CRANDALL LAB at MSU
SHANE R. CRANDALL, PH.D.
Associate Professor
Shane joined the faculty at Michigan State University in 2018. He received his B.A. in Neuroscience from Boston University. Before graduate school, he worked as a research assistant in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota. Shane received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to joining MSU, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
BPS 2197 | 517-884-5055 | cranda86@msu.edu | Curriculum Vitae
LEA RATZ
Lab Manager and Research Assistant
Lea joined the lab as a lab manager and research assistant in September of 2023. She received her B.S. in Biological Engineering with a minor in Biomedical Engineering from Montana State University
BPS 2105 | 517-884-5011 | ratzmega@msu.edu
KELLY E. BONEKAMP
Ph.D. Student - MCIP Program
Kelly joined the lab as a graduate student in 2022. She received a B.S. in Neuroscience from Michigan State University.
BPS 2105 | 517-884-5011 | bonekam1@msu.edu
GRANT GILLIE
Ph.D. Student - MCIP Program
Grant joined the lab as a graduate student in 2024. He received a B.S. in Neuroscience from Michigan State University.
BPS 2105 | 517-884-5011 | gilliegr@msu.edu
MYA SEBEK
Undergraduate Student
Mya joined the lab as an undergraduate student in 2022. She is interested in how abnormal communication in the brain results in certain neurological disorders.
BPS 2105 | 517-884-5011 | sebekmya@msu.edu
VICTORIA SOLT
Undergraduate Student
Victoria joined the lab as an undergraduate student in 2023. She participates in the Professorial Assistantship program, which supports her through the Honors College.
BPS 2105 | 517-884-5011 | soltvict@msu.edu
SIDDHARTH KARTHIKEYAN
Undergraduate Student
Sid joined the lab as an undergraduate student in 2024. He participates in the Professorial Assistantship program, which supports him through the Honors College.
BPS 2105 | 517-884-5011 | karthi15@msu.edu
CORMAC AVILA
Undergraduate Student
Cormac joined the lab as an undergraduate student in 2025. He is interested in studying corticothalamic and thalamocortical circuits
BPS 2105 | 517-884-5011 | avilacor@msu.edu
SAMANTHA TADIAN
DO Student
Sam joined the lab as part of the College of Osteopathic Medicine's Pre-clerkship research program. She is interested interested in utilizing genetically encoded voltage indicators to record voltage dynamics of neurons optically.
BPS 2105 | 517-884-5011 | tadiansa@msu.edu
MARKUS BROWN
DO Student
Markus joined the lab as part of the College of Osteopathic Medicine's Pre-clerkship research program. He is interested in utilizing genetically encoded voltage indicators to record voltage dynamics of neurons optically.
BPS 2105 | 517-884-5011 | xiongli2@msu.edu
ALUMNI
Postdoctoral Associates
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Hye-Hyun Kim | Postdoc (2020-2022)
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Suryadeep Dash | Postdoc (2019-2021)
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Assistant Professor, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan University, India
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Technical/Research associates
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Dawn Autio | Research Assistant (2018-2023)
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Retired
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Grant Gillie | Research Assistant (2022-2023)
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Ph.D. student, Michigan State University
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Jenna Layman | Research Assistant (2020-2021)
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M.S. student, The University of Tennesee, Knoxville
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Ph.D. student, Wayne State University
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Kelly E. Bonekamp | Research Assistant (2019-2020)
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Ph.D. student, Michigan State University
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Graduate Students
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Luis E. Martinetti | PhD Student (2018-2024)
Medical Students
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Lingxi Xiong | COM D.O. Candidate (2024-2025)
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Jacob Schoener | COM D.O. Candidate (2022-2023)
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Erin Day | COM D.O. Candidate (2022)
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Abby Rachor | COM D.O. Candidate (2021-2022)
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Jacob Ackermann | COM D.O. Candidate (2021)
Undergraduates
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Abbey Carvey | Undergraduate Student (2023)
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Lizzie Le | Undergraduate Student (2023)
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Tryton Keller | Undergraduate Student (2021-2023)
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Internship Cardiology
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Claire Jones | Undergraduate Student (2020-2022)
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NIH Postbaccaureate Intramural Research Training Program
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Breandan Martin | Undergraduate Student (2021)
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Gokul Murali | Undergraduate Student (2021)
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Assistant Instructor at Michigan State University
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Dana Simon | Undergraduate Student (2019)
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D.O Candidate, Michigan State University
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Lalitha Karchalla | Undergraduate Student (2019)
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Ph.D.l Student at Wake Forest University
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Neil Garg | Undergraduate Student (2019)
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Kelly E. Bonekamp | Undergraduate Student (2018-2019)
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Ph.D. student, Michigan State University
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