Team Cuttlefish is based in the Axel lab at the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia University. We are a multidisciplinary bunch, and we believe*:

 
 
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Tessa Montague, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
tessa.montague@columbia.edu
she/her

Erica Shook

Graduate Student & NSF fellow
es3773@columbia.edu
she/her

Tom Mungioli

Cephalopod Husbandry Technician
tjm2206@columbia.edu
he/him

Zaila Avant-garde

High school student
za2382@columbia.edu
she/her

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Daniella Garcia-Rosales

Creative Technologist
dg3092@columbia.edu
she/her

Thomas Barlow

Graduate Student & NSF fellow
gtb2115@cumc.columbia.edu
he/him

Sarafina Belafonte

Undergraduate
smb2355@columbia.edu
she/her

Connor Gibbons

Cephalopod Facility Manager
cjg2191@columbia.edu
he/him

Eva Castagna

Research Assistant
ec3765@columbia.edu
she/her

Maggie Pozo

Undergraduate (Univ of Utah)
mp4262@cumc.columbia.edu
she/her

Alumni

Kyra Bonta

Former: Summer student
Current: Undergraduate at Yale University | she/her

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Roselis Emiliano

Former: BRAINYAC summer student
Current: Undergraduate at Stony Brook University | she/her

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Isabelle Rieth

Former: Research assistant
Current: Graduate student & NSF fellow at Northwestern | they/them

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Mycah (Mac) Simmons

Former: Research Assistant
Current: Master’s student at Mount Sinai | they/them

Melvin Williams

Former: Summer student
Current: Incoming grad student at Univ of Utah | he/him

Katherine Wang

Former: Undergraduate student
Current: Biotech Equity Research Associate at Jefferies | she/her

Flora Braes

Former: Summer student
Current: Medical student at UConn | she/her