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Let’s kickoff #BlackNeuroRollCall by introducing some of the Black neuroscientists, neuro-engineers, and science communicators on our incredible organizing team! 
We are all SO proud to be #BlackInNeuro
We are all SO proud to be #BlackInNeuro
Angeline Dukes @FutureDrDukes is a 4th year PhD student @UCIrvine
She’s the daughter of immigrants from Trinidad
and Haiti 
, a first-generation college graduate 
, and an addiction neuroscientist 
She hopes to be a professor & inspire Black students in STEM
She’s the daughter of immigrants from Trinidad
and Haiti , a first-generation college graduate , and an addiction neuroscientist She hopes to be a professor & inspire Black students in STEM
Meet @kss_phd aka Dr. Kaela Singleton! She is a BlackQueer woman that earned her PhD in May 
She is now a postdoc @EmoryUniversity as a #DSPAN and FIRST fellow As a development neuroscientist, she studies how the brain forms in normal and disease states!
She is now a postdoc @EmoryUniversity as a #DSPAN and FIRST fellow
As a development neuroscientist, she studies how the brain forms in normal and disease states!
Rackeb Tesfaye @RackebT is a neuro PhD Candidate at @mcgillu in 
Up to 80% of youth w/ autism experience sleep problems & she investigates genetic/behavioural factors that may explain why
She also loves creating inclusive STEM audio stories with @science_broads
Up to 80% of youth w/ autism experience sleep problems & she investigates genetic/behavioural factors that may explain why
She also loves creating inclusive STEM audio stories with @science_broads
Liestsel Richardson @motherofneurons is a rising 2nd year Mechanical Engineering PhD student @UCF doing neuromechanics research to better understand brain dynamics during human lower limb rehabilitation
Outside lab, she spends time with her wife, cat, & several fantasy novels
Outside lab, she spends time with her wife, cat, & several fantasy novels
De-Shaine Murray @shaineNeuro is a first-gen 2nd Year Neurotechnology PhD student at @imperialcollege, UK 
He is of Jamaican descent
and a neuroengineer
He is passionate about improving neurocritical care outcomes
and inspiring Black kids to fall in love with science 
He is of Jamaican descent
and a neuroengineerHe is passionate about improving neurocritical care outcomes
and inspiring Black kids to fall in love with science
Ashley Cunningham @ANeurogirl is an incoming neuroscience PhD student @IcahnMountSinai
She studies the paternal transmission of stress phenotypes across generations
Outside of the lab, she loves to tend to her many house plants!
She studies the paternal transmission of stress phenotypes across generations
Outside of the lab, she loves to tend to her many house plants!
Destinee Aponte @idoneuroscience is an incoming PhD student @Harvard’s Program in Neuroscience
She works on sensory systems
and the brain’s role in processing complex sensory stimuli
She loves checking out (both good and bad) horror flicks!
She works on sensory systems
and the brain’s role in processing complex sensory stimuliShe loves checking out (both good and bad) horror flicks!
Clíona Kelly @ClionaKelly01 is a 2nd year Neuroscience PhD candidate in Birmingham, U.K.
She investigates eye-gaze with a virtual human, by combining virtual reality, eye-tracking and EEG
Outside of the lab, she loves baking and eating goodies w/ Yorkshire tea
She investigates eye-gaze with a virtual human, by combining virtual reality, eye-tracking and EEG
Outside of the lab, she loves baking and eating goodies w/ Yorkshire tea
Gwenaëlle Thomas @getneuro is a neuropharmacologist and rising 5th year PhD student @DukeU
She uses the brain's electrical patterns to better understand how drug therapies can be applied with minimal side effects
She studies schizophrenia, depression, and anxiety.
She uses the brain's electrical patterns to better understand how drug therapies can be applied with minimal side effects
She studies schizophrenia, depression, and anxiety.
Elena Dominguez @NeuroCurls is a 4th year Ph.D. student @UCIrvine
She studies the brains of 90 year olds to find if structural characteristics can tell us who will age successfully and who won't
She also LOVES to make vegetarian versions of her favorite childhood meals
She studies the brains of 90 year olds to find if structural characteristics can tell us who will age successfully and who won't
She also LOVES to make vegetarian versions of her favorite childhood meals
Danielle Nadin @DanielleSipsTea is completing her MSc in Neuroscience @mcgillu
She studies the network correlates of consciousness & brain stimulation as a treatment following brain injury
She is actively engaged in promoting equity, diversity and inclusion in STEM
She studies the network correlates of consciousness & brain stimulation as a treatment following brain injury
She is actively engaged in promoting equity, diversity and inclusion in STEM
Brielle Ferguson @BrielleRyan is a neuroscientist and postdoctoral fellow @Stanford
She is interested in better understanding circuits within the brain that support different types of cognition, like working memory, attention, and cognitive flexibility
She is interested in better understanding circuits within the brain that support different types of cognition, like working memory, attention, and cognitive flexibility
Paige Greenwood @pentopaige_ is a 5th year Neuroscience Doctoral Candidate @uofcincy
She studies the role of socioeconomic status on reading ability using fMRI neuroimaging
She enjoys teaching elementary students about Neuroscience
, hiking
, and going to art museums 
She studies the role of socioeconomic status on reading ability using fMRI neuroimaging
She enjoys teaching elementary students about Neuroscience
, hiking, and going to art museums
Ti’Air Riggins @Ti_Enjoli is a biomedical engineering PhD candidate focusing on neuro engineering
She investigates the brain’s response to implantable probes in hopes of understanding how to make the probes function longer
She loves creating art & is a former Miss Indiana
She investigates the brain’s response to implantable probes in hopes of understanding how to make the probes function longer
She loves creating art & is a former Miss Indiana
D’Angela Pritchett-Rowe @dangela_pr is a post-bac NAEP Fellow @NIH joining the @KhaliqLab this fall
She loves to study how the dopaminergic system modulates voluntary movement and decision-making!
She is also a competitive powerlifter
& Black history YouTuber! 
She loves to study how the dopaminergic system modulates voluntary movement and decision-making!
She is also a competitive powerlifter
& Black history YouTuber!
