step: medical school at UT Southwestern