
Current Lead Adovcates

Hannah Actor-Engel
she/her
6th Year PhD Candidate (NSP)
Lab: Matthew Kennedy
Studies: Synaptic Plasticity and Dysfunction
Personal Interests/hobbies: Snuggling with her dogs, learning about Colorado geology, and exploring new places
Email: hannah.actor-engel@cuanschutz.edu
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Zoe Owrutsky
she/her
6th Year PhD Candidate (NSP)
Lab: Daniel Tollin
Studies: Auditory system and mechanisms of spatial hearing
Personal Interests/hobbies: Baking sourdough, practicing yoga, and exploring the Colorado wilderness
Email: zoe.owrutsky@cuanschutz.edu
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Christina Como
she/her
4th Year PhD Candidate (NSP)
Lab: Julie Siegenthaler
Studies: cellular crosstalk between the meninges and neural progenitors to produce proper brain development
Personal Interests/hobbies: Art, rockhounding, motorcycles​
Email: christina.como@cuanschutz.edu
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Matthew Sergison
he/him
3rd Year PhD Candidate (NSP)
Lab: Daniel Tollin
Studies: the effects of aging on the auditory brainstem and hearing loss
Personal Interests/hobbies: hiking, skiing, running, playing guitar​
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Maham Haq
1st Year PhD Student (NSP)
Lab: Abigail Pearson and Daniel Denman (rotation)
Personal Interests/hobbies: Skiing, Music, Running, Chess, Meditation (and more)​
Email: maham.haq@cuanschutz.edu

Jose Riguero
1st Year PhD Student (NSP)
Lab: Daniel Tollin (rotation)
Personal Interests/hobbies: Music, vinyl collecting, film, literature, and hiking​
Email: jose.rigeruo@cuanschutz.edu