PEOPLE

David A. Seminowicz, PhD

Co-Principal Investigator

Professor, Medical Biophysics and Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Adjunct Associate Professor and Dean’s Faculty, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Department of Neural and Pain Sciences.
Honorary Principal Research Scientist, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA)

Michael L. Keaser, BA

Analyst

Michael is an analyst and lab technician. He duties include server administration, Medoc maintenance and data organization.

Chun Yin Liu, PhD

Postdoc

Chun Yin is a Postdoc at Western University in the Department of Medical Biophysics. He earned a PhD degree in Linguistics from the University of Hong Kong. He is interested in brain connectivity and and the brain circuit of pain and cognition. He likes drinking matcha.

Phivos Phylactou, PhD
Postdoc

Phivos is a cognitive neuroscientist studying the nexus between the neural underpinnings of working memory and pain. In 2019, he graduated as the Valedictorian with a BSc in Psychology from Frederick University, Cyprus, and received his PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences from the Cyprus University of Technology in 2023. In February 2024, Phivos was awarded with the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Post-Doctoral Fellowship. He is also a passionate science communicator.

Sarah Margerison, BA

Grad student

Sarah is a PHD student and physical therapist. Throughout her practice, she has developed a strong interest in the brain processes associated with pain and is excited to use fMRI and EEG to add to this body of knowledge. She hopes to use what she has learned in the lab to improve management of musculoskeletal patients in the physical therapy clinic.

Brent Stewart, BA

Grad student

Brent is a PhD student in University of Maryland, Baltimore's Program in Neuroscience. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy and Psychology from Emory University.

Somayeh Mashatan, MSc

Grad student

Somayeh is a PhD student in Medical Biophysics at University of Western Ontario (UWO). She completed her MSc and BSc in Biomedical Engineering. During her MSc thesis work at Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT) in Tehran, Iran, she gained substantial experience in task design as well as in recording and processing EEG signals.

Chloe Cheung, BMSc

Grad student

Chloe is a Master's student at Western University in the department of Neuroscience. She earned a Bachelor of Medical Sciences at Western University, majoring in both Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences and Medical Cell Biology. When not in the lab, Chloe enjoys reading Shakespeare, running, and cycling.

Yuan Yao, BSc

Grad student

Yuan is a Master's student at University of Western Ontario in the department of Neuroscience. Before joining DAS lab, they earned a Honors Bachelor of Science in Psychology at King's College London, United Kingdom.

Eva Lian, BSc

Research assistant

Eva is a research assistant at DAS lab. She has earned her Honours Bachelor Degree at University of Toronto majoring in Neuroscience and Economics. Eva likes good music and winter sunshine.

Erin Holzscherer, BSc

Research Assistant

Erin is a research assistant at Western University in the Neuroscience department. Erin completed her BSc in Animal Behaviour at Western University in 2022 and is applying to the Ontario Veterinary College for 2025. She spends most of her free time breeding and competing dressage horses with her Australian shepherd, Lou.

Celine Huang, BSc

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Celine is a Master's student at the University of Toronto in the department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. She earned her Bachelor of Science with an honours specialization in Neuroscience at Western University, where she completed her honours thesis in DAS lab. Outside of the lab, Celine likes to spend her free time traveling, choreographing and trying new foods!

Grace Vo-Edwards, BSc

Undergadaute volunteer

Grace is an undergraduate student at Western University in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacolgy. Grace also works closely with Western’s Orientation program as an Off-Campus Soph to help transition first-year students into university life. In her spare time, Grace enjoys cooking, music and strength training.

Joyce Teixeira da Silva, PhD

Co-Principal Investigator

Joyce was a Postdoc in the Seminowicz Pain lab before being offered Assistant Professor at University of Maryland in 2022. Joyce completed her PhD at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. She is currently working on neuroimaging studies of sex and age differences in pain in both humans and animals. She runs a translational lab, taking research from“Bench to Bedside and Back Again.”

LAB ALUMNI

Graduate Students

Andrew Furman, MS
Grad Student
Now a Postdoc

Samuel Krimmel
Grad Student
Now a Postdoc at Washington University in St. Louis

Janell Payano Sosa
Grad Student
Now a postdoc at National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) in Bethesda, MD

Shana Burrowes, MPH, PhD
Grad student

Now Postdoc at Boston University

Tim Meeker,PhD

Grad student

Now Postdoc at JHU

Postdocs

Catherine Hubbard, PhD
Postdoc

Now Assistant Prof at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Bethany Remeniuk, PhD
Postdoc

Now at Akoya Biosciences, Inc.

Vani Mathur,

PhD
Postdoc

Now Assistant Prof at Texas A&M

Li Jiang, PhD
Postdoc

Now Research Associate at UMB

Yuan Wang, MD
Research Scholar

Now Assistant Prof at Xi'an Jiaotong University

Dental Students

Shariq Khan, MS

Class of 2017

Marc Rangel, DDS

Class of 2016

Now a dentist

Luis Guillermo Hernandez Rojas
Post Doc

Now Assistant Professor at Department of Computing at Tecnológico de Monterrey.

Daniela Loebl, DDS, MSD

Class of 2016

Now an orthodontist

Research Assistants & Others

Ashrita Kumar, BS
Research Assistant

Now singing full time in her band, Pinkshift

Luma Samawi, BA
Research Assistant

Now MS student at Kings College London

Mariya Prokhorenko

Research Assistant

Now PhD student at USUHS

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Khashayar Rahsepar
Dental Student

UMSOD, class of 2022

Khashayar joined the lab in 2019 while completing his dental program at UMSOD.

Janusiya Muthulingam MSc
Class of 2016

Now PhD Student in Univ. Aalborg

Sooyoung Yoo, BS
Postbacc

Now a Dental Student

(class of 2019) at NYU

Jing Zhang, BS
Research Assistant

Now PhD student at UC Irvine

Darrah Speis
Research Assistant
Darrah graduated from University of Maryland, College Park in May 2020 with two BS degrees in Biology and Psychology. She's attending Temple School of Medicine Class of 2026. In the summer she hikes and in the winter she knits.

PEOPLE

LAB ALUMNI

Graduate Students

Andrew Furman, MS Grad Student Now a Postdoc

Samuel Krimmel Grad Student Now a Postdoc at Washington University in St. Louis

Janell Payano Sosa Grad Student Now a postdoc at National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) in Bethesda, MD

Shana Burrowes, MPH, PhD Grad student

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Now Postdoc at Boston University

Tim Meeker,PhD

Grad student

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Now Postdoc at JHU

Postdocs

Catherine Hubbard, PhD Postdoc Now Assistant Prof at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Bethany Remeniuk, PhD Postdoc

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Now at Akoya Biosciences, Inc.

Vani Mathur,

PhD Postdoc

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Now Assistant Prof at Texas A&M

Li Jiang, PhD Postdoc

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Now Research Associate at UMB

Yuan Wang, MD Research Scholar

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Now Assistant Prof at Xi'an Jiaotong University

Dental Students

Shariq Khan, MS

Class of 2017

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Marc Rangel, DDS

Class of 2016

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Now a dentist

Luis Guillermo Hernandez Rojas Post Doc

Now Assistant Professor at Department of Computing at Tecnológico de Monterrey.

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Daniela Loebl, DDS, MSD

Class of 2016

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Now an orthodontist

Research Assistants & Others

Ashrita Kumar, BS Research Assistant Now singing full time in her band, Pinkshift

Luma Samawi, BA Research Assistant

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Now MS student at Kings College London

Mariya Prokhorenko

Research Assistant

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Now PhD student at USUHS

Khashayar Rahsepar Dental Student

UMSOD, class of 2022

Khashayar joined the lab in 2019 while completing his dental program at UMSOD.

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Janusiya Muthulingam MSc Class of 2016 ​ Now PhD Student in Univ. Aalborg

Sooyoung Yoo, BS Postbacc

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Now a Dental Student

(class of 2019) at NYU

Jing Zhang, BS Research Assistant

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Now PhD student at UC Irvine

Darrah Speis Research Assistant Darrah graduated from University of Maryland, College Park in May 2020 with two BS degrees in Biology and Psychology. She's attending Temple School of Medicine Class of 2026. In the summer she hikes and in the winter she knits.

Andrew Furman, MS
Grad Student
Now a Postdoc

Samuel Krimmel
Grad Student
Now a Postdoc at Washington University in St. Louis

Janell Payano Sosa
Grad Student
Now a postdoc at National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) in Bethesda, MD

Shana Burrowes, MPH, PhD
Grad student

Catherine Hubbard, PhD
Postdoc

Now Assistant Prof at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Bethany Remeniuk, PhD
Postdoc

PhD
Postdoc

Li Jiang, PhD
Postdoc

Yuan Wang, MD
Research Scholar

Luis Guillermo Hernandez Rojas
Post Doc

Ashrita Kumar, BS
Research Assistant

Now singing full time in her band, Pinkshift

Luma Samawi, BA
Research Assistant

Khashayar Rahsepar
Dental Student

Janusiya Muthulingam MSc
Class of 2016

Now PhD Student in Univ. Aalborg

Sooyoung Yoo, BS
Postbacc

Jing Zhang, BS
Research Assistant

Darrah Speis
Research Assistant
Darrah graduated from University of Maryland, College Park in May 2020 with two BS degrees in Biology and Psychology. She's attending Temple School of Medicine Class of 2026. In the summer she hikes and in the winter she knits.