Undergraduate – Current

  • Addie Thigpen

    Addie is a third-year undergraduate student majoring in Applied Biotechnology with an emphasis in Animal Science at UGA. After graduating, she plans on attending veterinary school and pursuing a career in veterinary medicine. Addie’s current project focuses on regenerative rehabilitation where she studies how exercise can enhance engraftment of neural stem cells leading to improved…

  • Kristy Trung

    Kristy is a third-year undergraduate student majoring in Applied Biotechnology with an emphasis in Animal Science and a minor in Avian Biology. After graduating, Kristy plans on attending veterinary school to pursue veterinary medicine. In the lab, her research focuses on testing a novel small molecule traumatic brain injury therapeutic and its effect on social…

  • Taylor Brooks

    Taylor is a fourth-year undergraduate student majoring in Animal Science. After finishing his undergraduate degree, Taylor plans on attending veterinary school to pursue a career in veterinary medicine. In the lab, Taylor’s project this year focuses on a small molecule traumatic brain injury therapeutic and its effect on cognitive, behavior, and motor function. Outside of…

  • Anna McGarry

    Anna is a second-year undergraduate student majoring in Applied Biotechnology with an emphasis in Animal Science and a minor in Spanish. I hope to attend veterinary school after I graduate. My research projects have focused on evaluating novel traumatic brain injury therapeutics and their effects on white matter recovery in the brain and improvements in…

  • Sivani Shanmugam

    Sivani is a fourth-year undergraduate student majoring in Animal Science and minoring in Dairy Science. After graduating Sivani plans on furthering her education in the field of animal behavioral science and pursuing a career in animal law. In the lab, she assists on a novel project to develop stem cell therapies to improve motor function…