DUBOUE LAB
PrincipaI Investigator
Erik Duboué
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Erik did his Bachelors degrees at Tulane University and then his PhD at NYU with Richard Borowsky. He then worked with Marnie Halpern at the Carnegie Institution for Science before starting his lab at FAU in 2017.
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Phone: (561) 799-8054
Email: eduboue@fau.edu
Research staff
Caylla Martin​
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I am the Lab manager for the Duboue lab. I maintain the A. mexicanus and Danio stocks while coordinating the research needs the lab.
Email: cayllamartin2018@fau.edu
Mackenzie Tackett​
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I am the Aquatics Research Coordinator for the Duboue and Fontenas Labs at FAU.
Email: vtackett@fau.edu
Naresh Padmanaban
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Using the Astyanax model to examine neuronal differences driving adaptive feeding states. I am also combining these with novel machine learning approaches for scoring behavior
Email: npadmanaban2020@fau.edu
Pranav Jambulingam
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I am working on a study to assess how glia are altered in the evolution of the brain. We are using HCR to assess expression and abundance of glial subtypes in the cave and surface fish brain.
Email: pjambulingam2022@fau.edu
Graduate Students
Caroline Hybl​
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I'm a postbac student using the Mexican tetra as a model to understand aging and Amyloid beta plaque clearance
Email: chybl@fau.edu
Undergraduate Students
Keisha Bansal​
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As a former URISE scholar, I am working to characterize feeding differences in the brain of Astyanax cave and surface fish. My work focuses on brain anatomy and neural activity
Email: kbansal2023@fau.edu
Kristina Boutros
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I am working in the Duboue lab to understand how early life stress alteres the developmental of the brain. We are using light sheet microscopy and adult brain atlases for zebrafish.
Email: kboutros2022@fau.edu
Kimia Alirezaei
I am an undergraduate student looking to understand how early life stress alters the development of the vertebrate brain. I'm working on computational analyis of adult brains
Email: kalirezaei2024@fau.edu
Aneesh Nudurupati
I am an undergraduate student looking to understand how early life stress alters the development of the vertebrate brain. My work focuses on behavioral analsysis of ELS fish
Email: anudurupati2025@fau.edu
Serena Amro Gazze​
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I am an FAU High Student work to define anatomical modules in a developing Astyanax adult brain atlas.
Email: samrogazze2022@fau.edu
Martha Ruiz​
I am a WHC student studying how evolution drives feeding changes in the Mexican tetra
Email: mruizjimenez2025@fau.edu
Research pawentists
Nena Duboué-Rodriguez
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Nena is a ten year old Amstaff/Boxer mix interested in addictive qualities of Milk Bones. When she isn't at daycare, she's eating Milk Bones.
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Email: AmStaffNena@gmail.com
Coco Duboué-Rodriguez
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Coco is a 7-month old Amstaff mix. When not at daycare, she enjoys chasing squirrels and playing with her sister.
Laboratory alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows
• Dr. Jacqueline Chin – Postdoc (Currently Senior Scientist in Michael Meaney’s Lab, Singapore)
• Dr. Robert Kozol – Postdoc (Currently Assistant Professor at St. John’s University)
• Dr. Itzel Sifuentes-Romero – Postdoc (Currently Research Scientist, Iowa State)
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Graduate Students (PhD and Masters)
• Cody Loomis – Graduate Student (Currently in McLean Bolton’s Lab, Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience)
• Ji-Heon “John” Han – PhD Student
• Anders Yuiska – Master’s Student
• Alexandra Paz – PhD Student
• Bethany O’Donnell – PhD Student
• Peter Igwilo – Graduate Student​
Technicians/Research Staff
• Yasmeen Erritouni - Gradaute Student at University of Washington
• Bernadeth Tolentino – Graduate Student at University of Southern California
• Peter Lewis – Research Fellow at OLAW
• Paloma Amaral – University of Chicago
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Undergraduate Students
• Courtney Olive – Wilkes Honors College Undergraduate Student
• Claude Gassant – Wilkes Honors College Undergraduate Student
• Daniel Whu – Wilkes Honors College Undergraduate Student
• Steven Raftopoulos – Wilkes Honors College Undergraduate Student
• Austin Raftopoulos – Wilkes Honors College Undergraduate Student
• Lydia Albert – Wilkes Honors College Undergraduate Student
• Anh Phan – Wilkes Honors College Undergraduate Student
• Shirley Mendina-Trenche – Wilkes Honors College Undergraduate Student
• Charles Shi – Wilkes Honors College Undergraduate Student (MPHP)
• Leonardo Peon Chang – Wilkes Honors College Undergraduate Student (Presented at ABRCMS Conference)
• Rina Raad – Wilkes Honors College Undergraduate Student
• Princess Abdul-Akbar – Wilkes Honors College Undergraduate Student
• Kelly-Anne Peart – Wilkes Honors College Undergraduate Student
• Alexia Cree-Newman – Wilkes Honors College Undergraduate Student
• Ana Chacon – Wilkes Honors College Undergraduate Student (OURI Grant awarded)
• Ghabrielle Alemedia – Wilkes Honors College Undergraduate Student
• Samantha Zaninelli – Wilkes Honors College Undergraduate Student (Barry Goldwater Recipient)
• Lina Cristisimo – Wilkes Honors College Undergraduate Student
• Julianna Booth – Wilkes Honors College Undergraduate Student
• Jannatul Begum – Wilkes Honors College Undergraduate Student (OURI Grant awarded)
• Anders Yuiska – Undergraduate Researcher (early training period)
• Naresh Padmanaban – Undergraduate Researcher (currently Tech in the lab)
• Pranav Jambalingam – Undergraduate Researcher (NMS/BSMD track; manuscript in prep) (currently tech in the lab)
• Aiden Geleta – Undergraduate Researcher (Barry Goldwater Recipient)