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Julia Abitbol
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research interests are to identify genes that may enhance cochlear regeneration in an effort to treat patients with hearing loss.
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Chrysovalantou Faniku
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
BioDr. Chrysovalantou Faniku performed her undergraduate studies at the University of Bedfordshire in England (UK) from 2008-2012, majoring in Biomedical Sciences. She continued her Master degree in Reproductive and Developmental Biology at St George’s Medical School in London from 2012-2013. Her research focused on post-ovulatory wound repair and scarring. Dr. Faniku worked as a research assistant at King’s College London prior to pursuing a Ph.D. in Glasgow in 2014. She completed her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology in 2018. Her research focused on Cx43 and Panx1, how these are impacted by diabetes and ischemia and how they could be potential therapeutic targets for wound healing of diabetic ulcers. In 2018, Dr. Faniku started her first postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Otolaryngology working in the lab of Dr. Jon-Paul Pepper. Her project investigates the role of the hedgehog pathway in facial nerve regeneration after injury.
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Tina Munjal
Postdoctoral Medical Fellow, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
Resident in Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)Current Research and Scholarly InterestsCurrently investigating acoustic coordinated reset neuromodulation and other neuromodulation techniques for the treatment of subjective tinnitus
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Zenghao Zhu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
BioZenghao Zhu received his BS in Thermal Energy and Power Engineering and his second BS in Law from China Jiliang University in 2012. He finished his master’s study in Power Engineering at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology in 2015. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Villanova University in Mechanical Engineering in 2019. Zenghao is currently a postdoctoral scholar in Dr. Ó Maoiléidigh’s lab and is creating models of hair-bundle mechanics and mechanotransduction in hair bundles.