PEOPLE
THOMAS COATE
Associate Professor
thomas.coate@georgetown.edu​
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BS: University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
PhD: Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
Post-Doctoral Fellowship: National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
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Teaching at GU is an important part of my life. Here are undergraduate courses I've taught since 2018. I also teach in many graduate courses across GU.
SATISH GHIMIRE
Assistant Research Professor
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BSc: Tri-Chandra College, Kathmandu, Nepal
MSc: B.P. Koirala Institue of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
PhD: University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
MALAVIKA SUGUMAR
Biology Graduate Student
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BS: Microbiology, California State University, Northridge, Los Angeles, CA
PAUL ZHOU
Biology Graduate Student
BS: Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
JENNIFER DUKOV
Georgetown-NIH Graduate Student
jed161@georgetown.edu​​
BS: Biological Sciences
BA: English
University of California Irvine, CA
ALP DEMIRHAN
Biology Graduate Student
md1857@georgetown.edu
BS: Audiology, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
MS: Neuroscience, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
MS: Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
SOPHIE WIGNALL-DILLON
Undergraduate Research Student
smw323@georgetown.edu
Major: Neurobiology
Georgetown University, DC
MIA JANUARIO
Undergraduate Research Student
mjj80@georgetown.edu
Major: Neurobiology
Georgetown University, DC
NIDHEE R. SEERNAUM
Research Technician
ns1461@georgetown.edu
BS: Biological Sciences,
Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
RONAN TUFFY
Undergraduate Research Student
rpt18@georgetown.edu
Major: Neurobiology
Georgetown University, DC
BENJAMIN COHEN
Undergraduate Research Student
bdc64@georgetown.edu
Major: Neurobiology
Georgetown University, DC
DEBORAH GEORGE
Ph.D Alumna 2025
djw103@georgetown.edu​
BS: Animal & Poultry Science, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA
MS: Biology, American University, Washington, DC
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Recent Lab Alumni and Current Whereabouts
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Sehoon Park, MD/orthopedic surgery in Las Vegas
Randall Harley, MD/otolaryngology at UPENN
Christian Faaborg-Andersen, MD/cardiology in Boston
Joseph Murdy, BS/NYIT College of Medicine
​Vinodh Balendran, BS/University of Michigan Medical School
Kaidi Zhang, PhD./Google
Michael Papazian, MD/otolaryngology in Vanderbilt
Johnny Jung, MD/otolaryngology, GW
Mae Grewal, MD/otolaryngology, Univ. of Utah
Meaghan Macrae/Case Western Reserve school of medicine
Ellie Staab/University of Nebraska Medical Center
Udit Dave/Tulane School of Medicine
Zhirong Wang, Ph.D./Chinese Academy of Sciences
Anna Gorsky/Emory University School of Medicine
Talya Inbar, MS. /Université d'Aix Marseille
Katherine Rangoussis/GW University School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Paige Brooks, Ph.D./USDA
Homero Cantu-Guerra, Ph.D. /Texas, USA
Rachel Cherelstein/Inova Sports Medicine
Cassidy Little/Biolumina
Shankar Thiru/Georgetown University School of Medicine
Mansa Gurjar, Ph.D./Kensington, MD
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