The Team

Who We Are

Current Lab Members

Dr. Juan Pablo 'JP' Palavicini

Principal Investigator

JP has a broad background in neuroscience and metabolism with extensive training and expertise in the molecular mechanisms underlying aging and age-related diseases, specifically Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and diabetes, with a particular focus on animal model systems and lipid metabolism.

Aside from doing research and writing manuscripts and grants, JP loves traveling with his family, playing and watching sports (soccer, basketball, tennis, bowling), watching Netflix series (Lupin being his favorite so far), and drinking (in moderation) craft beers (stouts, porters, and hazy IPAs being his favorites).

(210) 450 3044

palavicinij@uthscsa.edu

Lab Manager / Research Associate-Senior

Victoria DeLeon

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IBMS PhD student

Eduardo Gutierrez Kuri, MD, MS

Eduardo, the first PhD student to join the Palavicini Lab (Jan 2024), received his MD from Anáhuac University in Mexico City and his MS in Neuroscience from UTSA. He has been conducting research in this field for over 2 years. His research interests include neurodegenerative diseases, neuroimmunology, neuroplasticity, and molecular neuroscience.

Eduardo grew up in ____, Mexico. Beyond the laboratory, Eduardo enjoys watching movies, sports, and tabletop gaming.

gutierrezkur@livemail.uthscsa.edu

Undergraduate researcher, Trinity University

Andrea Gonzalez

Andrea, an undergraduate student majoring in Neuroscience at Trinity University, joined the Palavicini lab in March 2024. Her research interests include neurodegeneration, behavioral science, psychological disorders, and neurochemistry.

Andrea grew up in San Antonio, Texas. Her other interests/hobbies are art history, religious studies, and watching movies.

gutierrezkur@livemail.uthscsa.edu

Plus+ Stem Undergrad student

Adolfo Garcia

Adolfo, a Northwest Vista College undergraduate student majoring in Engineering, joined the Palavicini lab in January 2025. His research interests include biology, chemistry, and pharmaceuticals.

Adolfo grew up in San Antonio, Texas. He enjoys spending time reading, watching anime, history, and religion.

gutierrezkur@livemail.uthscsa.edu

Plus+ Stem Undergrad student

Sydney Anderson

Sydney, a Northwest Vista College undergraduate student majoring in ___, joined the Palavicini lab in September 2025. Her research interests include ____. Sydney grew up in San Antonio, Texas. She enjoys spending time ___.

gutierrezkur@livemail.uthscsa.edu

Previous Lab Members

Gabriela Campos

Visiting Student

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Laila Scroggins

HUADAR Summer Student and Undergraduate Researcher

Laila was the first HUADAR (Howard University Advancing Diversity in Aging Research) summer student to join the Palavicini lab (2023), while working on her Biology Major and Chemistry Minor at HU.

laila.scroggins@bison.howard.edu

Penelope Quiles

SPUR Program Student

Penelope was the first Summer Physiology Undergraduate Researcher Program (SPUR) student to join the Palavicini lab (2024), while getting her BS in Washington and Lee University.

Penelope's research interests include diabetes, neuroscience, and biochemistry.

quilesp@uthscsa.edu

Hamid Koroni

MSTAR Summer Student

Hamid was the first MSTAR student to join the Palavicini lab (2025)..

hakoroni@utmb.edu

Klarisse Echevarria

Product Designer

Klarisse, the first Voelcker Biomedical Research Academy scholar to join the Palavicini lab (2023-2025), is a talented high school student that will be working in the Palavicini Lab for 3 consecutive summers.

klarisse.echevarria@gmail.com

Tanvi Reddy

Summer Undergraduate Researcher

Tanvi, an undergraduate researcher majoring in Economics at UT Austin, volunteered in the Palavicini lab in Summer 2025. Here research interests include neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's disease.

tanvianumulareddy@gmail.com

Juliet Garcia Rogers

Link PREP Scholar and IBMS student

Juliet, a former UT Health Link PREP Alumnus and IBMS student, was co-mentored by Dr. Sarah Hopp and Dr. Palavicini from 2022 to 2025.

garciarogerj@livemail.uthscsa.edu

Our Collaborators

The Palavicini lab works very close with a number of internal and external collaborators. Doing science in isolation is not only archaic but boring. Collaborations bring our research to the next level.

Internal Collaborators

Sarah Hopp, PhD

Dr. Hopp, together with Dr. Palavicini, co-leads the PLCG2/Alzheimer's/Aging project, funded by the Alzheimer's Association. They currently co-mentor three students and shared co-correspondence in a recent preprint.

hopps1@uthscsa.edu

(210) 450-8657

Kevin Koronowski, PhD

Dr. Koronowski, together with Dr. Palavicini, co-leads the chronic jet lag/Alzheimer's/Aging project, funded by the William and Ella Owens Medical Research Foundation.

koronowski@uthscsa.edu

(210) 450-7147

Mansour Zadeh, PhD

Dr. Zadeh is studying the impact of vitamin B12 deficiency in neuro-degenerative diseases. Drs. Zadeh and Palavicini have co-authored one publication and are submitting several MPI grants.

zadehm@uthscsa.edu

(210) 567-4880

Luke Norton, PhD

Drs. Norton and Palavicini have been collaborating since 2020, these efforts have led to two co-authored publications and a preprint.

nortonl@uthscsa.edu

(210) 567-0739

Elizabeth Fernandez, PhD

Dr. Fernandez leads the Nathan Shock Center Integrated Physiology of Aging (IPA) Core. The Palavicini lab is a frequent user of multiple services that the IPA core offers.

fernandeze@uthscsa.edu

(210) 562-6050

Ann Griffith, PhD

Drs. Griffith, Palavicini, and Hopp recently received a pilot grant entitled "Exploring the impact of PLCG2 function and risk variant mutations on T cell tolerance in late-onset Alzheimer's disease".

griffithA3@uthscsa.edu

(210) 567-3978

External Collaborators

Miranda Orr, PhD

(Wake Forest University)

Dr. Orr, a "Rising star" in Alzheimer's disease and senescence, and Dr. Palavicini have been collaborating since 2020, these efforts have led to two co-authored publications and more to come.

morr@wakehealth.edu

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Andrew Murton, PhD

(UTMB Health)

Dr. Murton and Dr. Palavicini recently received a Claude D. Pepper OAIC multi-Center pilot grant to test a ceramide-lowering drug in non-human primates.

ajmurton@utmb.edu

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Jeff Dupree, PhD

(Virginia Commonwealth University)

Dr. Dupree and Dr. Palavicini have been collaborating since 2015, these efforts have led to 7 co-authored publications and more to come.

jeffrey.dupree@vcuhealth.org

(804) 828-9536

Corinna Ross, PhD

(Texas Biomedical Research Institute)

Dr. Ross, the new director of the Southwest National Primate Research Center, is the site PI of two separate marmoset pilot grants awarded to Dr. Palavicini.

cross@txbiomed.org

(210) 258-9400