Tatiana D. Viena
Assistant Professor
- vienat@mail.etsu.edu
- 423-439-2007
- Stanton-Gerber Hall, Room B-109
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Additional Contact Information: Department of Biomedical Sciences |
EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2025: Assistant Professor, East Tennessee State University (ETSU)
2018 - 2025 Distinguished Postdoctoral Scholar, Florida International University (FIU)
2018: Ph.D. in Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University (FAU)
2013: Masters in Experimental Psychology, Nova Southeastern University (NSU)
2011: Bachelors in Science (Psychology), Nova Southeastern University (NSU)
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
The main goal of the lab is studying the basic neurobiological mechanisms that underlie
attention, problem-solving, and memory with an emphasis in understanding the influence
of thalamic structures in synchronizing the activity of frontal brain regions and
the hippocampus during cognition.
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
2025: NINDS R00 Postdoctoral Career Transition Award
2024: BRAINS (Broadening the Representation of Academic Investigators in NeuroScience)
Fellow
2023: NINDS K99 Award
2021: FIU CASE Postdoctoral Research Award
2020: National Institute of Health (NIH) Diversity Supplement Recipient
2018: FIU CASE Distinguished Postdoctoral Scholar Award
2014 - 2018: Delores A. Auzenne Fellowship Award For Underrepresented Minorities
2016 - 2018: FAU Brain Institute Travel Award
2017: FASEB MARC 2017 Postdoctoral Preparation Workshop Travel Award
2017: FAU Graduate Diversity Fellowship Award
2017: FAU College of Science Graduate Scholarship
2017: FAU Graduate Excellence Fellowship Award
2016 - 2018: SfN Neuroscience Scholar Program (NSP) Associate
PUBLICATIONS:
- Jayachandran, M., Viena, T. D., Garcia, A., Veliz, A. V., Leyva, S., Roldan, V., ... & Allen, T. A. (2023). Nucleus reuniens transiently synchronizes memory networks at beta frequencies. Nature Communications, 14(1), 4326.
- Vertes, R. P., Linley, S. B., & Viena, T. D. (2022). Nucleus reuniens: circuitry, function, and dysfunction. In Electrophysiological Recording Techniques (pp. 55-101). New York, NY: Springer US.
- Viena, T. D., Rasch, G. E., & Allen, T. A. (2022). Dual medial prefrontal cortex and hippocampus projecting neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus. Brain Structure and Function, 227(5), 1857-1869.
- Viena, T. D., Rasch, G. E., Silva, D., & Allen, T. A. (2021). Calretinin and calbindin architecture of the midline thalamus associated with prefrontal–hippocampal circuitry. Hippocampus, 31(7), 770-789.
- Viena, T. D., Vertes, R. P., & Linley, S. B. (2021). Discharge characteristics of neurons of nucleus reuniens across sleep-wake states in the behaving rat. Behavioural brain research, 410, 113325.
- Allen, L. M., Jayachandran, M., Viena, T. D., Su, M., McNaughton, B. L., & Allen, T. A. (2020). RatHat: a Self-Targeting printable brain implant system. Eneuro, 7(2).
- Viena, T. D., Linley, S. B., & Vertes, R. P. (2018). Inactivation of nucleus reuniens impairs spatial working memory and behavioral flexibility in the rat. Hippocampus, 28(4), 297-311.
- Viena, T. D., Gobin, C. M., Fins, A. I., Craddock, T. J., Tartar, A., & Tartar, J. L. (2016). A PER3 polymorphism interacts with sleep duration to influence transient mood states in women. Journal of circadian rhythms, 14, 3.
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Viena, T. D., Banks, J. B., Barbu, I. M., Schulman, A. H., & Tartar, J. L. (2012). Differential effects of mild chronic stress on cortisol and S-IgA responses to an acute stressor. Biological Psychology, 91(2), 307-311.