Lab Team

Lead Researcher

Headshot of the labratory's principle investigator, Mirna Mihvilovic Skanata
Mirna Mihovilović Škanata
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Physics, Brown University

Closed-loop 2P Tracking Microscopy

Seongjin Park
Research Professor
PhD. Physics,
Urbana-Champaign
2021 - present

Salome Jin
Graduate Student
Physics
2025 - present

Behavioral Variability

Silverio Johnson
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D. Physics
Brown University
2025 - present
Yiming Xu
Graduate Student
Physics
2021 – present
Suved Ganduri
Researcher
MS Computer Science
Syracuse University
2024 - present

Flavors

Derick Ramos
Graduate Student
Physics
2023 - present
Ren Monegro
Undergraduate researcher
Biology
2023 - present


Memory and Learning

Liliana Germain
Undergraduate Student
Neuroscience and Psychology
2025

McNair Scholar, 2023/2024
Matthew Pecot/McKnight Fellowship, 2024/2025

Mechanosensation
Dev Goonawardhana
Graduate Student
Physics
2024-present
Gil Raitses
Researcher
2024-present
MS. Applied data science, 2026

Alumni

Katherine Monroe
B.S. Bioengineering, 2025
Now: Project Manager, Epic Healthcare
Riley Marie Parikh
B.S. Psychology & Neuroscience, 2025
Daniella Sarfo
B.S. Economics, 2025
Now: M.S. Rutgers
Emma Snook
B.S. Biology, 2025
Now: Research Tech at MGH
Liliana Germain
B.S. Neuroscience and Psychology, 2025