PRESIDENT

Hi! My name is Jui (she/her), and I’m a fourth year majoring in Neuroscience. The best thing about NEURO Club is the people - everyone is so welcoming, kind, and helpful. Outside of Neuro Club, I’m a research assistant at the UChicago Medicine Kovler Diabetes Center, investigating the relationship between neonatal diabetes and neurocognitive abilities. Additionally, I am active in Global Health Alliance. I love doing calligraphy & painting, watching the sun rise at the point, and listening to music. My favorite ice cream flavor is chocolate chip!

VICE PRESIDENT / CO ‘25 REP

Hello! My name is Neema Darabi (he/him) and I am the vice president. I am a third year neuroscience major. I am from Naperville, Illinois. As vice president I will help the President oversee general affairs and will plan meetings! I am interested in computational neuroscience and biotechnology and currently am in the Bensmaia lab which deals with neuroprosthetics. My favorite flavor of ice cream is mint chocolate chip.

TREASURER

Hello! My name is Jinming Wang (he/him), and I am serving as Neuro Club’s treasurer for the duration of the 2023-24 academic year. My hometown is Carpinteria, California, which is a stark departure from the likes of a major city like Chicago. I am currently a second year pre-med student intending to double-major in neuroscience and economics. Additionally, I am a member of the Gomez lab, which seeks to develop a more nuanced understanding of ataxia, a form of neurogenetic disease which impairs motor function. Some hobbies of mine include tennis, ultimate, backpacking, and spending ungodly amounts of time in the A-level of the Reg. And finally, my favorite ice cream flavor of all time would probably have to be POG (passion fruit, orange, and guava).

SECRETARY

Hey all! My name is Jared (he/him) and I’m a third year majoring in neuroscience and minoring in data science and I’m from the suburbs of New Jersey! Besides being NEURO secretary, I do research on sleep, as well as spatial navigation. I am also involved in NEURO’s journal, Potential, as an editor. I think bees are an amazing model organism 😝

MARKETING DIRECTOR

Hi, my name is Audrey (she/they), I’m from Hong Kong, and I’m a second-year majoring in Neuroscience and minoring in Science Communication and Public Discourse. As the Marketing Director, I manage this website and the other social media pages. I am a research intern in the Experience, Memory, and Knowledge Lab (Yu Lab), where I study brain region coordination during the formation and reactivation of odor-guided memories. There, I’ve also been working on my own rodent genotyping techniques project. I also work on the Developmental Valuing Lives project for the Social Cognitive Neuroscience Lab (Decety Lab). Beyond neuroscience, I love oil painting, drinking soup, and picking flowers for my friends! My current favorite ice cream flavor is almond.

EVENTS COORDINATOR

Hi! My name is Armin Pazooki (he/him), and I am the event coordinator for Neuro Club. I am a second-year and prospective pre-med neuroscience and psychology double major with a minor in near eastern civilizations and languages. I am also from Orland Park, Illinois. As event coordinator, I will be responsible for setting up room bookings like lecture halls and labs. I am especially interested in neurobiology and am currently in the Mason lab, which deals with social behavior in rats and somatosensation in humans. Specifically, I’ve been working in proprioception in patients with neurological conditions such as diabetic neuropathies. Outside of Neuro Club, my hobbies are drinking tea with friends and listening to history podcasts. Also, my favorite flavor of ice cream is butter pecan (although I prefer it more as a milkshake).

POTENTIAL CO-EDITOR IN CHIEF

Hi everyone! My name is Mudmee Sereeyothin (she/her). I’m a fourth year majoring in neuroscience and psychology, and I’m from Thailand. I’m very excited to be a co-Editor in Chief of Potential, our NEURO club publication, this year! I currently do research on pediatric insomnia. I love teaching and working with kids, both with NEURO club for our CED programs, and in Chicago Public Schools with the Neighborhood Schools Program. I also enjoy putting together public health programming for neighboring communities with another RSO, United Against Inequities in Disease (UAID). If I were an ice cream flavor I would probably be wildberry lavender. Currently craving some matcha ice cream, though :)

POTENTIAL CO-EDITOR IN CHIEF

Hi everyone! My name is Eva (she/her/hers), a third-year majoring in neuroscience (pre-medical track) and double-minoring in chemistry and the history, philosophy, and social studies of science and medicine. I’m an undergraduate researcher in the Ruthenburg Lab, where I’ve been exploring nuclear actin’s role in facilitating proper neural differentiation and long-range 3D chromatin reorganization. Beyond research, I’m also an AdBio TA, a journalist, and a poet. I’m pretty much guaranteed to be carrying a half-finished cup of vanilla cold brew at any given moment. My favorite flavor of ice cream is coffee or strawberry cheesecake!

POTENTIAL DESIGN CHAIR

“Hey guys! My name is Kennedi (she/her) and I am the Potential Design Chair! I am a fourth year majoring in Neuroscience with a possible minor in Human Rights or CRES. I currently live in Lake Arrowhead, California (which is a lil spooky tbh) but I’m in Chicago most of the time. Right now, I’m an RA in the Kinzler lab, where I research the formation of authoritarian values and racial color blindness in children. My favorite ice cream flavor is the sea salt ice cream from Salt n’ Straw!”

DIRECTOR OF CUE

Adi Orlyanchik (she/her), class of 2025 (third year). Neuroscience major, Education and Society minor, PreMed track. From Ann Arbor, MI. As the Director of the Committee on University Enrichment (CUE), I organize large and small-scale lectures, symposiums, panels, presentations, and talks on the University of Chicago campus (such as NEURO Chats and the Lecture Series) in order to promote brain research and neuroscience awareness. I work at the Freedman Lab, a computational neuroscience lab, and we are studying non-human primates to investigate higher order visual processing and decision making. I Also dabble in the Weber & Shen Lab, studying tight junction protein expressions in patients to better understand, characterize, and treat inflammatory bowel diseases. My hobbies are running, going to concerts, spending time with my family and friends, exploring new restaurants. I am also in Kehillah and Comer Tutors. My favorite ice cream flavor is Jeni’s Brambleberry Crisp and favorite model organism is rats.

MENTORSHIP CHAIR

Hi y’all, my name is Chris (he/him) and I’m a rising third year, majoring in Neuroscience and minoring in Philosophy. I’m from White Plains, NY, a suburb outside of NYC. Next year I will be the mentorship chair, which means that I help pair upperclassmen mentors with underclassmen mentees. I work at the Carrillo lab, with the big question being how synaptic connectivity is achieved. Outside of neuro club, I enjoy watching or playing soccer and reading. Finally, my favorite ice cream flavor is mint chocolate chip.

DIRECTOR OF CED

CED stands for the Committee on Educational Development. The Director of CED works with club members to design neuroscience curricula for high school students. They also coordinate with different high school science teachers and student volunteers to teach lessons in local public and charter high schools. If you are interesting in running for the position, please email Jui Desai at juid@uchicago.edu

FUNDRAISING CHAIR

Hi, my name is Ugur Gurol, but I go by U.G. (he/him). I’m from just outside of Boston. I’m a fourth-year Neuroscience major and recently declared statistics minor on the pre-med track. This year, I’m looking forward to being the Fundraising Chair for NEURO club! Though I’m not involved with any research on campus, I have been a research intern in various stroke and sleep research labs over the past few summers and have continued working with most of these labs remotely throughout the school year. My favorite thing about NEURO club is the wide breadth of activities and learning opportunities we offer throughout the year; we’ve got something for everyone! Outside of NEURO club, I am also on the club soccer team. My favorite ice cream flavor changes quite a bit but for now it would probably have to be pistachio.

CLASS OF 2026 REPRESENTATIVE

Hi, my name is Quinn (they/them). I am a second-year majoring in Cognitive Science and Computer Science. I’m interested in memory, learning, neural circuitry, and neural networks. I work as a research assistant in the Goldin-Meadow Lab and the Environmental Neuroscience Lab. Chicago’s NEURO club is an amazing way to learn more about neuroscience and meet other people interested in the same things. As Class Rep, feel free to reach out to me about anything! I like art, reading, and playing puzzle games, and my favorite ice cream flavor is neapolitan.

CLASS OF 2026 REPRESENTATIVE

Hello, my name is Egheosase Odiase (she/her) and I’m the class representative of Neuro Club for the Class of 2026. Currently, I’m a second year who is research assistant for a lab that focuses on the psychobiology aspect of eating disorders. I’m also a board member in NSA (Nigerian Students Association) and am very excited to meet all the new members this upcoming year! My favorite ice cream flavor is cookies and cream.