Dr. Angela M Mabb
joined the faculty at Georgia State University in 2016 and is currently an Associate Professor at the Neuroscience Institute and Center for Behavioral
Neurosciences. She received her undergraduate degree from Clarkson University
dual majoring in Chemistry and Bio-Molecular Science in 2002 and her Ph.D. in
Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in
2007. She then became a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Neurobiology Department at
Duke University in the laboratory of Dr. Michael D. Ehlers. From there, she
continued her postdoctoral training in the Department of Cell Biology and
Physiology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in the laboratories
of Dr. Ben Philpot and Dr. Mark Zylka. Her background is strongly rooted in
Molecular Biology. The goal of her lab is to marry modern molecular biology
techniques with Neuroscience. The main focus of her lab is to study how
ubiquitin-dependent pathways mediate cognition and how deficiencies in these
pathways cause neurological disease.
Dr. Marise B. Parent is a Professor of Neuroscience and
Psychology at the College of Arts and Sciences, Georgia State University,
Atlanta, GA USA. She leads a research team that investigates how the brain
controls eating behavior and, in turn, how overeating, particularly too much
fat and sugar impacts the brain and increases the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease.
She has a long record of leading initiatives aimed at increasing diversity,
equity, and inclusion in STEM. She is the Principal Investigator on a new
NSF-ADVANCE award that aims to increase the number of women, particularly from
underrepresented groups, who are in STEM tenure-track faculty positions at
Georgia State University. She is also the Principal Investigator on an award
from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation that has established the Beckman
Scholars Program at Georgia State University. This program gives
high-performing undergraduate students in the fields of biology, chemistry, and
neuroscience the opportunity to conduct independent laboratory research under
the mentorship of expert faculty mentors. She also engages in public outreach
activities aimed at increasing scientific literacy.
Dr. Wanders received her B.S. in Nutrition and Food Science, her M.S. in Nutrition, and her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from Auburn University. Dr. Wanders completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Pennington Biomedical Research Center where she studied nutritional physiology under the direction of Dr. Tom Gettys. Dr. Wanders joined Georgia State University as an Assistant Professor in 2015. Dr. Wanders is now Interim Chair of the Department of Nutrition and an Associate Professor with tenure and runs an active research program that has received funding from NIH and USDA, among other sources. Dr. Wanders studies dietary and pharmacologic interventions for obesity and its comorbidities. Currently, Dr. Wanders is investigating the role of fibroblast growth factor 21 in mediating the effects of high-fat diet-induced obesity on cognition and neurometabolism. Through ongoing collaborations, Dr. Wanders also studies the metabolic and health benefits of berries and tocotrienols. Dr. Wanders has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles, many in the top journals of the field, and is a coauthor on over 60 abstracts that were presented at local, regional, and national scientific meetings. In addition to running an active research program, Dr. Wanders enjoys teaching courses related to nutritional physiology and metabolism and mentoring students.
