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Graduate Student Researchers
Ingrid Murillo
My name is Ingrid Murillo, I graduated from Northern Illinois University with a Bachelors of Science in Psychology. I’m a new graduate student in the Neuroscience and Behavior PhD program. My interest include how genetic, social, and environmental factors influence social behaviors, as well as the neural bases of spatial navigation and rodent models of Alzheimer’s disease.
Undergraduate Student Researchers
Guadalupe Martinez (NIU Biology)​
John Stephan (NIU Engineering)
Post Bacc Researchers
Drew Unrath
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Congratulations to Ingrid Murillo for presenting her poster demonstrating our work with prairie vole brain-on-chip technology at the 2026 Chicago Society for Neuroscience!
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Congratulations to Drew Unrath for winning best poster at NIU's 2025 Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference!
Prospective Undergraduate Researchers
Currently accepting applications for
undergraduate positions!
If interested, please contact Dr. Ortiz!
For prospective graduate students, also see NIU's grad school application resources
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