Our Team

Lab Director

Ayland Letsinger, PhD

  • Hometown: Brackettville, TX
  • Postdoc in Neurobiology, The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  • PhD in Exercise Physiology, Texas A&M University
  • BS in Motor Behavior, Minor in Psychology, Texas A&M University
  • Loves music, painting, and laughter. Favorite physical activity is hiking.
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Research Volunteer

Frederick Goertz, MD

  • Hometown: Austin, TX
  • MD, UTMB
  • BS in Exercise Science, UT Austin
  • I am the Psychometrician and a member of the Triple Nine Society, member of the Helliq, and Mensa societies.

PhD Students

Cory Rebmann, MS

  • MS in Kinesiology, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
  • BA in Law and Justice, Central Washington University
  • BA in Anthropology, Central Washington University

Masters Students

Isaac Ramos, BS

  • Hometown: Austin, TX
  • Current MS in Exercise Physiology
  • BS in Computational Biology, UT Austin
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Daniel Choung, BS

  • Hometown: Arlington, TX
  • Current MS in Exercise Physiology
  • BS in Exercise Science, UT Austin
  • Love to play basketball and explore great restaurants in Austin
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Nam Zhang, BS

  • Current MS in Exercise Physiology
  • BS in Primary Education, University of Macau China

Undergraduate Students

Angela John

  • Current BS in Neuroscience

Taha Zubair

  • Current BS in Exercise Science

Gautam Vannapu

  • Current BS in Health Promotion & Behavioral Science

Micallie Miller

  • Current BS in Exercise Science

Jake Reynolds

  • Current BS in Sociology

Vishal Dhingra

  • Hometown: Houston, Texas
  • Current BS in Kinesiology
  • I am a twin!

Anuhya Achanta

  • Current BS in Neuroscience

Jeevith Chanveer

  • Hometown: Cupertino, CA
  • Current BS in Human Biology
  • I have my own photography business: @shots.by.jeev
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Killian Drouaud

  • Hometown: Houston, TX
  • Current BS in Biology with an Economics Minor
  • I am a huge soccer fan and play whenever I can in my free time.
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Emma Hernandez

  • Current BS in Exercise Science

Chloe Stewart

  • Hometown: San Antonio, TX
  • Current BS in Biology and Exercise Science
  • I could spend hours in an art gallery/museum
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