Fernando Vonhoff
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor
BS211, Biological Sciences
fvonhoff@umbc.edu
Postdoc Yale University (2017)
Ph.D. Arizona State University (2012)
M.S. Free University Berlin (2007)
Graduate students
Dr. Claudia Gualtieri
Thesis: “Investigating Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Synaptic Development and Refinement in Drosophila”
Ph.D., Biological Sciences (2025)
B.S. Biological Sciences, Towson University (2020)
Dr. Zachary Smith
Thesis: “Molecular Changes to Pathway Disruption: Investigating Degeneration-Associated Proteins During Development Using Drosphila melanogaster”
Ph.D., Biological Sciences (2025)
B.S. Biological Sciences, Towson University (2018)
Justine Anne Guevarra
Ph.D., Neurosciences and Cognitive Sciences
M.S. Biology, Towson University (2021)
B.S. Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Towson University (2018)
Antonio Marini-Davis
Ph.D., Neurosciences and Cognitive Sciences
B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland Baltimore County (2020)
Seyedali “Ali” Moosavi
Ph.D., Biological Sciences
B.S. Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County (2026)