Tiffany received an undergrad degree at Rutgers University majoring in Biology. She is currently working towards a MS degree in Biotechnology at Johns Hopkins University. Somehow, she manages to work full-time in the lab as well, studying how chromatin is affected by changes in polyamine levels, and managing lab daily routines. After receiving her Masters, she plans on attending medical school for Trauma Surgery. 

She loves to garden and bake macarons during her free time. She also loves to travel, and has visited 6 out of the 7 continents.

Noah is an undergraduate at the University of Texas at San Antonio with a major in neuroscience under the pre-medicine pathway. Having recently joined the lab, he is currently assisting with protocols across multiple projects. After graduation, Noah plans to attend medical school to specialize in neurology.  

Outside of the lab, he loves to hike, spend time with his family, and cook new recipes

Leonor graduated from Texas Tech university with a B.S in Microbiology in 2022. In the lab, she studies chromatin alterations in ventral tegmental area astrocytes. 

Leonor plans to pursue a PhD in biomedical sciences. In her free time she enjoys watching scary movies, hiking, and coffee.

Ksenia is a Masters student in Biotechnology. In the lab, she is working on the biochemistry of H1 proteins, and is our resident expert in recombinant protein expression and purification.

After graduating, Ksenia plans to pursue a PhD in biomedical sciences, perhaps studying molecular interactions and kinetics. In her free time she enjoys cooking, reading, and spending time with her four (sic!) cats 

Dustin received his M.S. and B.S. in Biology from The University of Texas at San Antonio. He is interested in understanding how missense mutations in histones alter chromatin states and contribute to disease. 

Outside of lab Dustin enjoys spending time with friends, family, and his three dogs. Fun fact, Dustin spent some time excavating dinosaurs in the Dakotas - the Black Hills Institute hoodie you see him wearing is not a random souvenir.

Ava is a second-year undergraduate studying Microbiology and Immunology (and some chemistry). She just joined the lab and has not committed to a specific project yet, but will be assisting Dustin with some gene editing experiments in the near future.

Ava plans to join a PhD program to pursue a career in research. In her free time, she like spending time outdoors, with friends and family, and reading.

Amina graduated from UTSA with a B.S. in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology in 2024.  During her undergraduate she was a MARC-2 program scholar. She joined Soshnev Lab during her junior year of undergraduate and stayed in the lab after graduation as a post-bacc research associate. In the lab Amina studies the effects of mutations in H1 histones in developmental disorders. 

Amina wants to pursue a career as a medical doctor. Outside of the lab Amina enjoys photography, thrifting, graphic design, and spending time with friends and family.

Ashley is a second year Neuroscience PhD student co-supervised by the Soshnev and Wanat labs. She graduated with a B.S. in Psychology from Texas A&M University in 2023. Currently, she is investigating how addiction may induce chromatin alterations in astrocytes within the ventral tegmental area, and how this may influence motivated behavior.

In her free time, Ashley enjoys music, cooking, hiking, and spending time with friends and her cat Toby.

Natalie is a third-year undergraduate at UTSA, majoring in mathematics. In the lab, she is currently working on how histone modifications correlate with (and dictate) cell fate decisions, using taste bud cells as a model. 

In the future, she plans to pursue a degree in genetic counseling. During her free time, she enjoys concerts, books, and coffee. 

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Natalie is a third-year undergraduate at UTSA, majoring in mathematics. In the lab, she is currently working on how histone modifications correlate with (and dictate) cell fate decisions, using taste bud cells as a model. 

In the future, she plans to pursue a master's degree in genetic counseling. During her free time, she enjoys concerts, books, and coffee. 

Wan earned her PhD in Genetics at Michigan State University and completed her postdoctoral training at UC Irvine and Indiana University.  She joned the Soshnev lab to pursue her interest in understanding chromatin dysfunction in disease. 

In her free time she enjoys yoga, music, cooking, and spending time with her family. 

Alexey was born in Russia, where he attended Faculty of Medicine at St. Petersburg State University. During that time, he serendipitously completed a short exchange program with the University of Iowa and decided to pursue a career in research. He completed his PhD with Pam Geyer at Iowa followed by a postdoc with C. David Allis at The Rockefeller University in New York.

Alexey started his lab at UT San Antonio in the Fall of 2022. In his rare free time, he enjoys cooking for his family, stargazing, bugs, and classical music.  Fun fact - he learned English in high school, but mostly got serious about it because of original Baldurs Gate game.

Brigid graduated from the University of Arizona with a double major in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Neuroscience and Cognitive Science in 2019. Since then, she has worked as a research assistant studying computational neuroscience, spinal cord injury, and in preclinical cancer research. In the lab she manages the mouse colony and aims to pursue a graduate degree in Neuroscience in the near future.

Outside of the lab, Brigid likes to paint, read and go to concerts.