Meet the Team
Graduate Students
Myles Gladen
Myles is a PhD Student in the lab who is the team leader for the Brain Regeneration project. Outside of school he enjoys spending time traveling, camping, hiking, running, climbing, and watched a good tv show or movie.
Undergraduate Students
•Jaden Fair
•Lizeth Garcia
•Vy Do
•Emily Andrade
•Emily Palacios (PRIME)
Lab Alumni
•Sriram Ayalavarapu (TAMS)
•Venkat Ayalavarapu (TAMS)
•Leema Binu (UG)
•Lauryn Daigle (UG)
•Marc Joshua Silvosa (UG)
•Nohemi Romo Mercado (UG)
•Tho Vu (Grad - MS)
•Amaya Gomez (PRIME)
Principal Investigator
Zane Lybrand, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Hi I’m Zane. I received my PhD in Biology from Texas A&M University in 2012 studying neural regeneration in annelid worms and completed my postdoc at UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2018 in the Department of Molecular Biology. Outside of the lab, I enjoy spending time with my family, riding my bike, and playing jazz guitar.
Nadine Yasin
Nadine is a PhD student in the lab who is the team leader for the Mechanisms of TBI project. She loves coffee, soccer, and is passionate about understanding the biology of repetitive head traumas.
Natalie Smith
Natalie is a PhD student in the lab who is the team leader for the Neuroengineering project. Outside of the lab she enjoys watching Marvel movies, hobbits, and didn't realize she was going to be doing so much bioengineering!