Jeremy C. Borniger
Adrian Berisha
Graduated Summa Cum Laude with Honors from Stony Brook University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology in 2020. Adrian participated in undergraduate research at the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University where he assisted in investigating the molecular mechanisms involved in the development and progression of Chronic Kidney Disease. His goal in the Borniger lab is to assist in gaining a deeper understanding of the link between the brain and cancer metastasis and identifying potential treatments for patients with cancer.
Adrian Gomez
Adrian earned his BS in Psychology from the College of Charleston, and obtained his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of South Carolina where his theses work focused on how environmental enrichment regulates nicotine-mediated behaviors. As a postdoctoral fellow at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in the laboratory of Dr. Michael Bruchas, Adrian examined how endogenous opioid systems regulate reward-seeking behaviors as well as engineered novel optofludic devices to dissect the neural circuits in affective behaviors. As a research associate in the Borniger Lab, Adrian is examining how tumors promote sleep alterations via hypothalamic hypocretin/orexin neurons. Outside of the lab, Adrian enjoys training his dog (Stone), playing soccer, and exploring the food scene around Long Island.
Caryn Koza
Caryn supports our laboratory in all matters that relate to administration, technology, funding applications, recruitment, and organization.