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Harvard University Program in Neuroscience

History of Enrollment in

The Program in Neuroscience

July 2016 Updated each July

Nicholas Spitzer, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Harvard College

Entered 1966 * Defended May 14, 1969

Advisor: David Po er

A Physiological and Histological Inves ga on

of the Intercellular Transfer of Small Molecules

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Professor of Neurobiology

University of California at San Diego

Eric Frank, Ph.D. B.A., Reed College

Entered 1967 * Defended January 17, 1972

Advisor: Edwin J. Furshpan

The Control of Facilita on at the Neuromuscular Junc on of the Lobster

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Professor Emeritus of Physiology

Tu s University School of Medicine

David Van Essen, Ph.D. B.S., California Ins tute of Technology

Entered 1967 * Defended October 22, 1971

Advisor: John Nicholls

Effects of an Electronic Pump on Signaling by Leech Sensory Neurons

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Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology

Washington University

Albert Hudspeth, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Harvard College

Entered 1967 * Defended April 30, 1973


Intercellular Junc ons in Epithelia

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Professor of Neuroscience

The Rockefeller University

Richard Mains, Ph.D. Sc.B., M.S., Brown University



Tissue Culture of Dissociated Primary Rat Sympathe c Neurons:

Studies of Growth, Neurotransmi er Metabolism, and Matura on

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University of Connec cut Health Center

Peter MacLeish, Ph.D. B.E.Sc., University of Western Ontario

Entered 1969 * Defended December 29, 1976


Synapse Forma on in Cultures of Dissociated Rat Sympathe c Neurons

Grown on Dissociated Rat Heart Cells

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Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Ins tute

Morehouse School of Medicine

Peter Sargent, Ph.D. B.A., Amherst College

Entered 1969* Defended March 21, 1975

Advisor: Zachary Hall

Transmi ers in the Leech Central Nervous System: Analysis of Sensory

and Motor Cells

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Professor of Cell and Tissue Biology

University of California at San Francisco School of Den stry

Bruce Wallace, Ph.D. B.A., Amherst College

Entered 1969 * Defended September 27, 1974

Advisor: Edward Kravitz

The Biosynthesis of Octopamine in the Nervous System

of the Lobster, Homarus americanus

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Professor Emeritus

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Joshua Sanes, Ph.D. B.A., Yale University


Advisor: John Hildebrand

Origin and Differen a on of Sensory Neurons in an Insect Antenna

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Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Harvard University

Colin Nurse, Ph.D. B.Sc., University of Western Ontario



The forma on of cholinergic synapses between dissociated rat

sympathe c neurons

and skeletal myotubes in cell culture

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Professor of Biology

McMaster University

Carla Shatz, Ph.D. B.A., Radcliffe College

M.Phil., University College, London

Entered 1971 * Defended March 25, 1976

Advisor: David Hubel

A Study of Abnormal Connec ons in the Visual System of the Siamese

Cat, a Gene c Mutant

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Stanford University

King‐Wai Yau, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Princeton University


Advisor: John Nicholls

Recep ve Fields, Geometry and Conduc on Block of Sensory Cells in the

Leech Central Nervous System

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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Linda Lai Yue Chun, Ph.D. B.S., Illinois Ins tute of Technology


Advisor: Paul Pa erson

The Role of Nerve Growth Factor in the Development of Rat

Sympathe c Neurons in vitro

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Assistant in Molecular Biology

Seed Lab, Massachuse s General Hospital

Charles Gilbert, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Amherst College

Entered 1971 * Defended July 22, 1976


Laminar Organiza on of Cat Visual Cortex

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Rockefeller University

Duane Edgington, Ph.D. B.S., California Ins tute of Technology


Advisor: Anne Stuart

Proper es and Distribu on of Ionic Channels in a Photoreceptor Neuron

_______________

So ware Engineering Group Leader

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Ins tute

Patrick Hogan, Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College



Expression of Markers for Pain Sensory Neurons in Cell Culture

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Professor, Division of Signaling and Gene Expression

La Jolla Ins tute for Allergy and Immunology

Crispin Weinberg, Ph.D. S.B., S.M., University of Chicago

Entered 1973 * Defended August 21, 1980

Advisor: Zachary Hall

Molecular Specializa ons at Mature and Developing Neuromuscular

Junc ons in Adult Rats

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President and Founder

Biomedical Modeling, Inc.

Kathleen Buckley, Ph.D. A.B., Radcliffe College


Advisor: Story Landis

Morphological and Func onal Studies of Synapses and Varicosi es

in Cultures of Dissociated Rat Sympathe c Neurons

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Associate Provost for Science

Harvard University

David Ferster, Ph.D. Sc.B., Brown University



Cor cal Mechanisms of Depth Vision in the Cat

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Professor Emeritus

Northwestern University

Steve Hauger, Ph.D. B.S., Stanford University


Advisor: Edward Furshpan

The Spa al Distribu on of Sensi vity to Acetylcholine of Rat

Sympathe c Neurons in Cell Culture

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Stained Glass Ar san

Margaret Livingstone, Ph.D. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

Entered 1974 * Defended February 20, 1980


Monoamines in the Lobster: Biochemistry, Anatomy, and Possible

Func onal Role

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Harvard Medical School

Patricia Walicke, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology



Role of Calcium and Cyclic AMP in the Mechanism of the Development

Effects of Neuronal Ac vity

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Medical Officer

Na onal Ins tute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Sue Schneps, A.M. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

Entered 1976 * Le June 1, 1980

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Withdrew with Master’s degree

Jewelry Designer and Owner,

Sea and Star Designs

Leslie Timpe, Ph.D. A.B., Princeton University


Advisor: Ann Stuart

The Roles of Acetylcholine and Gamma‐aminobutyrin Acid

in the Visual System of the Barnacle

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Adjunct Faculty

San Mateo Community College District

Paul Desan, Ph.D. A.B., Princeton University

Entered 1977 * Defended June 27, 1984

Advisor: Simon LeVay

The Organiza on of the Cerebral Cortex of the Pond Turtle, Pseudemys

scripta elegans

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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Yale University School of Medicine

Thomas Schwarz, Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College



Proctolin in the Lobster and Protein Phosphoryla on

in a Lobster Muscle

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Allison Doupe, M.D./Ph.D. DCS, B.Sc., McGill University



Role of Glucocor coids and Growth Factors in the Development of

Neural Crest Deriva ves

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Deceased October 24, 2014

(Formerly Professor at University of California, San Francisco)

Jonathan Horton, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Stanford University



Cytochrome Oxidase Patches: A New Cytoarchitectonic Feature

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Professor of Ophthalmology

University of California at San Francisco

Kathleen King Siwicki, Ph.D. Sc.B., Brown University

M.Phil., Cambridge University



The Neuropep de, Proctolin, in the Lobster Nervous System:

Cellular Distribu on of Proctolin‐Like An gens and Biochemical Studies of

Iden fied Neurons

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Swarthmore College

Karla Kent, Ph.D. B.S., University of California at Santa Barbara

M.A., Boston University



Metamorphosis of the antennal center and the influence of sensory innerva on

on the forma on of glomeruli in the hawk moth Manduca sexta

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Professor

Oregon Health Sciences University

Anne Schneiderman, Ph.D. B.S., Stanford University



Postembryonic Development of a Sexually Dimorphic Sensory Pathway

in the Central Nervous System of the Sphinx Moth, Manduca Sexta

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Patent A orney

Harris Beach LLC

Leslie Stevens, Ph.D. A.B., University of California at Berkeley


Advisor: Story Landis

Postembryonic Development of a Sexually Dimorphic Sensory Pathway

in the Central Nervous System of the Sphinx Moth, Manduca Sexta

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Research Assistant Professor

University of Texas at Aus n

James Hue ner, Ph.D. B.S., B.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania


Advisor: Robert Baughman

Proper es of Iden fied Cor cocollicular Neurons in Primary Cultures of

Rat Visual Cortex

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Professor of Cell Biology

Washington University School of Medicine

Susan McConnell, Ph.D. B.A., Radcliffe College



Fates of Transplanted Visual Cor cal Neurons

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Stanford University School of Medicine

Dinah Sah, Ph.D. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology



Serotonin and Neuropep des in Cultured Principal Neurons of the Rat

Superior Cervical Ganglion

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Senior Vice President of Neuroscience

Voyager Therapeu cs

Daniel Tso, Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College


Advisor: Torsten Wiesel

Connec vity and Func onal Organiza on in the Mammalian Visual

Cortex

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Associate Professor

Upstate Medical University of the State University of New York

Leonard Levin, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College


Advisor: Howard Weiner

Immune Func ons of Astrocytes

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Professor of Ophthalmology

University of Wisconsin—Madison

Michael Shepley, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Northeastern University

M.S.B.E., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

Entered 1982 * Defended November 21, 1988


Monoclonal an body iden fica on of a 100‐kDa membrane protein in

HeLa cells and human spinal cord involved in poliovirus a achment

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Deceased October 15, 2000

(formerly Assistant Professor at SUNY Stony Brook)

David Turner, Ph.D. B.A., Northwestern University


Advisor: Connie Cepko

Cell Lineage in the Rat and Mouse Re nas

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Associate Research Professor

University of Michigan Medical School

Alfred Sandrock, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Stanford University


Advisor: William Ma hew

The Immunologic Iden fica on of Molecules which Promote the

Regenera on of Neuronal Axons

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Execu ve Vice‐President, Neurology Discovery and Development Center

Biogen IDEC, Inc.

Mary Womack, Ph.D. B.A., Northwestern University


Advisor: Thomas Jessell

Mechanisms Underlying Modula on of Dorsal Horn Neurons

by Substance

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Interim Dean of Math and Natural Sciences

Nashville State Community College

Junying Yuan, Ph.D. B.S., Fudan University


Advisor: Robert Horvitz

Gene c and Molecular Studies of Two Genes that Control

Programmed Cell Death in the Nematode C. Elegans

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Ben Barres, Ph.D. S.B., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

M.D., Dartmouth Medical School


Advisor: David Corey

Electrophysiology of White Ma er Glia

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O o Von Franque B.A., Yale University

Entered 1982 * Le August 24, 1984

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Withdrew without taking degree

Enrolled in M.D. program at Stanford University

Physician

David Frim, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College

B.J.Ed., Hebrew College


Advisor: Mar n Moore‐Ede

Studies in the Structure and Regula on of the mRNA Species

Encoding Cor cotroping Releasing Hormone and Vasopressin

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Professor of Surgery and Neurology

University of Chicago School of Medicine

Timothy Laman, A.M. B.S., Hope College

Entered 1983

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Transferred to OEB at Harvard College

Wildlife Photojournalist, Na onal Geographic

Peggy Mason, Ph.D. B.A., Harvard College



The Intracellularyl Recorded Ac vity of Medullary Raphe Neurons

During a Nocicep ve Trigeminial Reflex

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University of Chicago

Anthony Monaco, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Princeton University



Iden fica on and Par al Cloning of the Locus Response

for Duchene and Becker Muscular Dystrophy

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President

Tu s University

E. Houston Warren, Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College


Advisor: Charles Liberman

Effect of Sound‐Evoked Ac vity in Olivocochlear Efferent Neurons

on Auditory‐Nerve Response

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Professor of Medicine

University of Washington Medical School

Daniela Bonafede B.S., California Ins tute of Technology

Entered 1984 * Le July 1, 1986

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Transferred to Yale University

Steven McIn re, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., M.S., Stanford University


Advisor: Robert Horvitz

A Gene c Characteriza on of GABAergic Neurotransmission and Axonal

Outgrowth in the Nematode Caenorhabdi s elegans

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Consul ng Professor, Neurology


Laurie Regan, Ph.D. B.A., Swarthmore College


Advisor: Bruce Bean

Calcium Currents in Freshly Dissociated Rat Purkinje and Dorsal Root

Ganglion Cells

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Dean, School of Classical Chinese Medicine

Na onal College of Chinese Natural Medicine

Carmela Abraham, Ph.D. B.Sc., Tel Aviv University


Advisor: Hun ngton Po er

The protease inhibitor, α1‐an chymotrypsin, in brain aging and disease

_______________

Professor of Biochemistry

Boston University School of Medicine

John Assad, Ph.D. B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo



Sensory Adapta on of Vertebrate Hair Cells

_______________



David Lopes Cardozo, Ph.D. B.A., Concordia University

B.Sc., Dalhousie University



Pharmacology of Synap c Transmission in the Goldfish Sacculus

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Associate Dean, Graduate Student Affairs

Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard Medical School

Anna Wang Roe A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1984 * Le May 13, 1985

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Transferred to Yale and earned Ph.D. in Neuroscience

Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University

Chinfei Chen, M.D./Ph.D. B.A.S., University of Pennsylvania


Advisor: Peter Hess

Voltage Dependent Calcium Channels in 3T3 Fibroblasts

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Associate Professor of Neurology


Sheila Nirenberg, Ph.D. B.A., State University of New York at Albany



Targeted Abla on of Diverse Cell Types in the Nervous System:

A Method for Blocking Cell‐Cell Interac ons in vivo

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Professor of Physiology

Cornell Weill School of Medicine

Philip Starr, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Princeton University


Advisor: William Sewell

Pharmacology of Synap c Transmission in the Goldfish Sacculus

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Professor of Neurological Surgery

University of California at San Francisco Medical Center

Rudolph Tanzi, Ph.D. B.S., University of Rochester


Advisor: James Gusella

The Amyloid Beta Protein Precursor Gene in Familial and Sporadic

Alzheimer’s Disease

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Professor of Child Neurology


Margaret Thompson, Ph.D. B.S., University of Michigan


Advisor: Michael E. Greenberg

Regula on of c‐fos Transcrip on by Calcium

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Director, IDDRC Core

Boston Children’s Hospital

Chris an Titlow, Ph.D. B.S., California Ins tute of Technology


Advisor: Marge Livingstone

Assembly of Human Monoamine Oxidase Type B (MAO‐B) Into the

Mitochondrial Outer Membrane:

Support for a New Class of Leader Sequences

_______________

Whereabouts Unknown

Margot U erback B.S., University of California at Los Angeles

Entered 1985 * Le September 1, 1992

Advisor: Lydia Villa‐Komaroff

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Not employed

Wendy Weiger, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College



Serotonergic Neurons in the Lobster: Excitatory and Inhibitory Inputs

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Physician, author, wilderness guide,

and environmental ac vist

Mel Feany, Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College


Advisor: Kathleen Buckley and Margaret Livingstone

Molecular Analyses of Synap c Vesicle Proteins/

Gene c and Molecular Studies of Drosophila Learning Mutants

_______________

Professor of Pathology


Carl Fulwiler, Ph.D. B.A., Hofstra University

M.D., Washington University


Advisor: John Dowling

Gene c Analysis of Re nal Development in Zebrafish

_______________

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

University of Massachuse s Medical School

Linda Kobierski, Ph.D. B.S., Simmons College


Advisor: Michael Comb

Proenkephalin Gene Expression: Mechanisms of cAMP Regula on

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Science Department Chairperson (6‐12)

Dedham Public Schools

Julie Nardone, Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College



Site‐Directed Mutagenesis of a B2 Bradykinin Receptor

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Principal Scien st

EMD Serono, Inc.

Bradford Navia, Ph.D. B.A., M.D., Columbia University


Advisor: Gail Bruns

Molecular Analysis of the Region Surrounding

the X‐Linked Re ni s Pigmentosa (RP3) Locus in Xp21.1

_______________

Physician

Pamela Prosser Friedman B.A., Dartmouth College


_______________


Whereabouts unknown

Allan Rosenberg B.S., University of Michigan


_______________


Earned J.D. at Stanford Law School

Assistant Vice President, State Street Global Exchange

Hung‐Ming Chu, Ph.D. B.M., Na onal Taiwan University


Advisor: Michael Comb

Proenkephalin Gene Regula on: S mulus‐Transcrip on Coupling

_______________

Psychiatrist

San Francisco

Elizabeth Finch, Ph.D. B.A., University of California at Santa Barbara


Advisor: Stan Goldin

Inositol Trisphosphate‐Mediated Calcium Release: Kine cs and

Regula on by IP, Calcium, and ATP

_______________

Whereabouts unknown

Formerly Assistant Professor of Cell Biology at Emory University

Michael Gille e, M.D./Ph.D. Oxford University


Advisor: Raymon Dacheux

Components of Adapta on in Saccular Hair Cells

of the Bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana

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Scien st, Broad Ins tute

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Physician, Pulmonary Care Unit, MGH

Susan Lewis, Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College


Advisor: Steven Hyman

Cytokine Regula n of Neuronal Gene Expression in Sympathe c

Neurons and a Neuroblastoma Cell Line

_______________

Assistant Director of Research Development

Tu s University

Emily Liman, Ph.D. A.B., Princeton University


Advisor: Peter Hess

Structure and Func on of Mammalian Potassium Channels

_______________

Professor of Biological Sciences

University of Southern California

Gordon Shepherd, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Vassar College



Components of Adapta on in Saccular Hair Cells

of the Bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana

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Associate Professor in Physiology

Northwestern University School of Medicine

Doreen Valen ne, Ph.D. B.S., State University of New York at Stony Brook


Advisor: Cynthia Moss

Spa al Percep on and Sensorimotor Integra on: The Role of the

Superior Colliculus in the Echoloca ng Bat, Eptesicus fuscus

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Scien fic Director

Clinical Thinking/Nucleus Global

Dayao Zhao, Ph.D. M.D., Beijing Medical University

Entered 1987 * Defended October 31 1984

Advisor: William Chin

Re noic Acid: Biosynthesis and Receptors

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Vice President

Janssen Pharmaceu cals (China)

Marina Chicurel, Ph.D. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico


Advisor: Hun ngton Po er

RNA Localiza on and RNA‐Cytoskeletal Interac ons in Neurons

_______________

Biomedical Science Consultant

San Francisco

Robin Cloues, A.M. B.A., Barnard College

Entered 1988 * Le November 1, 1991

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Transferred to University of London PhD program

Adjunct Faculty, Regis University

Shing‐Chuan Hooi, Ph.D. M.B.B.S., Na onal University of Singapore


Advisor: Lee Kaplan

Neuroendocrine Regula on of Galanin Expression _______________

Professor and Vice‐Dean of Educa on

Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Na onal University of Singapore

Mark Johnson, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Amherst College



Electrophysiological and Cytochemical Proper es

of Rat Mesopon ne Serotonergic Neurons in Culture

_______________

Associate Professor of Neurosugery


Tejvir Khurana, Ph.D. M.B.Bs., Delhi University


Advisor: Louis Kunkel

Iden fica on and Characteriza on of Dystrophin‐Related Protein

_______________

Professor of Physiology

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Chung‐Chin Kuo, Ph.D. B.M., Na onal Taiwan University


Advisor: Peter Hess

Ion Permea on through L‐Type Calcium Channel _______________

Professor of Neurophysiology

Na onal Taiwan University, College of Medicine

Nicholas Marsh‐Armstrong, Ph.D. B.A., Haverford College


Advisor: Walter Gilbert

Re noic Acid and the Pa erning of the Zebrafish Re na and Trunk

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Research Scien st

Kennedy‐Krieger Ins tute

Bruce Peters, Ph.D. B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Ins tute


Advisor: Richard Masland

Responses to Light of Starburst Amacrine Cells

in the Re na of the Rabbit

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Senior Scien st

INDEC Systems

Sonja Potrebic, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., University of Pennsylvania


Advisor: Howard Fields

The Role of Serotonin in the Modula on of Nocicep on

by the Rostral Ventromedial Medulla of the Rat _______________

Neurologist

Southern California Kaiser‐Permanente Medical Group

David Welsh, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Stanford University


Advisor: Steven Reppert

Circadian Clock Neurons in Culture

_______________

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

University of California at San Diego School of Medicine

Cynthia Wetmore A.B., Harvard College


_______________


Transferred to Karolinska Ins tute

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Emory University School of Medicine

Andrew Ahn, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Columbia University



The Membrane Cytoskeleton in Muscular Dystrophy

_______________

Chief Scien fic Officer—Pain/Headache

Eli Lilly & Co.

Belinda Chang, Ph.D. A.B., Princeton University


Advisor: Naomi Pierce

Opsin Phylogeny and Evolu on _______________

Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolu onary Biology

University of Toronto

Richard Chung, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College


Advisor: Bernd R. Sseizinger

P53: A Bifunc onal Transcrip onal Regulatory Protein

Inac vated in Human Astrocy c Tumors

_______________

Neurosurgeon

Neurosurgical Associates of Santa Barbara

Lise Heginbotham Thomas, Ph.D. B.A., Swarthmore College

M.S., University of Colorado Health Sciences Center


Advisor: Roderick MacKinnon

Iden fica on and Molecular Characteriza on

of a Potassium Channel Pore

_______________


Quinnipiac University

Albert Hung, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College


Advisor: Dennis Selkoe

Regula on of Expression and Processing of the b‐Amyloid Precursor

Protein of Alzheimer’s Disease

_______________

Assistant Professor of Neurology


Raul Krauss, Ph.D. M.Sc., Catholic University of Chile


Advisor: Gerald Fishbach

Studies of Nico nic Acetylcholine Receptor Gene Expression

in the Central Nervous System _______________

Independent consultant

Camilo Mar nez, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., University of Southern California


Advisor: Joseph Majzoub

Molecular Regula on of Cor cotropin Releasing Hormone Gene

Expression by the Protein Kinase A Pathway and Glucocor coids

_______________

Partner

QM Ventures

Kenton Swartz, Ph.D. B.Sc., Eastern Manitoba College

M.D., Boston University School of Medicine


Advisor: Bruce Bean

Regula on of Neuronal Ca Channels by Neurotransmi ers,

G Proteins and Kinase C

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Senior Inves gator


Anne Sydor, Ph.D. B.A., University of Wisconsin


Advisor: Daniel Jay

The Role of Cytoskeletal Proteins Talin and Vinculin

in Neuronal Growth Cone Mo lity _______________

Editorial Director, Educa onal Products

Thieme Medical Publishers

Azad Bonni, Ph.D. M.D., Queen’s University


Advisor: Michael Greenberg

Neurotrophic Factor Regula on of Immediate Early Gene Expression

_______________



Rebecca Leah Cole, Ph.D. B.A., Macalester College


Advisor: Steven Hyman

Neurotransmi er Regula on of CRE– and AP‐1‐Mediated

Gene Expression in Rat Striatum

_______________

Research Scien st

Merck Research Laboratories

Paul Jackson, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Stanford University

Entered 1990 * Defended June 29 1995

Advisor: Larry Benowitz

VSOAC: A Volume Sensi ve Anion Channel with a Novel Func on

_______________

Neurosurgeon

Palo Alto, California

Roger Knowles, Ph.D. B.S., United States Military Academy


Advisor: Kenneth Kosik

Transloca on of RNA Granules in Living Neurons

_______________


Drew University

Inge Knudson B.A., Smith College

M.S., University of New Hampshire


_______________


Research Associate in Otolaryngology


Mary Morris Saba ni, Ph.D. B.A., Agnes Sco College

M.D., Columbia University


Advisor: Chuck Weitz

Entertainment of the Mammalian Circadian Clock: Iden fica on

of Light‐Induced Genes in the SCN

_______________

Obstetrician

Massachuse s General Hospital

Kelly Overly, Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College


Advisor: Peter Hollenbeck

Organelle Mo lity and Endocy c Pathways in Cultured Neurons

_______________

Community Volunteer

Sea le, Washington

Alfred Roca, Ph.D. B.A., Cornell University

B.S., University of Wyoming



The Mouse Mel1a Melatonin Receptor Gene

_______________

Associate Professor of Animal Sciences

University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign

Karin Sorra, Ph.D. B.Sc., Dalhousie University


Advisor: Kristen Harris

Synapse Structure, Func on and Plas city in Hippocampal Area CA1

_______________

President and Chief Scien fic Officer

Arroscience, Inc.

Ashley Bruce, Ph.D. A.B., Brown University


Advisor: Mar n Shankland

Characteriza on of an orthoden cle Homolog in the Leech

and Inves ga on of Ectopic Gene Express Techniques

_______________

Associate Professor of Cell Biology

University of Toronto

Anne e Jenner‐Ma hews, Ph.D. B.A., Mt. Holyoke College


Advisor: Gordon Sherman

The Connec vity of Ectopic Neurons in the Neocortex

and their Effects on Neuronal Size in the Thalamus:

Implica ons for Developmental Dyslexia

_______________

Counselor, Office of Disability Services

Syracuse University

Stephen Macknik, Ph.D. B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz



The Physiology and Percep on of Visibility and Visual Masking

_______________

Professor of Ophthalmology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Columnist for Scien fic American

Phillip Schwartz, Ph.D. B.S., Columbia University

M.Sc., The Weizmann Ins tute


Advisor: Rosalind Segal

Neurotrophins in the Regula on of Cerebellar Development

_______________

Chief Execu ve Officer and Director

Entera Bio Ltd.

Patrick Senatus, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College



Electrophysiological and Cytochemical Proper es of

Rat Neostriatal Neurons in Microculture

_______________

Neurosurgeon

Connec cut

Lawrence Sincich, Ph.D. B.S., Stanford University


Advisor: Gary Blasdel

Local Circuits in Primary Visual Cortex

_______________

Assistant Professor of Vision Services

University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry

Deborah Sodickson Cohen, Ph.D. B.A., Wesleyan University


Advisor: Bruce Bean

Control of Inwardly Rec fying Potassium Channels and Voltage‐

Dependent Calcium Channels

by G‐Protein Coupled Transmi er Receptors in Hippocampal Neurons

_______________

Homemaker

Mark Tramo, Ph.D. B.A., Yale University

M.D., Cornell University


_______________

Neurologist

Lecturer, U.C.L.A. School of Music

Cathy Waldman B.A., Arcadia University

Entered 1991 * Withdrew without degree August 31, 1992

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Speech Pathologist

Minuteman Career & Technical High School

Deborah Watson, Ph.D. B.A., Mills College

Entered 1991 * Defended April 11 1997


Effects of the HCHWA‐D Muta on on bAPP Processing, Heterogeneity of

Ab Deposits, and Heparin/HSPG Binding: Implica ons for Alzheimer’s

Disease

_______________

Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Anne West, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Cornell University


Advisor: Kathleen Buckley

Protein Targe ng in Neurons

_______________

Associate Professor of Neurobiology

Duke University

Robert Whorf B.S., University of New Hampshire


_______________

Enrolled in University of Rochester School of Medicine

Oncologist, Florida

Sanjay Aggarwal, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Johns Hopkins University


Advisor: Roderick MacKinnon

Iden fica on of the Voltage Sensor in the Voltage‐Ac vated Potassium

Channel

_______________

Pediatrician

Bal more, Maryland

Marc Awobuluyi, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College


Advisor: Stuart Lipton

Transla onal Control of N‐Methyl‐D Aspartate Subunit 1 (NMDAR1)

Expression

_______________

Assistant Clinical Professor in Neuroradiology

University of California, San Francisco Medical Center

Kris na Wietasch Becker, Ph.D. B.A., M.D., Ruhr University


Advisor: Gerald Fischbach

Regula on of Neuronal Nico nic Acetylcholine Receptors

in the Interpeduncular Nucleus

_______________

Patent A orney

Germany

Michael Belliveau, Ph.D. B.S., University of Michigan



Intrinsic and Extrinsic Regula on of Cell Fate Choices in the Vertebrate

Neural Re na

_______________

Patent A orney and Partner

Clark & Elbing LLP

Solange Brown, M.D./Ph.D. Princeton University


Advisor: Richard Masland

Local Circuits in the Re na: Spa al Sensi vity, Contrast Adapta on

and Direc on Selec vity of Re nal Ganglion Cells

_______________

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Yu‐Ju Chen B.S., Na onal Taiwan University

Entered 1992* Le January 1, 1995

_______________


Adjunct Professor of Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry

Na onal Taiwan University

Donnella Green Comeau, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Amherst College


Advisor: Stephen Cannon

Func onal Consequences of Sodium Channel Muta ons

in Human Neuromuscular Disease

and a Novel Mechanism for Acetazolamide Therapy

_______________

Radiologist

Cumberland, Rhode Island

Amy Malick, Ph.D. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology


Advisor: Rami Burstein

On Trigeminohypothalamic Pain Pathways and How They Contribute to

Anorexic Behavior

_______________

Managing Editor and Group Publisher

Quan aMD

Michael Olivares, M.D. B.S., University of Texas at Aus n

Entered 1992 * Le February 1, 1993

_______________


Returned to Harvard Medical School to complete M.D. degree

Whereabouts unknown

Christopher Reid, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., United States Military Academy


Advisor: Christopher A.. Walsh

Cell Lineage in Mammalian Cerebral Cortex

_______________

Lecturer for Medical Educa on

University of Southern California

Kerry Ressler, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology


Advisor: Linda Buck

Odorant Receptor Organiza on and Informa on Coding

in the Mouse Olfactory System

_______________

Professor of Psychiatry


Volney Sheen, M.D./Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University


Advisor: Jeffrey Macklis

Transplanta on Strategies for Reconstruc on

of Complex Neocor cal Circuitry

_______________



Paul Tolen no, M.D./Ph.D. Sc.B., Brown University


Advisor: Lydia Villa‐Komaroff

Transcrip onal and Post‐Transcrip onal Regula on

of VIP mRNA Expression

_______________

Neurosurgeon

Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Kelly Van Koughnet, Ph.D. B.Sc., University of Toronto


Advisor: Steve Hyman

Proenkephalin Transgene Regula on in the Paraventricular Nucleus of

the Hypothalamus by Lipopolysaccharide and Interleukin‐1ß: a Model

for the Study of Neuro‐Immune Communica on

_______________

Associate Vice President, Research, Knowledge Transla on

and Ethics Por olio

Canadian Ins tutes of Health Research

Brenda Allwardt, Ph.D. B.A., Lawrence University



Ultrastructural Analysis of Photoreceptors

in Wildtype and Mutant Zebrafish Larvae

_______________

Not currently employed

Joshua Berke, Ph.D. B.A., Cambridge University



A Complex Program of Dopamine‐Induced Gene Expression Iden fied

Using Differen al‐Display PCR: Discovery of a Novel Inducible Cyclin

_______________

Professor of Psychology and Biomedical Engineering

University of Michigan

Steven Chao, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College


Advisor: Larry Benowitz

GAP‐43: Regula on and Func on

_______________

Partner

ClearView Healthcare Partners

Katrin Chua, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College


Advisor: Robin Reed

Remodeling of the Spliceosome for Catalysis of Exon Liga on

_______________

Associate Professor of Medicine


Saumya Das, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College


Advisor: Nobuki Nakanishi

Iden fica on and Characteriza on of a Novel N‐Methyl‐D‐Aspartate

Receptor Subunit NR3A

_______________

Researcher and Electrophysiologist

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Michael Bianche a, Ph.D. B.A., Brown University


Advisor: Jonathan Cohen

Self‐Associa on of the Muscle‐Specific Receptor Tyrosine Kinase MuSK

_______________

Whereabouts unknown

Jorge Luis Gonzalez, Ph.D. B.S., Tu s University


Advisor: Christopher A. Walsh

Cellular and Biochemical Analysis of Muta ons

that Affect Cerebral Cor cal Development

_______________

Chief Technology Officer

Wilson Language Training

Heather Hinds A.B., B.S., Stanford University

M.Sc., Oxford University


_______________

Transferred to Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology– Tonegawa Lab

Neurologist — San Francisco, California

Lisa Horowitz, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., University of California at Berkeley


Advisor: Linda Buck

Connec vity in the Mouse Olfactory System

_______________

Physician

Boston, Massachuse s

Holly Engelman, A.M. B.S., Columbia University

Entered 1993 * Le January 1, 1996

_______________

Transferred to Columbia University

Received Ph.D. in 2002

Research support staff at

Pennsylvania State College of Medicine (Levenson Lab)

Jerri Mar n, A.M. B.S., California Ins tute of Technology


_______________


Elementary school volunteer; formerly scien st at Theravance, Inc.

San Francisco, California

Mar n Niethammer, Ph.D. Diploma, Universitat Tubingen


Advisor: Morgan Sheng

Organiza on of an NMDA Receptor‐Associated Complex via the PDZ

Domains of PSD‐95

_______________


Hofstra North Shore –LIJ School of Medicine

Lianna Orlando, Ph.D. B.S., Syracuse University


Advisor: Anne Young

Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Chain Migra on

_______________

Scien fic Program Officer

Muscular Dystrophy Associa on

Thomas Jordan, Ph.D. Bucknell University



Network Dynamics and Their Neuromodula on: Dopaminergic Effects

on Re nal Recep ve Fields

_______________

Founder and Chief Execu ve Officer

Aldexa Therapeu cs

Heather Rieff, Ph.D. B.A., Williams College


Advisor: Gabriel Corfas

The Role of Neuregulin and erB Receptors in Cerebellar Development

_______________

Senior Science Policy Analyst

Na onal Ins tute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes

Bernardo Saba ni, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College


Advisor: Wade Regehr

Calcium Control of Neurotransmi er Release at a Cerebellar Synapse

_______________



Maurice Sholas, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Southern University


Advisor: Daniel Kenshalo

Changes in Primary Somatosensory Cortex Processing of Nocicep ve

Informa on

Induced by Inflamma on

_______________

Senior Medical Director

Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

Megan Benson Pra , Ph.D. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

M.A., Harvard University



Mapping Noncompe ve Antagonist Binding Sites in the Nico nic

Acetylcholine Receptor

_______________

Execu ve Director

Pensacola MESS Hall (science museum)

Jamie Zeitzer, Ph.D. B.A., Vassar College


Advisor: Charles Czeisler

Physiology and Anatomy of Human Circadian Photorecep on

and Melatonin Regula on

_______________

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences


Pradeep Atluri, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College



The Role of Presynap c Calcium in Short‐Term Synap c Plas city

_______________

Psychiatrist

New York City

Stacie Weninger, Ph.D. University of North Carolina



Role of Cor cotropin‐Releasing Hormone (CRH) and CRH‐Like Molecules

in Stress‐Induced Behavior

_______________

Execu ve Director

F‐Prime Biomedical Research Ini a ve

Fiona Watson, Ph.D. B.Sc., M.S., Dalhousie University



Retrograde Signaling by Neutrophins

_______________

Associate Professor of Biology

Washington and Lee University

Michelle Day, Ph.D. B.S., University of California, Los Angeles



The Effects of Serotonin 5‐HT2A Agonists and Antagonists on High‐

Voltage‐Ac vated Calcium Currents in Prefrontal Pyramidal Neurons

_______________

Research Assistant Professor

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Jeremy Di man, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Stanford University



Presynap c Modula on of Transmi er Release

in the Central Nervous System

_______________

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Neuroscience

Weill Cornell Medical College

Stephanie Gaus, Ph.D. B.S., Stanford University


Advisor: Clifford Saper

Neuroanatomic Substrates for Circadian Control of Sleep

_______________

Research Scien st

University of California, San Francisco

Seeley Selec ve Vulnerability Research Laboratory

Paul Borghesani, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology



Neuronal Migra on in Development and Degenera on

_______________

Assistant Professor

University of Washington Medical Center

James Morrill, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College



Biophysical Proper es of the Skeletal Muscle L‐Type Calcium Channel

in Health and Disease

_______________

Physician


Paula Smith, Ph.D. B.S., Cornell University


Advisor: Gary Yellen

Voltage‐dependent Ga ng of HERG Potassium Channels

_______________

Senior Medical Wri ng Scien st

The Janssen Pharmaceu cal Companies

of Johnson & Johnson

Mark Zylka, Ph.D. B.X., Virginia Polytechnic Ins tute



Characteriza on of a Mammalian Circadian Feedback Loop

_______________


University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Lisa Genova, Ph.D. B.S., Bates College



Amphetamine‐Induced Adapta ons in Striatal Neurons: Roles of

Serotonin and Condi oned S muli

_______________

Best‐selling author

“S ll Alice”, “Le Neglected” and “Inside the O’Briens”

Yun‐Beom Choi, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College


Advisor: Stuart Lipton

Molecular Analysis of Modulatory Sites on the NMDA Receptor:

Redox, Zn2+, and Nitric Oxide‐Related Species

_______________

Neurologist

Englewood, New Jersey

Hui Zhou, A.M. B.S., Huazhong University of Science and Technology

M.S., Beijing University

Entered 1994 * Le March 1, 1997

_______________


Transferred to Washington University

Richard Chris e, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology


Advisor: Bradley Hyman

In vivo Imaging of Amyloid Deposi on in a Transgenic Mouse Model

of Alzheimer’s Disease

_______________

Global Head, Development Science and Innova on

Roche

Manish Aghi, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Stanford University


Advisor: Xandra Breakefield

Improving the Efficacy of Chemosensi zing

Brain Tumor Gene Therapies

_______________

Professor of Neurosurgery


Jerry Lin, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College



I. Characteriza on of an NMDA‐receptor‐associated complex

centered around NRI;

II. The role of AMPA receptor trafficking in synap c plas city

_______________

Otolaryngologist

Fairfax, Virginia

Sanjay Magavi, Ph.D. Sc.B., Brown University



Induc on of Neurogenesis in the Neocortex of Adult Mice and

Assessment of the Func onal Integra on of Adult‐born Neurons

_______________

Research Fellow I

Vertex Pharmaceu cals

Heather Mason Chris e, Ph.D. A.B., Amherst College



Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Chain Migra on

_______________

Not currently employed

Jesus Garcia, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Loyola Marymount University


Advisor: Margaret Livingstone

Mechanisms of Color and Mo on in Monkey Visual Cortex

_______________

Plas c Surgeon

Sacramento, California

Philip Nadeau, Ph.D. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology


Advisor: Bruce Yankner

An Inves ga on of the Role of Apolipoproteins, Lipoproteins and the

Presenilin Proteins in Amyloid Beta Metabolism and Alzheimer’s Disease

_______________

Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst

Cowen and Company

Sco Naisbi , M.D./Ph.D. B.S., University of Utah



The Molecular Organiza on of the Postsynap c Density

by GKAP and SHANK

_______________

Independent Consultant

Elizabeth Asha Nigh, Ph.D. B.S., Stanford University



The Control of Protein Expression During Adap ve Neuronal Responses

_______________

Chief Scien fic Editor and Founder

Science Editors Network

Mireya Nadal‐Vicens, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College



Signaling mechanisms that govern the switch

from neuronal to astrocyte differen a on in neocor cal progenitors

_______________

Psychiatrist and Instructor of Psychiatry


Marcus Ware, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Tougaloo College



Cellular and Molecular Events in the Development

of the Cerebral Cortex

_______________

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery

Tulane University

Vasanth Vedantham, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Yale University



Moving Parts of Voltage‐Gated Sodium Channels

_______________

Assistant Professor of Medicine

University of California, San Francisco Medical Center

John Reppas, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Oxford University


Advisor: R. Clay Reid

Saccadic Eye Movements and Early Vision

_______________

Director of Public Policy

Neurotechnology Industry Organiza on

Jeremiah Scharf, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Yale University



Compara ve Genomic Analysis of the Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)

Region in Mouse and Man: Applica ons for Understanding Disease

Pathogenesis

_______________



Alex Carter, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Brandeis University



Neurotrophin Modula on of Synap c Plas city and Cerebellar

Development

_______________



Lisa Catapano, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Dartmouth College



Stage‐Specific Control over Neocor cal Callosal Projec on Neuron

Survival and Differen a on

_______________

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

George Washington University

Thomas Chou (Jhou), Ph.D. B.S., M.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology



Regula on of sleep‐wake ming: Circadian rhythms

and bistability of sleep‐wake behavior

_______________

Assistant Professor—Medical University of South Carolina

Bevil Conway, Ph.D. B.Sc., McGill University



Mechanisms of Color and Mo on in Monkey Visual Cortex

_______________

Principal Inves gator, Laboratory of Sensory‐Motor Research

Na onal Ins tutes of Health

Michael Deans, Ph.D. B.A., Michigan State University


Advisor: David Paul

Connexin 36 Localiza on and Func on Within the Rod Pathways

of the Mouse Re na

_______________

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology

University of Utah School of Medicine

Shin Jung Kang, Ph.D. B.S., M.S., Seoul Na onal University


Advisor: Junying Yuan

A Dual Role of Capase‐11 under Pathological

and Physiological Condi ons

_______________

Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology

Sejong University

Amy McMichael B.S., Kalamazoo College


_______________


Whereabouts unknown

Magdalene Moran, Ph.D. B.A., Williams College


Advisor: David Clapham

TLF is a Func onal Regulator or Transcrip on with Targets

that Are Dis nct from the TATA‐Box Binding Protein (TBP)

_______________

Senior Vice President, Biology

Hydra Biosciences

Kim Seth, Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College



A Molecular Gene c Inves ga on of the Role of Re‐1/REST In the

Transcrip onal Regula on

of the Cor cotropin‐Releasing Hormone (CRH) Gene

_______________

Chief Business Officer and Chief Opera ng Officer

Resilience Therapeu cs

Abraha Taddese, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Washington University


Advisor: Bruce Bean

Electrophysiology of Spontaneously Ac ve

Tuberomammillary Nucleus Neurons

_______________

Radiologist

Miami, Florida

Jonathan Trinidad, Ph.D. B.S., William and Mary College



The Localiza on and Func on of Neuregulin and the ErbB Receptors

at the Neuromuscular Junc on

_______________

Director, Biological Mass Spectrometry

Indiana University

Doris Tsao, Ph.D. B.S., California Ins tute of Technology



Stereopsis

_______________


California Ins tute of Technology

Kevin Welch, A.M. B.S., Beloit College


_______________


Whereabouts unknown

Alo Basu, Ph.D. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology


Advisor: Ed Kravitz

Characteriza on of an Amine‐Modulated Stress Neuropep de System in

Homarus americanus

_______________

Assistant Professor

College of the Holy Cross

Adam Carter, Ph.D. B.A., Cambridge University

ESntered 1997 * Defended April 29, 2002


Synap c Transmission at Cerebellar Stellate Cells

_______________

Associate Professor of Neural Science

New York University

Dennis Chang, Ph.D. B.Sc.H., Queen’s University



Circadian Clock Molecules of a Lepidopteran Insect, Antheraea pernyi,

and Comparison with the Fruit Fly, Drosophila melanogaster

_______________

Principal

Clarion Healthcare

Mark Emerson, Ph.D. B.A., Oberlin College


Advisor: Davie Van Vactor

A Misexpression Gene c Screen in Drosophila Iden fies

Candidate Axon Guidance Factors with Differen al Expression

_______________

Assistant Professor of Biology

City College of New York

Heather Heerssen, Ph.D. B.A., Kenyon College



Mechanisms of Trk Receptor Retrograde Transport and Signaling

_______________

Senior Medical Writer

Complete Healthcare Communica ons

Jane Ko, Ph.D. B.A., Tulane University


Advisor: Li‐Huei Tsai

CdK5 Ac vators in Development and Poten al Regula on of Kinesins

_______________

Associate Director, Global Marke ng Innova on

Kellogg Company

Genevieve Konopka, Ph.D. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology


Advisor: Azad Bonni

Regula on of STAT3 Signaling in Astrocyte Transforma on

_______________

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Anatol Kreitzer, Ph.D. B.S., University of California at Berkeley



Ac vity‐Dependent Modula on of Synap c Strength in the Central

Nervous System

_______________



Robert Moy, A.M. B.A., Oberlin College

Entered September 1997 * Withdrew June 1, 2004

———————‐

Withdrew with a Master’s degree

Principal

Clarion Healthcare

Lisa Simon Nelson B.S., Rutgers University

Entered 1997 * Le January 1, 2000

_______________


Whereabouts unknown

Christov Roberson, Ph.D. B.A., Northern Arizona University



G Protein Regula on of Inwardly Rec fying Potassium Channels

_______________

Lecturer

Johns Hopkins University

Gisela Sandoval, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., California Ins tute of Technology


Advisor: Gary Ruvkun

Molecular Analysis of an Interac on between the Vesicular

Acetylcholine Transporter and Synaptobrevin in Caenorhabdi s Elegans

_______________

Psychiatrist

Stanford University Hospital and Clinics

Claire Sauvageot, Ph.D. B.A., University of California, Berkeley


Advisor: Charles S les

Genomic Analysis of Fate Choice in Cor cal Progenitor Cells

_______________

Senior Manager, Scien fic Strategy and Publica ons

Takeda Oncology (Dana Farber Cancer Ins tute)

Sohail Tavazoie, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., University of California, Berkeley



The Development of Neural Connec ons from Re na to Thalamus:

Matura on and Plas city of Recep ve Fields

_______________

Associate Professor of Cancer Biology


Sarah Webster, Ph.D. B.S., University of Connec cut



Structures and mechanisms of ga ng in

Shaker voltage‐dependent potassium channels

_______________

Assistant Professor

College of the Holy Cross

Ying Zhang, Ph.D. B.S., University of Science and Technology (China)

M.S., Duke University



Where Is It? Deriving S mulus Loca on from the Responses of Visual

Neurons

_______________

Whereabouts unknown

Bruce Altevogt, Ph.D. B.A., University of Virginia


Advisor: David Paul

Analysis of Connexins in Myela on

_______________

Director of Science Policy and Science Advocacy

Pfizer, Inc.

Teresa Chae, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College



Mechanisms of Dorsal Pa erning in the Developing Forebrain

_______________

Ophthalmologist

Houston, Texas

Michael Do, Ph.D. B.S., Georgetown University


Advisor: Bruce Bean

Genera on and Regula on of Pacemaking in Subthalamic Neurons

_______________



John Elfar, M.D. Johns Hopkins University

Entered 1998 * Withdrew September 1, 2000

_______________

Withdrew without taking a Ph.D.

Returned to Harvard Medical School to complete his M.D.

Associate Professor of Orthopaedics

University of Rochester Medical Center

Edmund Griffin, Jr., M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Columbia University



Light, Cryptochrome, and Circadian Clocks

_______________

Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

Columbia University Medical Center

W. Taylor Kimberly, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Princeton University



Intramembrane Proteolysis and Signal Transduc on:

The Gamma‐Secretase Complex and Its Connec on to Alzheimer’s

Disease

_______________

Associate Director, Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit


Gaby Maimon, Ph.D. B.S., Cornell University


Advisor: John Assad

Cortex, vision and ac on.

_______________

Assistant Professor


Carolyn Rodriguez, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College


Advisor: Susan Dymecki

Innova ng Gene c Technology to Map the Origin of the Precerebellar

System

_______________

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences


Erin Perry, A.M. B.A., Amherst College

Entered 1998 * Withdrew November 1, 2002

_______________


Enrolled in Harvard School of Educa on

Whereabouts unknown

Jun Shen, Ph.D. B.A., Dartmouth University



Using Forward and Reverse Gene cs to Study Genes that Control the

Size of the Brain

_______________

Assistant Professor of Pathology


Susan St. Pierre, Ph.D. B.S., Stanford University


Advisor: Stefan Thor

Neuronal Specifica on in Drosophila: The roles of rotund and squeeze,

two related zinc finger genes

_______________

Not currently working

Brian Whalen, Ph.D. B.S., Columbia University



Early Events in Alzheimer’s Disease: An Examina on of Amyloid‐Beta

Protofibril Biology

_______________

Vice President, Science and Medicine

Evoke Health

Fu‐Chia Yang, Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College



The Poten al Role for the EGF Receptor System in the Circadian

Regula on of Locomotor Ac vity

_______________

Scien st II

Biogen

Paul Ardayfio, Ph.D. Wayne State University


Advisor: Kwang‐Soo Kim

Behavioral Inves ga on of Cogni ve Func on in Mouse Models

of Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

_______________

Clinical Research Scien st

Eli Lilly and Company

Nathaniel Blair, Ph.D. B.A., University of Chicago


Advisor: Bruce Bean

Contribu on of Voltage‐Gated Sodium, Calcium and Potassium Currents

to the Excitability of Nocicep ve Sensory Neurons

_______________

Scien st II

Hydra Biosciences

Laurie Burlingame, A.M. B.A., Wellesley College

Entered 1999 * Withdrew June 1, 2002

_______________

Withdrew with Master’s Degree

Associate A orney

Goodwin Procter LLC

Yoojin Choi, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine



Mitogenic Niches in the Developing Cerebellum

_______________

Associate Professor of Biology

North Park University

Thomas Deuel, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Princeton University



Doublecor n and the Doublecor n‐like Kinase in CNS Development and

Plas city

_______________

Neurologist and Affiliate Professor at Center for Arts/Experimental Media

University of Washington

Shelby Dietz, Ph.D. B.A., Cornell University


Advisor: Venkatesh Murthy

Plas city and Development of the Mitral‐Granule Reciprocal Synapse

in the Mammalian Olfactory Bulb

_______________

Research Associate

Cornell University

Eleanore Edson, Ph.D. B.S., Stanford University


Advisor: Chinfei Chen

Entered September 1999

Contribu ons of Glutamate Transporters and Metabotrophic Glutamate

Receptors to Synap c Transmission over Development at the

Re nogeniculate Synapse

_______________

Program Officer of Strategy, Discovery and Development

Bill and Melinda Gates Founda on

Kelly Foster, Ph.D. B.S., University of Pi sburgh



Mechanisms and Func onal Consequences of Depression at the Climbing

Fiber to Purkinje Cell Synapse

_______________

Associate Director of Biology

Ataxion Therapeu cs

Sanjiv Harpavat, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Stanford University



Roles of Thyroid Hormone in Chick Re nal Development

_______________

Physician and researcher

Baylor College of Medicine

Maria Leh nen, Ph.D. B.A., University of Pennsylvania


Advisor: Azad Bonni

Survival and Death Signaling Pathways: From Single Cells to Organisms

_______________

Assistant Professor in Pathology


Jacob Marcus, Ph.D. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology


Advisor: Joel Elmquist

Orexin Receptors and the Central Autonomic System

_______________

Principal Scien st, Neuroscience Discovery

Merck Research Laboratories

Bence Ölveczky, Ph.D. M.Sc., Technical University of Budapest

M.Sc., Imperial University


Advisor: Markus Meister

Re nal Processing of Natural Mo on

_______________

Professor of Organismic and Evolu onary Biology

Harvard University

Hien Tran, M.D./Ph.D. Stanford University



A Role for Forkheads in the Response to Stress

_______________

Dermatologist

San Diego, California

Duo Wang, Ph.D. B.S., Beijing University


Advisor: Gary Ruvkun

Nega ve regula on of RNA interference in Caenorhabdi s elegans

_______________

Senior Manager, Market Intelligence and Market Development

Medtronic

Amy Ashbacher, A.M. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

Entered September 2000 * Le June 1, 2005

Advisor: John Assad

_______________


Whereabouts unknown

Jay Bikoff, Ph.D. Sc.B., Brown University



Molecular Mechanisms Regula ng Cor cal Development: From

Neurons to Synapses

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Columbia University — Jessell Lab

Saskia de Vries, Ph.D. B.S., Yale University



Modula on of Re nal Responses by Single Amacrine Cells

_______________

Senior Scien st

Allen Ins tute for Brain Science

Antoniu Fantana, Ph.D. Diploma, Heidelberg University



Odor Processing in the Olfactory Bulb: Structure

of Mitral Cell Recep ve Fields

_______________

Regional Medical Leader

Eli Lilly and Company

Carson Alex Goddard, Ph.D. B.A., Oberlin College


Advisor: Carla Shatz

MHC Class I and the Homeosta c Regula on of CNS Synapses

_______________

Director of Research

Tal Medical, Inc.

Joshua Gooley, Ph.D. B.A., Wesleyan University



Entrainment of the Circadian Timing System by Light and Food

_______________

Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorders Program

Duke‐NUS Medical School

Anna Greka, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College



TRP Channels and the Cytoskeleton: Implica ons for Neuronal Growth

and Cellular Mo lity

_______________

Assistant Professor of Medicine


Kenichi Hartman, Ph.D. B.S., Brandeis University



Regula on of Neuronal Morphology and Synap c Development

by Ac vity

_______________

U.S. Patent Agent/Israeli Patent A orney Trainee

Allan C. En s, Ph.D. Intellectual Property Ltd.

Ma hew Hass, Ph.D. B.S., University of Iowa



Iden fica on of Novel Roles of the Amyloid Precursor Protein in Signal

Transduc on

_______________

Research Instructor

Cincinna Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Rhonda Hyde, Ph.D. B.S., Yale University


Advisor: Anne Hart

Gene c Analysis of Protein Kinase C and MAPK in C. elegans

mechanosensa on

_______________

Science Teacher

Carrollton‐Farmers Branch ISD

Alex Jackson, Ph.D. B.Sc., McGill University


Advisor: Bruce Bean

Subthreshold Currents Underlying the Spontaneous Firing of

Hypothalamic Pacemaker Neurons

_______________

Assistant Professor of Physiology and Neurobiology

University of Connec cut

Vuk Koprivica, Ph.D. B.A., Earlham University


Advisor: Zhigang He

Mechanisms of Myelin Regenera on Inhibi on

_______________

Senior Director of Business Development

Vanda Pharmaceu cals

Sebas an Kraves, Ph.D. University of Buenos Aires



Molecular Analyses of the Circadian Control of Locomotor Ac vity

in Mammals

_______________

Co‐Founder

miniPCR

Claire McKellar, Ph.D. B.S., Yale University


Advisor: Carla Shatz

A Program of New Gene Expression Induced by Synaptogenesis

_______________

Research Specialist

Howard Hughes Medical Ins tute

Brooke Pa en, Ph.D. B.S., Princeton University



Molecular Mechanisms of Radial Glia Forma on in the Developing

Cerebellum

_______________

Assistant Vice President Vascular Surgery

MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Ben Samuels, Ph.D. B.S., Johns Hopkins University



Physiological Func ons of Cdk5 in the Nervous System

_______________

Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience

Rutgers University

Sujith Vijayan, Ph.D. A.B., Amherst College


Advisor: Emery Brown

Characteriza on of Ac vity in the Primary Somatosensory Cortex During

Ac ve Behavior and Sleep

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Massachuse s General Hospital—Cash Lab

Kevin Wang, Ph.D. B.S., M.S., Stanford University

M.Phil., Cambridge University

M.D., University of California at San Francisco


Advisor: Zhigang He

Signaling Mechanisms Underlying Inhibi on

of Axonal Regenera on by CNS Myelin

_______________

Assistant Professor of Dermatology


Lisa Zakhary, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Columbia University


Advisor: Catherine Dulac

Anatomical and Func onal Analysis of MicroRNAs in Mammalian

Olfactory Neurogenesis

_______________

Psychiatrist


Perry Bri s, Ph.D. B.A., Colgate College

M.D., Harvard Medical School


Advisor: John Flanagan

RNA Based Mechanisms for Locally Regula ng Axon Guidance Decisions

_______________

Founder and Chief Execu ve Officer

SliceLabs, LLC

Brenda Bloodgood, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego


Advisor: Bernardo Saba ni

Biochemical Compartmentaliza on and Synap c Signaling in

Dendri c Spines of Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons

_______________

Assistant Professor of Neurobiology

University of California, San Diego

James Berg, Ph.D. B.S., Rutgers University



Imaging Neuronal Metabolism

_______________

Manager, Electrophysiology

The Allen Ins tute for Brain Science

Dinu Florin Albeanu, Ph.D. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology



Mul modal Imaging of Sensory Inputs and Neuronal Coding in the

Rodent Olfactory Bulb

_______________


Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Eunju Esther Chung, Ph.D. B.S., Boston College


Advisor: Tom Schwarz

Axonal Transport of Synap c Components and Synaptogenesis in

Drosophila

_______________

Associate Director, Business Development

Genexine, Inc.

Yeang Ch’ng, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., M.S., Yale University


Advisor: Clay Reid

Func onal Imaging of Cellular and Vascular Ac vity in Visual Cortex

_______________

Radiologist—Los Angeles, California

Fine Art Photographer

Jay Chyung, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College



Cell Surface Events in the Amyloidogenic Processing

of the Amyloid Precursor Protein

_______________

Chief Opera ng Officer

10X Health, Inc.

Sophie Currier, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology



Gene cs of Walker‐Warburg Syndrome: A Disorder of Brain, Muscle,

and Eye Development

_______________

Physician

London, England

John Dekker, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Wesleyan University



Molecular Analysis of Ga ng in Voltage‐Dependent Ion Channels

_______________

Staff physician

NIH Clinical Center

Elizabeth Glater, Ph.D. B.A., Swarthmore College


Advisor: Thomas Schwarz

The mechanism for Transport of Mitochondria in Drosophila

_______________


Pomona College

Robert Griffin, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Swarthmore College


Advisor: Clifford Woolf

Differen al Gene Expression Associated with Neuropathic Pain

_______________

Anesthesiologist

New York City

Dana Harrar, Ph.D. B.A., Johns Hopkins University

M.D., Vanderbilt University



An RNA Interference Screen Iden fies New Molecules Required for

Mammalian Synapse Development

_______________

Resident in Child Neurology


Bryan Mac Hooks, Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College


Advisor: Gina Turrigiano

Func onal Development of the Re nogeniculate Synapse

_______________

Assistant Professor of Neurobiology

University of Pi sburgh

Vikram Khurana, Ph.D. B.A., B.S., M.D., University of Sydney


Advisor: Mel Feany

Mitogenic signaling and cell‐cycle ac va on

mediate Neurodegenera on in Drosophila

_______________

Neurologist—Massachuse s General Hospital

Principal Faculty—Harvard Stem Cell Ins tute

Co‐Founder and Vice‐President — Yumanity Therapeu cs

Misao Higashi Kovtun, Ph.D. Sc..B., Brown University



Characteriza on of an Impor n beta11 Mutant at the Drosophila

Neuromuscular Junc on

_______________

Currently not employed

Brad Molyneaux, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Dartmouth University



Molecular Development of Cor cospinal Motor Neurons

_______________

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Cri cal Care Medicine

University of Pi sburgh Medical Center

Patrick Safo, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., State University of New York at Stony Brook



Molecular Development of Cor cospinal Motor Neurons

_______________

Dermatologist

Wisconsin

Gilberto Soler‐Llavina, Ph.D. B.S., University of Puerto Rico



Compartmentaliza on and Modula on of Synap c Signaling

in Dendrites and Spines

_______________

Inves gator

Novar s Ins tutes for BioMedical Research

Rebecca Swimmer, A.M. University of Illinois, Urbana

Entered September 2001 * Withdrew June 1, 2005

_______________


Veterinarian in Venice, California

Cindy Chen, A.M. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology


_______________

Withdrew with Master’s Degree

Whereabouts unknown

Kenneth Colodner, Ph.D. B.A., Northwestern University


Advisor: Mel Feany

Using Drosophila to Inves gate the Glial Contribu on to

Neurodegenera ve Disorders

_______________


Mt. Holyoke College

Steven Flavell, Ph.D. B.A., Oberlin College



Regula on of synapse development

by the ac vity‐regulated transcrip on factor MEF2

_______________

Assistant Professor of Brain and Cogni ve Sciences

Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

Raj Gopal, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., University of California, Irvine



Regula on of DNA Double‐Strand Break Repair by Parkin

_______________

Chief Resident

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Brian Hafler, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Princeton University


Advisor: David Rowitch

Transcrip onal Regula on of Olig2 in Motor Neuron Development

_______________

Ophthalmologist

Boston, Massachuse s

Todd Herrington, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Stanford University


Advisor: John Assad

A en onal Dynamics in Parietal Cortex

_______________

Neurologist


Elizabeth Hong, Ph.D. B.S., California Ins tute of Technology



Func onal Significance of Neuronal Ac vity‐Dependent

Transcrip onal Regula on in the Nervous System

_______________


California Ins tute of Technology

Michael Hughes, Ph.D. B.S., Stanford University


Advisor: Dietmar Schmucker

A Gene c and Biochemical Analysis of Dscam Signaling in Dendrite

Morphogenesis

_______________

Assistant Professor of Biology

University of Missouri at St. Louis

John Nicholas Hunter, Ph.D. B.S., University of Washington


Advisor: Richard T. Born

Spa al Integra on of Mo on Signals in Macaque MT

_______________


Eirene Kontopoulos, Ph.D. B.A., Haverford College


Advisor: Mel Feany

Mechanisms of alpha‐synuclein Neurotoxicity in Parkinson’s Disease

_______________

Biotech Analyst

Fidelity Investments

Edmund Koundakjian, Ph.D. B.S., University of California, Riverside

M.S., California State University, San Bernardino


Advisor: Lisa Goodrich

An Analysis of the Development of the Cochlear‐Ves bular Ganglion

_______________

Patent Agent

Cooley LLP

Alice Lu, Ph.D. B.A., Columbia University


Advisor: Rudolph Tanzi

Poten al Roles for Ubiquilin 1 in Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis

_______________


Ju Lu, Ph.D. B.Engr., Tsinghua University


Advisor: Jeff Lichtman

Connectomic Studies of the Mammalian Neuromuscular System

_______________

Assistant Project Scien st

University of California, Santa Cruz (Beijing, China)

Laura Magno , Ph.D. B.A., University of Pennsylvania


Advisor: David Paul

Gap Junc ons Between Astrocytes and Oligodendrocytes Are Cri cal

for Normal Glial Func on

_______________

Preceptor in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University

Senior Editor, American Journal Experts

David Simon, Ph.D. B.S., M.S., Brandeis University


Advisor: Josh Kaplan

microRNA Regula on of Synapse Func on in C. elegans

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

The Rockefeller University—Tessier‐Lavigne Lab

Glenn Yiu, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Columbia University


Advisor: Zhigang He

Signaling Mechanisms Limi ng Axon Regenera on

in the Adult Central Nervous System

_______________

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

University of California, Davis

Victoria Abraira, Ph.D. B.S., University of Southern California



Molecular Mechanisms of Inner Ear Morphogenesis

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard Medical School —Ginty Lab

Joshua Jacob Buchman, Ph.D. B.A., Rutgers University



Roles of centrosome proteins associated with primary microcephaly

in mammalian cor cogenesis

_______________

Science Advisor

Goodwin Procter LLP

Adam Christensen, Ph.D. B.S., University of Iowa



The Role of TRP Channels in Mechanosensa on

_______________

Special Agent

Federal Bureau of Inves ga on

Stephanie Courchesne Schlink, Ph.D. B.S., Davidson College



Spa al Aspects of Neuronal Survival Signaling in Sensory Neurons:

A Role for Mef2D and Bcl‐w

_______________

Health Sciences Policy Analyst

Na onal Ins tutes of Health

Luis de la Torre Ubieta, Ph.D. B.S., University of Puerto Rico


Advisor: Azad Bonni

Transcrip onal Regula on of Neuronal Polarity

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of California at Los Angeles—Geschwind Lab

Xuecai Ge, Ph.D. B.S., Beijing University

M.S., Tsinghua University



Func ons of the Centrosome in Embryonic Neurogenesis

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Stanford University Medical Center—Sco Lab

Johannes Haushofer, Ph.D. B.A., Oxford University



Cor cal Object Representa ons

_______________

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Princeton University

Ma hew Hemming, Ph.D. B.S., University of California, San Diego

M.D., Harvard Medical School



Regula on of Beta‐Amyloid Protein Levels by Proteoly c Degrada on

and Its Implica ons for Alzheimer’s Disease

_______________

Clinical Fellow in Oncology

Dana Farber Cancer Ins tute—Bradner Lab

Youn‐Young Kate Hong, Ph.D. B.S., Brown University


Advisor: Joshua Sanes

Structure and Development of Re nal Ganglion Cells

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Columbia University—Bruno Lab

Aaron Kerlin, Ph.D. B.A., Oberlin College

Enterd 2003 * Defended January 18, 2011


Response proper es of inhibitory neuron subtypes

in mouse visual cortex

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Janelia Farm—Svoboda Lab

Allison Terra Knoll, Ph.D. B.S., University of Wisconsin at Madison


Advisor: Bill Carlezon

Role of Kappa Opioid Receptors

in Fear and Anxiety‐like Behavior in Rats

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles

Camilo Libedinsky, Ph.D. B.S., University of Chile



Neuronal Mechanisms of Visual Percep on: Role of Early Visual and

Prefrontal Cor cal Areas in Conscious Awareness

_______________

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Na onal University of Singapore

Timothy Mosca, Ph.D. B.S., M.S., Yale University



Nuclear Import and Synapse to Nucleus Signalling

at the Drosophila Neuromuscular Junc on

_______________


Thomas Jefferson University

Carlos Ponce, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., University of Utah


Advisor: Rick Born

Integra ng Visual Informa on through Parallel Pathways

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard Medical School — Livingstone Lab

Pavan Ramdya, Ph.D. B.A., Drew University


Advisor: Florian Engert

Direc on selec vity in the larval zebrafish op c tectum

_______________

Assistant Professor

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

James Fitzhugh Sturgill, Ph.D. B.S., Davidson College



Ac vity‐dependent Regula on of Synapse Structure and Func on:

Roles of PSD‐95 and the Metabolic Sensor, AMPK

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory—Kepecs Lab

Geoffrey Tanner, Ph.D. B.S., Yale University

M.A.L.S., Wesleyan University



K(ATP) Channels, Metabolism, and Neuronal Excitability

_______________

Assistant Professor in Residence

University of Connec cut

Max Tischfield, Ph.D. B.A., Rutgers University


Advisor: Elizabeth Engle

Human Eye Movement Disorders Help Iden fy Molecular and Gene c

E ologies

of Novel Neurological Syndromes

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Boston Children’s Hospital—Engle Lab

Rochelle Wi , M.D./Ph.D. B.S., University of Illinois, Urbana



Of Structure and Func on: The Nature of

the Sonic Hedgehog‐Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan Interac on

_______________

Pediatric Neurologist

New York City

Eiman Abdel‐Azim, Ph.D. B.S., B.A., Stanford University



Molecular Controls over Neocor cal Neuronal Diversity and

Oligodendrocyte Development

_______________

Assistant Professor

Salk Ins tute

Jessica Appler, Ph.D. B.S., University of Southern California



The Molecular and Morphological Development

of Spiral Ganglion Neurons

_______________

Public Health Preparedness and CBRN Defense Analyst

BARDA/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Parizad Bilimoria, Ph.D. B.S., M.S., Brandeis University

Entered 2004 * Defended May

Advisor: Azad Bonni

Signaling Mechanisms Regula ng Neuronal Morphogenesis

in the Cerebellar Cortex

_______________

Science Program Manager

Harvard Brain Science Ini a ve

Dravida Das Bock, Ph.D. B.S., Brown University



Network Anatomy and In Vivo Physiology

from a Group of Visual Cor cal Neurons

_______________

Group Leader

Janelia Farm

Kelly Dakin, Ph.D. B.A., Bowdoin College



Novel Biological Func ons of Hemoglobin in the Brain

_______________

Database Curator

Alzforum

Nathan Gouwens, Ph.D. B.A., Northwestern University


Advisor: Rachel Wilson

Processing of Neural Signals in the Drosophila Olfactory System

_______________

Scien st I


Peri Kurshan, Ph.D. B.Sc., Brown University



The Role of Alpha2delta‐3 in Calcium‐Channel Localiza on, Synap c

Func on and Bouton Forma on

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Stanford University—Shen Lab

Jason Neal, Ph.D. B.S., Hampton University

M.D., Columbia University Medical Center (2014)



Insights into the role of Filamin A and Arfgef2 genes

in periventricular heteropia forma on

_______________

Resident in Neurology

Columbia University Medical Center

Shawn R. Olsen, Ph.D. B.S., University of Utah



Synap c and Circuit Mechanisms of Odor Processing in Drosophila

_______________

Assistant Inves gator


Irit Rappley, Ph.D. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology



Selec ve Effects of Alpha‐Synuclein

on Membrane Phospholipids and Mitochondrial Func on

_______________

Scien st II

Celgene

Leigh Amanda Sadacca, Ph.D. B.A., University of Pennsylvania


Advisor: Charles Weitz

Circadian Clocks in Behavior and Physiology

_______________

Laboratory Manager for Director of Division of Biosciences

University College London

Ganesh Shankar, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Stanford University


Advisor: Dennis Selkoe, Bernardo Saba ni

Soluble Abeta Oligomers and Synap c Dysfunc on in Alzheimer’s

Disease

_______________

Neurosurgeon


Yue Yang, Ph.D. B.S., Stanford University


Advisor: Azad Bonni

A Cdc20‐APC Ubiqui n Signaling Pathway

Regulates Presynap c Differen a on

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Washington University in St. Louis —Bonni Lab

Kevin Michael Cury, Ph.D. B.S., University of California at Berkeley


Advisor: Naoshige Uchida

The Role of Spike Timing in Odor Coding During Sniffing

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Columbia University—Axel Lab

Danos Christodoulou B.S., University of Wisconsin at Madison

Entered 2005 * Withdrew May 11,2006

_______________


Transferred to BBS, defended 2013

Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard Medical School—Seidman Lab

Jamie Fitzgerald, Ph.D.

B.S., Stanford University


Advisor: John Assad

Generalized associa ve representa ons in parietal cortex

_______________

Associate Director, Data Scien st

Jet.com

Masha Gelfand, Ph.D. B.S., Washington University


Advisor: Chenghua Gu

Characteriza on of the in vivo role of Neuropilin1 during development

_______________

Scien fic Editor

Cell Press/Elsevier

Andrew Jacob Giessel B.S., University of Kansas



Local, Non‐linear Regula on of Synap c Signals

at Dendri c Spines of CA1 Pyramidal Cells

_______________

Data Scien st

Moderna Therapeu cs

J. Stefan Kaczmarek, Ph.D. B.A., Williams College



Entered September 2005

Novel ac va on mechanisms of TRPC5 reveal its par cipa on in

neuronal growth cone collapse

_______________

Senior Scien st

Sanofi Genzyme

Nadia Li erman, Ph.D. A.B., Princeton University


Advisor: Azad Bonni

Regula on of Golgi Morphogenesis and Dendrite Pa erning by

Ubiqui n Signaling

_______________

Scien st and Project Manager

23andMe

Luis Mejia, Ph.D. B.S., University of Illinois – Urbana


Advisor: Azad Bonni

Interac on proteomics iden fies a novel Hap1‐Tsc1 connec on that

controls Neuronal mTORC1 signaling and pyramidal neuron

morphogenesis

_______________

Postsdoctoral Fellow

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory — Bo Lab

Ellio Merriam B.S., University of Wisconsin at Madison

Entered 2005 * Withdrew May 11,2006

_______________


Earned Ph.D. at University of Wisconsin program in neuroscience

Data Scien st, iSpot.tv

Michael Hideki Myoga, Ph.D. B.S., University of Washington



Calcium‐Dependent Synap c Plas city in the Cerebellum

_______________

Group Leader

Ludwig Maximilians Universtat—Munich

Allison Paradise, A.M. B.Sc., Brown University

Entered 2005 * Le November 1, 2009

_______________


Execu ve Director, My Green Lab

Zeev Waks B.S., Technion‐Israel Ins tute of Technology

Entered 2005 * Withdrew November 27, 2006

_______________

Transferred to Systems Biology

Research Scien st, IBM

Simina Popa B.S., University of Washington


_______________


Earned Ph.D. from University of Washington

Scien st I, NanoString Technologies

Yi (Joey) Zhou, Ph.D. B.S., Duke University



Transduc on in Drosophila olfactory receptor neurons is invariant to

air speed

_______________

Quan ta ve Researcher

TrexQuant Management

Rachel Bortnick, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., University of Chicago

M.Phil, Cambridge University


Advisor: Dietmar Schmucker

Gene c Dissec on of the Dscam Pathway

_______________

Pediatrician

University Hospital—Freiberg

Daniel Brady, Ph.D. B.S., University of California at Berkeley


Advisor: Takao Hensch

Mechanisms of cross‐modal refinement by visual experience

_______________

Lead Data Scien st

Hello Alfred

Bre Carter, Ph.D. B.S., George Ins tute of Technology


Advisor: Bruce Bean

Sodium current during and between ac on poten als of GABAergic

and glutamatergic neurons

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Oregon Health & Science University—Jahr Lab

Eun Young Choi, Ph.D. B.A., Columbia University


Advisor: Randy Buckner

The Organiza on of Cor costriatal Connec vity in the Human Brain

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Rochester—Haber Lab

Irina De la Huerta, Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College

M.D., University of Toronto



Expression and role of cadherins in the mammalian visual system

_______________

Ophthalmologist

Cambridge, Massachuse s

Adriana Eisner, Ph.D. B.A., University of California at Berkeley



Phosphatome RNAi Screen Iden fies Eya1 as a Posi ve Regulator

Of Hedgehog Signal Transduc on

_______________

Associate

McKinsey & Company

Soyon Hong, Ph.D. B.S., University of Washington



Probing the in vivo economy of amyloid beta‐protein

during the development of Alzheimer’s disease‐type pathology

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard Medical School—Stevens Lab

Kuo‐Hua Huang, Ph.D. B.S., Na onal Tsinghua University



Control of Turning Behaviors by Spinal Projec on Neurons

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Friedrich Meisser Ins tute, Switzerland

Yessenia Ibarra, Ph.D. B.S., San Diego State University



Characteriza on of human TRPA1 and TRPV1 channels

in response to naturally occurring defensive compounds

_______________

Public Health Associate

Center for Disease Control (Boston)

Mar n Kurtev, A.M. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

Entered 2006 * Withdrew with Master’s degree on 3/31/2014


_______________

Whereabouts unknown

Brendan Lehnert, Ph.D. B.S., Stanford University



Dis nct roles of TRP channels in auditory transduc on

and amplifica on in Drosophila

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard Medical School—Ginty Lab

Alan Mardinly, Ph.D. B.A., University of Chicago



Regula on of Synapse Development by Ac vity Dependent

Transcrip on in Inhibitory Neurons

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of California, Berkeley—Adesnik Lab

Amy Meesun Ni, Ph.D. B.A., Dartmouth University


Advisor: John Maunsell

Visual A en on and the Role of Normaliza on

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Pi sburgh (Cohen Lab)

Alexandra Smolyanskaya, Ph.D. B.S., State University of New York at Stony Brook



Dynamics of cor cal decision circuits

during changes in the fidelity of sensory representa ons

_______________

Data Scien st

S tch Fix

Michael Soskis, Ph.D. B.A., Yale University



A chemical‐gene c study of EphB receptor tyrosine kinase

signaling in the developing nervous system

_______________

Whereabouts Unknown

David Stoppel, Ph.D. B.A., New York University


Advisor: Ma hew Anderson

Social Behavior and Gene Expression Disturbances in Mouse Models

of Angelman Syndrome and Idic15 Au sm

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Anderson Lab)

Ashlee Van’t Veer, Ph.D. B.A., Rutgers University


Advisor: Bill Carlezon

Role of Kappa‐Opioid Receptors in Stress‐Induced Behaviors

_______________

Health Program Specialist


Nina Vujović, Ph.D. B.A., University of Virginia



Hypothalamic neural circuits underlying circadian organiza on of

behavior and physiology

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard Medical School —‐ Medical Chronobiology Program

Oulu Wang, Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College



Glucocor coids Promote Obesity and Suppression

of Reproduc ve Func on During Stress

_______________

Enrolled in Harvard Law School in August 2015

Zheng (Herbert) Wu, Ph.D. B.S., Fudan University



Molecular Dissec on of Neural Circuits

underlying Parental Behavior in Mice

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Columbia University—Axel Lab

Allison Rosen Bialas, Ph.D. B.A., Cornell University


Advisor: Beth Stevens

Ini a ng Complement‐dependent Synap c Refinement: Mechanisms of

Neuronal C1q Regula on

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard Medical School — Carroll Lab

Mónica Feliú‐Mójer, Ph.D. B.S., University of Puerto Rico


Advisor: Joshua Kaplan

Coupling the small GTPase Rab3 to the Synap c Vesicle Cycle

_______________

Vice‐Director

Ciencia Puerto Rico

David Ferrero, Ph.D. B.S., M.S., Swiss Federal Ins tute of Technology

Diploma, Imperial College London


Advisor: Steve Liberles

Olfactory Control of Ins nc ve Behavior

_______________

Project Leader

The Boston Consul ng Group

Vijay Ganesh, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College



Iden fica on and Characteriza on of Genes Essen al for Human Brain

Development

_______________

Clinical Fellow in Neurology

Brigham & Women’s Hospital

Jonathan Garst Orozco, Ph.D. A.B., Washington University


Advisor: Bence Ölveczky

Learning‐Related Changes in the Func onal Connec vity

Within the Zebra Finch Song‐Control Circuit

_______________

Senior Scien st

Pfizer Pharmaceu cals

Julie e Han, Ph.D. B.S., University of California at Los Angeles


Advisor: Mustafa Sahin

The Role of TSC in Oligodendrocyte Differen a on and Myelina on

_______________

Engagement Manager

McKinsey & Company

Jocelyn LeBlanc, Ph.D. B.A., Colby College


Advisor: Michela Fagiolini

Cri cal period plas city and sensory func on

in a neuroligin‐3 model of au sm

_______________

Postdoctoral fellow

Harvard Medical School—Nelson Lab

Emily Lehrman, Ph.D. B.A., Stanford University



Innate Immune Molecules Direct Microglia‐Mediated Developmental

Synap c Refinement

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Boston Children’s Hospital—Stevens Lab

Shan Lou, Ph.D. B.S., Fudan University


Advisor: Qiufu Ma

Development and Func ons of C‐Low‐Threshold Mechanoreceptors

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard University—Adam Cohen Lab

Eric Luth, Ph.D. B.A., Colby College



Physiological and Pathological Characteriza on

of Alpha‐Synuclein Oligomers

_______________

TEACRS Postdoctoral Fellow

Tu s University School of Medicine—Juo Lab

Athar Malik, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Johns Hopkins University



Genome‐wide iden fica on and characteriza on of

s mulus‐responsive enhancers in the nervous system

_______________

Resident in Neurosurgery


Lia Yoon‐Hong Min, Ph.D. B.S., B.F.A., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor



Experience‐Dependent Loss of Cross‐Modal Plas city

in Mouse Visual Cortex

_______________

Art‐Science Research Fellow

University of Michigan School of Art & Design

Kathleen Quast, Ph.D. B.F.A., University of Wisconsin at Madison



Func onal Development and Plas city of Parvalbumin Cells in Visual

Cortex: Role of Thalamocor cal Input

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology—Feng Lab

Heather Rice, Ph.D. B.A., University of Oklahoma at Norman



Regula on of the proteoly c processing and func on of Amyloid

Precursor Protein by candidate ligands

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

KU Leuven—De Strooper Lab

Douglas Ruff, Ph.D. B.S., College of William and Mary



Neuronal Tuning and Its Role in A en on

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Pi sburgh—Cohen Lab

John Salogiannis, Ph.D. B.A., B.S., University of Maryland at College Park



Regula on of excitatory synapse development by the RhoGEF Ephexin 5

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard Medical School —Reck‐Peterson Lab

Daniel E. Smith, A.M. B.S., Carnegie Mellon University


Advisor: Clay Reid

_______________


Whereabouts Unknown

Alice Yiquing Wang, Ph.D. B.A., Columbia University



Neural substrates of choosing ac ons and mo va onal drive,

a role for the striatum

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard Medical School—Harvey Lab

Sara J. Fenstermacher, Ph.D. B.A., Bucknell University



From nucleus to axon: Spa al regula on of bclw mRNA

promotes neurotrophin‐dependent axon survival

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Columbia University — Jessell Lab

Mehmet Fisek, Ph.D. A.B., Brandeis University



Connec vity and Computa ons

in Higher‐Order Olfactory Neurons in Drosophila

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Postdoctoral Fellow

University College London—Hausser Lab

Alexandra Krol, Ph.D. B.A., M.Sci, Cambridge University



Regula on of neuronal dendrite development and migra on

by the atypical cadherin Fat3

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology—Feng Lab

Allison Nishitani, Ph.D. B.A., University of Southern California



The role of Netrin‐1 in semicircular canal morphogenesis

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Teacher

Choate Rosemary Hall

Ian Oldenburg, Ph.D. B.S., Carnegie Mellon University



Basal Ganglia Modula on of Cor cal Firing Rates

in a Behaving Animal

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Postdoctoral Fellow

University of California, Berkeley — Adesnik Lab

Rajesh Poddar Ph.D. A.B., Princeton University



A high‐throughput system for automated training

combined with con nuous long‐term neural recordings in rodents

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Quan ta ve Analyst

Jump Trading, L.L.C.

Allison Provost, Ph.D. B.A., University of California, Berkeley



Serotoninergic Modula on of the Olfactory Bulb

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Scien fic Program Manager

Cohen Veterans Bioscience, Inc.

Ting Ren, A.M. B.S., Beijing Normal University



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Vice President

Dayima, APP

Cameron Sadegh, M.D./Ph.D. S.B., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology



Directed differen a on of mouse embryonic stem cells

into neocor cal output neurons

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Intern in Neurosurgery


Arpiar Saunders, Ph.D. B.A., Swarthmore College



A direct GABAergic output from the basal ganglia to frontal cortex

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard Medical School — McCarroll Lab

David Strochlic, Ph.D. B.A., Tu s University



Molecular and Gene c Analysis of the Vagus Nerve

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Staff Scien st

Biogen Idec

Monica Thanawala, Ph.D. A.B.., Harvard University



Control of Neurotransmi er Release Proper es

by Presynap c Calcium

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard University—Zhuang Lab

Mary Wertz, Ph.D. B.A., Boston College


Advisor: Mustafa Sahin

Aberrant microRNA Expression in SMA Motor Neurons

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology—Heiman Lab

Jessica Yano, A.M. B.S., California Ins tute of Technology


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Withdrew with a Master’s degree

Research Scien st

University of California, Los Angeles (Hsiao Lab)

Wenjia Grace You, Ph.D. B.A., Tsinghua University



Lineage and Func onal Analyses of Specific Subsets

of Re nal Progenitor Cells

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Consultant

Boston Consul ng Group

Allison Baker Chang, Ph.D. B.A., Dartmouth University



Encoding and decoding mechanosensory informa on

on mul ple mescales

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Enrolled in Harvard Medical School August 2015

Joseph Bell, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard University



Non‐linear s mulus integra on in olfactory behavior

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Returned to Harvard Medical School

Luke Bogart, Ph.D. B.A., Rochester University



Synap c specificity and plas city in parvalbumin‐basket cell circuits

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Pfizer, Inc.

Anna Chambers, Ph.D. B.A., Johns Hopkins University


Advisor: Daniel Polley

Progressive recovery of cor cal and midbrain sound feature encoding

Following profound cochlear neuropathy

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Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Oslo—Vervaeke Lab

Timothy Dunn, Ph.D. B.A., University of California, Berkeley



Brain‐wide neural dynamics underlying looming‐evoked escapes

and spontaneous explora on

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard University ‐ Engert Lab

Jessica Hauser, Ph.D. B.A., Oberlin College



Mechanisms Shaping Excitatory Transmission

at the Developing Re nogeniculate Synapse

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Intern in Pediatric Neurology

University of Washington

David Hildebrand, Ph.D. B.A., Northeastern University



Whole‐brain func onal and structural examina on

in larval zzebrafish

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Postdoctoral Fellow

The Rockefeller University—Freiwald Lab

Tilly Kimm, Ph.D. B.A., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology


Advisor: Bruce Bean

Potassium and Sodium Currents Regula ng

Pacemaking and Burst Firing in Substan a Nigra Dopamine Neurons

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Professional Tango Dancer

Dimitar Kostadinov, Ph.D. B.A., McGill University



Mechanism and func on of dendri c self‐avoidance and self/non‐self

discrimina on in the mammalian nervous system

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Postdoctoral Fellow

University College London—Hausser Lab

Andrew Lutas, Ph.D. B.A., Pennsylvania State University



Cellular Metabolism Modulates Ion Channels

that Regulate Neuronal Excitability

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard Medical School—Andermann Lab

Caleigh Mandel‐Brehm, Ph.D. B.A., University of Wisconsin—Madison



A Behavioral and Molecular Approach

for Understanding Angelman Syndrome

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of California, San Francisco—Derisi Lab

Alicia Nugent, Ph.D. B.A., University of California, Berkeley


Advisor: Elizabeth Engle

Hyperac ve apha2‐chimaerin reveals the complexity

Of axon guidance signaling pathways in motor neuron development

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Denali Therapeu cs

Stanislav Pashkovski B.S., Brandeis University

Entered 2009

Advisor: Sandeep Robert Da a

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S ll enrolled

Rebecca Reh, Ph.D. B.A., University of Washington



A rapid peak in gamma power signals cri cal period plas city

in the developing mouse visual cortex

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Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Bri sh Columbia—Werker Lab

Jason Yamada‐Hanff, Ph.D. B.A., Swarthmore College


Advisor: Bruce Bean

Regula on of hippocampal pyramidal neuron excitability

By subthreshold voltage‐dependent conductances

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Co‐Founder of KnowHow, Inc.

Daniel Bear B.A., Harvard College

Entered 2010


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S ll enrolled

Rachel Donahue, Ph.D. B.A., Bowdoin College

Entered 2010 * defended January 29, 2016

Advisor: William Carlezon

The role of pituitary adenylate cyclase‐ac va ng polypep de (PACAP)

in the neurobiology of stress‐related behaviors

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Director of Strategic Scien fic Development

Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology (BCS)

Alan Emanuel, Ph.D. B.S., Washington State University


Advisor: Michael Do

Signal Integra on and Diversifica on

by Melanopsin‐Expressing Re nal Ganglion Cells

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard Medical School — Ginty and Harvey Labs

Catherine Hartman B.A., Duke University

Entered 2010

Advisor: Michael Wolfe

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Associate, The Boston Consultant Group

Xun (Helen) Hou, Ph.D. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology



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In transi on

Wen Fan Hu, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Yale University



Building a Bigger Brain: Centriole Control

of Cerebral Cor cal Development

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Divya Jayaraman, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Harvard College



The role of centriole biogenesis in control of brain size

_______________


Wendy Liu, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Princeton University



When Hot Is Not the Opposite of Cold:

Thermosensory Processing in the Drosophila Brain

_______________


Ian McLachlan, Ph.D. B.S., University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)


Advisor: Maxwell Heiman

Gene c control of dendrite morphogenesis in C. elegans

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology—Flavell Lab

Daniel Millman, Ph.D. B.A., M.S., Johns Hopkins University



Emergence of reward coding in the olfactory system

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Scien st I, Neural Coding Group

The Allen Ins tute

Sarah Pease, Ph.D. B.S., Brandeis University



Bclw plays a specialized role in preven ng

chemotherapy‐induced axon degenera on

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Postdoctoral Fellow

University of California, San Francisco—Chan Lab

Alexander Murphy, Ph.D. B.A., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology



RNA and protein networks that locally control brain wiring

during development

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Consultant

McKinsey & Company

Michael Susman, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Stanford University



The Wnt5a‐Ror Signaling Pathway in the Morphogenesis

of the Embryo

_______________


Taralyn Tan, Ph.D. B.S., Oregon State University



Blueprints for Smell: Defining the Architecture

of the Necklace Olfactory System

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Curriculum Fellow

Harvard Medical School – Department of Neurobiology

Ju Tian, Ph.D. B.E., Tsinghua University



Neural circuit mechanisms

underlying dopamine reward predic on errors

_______________

Data scien st

Facebook

David Roberson, Ph.D. B.A., M.B.A., Harding University



Analysis of voluntary behavior to interrogate neural func on

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Project Director

Charged Therapeu cs Development Program


Alexander Tro , Ph.D. B.S., Brandeis University


Advisor: Rick Born

Contextual modula on of early visual processing

And the role of cor co‐cor cal feedback

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Researcher, Deep Learning

MetaMind

Caroline Wee, Ph.D. B.A., Cornell University



Neuromodulatory Control of Mo vated Behaviors

in the Larval Zebrafish

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard University—Engert Lab

Alexander Wiltschko, Ph.D. B.E., Tsinghua University



The structure of mouse behavior

_______________

Research Engineer

Twi er Cortex, Inc.

Willie Tobin, Ph.D. B.S., University of California, Santa Cruz



Wiring Varia ons that Enable and Constrain

Neural Computa on in a Sensory Microcircuit

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Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Vermont — Dunlop Lab

November 2015

PiN alums Julie e Han (2007‐2012), Adriana Eisner (2006—2013), and Alex Murphy (2010—2015)

find themselves working on the same team at McKinsey & Company

Ryan Dosumu‐Johnson, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., University of California, Los Angeles



An anatomical and func onal dissec on of the role Pet1 raphe

neurons play in neonatal cardiorespiratory homeostasis

_______________


Laura Driscoll B.S., University of California, Berkeley

Entered 2011

Advisor: Christopher Harvey

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S ll enrolled

Masha Bloom B.A., Barnard College

Entered 2011


_______________

S ll enrolled

Lauren Carvalho A.B., Harvard College

Entered 2011 * Withdrew July 26, 2013


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Withdrew without degree

Enrolled at Tu s Veterinary School

Nick Jikomes, Ph.D. B.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison


Advisor: Mark Andermann

Pre‐emp ve s mula on of AgRP neurons in fed mice enables

condi oned food seeking under threat

_______________

Senior Science Advisor

Leafley, Inc.

Mounir Koussa, Ph.D. B.A., University of Arizona



The Biophysics of Vertebrate Hearing: A Single‐Molecule Approach

_______________

Founder of LumioHealth, Inc.

GaYoung Lee, Ph.D. B.S., Korea Advanced Ins tute of Science and Technology


Advisor: Tom Schwarz

Organiza on of postsynap c assembly by filamin

at the Drosophila neuromuscular junc on

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard Medical School—The Liberles Lab

Neir Eshel, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Princeton University

M.S.C., University College, London



Arithme c and Local Circuitry Underlying Dopamine Predic on Errors

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Resident Physician

Stanford University Hospital

Jinyue Liu B.A., Cambridge University

Entered 2011


_______________

S ll enrolled

Ellio Milner B.A., Oberlin College

Entered 2011

Advisor: Michael Do

_______________

S ll enrolled

Zhihao (Thomas) Luo A.B., Harvard College


Advisor: John Maunsell

Dissocia ng components of visuo‐spa al a en on

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Princeton University—Brody Lab

Elizabeth Litvina B.A., M.A., Wesleyan University

Entered 2011


_______________

S ll enrolled

Nicole Neubarth B.A., University of Chicago

Entered 2011

Advisor: David Ginty

_______________

S ll enrolled

Tim Otchy, Ph.D. B.A., Georgia State University

M.A., Tu s University

B.S., Georgia Ins tute of Technology



Neural Circuit Mechanisms Underlying Skill Learning, Adapta on,

and Maintenance

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Boston University—Gardner Lab

Shay Neufeld B.S., McGill University

Entered 2011


_______________

S ll enrolled

Ari Morcos, Ph.D. B.S., University of California, San Diego



History‐dependent variability in popula on dynamics

During evidence accumula on in cortex

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Staff scien st

Google DeepMind

Alex Simon B.A., Lewis and Clark College



Re‐expression of MeCP2 in early adulthood recovers cor cal func on

in Re syndrome

_______________

Enrolled at Harvard Business School

Gregory Sousa B.S., Bates College

Entered 2011 * Withdrew September 1, 2011

_______________

Withdrew without degree

Enrolled in University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School

Priya Srikanth, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Washington University



Schizophrenia‐relevant DISC1 interrup on reveals subtle altera ons

in Wnt signaling and cell fate in human iPSC‐derived neurons

_______________


Hye‐Yeon Park, A.M. B.S., M.S., Korea Advanced Ins tute of Science and Technology

Entered 2011 * Withdrew with Master’s degree 11/14/2014

Advisor: Maria Leh nen

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Scien st

Novar s, Inc.

Zhaoying Xu B.A., Grinnell College



Subtype‐Specific Cor costriatal Projec on Neuron Developmental

Gene Expression and Cor cospinal Expression of the Paroxysmal

Nonkinesigenic Dyskinesia Gene

_______________

In transi on

Zhanlei Ye B.Sc., Beijing University

Entered 2011


_______________

S ll enrolled

Zhiqi (Candice) Yip B.S., University of Southern California

Entered 2011


_______________

S ll enrolled

Erika Williams, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Williams College



Coding of internal senses: Vagal gut‐to‐brain circuits

_______________


Gregory Bryman B.S., University of Rochester

Entered 2012

Advisor: Michael Do

_______________

S ll enrolled

Selmaan Che h B.A., Swarthmore College

Entered 2012


_______________

S ll enrolled

Benjamin Andreone B.S., University of Maryland—College Park

Entered 2012


_______________

S ll enrolled

YunXiang Chu, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Stanford University



The Role of Protein Kinase C in Short‐Term Plas city

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Ershela Durresi B.S., M.S., Yale University

Entered 2012


_______________

S ll enrolled

Richard Held B.S., Tulane University

Entered 2012

Advisor: Pascal Kaeser

_______________

S ll enrolled

Michael Coulter, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College


Advisor: Christopher Walsh

Two stories of neurodevelopment:

Exosome‐mediated secre on of sonic hedgehog

and soma c muta on in disorders of DNA damage repair

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Benyam Kinde, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., University of Maryland—Bal more County



Biochemical and genomic analysis of MeCP2 and

Brain‐enriched DNA methyla on

_______________


Ma hias Minderer B.S., University of California, San Diego

Entered 2012


_______________

S ll enrolled

Tara Raam B.S., University of California, San Diego

Entered 2012

Advisor: Amar Sahay

_______________

S ll enrolled

Gil Mandelbaum B.S., Tel Aviv University

Entered 2012


_______________

S ll enrolled

Rohan Ramesh B.S., Brown University

Entered 2012


_______________

S ll enrolled

Christopher Tzeng B.A., Rice University

Entered 2012


_______________

S ll enrolled

Hugo Vega‐Ramirez B.S., University of California, Davis

Entered 2012

Advisor: Amar Sahay

_______________

S ll enrolled

Hannah Somhegyi B.A., Lewis and Clark College

Entered 2012

Advisor: Dragana Rogulja

_______________

S ll enrolled

Chris na Welsh B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

Entered 2012


_______________

S ll enrolled

Andrea Yung B.S., Stanford University

Entered 2012


_______________

S ll enrolled

Alex Batchelor B.A., Cambridge University

Entered 2013


_______________

S ll enrolled

Yuwen Wu B.A., University of Chicago

Entered 2012


_______________

S ll enrolled

Michael Bukwich B.S., New York University

Entered 2013


_______________

S ll enrolled

Brian Chow B.S., University of California, San Diego

Entered 2013


_______________

S ll enrolled

Nicholas DeStefino B.S., B.A., University of Pi sburgh

Entered 2013

Advisor: Jesse Gray

_______________

S ll enrolled

Chester Chia B.A., Rutgers University

Entered 2013


_______________

S ll enrolled

Michelle Frank B.A., Saint Olaf College

Entered 2013

Advisor:

_______________

S ll enrolled

Grigori Guitchounts B.A., Boston University

Entered 2013

Advisor: David Cox

_______________

S ll enrolled

Chong Guo B.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

B.S., Cornell University

Entered 2013


_______________

S ll enrolled

Morgan Freret B.S., Stanford University



Molecular and func onal characteriza on of diverse Pet1 lineage‐

defined neuron subtypes of the brainstem raphe system

_______________


James Harris B.A., Bowdoin College

Entered 2013

Advisor: Paola Arlo a

_______________

S ll enrolled

Kee Wui Huang B.S., M.S., Stanford University

Entered 2013


_______________

S ll enrolled

Minsuk Hyun B.S., Stanford University

Entered 2013


_______________

S ll enrolled

Stephen Holtz B.S., University of Virginia

Entered 2013


_______________

S ll enrolled

Robert Johnson B.S., Washington University

Entered 2013


_______________

S ll enrolled

Angela Kim B.S., Yonsei University

M.S., Korea Ins tute of Science and Technology

Entered 2013

Advisor: Bradford Lowell

_______________

S ll enrolled

Elizabeth Lamkin B.S., Haverford College

Entered 2013


_______________

S ll enrolled

Jessleen Kanwal B.S., University of Virginia

Entered 2013

Advisor: Aravinthan Samuel

_______________

S ll enrolled

Sung Ling (Dean) Lee B.S., University of California, Los Angeles

Entered 2013

Advisor: Paola Arlo a

_______________

S ll enrolled

Ivan San ago B.S., M.A., City College of New York

Entered 2013

Advisor: Ma hew Pecot

_______________

S ll enrolled

Bryan Song B.S., University of Texas, Aus n

Entered 2013


_______________

S ll enrolled

Aleksandr (Sasha) Rayshubskiy B.S., M.Eng., Cornell University

Entered 2013


_______________

S ll enrolled

Stephen Thornquist B.S., Washington University

Entered 2013

Advisor: Michael Crickmore

_______________

S ll enrolled

Huaiying (Shan Shan) Wang B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

Entered 2013


_______________

S ll enrolled

Xingjie (Stephen) Zhang B.A., Grinnell College

Entered 2013


_______________

S ll enrolled

Josef Turecek B.S., University of Washington

Entered 2013


_______________

S ll enrolled

Asa Barth‐Maron B.S., Lehigh University

Entered 2014


_______________

S ll enrolled

Cesar Echavarria B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

Entered 2014

Advisor: David Cox

_______________

S ll enrolled

Kelly Girskis B.A., University of Southern California

Entered 2014


_______________

S ll enrolled

Ma hew Baum B.S., M.S., Yale University

M.Sc., University of Dublin

Entered 2014


_______________

S ll enrolled

Vivian Hemmelder B.Sc., Universiteit van Amsterdam

Entered 2014


_______________

S ll enrolled

Kris ne Lyon B.A., Lewis and Clark College

Entered 2014


_______________

S ll enrolled

Michael Marquis B.S., Arizona State University

Entered 2014


_______________

S ll enrolled

Aziz Karakhanyan, A.M. B.A., Rutgers University

Entered 2014 * Withdrew May 31, 2016

Advisor: Ma hew Pecot

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Microscopy Associate

Harvard Medical School—Nikon Imaging Center

Eric Mulhall B.S., University of California, Santa Cruz

Entered 2014


_______________

S ll enrolled

Aurel Nagy B.S., Brown University

Entered 2014


_______________

S ll enrolled

Paola Patella B.S., University of Genoa

M.Sc., University of Trento

Entered 2014


_______________

S ll enrolled

Sivapratha Nagappan Che ar B.A., University of California, Berkeley

Entered 2014

Advisor: Hisashi Umemori

_______________

S ll enrolled

Noah Pe t B.Sc., University College London

Entered 2014


_______________

S ll enrolled

Nesibe Temiz, A.M. B.S., M.Sc., University of Bogazici

Entered 2014 * Department 2016


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He Yang B.S., Tsinghua University

Entered 2014

Advisor: Sam Kunes

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S ll enrolled

Rachel Reiff Rodin B.S., Emory University

Entered 2014


_______________

S ll enrolled

Ee‐Lynn Yap B.S., Yale University

Entered 2014


_______________

S ll enrolled

James Bohnslav A.B., Harvard College

Entered 2015


_______________

S ll enrolled

Senan Ebrahim A.B., Harvard College

Entered 2015

Advisor: Syd Cash

_______________

S ll enrolled

Qiyu Zhang B.S., Brandeis University

Entered 2014


_______________

S ll enrolled

Alexander Greben B.Sc., McGill University

Entered 2015


_______________

S ll enrolled

Xiaomeng (Mona) Han B.S., Tsinghua University

Entered 2015

_______________

S ll enrolled

Lingfeng Hou B.S., Tsinghua University

Entered 2015

_______________

S ll enrolled

Allison Hamilos Sc.B., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

Entered 2015

Advisor: John Assad

_______________

S ll enrolled

Narendra Joshi B.A., Amherst College

Entered 2015

Advisor: Stephen Liberles

_______________

S ll enrolled

Emma Krause B.S., Davidson College

Entered 2015

Advisor: Jan Drugowitsch

_______________

S ll enrolled

Lauren Kershberg B.A., Pomona College

Entered 2015


_______________

S ll enrolled

Jae Eon Lee B.S., Korea Advanced Ins tute of Science and Technology

Entered 2015


_______________

S ll enrolled

Kelly McGuire A.B., Sc.B., Brown University

Entered 2015


_______________

S ll enrolled

Alexandra Moore B.S., University of Oregon

Entered 2015


_______________

S ll enrolled

Rebecca Sen B.A., Swarthmore College

Entered 2015


_______________

S ll enrolled

Clara Starkweather B.S., Duke University

Entered 2015


_______________

S ll enrolled

Aniqa Tasnim B.A., Johns Hopkins University

Entered 2015


_______________

S ll enrolled

Nivanthika Wimalasena A.B., Harvard College

Entered 2015


_______________

S ll enrolled

Salvador Brito B.S., California Lutheran University

Entered 2016

_______________

S ll enrolled

Isle Bas lle B.A., Cornell University

Entered 2016

_______________

S ll enrolled

David Brann B.A., Columbia University

Entered 2016

_______________

S ll enrolled

Celia Beron B.A., University of Texas

Entered 2016

_______________

S ll enrolled

Delara Chizari B.A., University of California, Berkeley

Entered 2016

_______________

S ll enrolled

Daniel Gilliam B.S., University of Alabama—Birmingham

Entered 2016

_______________

S ll enrolled

Winthrop Gillis B.A., Boston University

Entered 2016

_______________

S ll enrolled

Richard Hakim B.A., University of California, Berkeley

Entered 2015

_______________

S ll enrolled

Seul Ah Kim B.S., Washington University

Entered 2015


_______________

S ll enrolled

Suk Joon Lee A.B., Dartmouth College


Entered 2016

_______________

S ll enrolled

Hyo Lee B.A., Washington University

Entered 2016

_______________

S ll enrolled

Jenny Lu A.B., Harvard College


Entered 2016

_______________

S ll enrolled

Jasper Maniates‐Selvin B.A., Washington University

Entered 2016

_______________

S ll enrolled

Tomas Osorno Ferro B.S., M.A., Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Entered 2016

_______________

S ll enrolled

Julia Nguyen A.B., Harvard University

Entered 2016

_______________

S ll enrolled

Jenkang Tao B.A., B.S., University of California, Berkeley

Entered 2016

_______________

S ll enrolled

Momchil Tomov B.SE., Princeton University

Entered 2016

_______________

S ll enrolled

Shih‐Yi Tseng B.S., M.D., Na onal Taiwan University

B.S., Na onal Yang Ming University

Entered 2016

_______________

S ll enrolled

Eric Vaughn B.S., Arizona State University

Entered 2016

_______________

S ll enrolled

Keiko Weir B.S. University of Washington

Entered 2016

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S ll enrolled

Zihe (Alex) Zhang B.S., Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Entered 2016

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S ll enrolled

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