WSU Postdoctoral and Research Professional Association
Welcome! We hope that this can be a landing spot for all WSU postdoctoral and research professionals. WSU has over 100 Postdoctoral and Research Professionals spanning over every college and multiple campuses. Individually they help contribute to research and innovation at WSU. Together the PRPA offers support in building each member’s research and career.
If you have any suggestions or ideas, please feel free to contact Emily Brashear (emily.brashear@wsu.edu) or Balasaheb Sonawane (b.sonawane@wsu.edu).
President: Balasaheb Sonawane
Vice President: Shyam Solanki
Treasurer: Bharath Kurki Nagaraja
Communication & Community Engagement Officer: Courtney Kurinec
Member Highlight
Courtney Kurinec
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Ph.D. Baylor University, 2019
Email: courtney.kurinec@wsu.edu
Research Interests:
- Memory
- Decision making
- Metacognition and learning
In my research, I focus on factors that can influence memory and decision making in diverse contexts. Specifically, I have investigated how factors such as cognitive load, stereotypes, and metacognitive ability affect the way people are able to recall information and the types of decisions they later make. I am currently working in the Affective and Cognitive Influences of Decisions (ACID) Lab to explore how sleep restriction affects memory and decision making.
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Who else is apart of WSU PRPA?
This is a current list of Postdoctoral and Research Professionals within WSU.| Name | Title | Department | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amit Sharma | amit.sharma2@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Anjali Krishnan | anjali.krishnan@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Food Science/ IAREC |
| Ánjali Rai | anjalirules22@gmail.com | Post Doctoral Research Associate | Crop and Soil Sciences |
| Ashley Railey | ashley.railey@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH) |
| Balasaheb Sonawane | b.sonawane@wsu.edu | Postdoctorate | School of Biological Sciences |
| Ben Vernasco | ben.vernasco@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Researcher | School of Biological Sciences |
| Bharath Kurki Nagaraja | bharath.nagaraja@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Composite Material and Engineering Center |
| Camille Wendlandt | camille.wendlandt@gmail.com | Postdoctoral Research Associate | School of Biological Sciences |
| Carmella Vizza | Carmella.vizza@gmail.com | Postdoctoral Research Associate | School of the Environment |
| Cassandra Nikolaus | cassandra.nikolaus@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH) |
| Chenxi Wang | chenxi.wang@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Bioproducts Science & Engineering Laboratory |
| Courtney Kurinec | courtney.kurinec@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Psychology |
| Daniel Mulendore | mullendore@wsu.edu | Staff Scientist | Franceschi Microscopy and Imaging Center |
| Eric Nilsson | nilsson@wsu.edu | Research Associate Professor | School of Biological Sciences |
| Gitanjali Shrestha | gshrestha@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Human Development |
| Hari Kiran Kotapati | hari.kotapati@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Institute of Biological Chemistry |
| Ilyas Unlu | ilyas.unlu@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Chemistry |
| Jessica Waite | jessica.waite@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Horticulture |
| John Drazin | John.drazin@wsu.edu | Assistant Research Professor | Mechanical and Materials Engineering |
| Joseph Hulbert | hulbe@wsu.edu | USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow | Plant Pathology |
| Karl Alcover | k.alcover@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Medical Education and Clinical Sciences |
| Katalin Korpany | katalin.korpany@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Chemistry |
| Kathiresan Selvam | kathir.selvam@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Researcher | School of Molecular Biosciences |
| Kuenzang Om | kuenzang.om@wsu.edu | Research Intern | School of Biological Sciences |
| Mailea Miller-Pierce | M.miller-pierce@wsu.edu | Postdoctorate | Biology |
| Maren Mossman | maren.mossman@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Physics |
| Marina Savenkova | marina@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience |
| Miao Wen | miao.wen@wsu.edu | PhD graduate | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Mingzhu Lu | lu.ming-zhu@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | School of Biological Sciences |
| Mohammadali Azadfar | mohammadali.azadfar@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Composite Materials and Engineering Center |
| Nalok Dutta | nalok.dutta@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Bioproducts Science & Engineering Laboratory |
| Nate Law | nathan_law@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | School of Molecular Biosciences |
| Nitin Dhowlaghar | nitin.dhowlaghar@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | School of Food Science |
| Prabu Gnanasekaran | prabubc@gmail.com | Post Doctoral Research Associate | Plant Pathology |
| Rishikesh Ghogare | rishikesh.ghogare@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Horticulture |
| Rita Giuliani | rita.giuliani@wsu.edu | Research Associate | School of Biological Sciences |
| Romana Iftikhar | romana.iftikhar@wsu.edu | Post Doctoral Research Associate | Plant Pathology |
| Sapinder Bali | sapinder.bali@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Plant Pathology |
| Sean Mossman | sean.mossman@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Physics |
| Shagufta Perveen | shagufta06@yahoo.com | Research Fellow | Plant Pathology |
| Shaoqu Xie | shaoqu.xie@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering |
| Shyam Solanki | shyam.solanki@wsu.edu | Post Doctoral Research Associate | Crop and Soil Sciences |
| Solmaz Amiri | solmaz.amiri@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Nutrition and Exercise Physiology |
| Yibo Huangfu | yibo.huangfu@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Zhongming Gao | zhongming.gao@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Civil and Environmental Engineering |