

Team Members
Team Highlights
Action shots of our excellent staff!




Principal Investigator

Simon Pieraut, Ph.D
Contact Information
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Email: spieraut@fau.edu
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Phone: (561) 799 8205
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Office: MC19, room 212
Degrees
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Ph.D., Neurobiology, Science University of Montepllier, France, 2008
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M.S., Neurobiology, Science University of Montepllier, France, 2004
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B.S., Animal Physiology, Science University of Nancy, France, 2003
Professional Biography
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Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, Florida. 2024 - present
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Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, 2016 - 2024
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Research Associate (Anton Maximov lab.), The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 2009-2016
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Ph.D. student, Research Assistant (Frederique Scamps lab.), Institute of Neurosciences Montpellier, Montpellier, France, 2004-2009
Current lab members
Pacifique Rukundo
Master student



Postdoctoral researcher

Brielle Bjork, Ph.D
Postdoctoral researcher






Undergraduate Researchers

Zowie Gebremeskel

Sinna Falsafi
Recipient of the INBRE UROP program 2019

Blake Sieck

Aizel Nadonga

Samantha Savalli
Undergraduate Researcher




Ruby Lopez-Flores

Zhibang Lin

Valeria Lopez Guerrero
Undergraduate student




Priyanka Senthil

Axel Rivas

Cynthia Lee

Catherine Bonuel


Kyle Coffman
Undergraduate Researcher




Undergraduate Researcher



Recipient of the INBRE UROP program 2017 and of the Nevada Undergraduate Research Award year 2017‐18
Grant Cook
Undergraduate Researcher






Mireya Ambriz
Undergraduate Researcher





