Officers
Joseph C. Holt, PhD, President
Term: 2019-20
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
University of Rochester Medical Center, School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 629
Rochester, NY 14642
Phone: (585) 273-3064
email: joseph_holt@urmc.rochester.edu
Amy Kiernan, PhD, Secretary/Treasurer
Term: 2018-21
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Rochester Medical Center, School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 659
Rochester, NY 14642
Phone: (585) 273-5794
email: amy_kiernan@urmc.rochester.edu
Margot Mayer-Pröschel, PhD, Councilor
Term: 2019-22
Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Biomedical Genetics
University of Rochester Medical Center, School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 633
Rochester, NY 14642
Phone: (585) 273-1449
email: margot_mayer-proschel@urmc.rochester.edu
Kevin Mazurek, PhD, Councilor
Term: 2019-22
Research Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
University of Rochester Medical Center, School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 603
Rochester, NY 14642
Phone: (585) 276-3000
email: kevin_mazurek@urmc.rochester.edu
Jesse Schallek, PhD, Councilor
Term: 2019-22
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Neuroscience, and Center for Visual Science A&S (RC)
University of Rochester Medical Center, School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 659
Rochester, NY 14642
Phone: (585) 273-4848
email: jschallek@cvs.rochester.edu
Gabriel Diaz, PhD, Councilor
Term: 2019-22
Assistant Professor, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
Rochester Institute of Technology
54 Lomb Memorial Drive, 2108 Carlson Building
Rochester, NY 14623
Phone: (585) 475-6215
email: gjdpci@rit.edu
Matthew Cavanaugh, PhD, Postdoctoral Councilor
Term: 2018-19
Postdoctoral Scholar - Ophthalmology
email: matthew_cavanaugh@urmc.rochester.edu
Nicole Peltier, MS, Brain Awareness Campaign Councilor
Term: 2018-19
Graduate Student - Brain and Cognitive Sciences
email: npeltier@ur.rochester.edu
Neal Shah, MS, PONS Councilor
Term: 2019-20
Graduate Student - Neuroscience
email: neal_shah@urmc.rochester.edu
Lizabeth Romanski, PhD, Past President
Presidential Term: 2017-18
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
University of Rochester Medical Center, School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 603
Rochester, NY 14642
Phone: (585) 273-1469
email: lizabeth.romanski@rochester.edu
Victoria D'Agostino, Coordinator
Neuroscience Graduate Program
University of Rochester
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 603
Rochester, NY 14642
Phone: (585) 275-5788
Fax: (585) 442-8766
email: victoria_dagostino@urmc.rochester.edu