Harvard University Program in Neuroscience
History of Enrollment in The Program in Neuroscience
November 2015 Updated each July NicholasSpitzer,M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,HarvardCollege Entered1966*DefendedMay14,1969 Advisor:DavidPoƩer APhysiologicalandHistologicalInvesƟgaƟon oftheIntercellularTransferofSmallMolecules ______ ProfessorofNeurobiology UniversityofCaliforniaatSanDiego
EricFrank,Ph.D. B.A.,ReedCollege Entered1967*DefendedJanuary17,1972 Advisor:EdwinJ.Furshpan TheControlofFacilitaƟonattheNeuromuscularJuncƟonoftheLobster ______ ProfessorEmeritusofPhysiology TuŌsUniversitySchoolofMedicine
AlbertHudspeth,M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,HarvardCollege Entered1967*DefendedApril30,1973 Advisor:DavidPoƩer IntercellularJuncƟonsinEpithelia ______ ProfessorofNeuroscience RockefellerUniversity
DavidVanEssen,Ph.D. B.S.,CaliforniaInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered1967*DefendedOctober22,1971 Advisor:JohnNicholls EīectsofanElectronicPumponSignalingbyLeechSensoryNeurons ______ ProfessorofAnatomyandNeurobiology WashingtonUniversity RichardMains,Ph.D. Sc.B.,M.S.,BrownUniversity Entered1968*DefendedApril24,1973 Advisor:DavidPoƩer TissueCultureofDissociatedPrimaryRatSympatheƟcNeurons: StudiesofGrowth,NeurotransmiƩerMetabolism,andMaturaƟon ______ ProfessorofNeuroscience UniversityofConnecƟcutHealthCenter
PeterMacLeish,Ph.D. B.E.Sc.,UniversityofWesternOntario Entered1969*DefendedDecember29,1976 Advisor:DavidPoƩer SynapseFormaƟoninCulturesofDissociatedRatSympatheƟcNeurons GrownonDissociatedRatHeartCells ______ ProfessorandDirectoroftheNeuroscienceInsƟtute MorehouseCollegeofMedicine
PeterSargent,Ph.D. B.A.,AmherstCollege Entered1969*DefendedMarch21,1975 Advisor:ZacharyHall TransmiƩersintheLeechCentralNervousSystem:AnalysisofSensory andMotorCells ______ ProfessorofCellandTissueBiology UniversityofCaliforniaatSanFranciscoSchoolofDenƟstry
BruceWallace,Ph.D. B.A.,AmherstCollege Entered1969*DefendedSeptember27,1974 Advisor:EdwardKravitz TheBiosynthesisofOctopamineintheNervousSystemoftheLobster, Homarusamericanus ______ ProfessorEmeritus UniversityofColoradoSchoolofMedicine JoshuaSanes,Ph.D. B.A.,YaleUniversity Entered1970*DefendedJanuary15,1976 Advisor:JohnHildebrand OriginandDiīerenƟaƟonofSensoryNeuronsinanInsectAntenna ______ ProfessorofMolecularandCellularBiology HarvardUniversity
ColinNurse,Ph.D. B.Sc.,UniversityofWesternOntario Entered1971*DefendedMay11,1977 Advisor:DavidPoƩer TheformaƟonofcholinergicsynapsesbetweendissociatedrat sympatheƟcneurons andskeletalmyotubesincellculture ______ ProfessorofBiology McMasterUniversity
CarlaShatz,Ph.D. B.A.,RadcliīeCollege M.Phil.,UniversityCollege,London Entered1971*DefendedMarch25,1976 Advisor:DavidHubel AStudyofAbnormalConnecƟonsintheVisualSystemoftheSiamese Cat,aGeneƟcMutant ______ ProfessorofNeurobiology StanfordUniversity
KingͲWaiYau,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,PrincetonUniversity Entered1971*DefendedOctober31,1975 Advisor:JohnNicholls RecepƟveFields,GeometryandConducƟonBlockofSensoryCellsinthe LeechCentralNervousSystem ______ ProfessorofNeuroscience JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicine LindaLaiYueChun,Ph.D. B.S.,IllinoisInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered1972*DefendedMay9,1977 Advisor:PaulPaƩerson TheRoleofNerveGrowthFactorintheDevelopmentofRat SympatheƟcNeuronsinvitro ______ AssistantinMolecularBiology SeedLab,MassachuseƩsGeneralHospital
CharlesGilbert,M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,AmherstCollege Entered1971*DefendedJuly22,1976 Advisor:DavidHubel LaminarOrganizaƟonofCatVisualCortex ______ ProfessorofNeurobiology RockefellerUniversity
DuaneEdgington,Ph.D. B.S.,CaliforniaInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered1973*DefendedJuly28,1978 Advisor:AnneStuart ProperƟesandDistribuƟonofIonicChannelsinaPhotoreceptorNeuron ______ SoŌwareEngineeringGroupLeader MontereyBayAquariumResearchInsƟtute
PatrickHogan,Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1973*DefendedSeptember29,1983 Advisor:DavidPoƩer ExpressionofMarkersforPainSensoryNeuronsinCellCulture ______ Professor,DivisionofSignalingandGeneExpression LaJollaInsƟtuteforAllergyandImmunology CrispinWeinberg,Ph.D. S.B.,S.M.,UniversityofChicago Entered1973*DefendedAugust21,1980 Advisor:ZacharyHall MolecularSpecializaƟonsatMatureandDevelopingNeuromuscular JuncƟonsinAdultRats ______ PresidentandFounder BiomedicalModeling,Inc.
KathleenBuckley,Ph.D. A.B.,RadcliīeCollege Entered1974*DefendedOctober30,1980 Advisor:StoryLandis MorphologicalandFuncƟonalStudiesofSynapsesandVaricosiƟes inCulturesofDissociatedRatSympatheƟcNeurons ______ AssociateProvostforScience HarvardUniversity
DavidFerster,Ph.D. Sc.B.,BrownUniversity Entered1973*DefendedOctober23,1979 Advisor:DavidHubel CorƟcalMechanismsofDepthVisionintheCat ______ ProfessorEmeritus NorthwesternUniversity
SteveHauger,Ph.D. B.s.,StanfordUniversity Entered1974*DefendedJanuary14,1981 Advisor:EdwardFurshpan TheSpaƟalDistribuƟonofSensiƟvitytoAcetylcholineofRat SympatheƟcNeuronsinCellCulture ______ StainedGlassArƟsan MargaretLivingstone,Ph.D. B.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered1974*DefendedFebruary20,1980 Advisor:EdwardKravitz MonoaminesintheLobster:Biochemistry,Anatomy,andPossible FuncƟonalRole ______ ProfessorofNeurobiology HarvardMedicalSchool
PatriciaWalicke,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered1975*DefendedOctober11,1979 Advisor:PaulPaƩerson RoleofCalciumandCyclicAMPintheMechanismoftheDevelopment EīectsofNeuronalAcƟvity ______ MedicalOĸcer NaƟonalInsƟtuteofNeurologicalDisordersandStroke
SueSchneps,A.M. B.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered1976*LeŌJune1,1980 ______ WithdrewwithMaster’sdegree JewelryDesignerandOwner, SeaandStarDesigns
LeslieTimpe,Ph.D. A.B.,PrincetonUniversity Entered1976*DefendedSeptember8,1982 Advisor:AnnStuart TheRolesofAcetylcholineandGammaͲaminobutyrinAcidintheVisual SystemoftheBarnacle ______ AdjunctFaculty SanMateoCommunityCollegeDistrict PaulDesan,Ph.D. A.B.,PrincetonUniversity Entered1977*DefendedJune27,1984 Advisor:SimonLeVay TheOrganizaƟonoftheCerebralCortexofthePondTurtle,Pseudemys scriptaelegans ______ AssistantProfessorofPsychiatry YaleUniversitySchoolofMedicine
ThomasSchwarz,Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1977*DefendedJune27,1983 Advisor:EdwardKravitz ProctolinintheLobsterandProteinPhosphorylaƟon inaLobsterMuscle ______ ProfessorofNeurobiology HarvardMedicalSchool
AllisonDoupe,M.D./Ph.D. DCS,B.Sc.,McGillUniversity Entered1978*DefendedApril26,1984 Advisor:PaulPaƩerson RoleofGlucocorƟcoidsandGrowthFactorsintheDevelopmentof NeuralCrestDerivaƟves ______ DeceasedOctober24,2014 (FormerlyProfessoratUniversityofCalifornia,SanFrancisco)
JonathanHorton,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,StanfordUniversity Entered1978*DefendedFebruary16,1983 Advisor:SimonLeVay CytochromeOxidasePatches:ANewCytoarchitectonicFeature ______ ProfessorofOphthalmology UniversityofCaliforniaatSanFrancisco KathleenKingSiwicki,Ph.D. Sc.B.,BrownUniversity M.Phil.,CambridgeUniversity Entered1782*DefendedMay7,1985 Advisor:EdwardKravitz TheNeuropepƟde,Proctolin,intheLobsterNervousSystem: CellularDistribuƟonofProctolinͲLikeAnƟgensandBiochemicalStudiesof IdenƟĮedNeurons ______ ProfessorofNeurobiology SwarthmoreCollege
KarlaKent,Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofCaliforniaatSantaBarbara M.A.,BostonUniversity Entered1979*DefendedOctober11,1985 Advisor:JohnHildebrand MetamorphosisoftheantennalcenterandtheinŇuenceofsensoryinnervaƟon ontheformaƟonofglomeruliinthehawkmothManducasexta ______ AssociateProfessor OregonHealthSciencesUniversity
AnneSchneiderman,Ph.D. B.S.,StanfordUniversity Entered1979*DefendedJuly16,1984 Advisor:JohnHildebrand PostembryonicDevelopmentofaSexuallyDimorphicSensoryPathway intheCentralNervousSystemoftheSphinxMoth,ManducaSexta ______ PatentAƩorney HarrisBeachLLC
LeslieStevens,Ph.D. A.B.,UniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley Entered1979*DefendedMarch27,1987 Advisor:StoryLandis PostembryonicDevelopmentofaSexuallyDimorphicSensoryPathway intheCentralNervousSystemoftheSphinxMoth,ManducaSexta ______ ResearchAssistantProfessor UniversityofTexasatAusƟn DanielTso,Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1980*DefendedMay7,1987 Advisor:TorstenWiesel ConnecƟvityandFuncƟonalOrganizaƟonintheMammalianVisual Cortex ______ AssociateProfessor UpstateMedicalUniversityoftheStateUniversityofNewYork
JamesHueƩner,Ph.D. B.S.,B.A.,IndianaUniversityofPennsylvania Entered1981*DefendedJanuary15,1987 Advisor:RobertBaughman ProperƟesofIdenƟĮedCorƟcocollicularNeuronsinPrimaryCulturesof RatVisualCortex ______ ProfessorofCellBiology WashingtonUniversitySchoolofMedicine
SusanMcConnell,Ph.D. B.A.,RadcliīeCollege Entered1981*DefendedMarch16,1987 Advisor:SimonLeVay FatesofTransplantedVisualCorƟcalNeurons ______ ProfessorofBiology StanfordUniversitySchoolofMedicine
DinahSah,Ph.D. B.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered1981*DefendedFebruary12,1987 Advisor:DavidPoƩer SerotoninandNeuropepƟdesinCulturedPrincipalNeuronsoftheRat SuperiorCervicalGanglion ______ SeniorVicePresidentofNeuroscience VoyagerTherapeuƟcs AlfredSandrock,M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,StanfordUniversity Entered1981*DefendedFebruary12,1987 Advisor:WilliamMaƩhew TheImmunologicIdenƟĮcaƟonofMoleculeswhichPromotethe RegeneraƟonofNeuronalAxons ______ SeniorVicePresidentandMedicalOĸcer BiogenIDEC,Inc.
LeonardLevin,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1982*DefendedApril28,1988 Advisor:HowardWeiner ImmuneFuncƟonsofAstrocytes ______ ProfessorofNeurology UniversityofWisconsin—Madison
MichaelShepley,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,NortheasternUniversity M.S.B.E.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered1982*DefendedNovember21,1988 Advisor:EdwardKravitz MonoclonalanƟbodyidenƟĮcaƟonofa100ͲkDamembraneproteinin HeLacellsandhumanspinalcordinvolvedinpoliovirusaƩachment ______ DeceasedOctober15,2000 (formerlyAssistantProfessoratSUNYStonyBrook)
DavidTurner,Ph.D. B.A.,NorthwesternUniversity Entered1982*DefendedMarch21,1989 Advisor:ConnieCepko CellLineageintheRatandMouseReƟnas ______ AssociateResearchProfessor UniversityofMichiganMedicalSchool OƩoVonFranque B.A.,YaleUniversity Entered1982*LeŌAugust24,1984 ______ Withdrewwithouttakingdegree EnrolledinM.D.programatStanfordUniversity Physician
MaryWomack,Ph.D. B.A.,NorthwesternUniversity Entered1982*DefendedApril16,1990 Advisor:ThomasJessell MechanismsUnderlyingModulaƟonofDorsalHornNeurons bySubstance ______ InstructorinMathandBiology NashvilleStateCommunityCollege
JunyingYuan,Ph.D. B.S.,FudanUniversity Entered1981*DefendedMay9,1989 Advisor:RobertHorvitz GeneƟcandMolecularStudiesofTwoGenesthatControl ProgrammedCellDeathintheNematodeC.Elegans ______ ProfessorofCellBiology HarvardMedicalSchool
BenBarres,Ph.D. S.B.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology M.D.,DartmouthMedicalSchool Entered1983*DefendedMarch1,1990 Advisor:DavidCorey ElectrophysiologyofWhiteMaƩerGlia ______ ProfessorofNeurobiology StanfordUniversitySchoolofMedicine DavidFrim,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege B.J.Ed.,HebrewCollege Entered1983*DefendedSeptember1,1988 Advisor:MarƟnMooreͲEde StudiesintheStructureandRegulaƟonofthemRNASpecies EncodingCorƟcotropingReleasingHormoneandVasopressin ______ ProfessorofSurgeryandNeurology UniversityofChicagoSchoolofMedicine
TimothyLaman,A.M. B.S.,HopeCollege Entered1983 ______ TransferredtoOEBatHarvardCollege WildlifePhotojournalist,NaƟonalGeographic
PeggyMason,Ph.D. B.A.,HarvardCollege Entered1983*DefendedMay14,1987 Advisor:EdwardKravitz TheIntracellularylRecordedAcƟvityofMedullaryRapheNeurons DuringaNocicepƟveTrigeminialReŇex ______ ProfessorofNeurobiology UniversityofChicago
AnthonyMonaco,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,PrincetonUniversity Entered1983*DefendedMay13,1987 Advisor:EdwardKravitz IdenƟĮcaƟonandParƟalCloningoftheLocusResponse forDucheneandBeckerMuscularDystrophy ______ President TuŌsUniversity E.HoustonWarren,Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1983*DefendedSeptember19,1988 Advisor:CharlesLiberman EīectofSoundͲEvokedAcƟvityinOlivocochlearEīerentNeurons onAuditoryͲNerveResponse ______ AssociateProfessorofMedicalOncology UniversityofWashingtonMedicalSchool
DanielaBonafede B.S.,CaliforniaInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered1984*LeŌJuly1,1986 ______ Withdrewwithouttakingdegree TransferredtoYaleUniversity
StevenMcInƟre,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,M.S.,StanfordUniversity Entered1984*DefendedMarch1,1990 Advisor:RobertHorvitz AGeneƟcCharacterizaƟonofGABAergicNeurotransmissionandAxonal OutgrowthintheNematodeCaenorhabdiƟselegans ______ ConsulƟngProfessor,Neurology StanfordUniversitySchoolofMedicine
LauraRegan,Ph.D. B.A.,SwarthmoreCollege Entered1983*DefendedJanuary10,1990 Advisor:BruceBean CalciumCurrentsinFreshlyDissociatedRatPurkinjeandDorsalRoot GanglionCells ______ Dean,SchoolofClassicalChineseMedicine NaƟonalCollegeofChineseNaturalMedicine AnnaWangRoe A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1984*LeŌMay13,1985 ______ Withdrewwithouttakingdegree EnrolledinMITandearnedPh.D.inNeuroscience ProfessorofNeuroscience,OregonHealth&SciencesUniversity
CarmelaAbraham,Ph.D. B.Sc.,TelAvivUniversity Entered1985*DefendedJanuary12,1988 Advisor:HunƟngtonPoƩer Theproteaseinhibitor,ɲ1ͲanƟchymotrypsin,inbrainaginganddisease ______ ProfessorofBiochemistry BostonUniversitySchoolofMedicine
JohnAssad,Ph.D. B.A.,StateUniversityofNewYorkatBuīalo Entered1985*DefendedJune20,1991 Advisor:DavidCorey SensoryAdaptaƟonofVertebrateHairCells ______ ProfessorofNeurobiology HarvardMedicalSchool
DavidLopesCardozo,Ph.D. B.A.,ConcordiaUniversity B.Sc.,DalhousieUniversity Entered1985*DefendedJune1,1993 Advisor:DavidPoƩer PharmacologyofSynapƟcTransmissionintheGoldĮshSacculus ______ AssociateDean,GraduateStudentAīairs DivisionofMedicalSciences,HarvardMedicalSchool ChinfeiChen,M.D./Ph.D. B.A.S.,UniversityofPennsylvania Entered1985*DefendedSeptember21,1990 Advisor:PeterHess VoltageDependentCalciumChannelsin3T3Fibroblasts ______ AssociateProfessorofNeurology HarvardMedicalSchool
SheilaNirenberg,Ph.D. B.A.,StateUniversityofNewYorkatAlbany Entered1985*DefendedJune1,1992 Advisor:ConnieCepko TargetedAblaƟonofDiverseCellTypesintheNervousSystem: AMethodforBlockingCellͲCellInteracƟonsinvivo ______ ProfessorofPhysiology CornellWeillSchoolofMedicine
PhilipStarr,M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,PrincetonUniversity Entered1985*DefendedMarch20,1989 Advisor:WilliamSewell PharmacologyofSynapƟcTransmissionintheGoldĮshSacculus ______ ProfessorofNeurologicalSurgery UniversityofCaliforniaatSanFranciscoMedicalCenter
RudolphTanzi,Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofRochester Entered1985*DefendedMarch19,1990 Advisor:JamesGusella TheAmyloidBetaProteinPrecursorGeneinFamilialandSporadic Alzheimer’sDisease ______ ProfessorofChildNeurology HarvardMedicalSchool MargaretThompson,Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofMichigan Entered1985*DefendedAugust2,1993 Advisor:MichaelE.Greenberg SerotonergicNeuronsintheLobster:ExcitatoryandInhibitoryInputs ______ Director,IDDRCCore BostonChildren’sHospital
ChrisƟanTitlow,Ph.D. B.S.,CaliforniaInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered1985*DefendedJune8,1992 Advisor:MargeLivingstone AssemblyofHumanMonoamineOxidaseTypeB(MAOͲB)Intothe MitochondrialOuterMembrane: SupportforaNewClassofLeaderSequences ______ WhereaboutsUnknown
MargotUƩerback B.S.,UniversityofCaliforniaatLosAngeles Entered1985*LeŌSeptember1,1992 Advisor:LydiaVillaͲKomaroī ______ Withdrewwithouttakingdegree Notemployed
WendyWeiger,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1985*DefendedFebruary14,1995 Advisor:EdwardKravitz SerotonergicNeuronsintheLobster:ExcitatoryandInhibitoryInputs ______ Physician,author,wildernessguide, andenvironmentalacƟvist MelFeany,Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1986*DefendedApril29,1993 Advisor:KathleenBuckleyandMargaretLivingstone MolecularAnalysesofSynapƟcVesicleProteins/ GeneƟcandMolecularStudiesofDrosophilaLearningMutants ______ ProfessorofPathology HarvardMedicalSchool
CarlFulwiler,Ph.D. B.A.,HofstraUniversity M.D.,WashingtonUniversity Entered1986*DefendedMay31,1995 Advisor:JohnDowling GeneƟcAnalysisofReƟnalDevelopmentinZebraĮsh ______ AssociateProfessorofPsychiatry UniversityofMassachuseƩsMedicalSchool
LindaKobierski,Ph.D. B.S.,SimmonsCollege Entered1986*DefendedMay5,1993 Advisor:MichaelComb ProenkephalinGeneExpression:MechanismsofcAMPRegulaƟon ______ HighSchoolScienceTeacher DedhamPublicSchools
JulieNardone,Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1986*DefendedApril20,1993 Advisor:DavidPoƩer SiteͲDirectedMutagenesisofaB2BradykininReceptor ______ SeniorResearchScienƟst,BioinformaƟcs MetamarkGeneƟcs,Inc. BradfordNavia,Ph.D. B.A.,M.D.,ColumbiaUniversity Entered1986*DefendedAugust12,1995 Advisor:GailBruns MolecularAnalysisoftheRegionSurrounding theXͲLinkedReƟniƟsPigmentosa(RP3)LocusinXp21.1 ______ Whereaboutsunknown FormerlyAssociateProfessoratTuŌsUniversitySchoolofMedicine
PamelaProsserFriedman B.A.,DartmouthCollege Entered1986*LeŌJune1,1987 ______ Withdrewwithouttakingdegree Whereaboutsunknown
AllanRosenberg B.S.,UniversityofMichigan Entered1986*LeŌSeptember1,1990 ______ Withdrewwithouttakingdegree EarnedJ.D.atStanfordLawSchool AssistantVicePresident,StateStreetGlobalExchange
HungͲMingChu,Ph.D. B.M.,NaƟonalTaiwanUniversity Entered1987*DefendedJune1,1992 Advisor:MichaelComb ProenkephalinGeneRegulaƟon:SƟmulusͲTranscripƟonCoupling ______ MedicalDirector Chinatown/NorthBeachMentalHealthClinic(SanFrancisco) ElizabethFinch,Ph.D. B.A.,UniversityofCaliforniaatSantaBarbara Entered1987*DefendedMay31,1994 Advisor:StanGoldin InositolTrisphosphateͲMediatedCalciumRelease:KineƟcsand RegulaƟonbyIP,Calcium,andATP ______ Whereaboutsunknown FormerlyAssistantProfessorofCellBiologyatEmoryUniversity
MichaelGilleƩe,M.D./Ph.D. OxfordUniversity Entered1987*DefendedMay4,1995 Advisor:RaymonDacheux ComponentsofAdaptaƟoninSaccularHairCells oftheBullfrog,Ranacatesbeiana ______ ScienƟst,BroadInsƟtute Instructor,HarvardMedicalSchool Physician,PulmonaryCareUnit,MGH
SusanLewis,Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1987*DefendedJune7,1994 Advisor:StevenHyman CytokineRegulaƟnofNeuronalGeneExpressioninSympatheƟc NeuronsandaNeuroblastomaCellLine ______ Grantwriterandeditor TuŌsUniversity
EmilyLiman,Ph.D. A.B.,PrincetonUniversity Entered1987*DefendedMarch31,1992 Advisor:PeterHess StructureandFuncƟonofMammalianPotassiumChannels ______ ProfessorofBiologicalSciences UniversityofSouthernCalifornia GordonShepherd,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,VassarCollege Entered1987*DefendedJuly27,1993 Advisor:DavidCorey ComponentsofAdaptaƟoninSaccularHairCells oftheBullfrog,Ranacatesbeiana ______ AssociateProfessorinPhysiology NorthwesternUniversitySchoolofMedicine
DoreenValenƟne,Ph.D. B.S.,StateUniversityofNewYorkatStonyBrook Entered1987*DefendedFebruary27,1995 Advisor:CynthiaMoss SpaƟalPercepƟonandSensorimotorIntegraƟon:TheRoleofthe SuperiorColliculusintheEcholocaƟngBat,Eptesicusfuscus ______ AssociateScienƟĮcDirector ClinicalThinking/NucleusGlobal
DayaoZhao,Ph.D. M.D.,BeijingMedicalUniversity Entered1987*DefendedOctober311984 Advisor:WilliamChin ReƟnoicAcid:BiosynthesisandReceptors ______ VicePresident JanssenPharmaceuƟcals(China)
MarinaChicurel,Ph.D. UniversidadNacionalAutónomadeMexico Entered1988*DefendedMay12,1995 Advisor:HunƟngtonPoƩer RNALocalizaƟonandRNAͲCytoskeletalInteracƟonsinNeurons ______ AssociateDirectorforScience HereditaryDiseaseFoundaƟon RobinCloues,A.M. B.A.,BarnardCollege Entered1988*LeŌNovember1,1991 ______ WithdrewwithMaster’sdegree TransferredtoUniversityofLondonPhDprogram AdjunctFaculty,RegisUniversity
ShingͲChuanHooi,Ph.D. M.B.B.S.,NaƟonalUniversityofSingapore Entered1988*DefendedMarch23,1992 Advisor:LeeKaplan NeuroendocrineRegulaƟonofGalaninExpression ______ ProfessorandViceͲDeanofEducaƟon YongLooLinSchoolofMedicine NaƟonalUniversityofSingapore
MarkJohnson,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,AmherstCollege Entered1988*DefendedJuly27,1993 Advisor:DavidPoƩer ElectrophysiologicalandCytochemicalProperƟes ofRatMesoponƟneSerotonergicNeuronsinCulture ______ AssociateProfessorofNeurosugery HarvardMedicalSchool
TejvirKhurana,Ph.D. M.B.Bs.,DelhiUniversity Entered1988*DefendedAugust12,1991 Advisor:LouisKunkel IdenƟĮcaƟonandCharacterizaƟonofDystrophinͲRelatedProtein ______ ProfessorofPhysiology UniversityofPennsylvaniaSchoolofMedicine ChungͲChinKuo,Ph.D. B.M.,NaƟonalTaiwanUniversity Entered1988*DefendedMay1,1992 Advisor:PeterHess IonPermeaƟonthroughLͲTypeCalciumChannel ______ ProfessorofNeurophysiology NaƟonalTaiwanUniversity,CollegeofMedicine
NicholasMarshͲArmstrong,Ph.D. B.A.,HaverfordCollege Entered1988*DefendedJune1,1994 Advisor:WalterGilbert ReƟnoicAcidandthePaƩerningoftheZebraĮshReƟnaandTrunk ______ ResearchScienƟst KennedyͲKriegerInsƟtute
BrucePeters,Ph.D. B.S.,RensselaerPolytechnicInsƟtute Entered1988*DefendedApril12,1996 Advisor:RichardMasland ResponsestoLightofStarburstAmacrineCells intheReƟnaoftheRabbit ______ SeniorScienƟst INDECSystems
SonjaPotrebic,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofPennsylvania Entered1988*DefendedFebruary28,1994 Advisor:HowardFields TheRoleofSerotoninintheModulaƟonofNocicepƟon bytheRostralVentromedialMedullaoftheRat ______ Neurologist SouthernCaliforniaKaiserͲPermanenteMedicalGroup DavidWelsh,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,StanfordUniversity Entered1988*DefendedApril1,1995 Advisor:StevenReppert CircadianClockNeuronsinCulture ______ AssociateProfessorofPsychiatry UniversityofCaliforniaatSanDiegoSchoolofMedicine
CynthiaWetmore A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1988*LeŌJune1,1990 ______ Withdrewwithouttakingdegree TransferredtoKarolinskaInsƟtute AssociateProfessorofPediatrics EmoryUniversitySchoolofMedicine
AndrewAhn,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,ColumbiaUniversity Entered1989*DefendedMay8,1995 Advisor:LouisKunkel TheMembraneCytoskeletoninMuscularDystrophy ______ SeniorMedicalAdvisorandScienƟĮcLead EliLilly&Co.
BelindaChang,Ph.D. A.B.,PrincetonUniversity Entered1989*DefendedSeptember26,1995 Advisor:NaomiPierce OpsinPhylogenyandEvoluƟon ______ AssociateProfessorofEcologyandEvoluƟonaryBiology UniversityofToronto RichardChung,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1989*DefendedAugust11,1992 Advisor:BerndR.Sseizinger P53:ABifuncƟonalTranscripƟonalRegulatoryProtein InacƟvatedinHumanAstrocyƟcTumors ______ Neurosurgeon NeurosurgicalAssociatesofSantaBarbara
LiseHeginbothamThomas,Ph.D. B.A.,SwarthmoreCollege M.S.,UniversityofColoradoHealthSciencesCenter Entered1989*DefendedMay12,1993 Advisor:RoderickMacKinnon IdenƟĮcaƟonandMolecularCharacterizaƟon ofaPotassiumChannelPore ______ AssociateProfessorofBiology QuinnipiacUniversity
AlbertHung,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1989*DefendedMarch31,1994 Advisor:DennisSelkoe RegulaƟonofExpressionandProcessingofthebͲAmyloidPrecursor ProteinofAlzheimer’sDisease ______ AssistantProfessorofNeurology HarvardMedicalSchool
RaulKrauss,Ph.D. M.Sc.,CatholicUniversityofChile Entered1989*DefendedMay19,1997 Advisor:GeraldFishbach StudiesofNicoƟnicAcetylcholineReceptorGeneExpression intheCentralNervousSystem ______ CoͲHeadNorthAmericaNeurologyDiseaseTeam VertexPharmaceuƟcals CamiloMarƟnez,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia Entered1989*DefendedMay1,1994 Advisor:JosephMajzoub MolecularRegulaƟonofCorƟcotropinReleasingHormoneGene ExpressionbytheProteinKinaseAPathwayandGlucocorƟcoids ______ Partner QMVEntures
KentonSwartz,Ph.D. B.Sc.,EasternManitobaCollege M.D.,BostonUniversitySchoolofMedicine Entered1989*DefendedMarch22,1993 Advisor:BruceBean RegulaƟonofNeuronalCaChannelsbyNeurotransmiƩers, GProteinsandKinaseC ______ SeniorInvesƟgator NaƟonalInsƟtuteofNeurologicalDisordersandStroke
AnneSydor,Ph.D. B.A.,UniversityofWisconsin Entered1989*DefendedJune20,1995 Advisor:DanielJay TheRoleofCytoskeletalProteinsTalinandVinculin inNeuronalGrowthConeMoƟlity ______ EditorialDirector,EducaƟonalProducts ThiemeMedicalPublishers
AzadBonni,Ph.D. M.D.,Queen’sUniversity Entered1990*DefendedMay9,1996 Advisor:MichaelGreenberg NeurotrophicFactorRegulaƟonofImmediateEarlyGeneExpression ______ ProfessorofNeurobiology WashingtonUniversitySchoolofMedicine RebeccaLeahCole,Ph.D. B.A.,MacalesterCollege Entered1990*DefendedJuly17,1996 Advisor:StevenHyman NeurotransmiƩerRegulaƟonofCRE–andAPͲ1ͲMediated GeneExpressioninRatStriatum ______ ResearchScienƟst MerckResearchLaboratories
PaulJackson,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,StanfordUniversity Entered1990*DefendedJune291995 Advisor:LarryBenowitz VSOAC:AVolumeSensiƟveAnionChannelwithaNovelFuncƟon ______ Neurosurgeon PaloAlto,California
RogerKnowles,Ph.D. B.S.,UnitedStatesMilitaryAcademy Entered1990*DefendedDecember19,1995 Advisor:KennethKosik TranslocaƟonofRNAGranulesinLivingNeurons ______ ProfessorofNeuroscience DrewUniversity
IngeKnudson B.A.,SmithCollege M.S.,UniversityofNewHampshire Entered1990*LeŌMay6,1993 ______ Withdrewwithouttakingdegree AssociateScienƟst,MassachuseƩsEyeandEarInĮrmary MaryMorrisSabaƟni,Ph.D. B.A.,AgnesScoƩCollege M.D.,ColumbiaUniversity Entered1990*DefendedJuly31,1997 Advisor:ChuckWeitz EntertainmentoftheMammalianCircadianClock:IdenƟĮcaƟon ofLightͲInducedGenesintheSCN ______ Obstetrician MassachuseƩsGeneralHospital
CarolineOverly,Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1990*DefendedMay7,1996 Advisor:PeterHollenbeck OrganelleMoƟlityandEndocyƟcPathwaysinCulturedNeurons ______ CommunityVolunteer SeaƩle,Washington
AlfredRoca,Ph.D. B.A.,CornellUniversity B.S.,UniversityofWyoming Entered1990*DefendedAugust7,1996 Advisor:StevenReppert TheMouseMel1aMelatoninReceptorGene ______ AssociateProfessorofAnimalSciences UniversityofIllinoisatUrbanaͲChampaign
KarinSorra,Ph.D. B.Sc.,DalhousieUniversity Entered1990*DefendedNovember26,1996 Advisor:KristenHarris SynapseStructure,FuncƟonandPlasƟcityinHippocampalAreaCA1 ______ PresidentandChiefScienƟĮcOĸcer Arroscience,Inc. AshleyBruce,Ph.D. A.B.,BrownUniversity Entered1991*DefendedAugust22,1997 Advisor:MarƟnShankland CharacterizaƟonofanorthodenƟcleHomologintheLeech andInvesƟgaƟonofEctopicGeneExpressTechniques ______ AssociateProfessorofCellBiology UniversityofToronto
AnneƩeJenner,Ph.D. B.A.,Mt.HolyokeCollege Entered1991*DefendedApril28,1998 Advisor:GordonSherman TheConnecƟvityofEctopicNeuronsintheNeocortexandtheirEīects onNeuronalSizeintheThalamus:ImplicaƟonsforDevelopmental Dyslexia ______ AdjunctAssistantProfessor SUNYUpstateMedicalCenter
StephenMacknik,Ph.D. B.A.,UniversityofCaliforniaatSantaCruz Entered1991*DefendedSeptember20,1996 Advisor:MargeLivingstone ThePhysiologyandPercepƟonofVisibilityandVisualMasking ______ ProfessorofOphthalmology,SUNYDownstateMedicalCenter ColumnistforScienƟĮcAmerican
PhillipSchwartz,Ph.D. B.S.,ColumbiaUniversity M.Sc.,TheWeizmannInsƟtute Entered1991*DefendedJune17,1998 Advisor:RosalindSegal NeurotrophinsintheRegulaƟonofCerebellarDevelopment ______ ChiefExecuƟveOĸcer EnteraBioLtd. PatrickSenatus,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1991*DefendedJune16,1997 Advisor:DavidPoƩer ElectrophysiologicalandCytochemicalProperƟesof RatNeostriatalNeuronsinMicroculture ______ Neurosurgeon ConnecƟcut
LawrenceSincich,Ph.D. B.S.,StanfordUniversity Entered1991*DefendedMay13,1999 Advisor:GaryBlasdel LocalCircuitsinPrimaryVisualCortex ______ AssistantProfessorofVisionServices UniversityofAlabamaatBirminghamSchoolofOptometry
DeborahSodicksonCohen,Ph.D. B.A.,WesleyanUniversity Entered1991*DefendedJanuary8,1997 Advisor:BruceBean ControlofInwardlyRecƟfyingPotassiumChannelsandVoltageͲ DependentCalciumChannels byGͲProteinCoupledTransmiƩerReceptorsinHippocampalNeurons ______ Homemaker
MarkTramo,Ph.D. B.A.,YaleUniversity M.D.,CornellUniversity Entered1991*DefendedNovember10,1998 ______ Neurologist Lecturer,U.C.L.A.SchoolofMusic CathyWaldman B.A.,ArcadiaUniversity Entered1991*WithdrewwithoutdegreeAugust31,1992 ______ SpeechPathologist
DeborahWatson,Ph.D. B.A.,MillsCollege Entered1991*DefendedApril111997 Advisor:DennisSelkoe EīectsoftheHCHWAͲDMutaƟononbAPPProcessing,Heterogeneityof AbDeposits,andHeparin/HSPGBinding:ImplicaƟonsforAlzheimer’s Disease ______ ResearchAssistantProfessorofNeurosurgery UniversityofPennsylvaniaSchoolofMedicine
AnneWest,M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,CornellUniversity Entered1991*DefendedDecember2,1996 Advisor:KathleenBuckley ProteinTargeƟnginNeurons ______ AssociateProfessorofNeurobiology DukeUniversity
RobertWhorf B.S.,UniversityofNewHampshire Entered1991*LeŌSeptember1,1993 ______ EnrolledinUniversityofRochesterSchoolofMedicine Oncologist,Florida SanjayAggarwal,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,JohnsHopkinsUniversity Entered1992*DefendedJune3,1996 Advisor:RoderickMacKinnon IdenƟĮcaƟonoftheVoltageSensorintheVoltageͲAcƟvatedPotassium Channel ______ Pediatrician BalƟmore,Maryland
MarcAwobuluyi,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1992*DefendedJune10,1997 Advisor:StuartLipton TranslaƟonalControlofNͲMethylͲDAspartateSubunit1(NMDAR1) Expression ______ AssistantClinicalProfessorinNeuroradiology UniversityofCalifornia,SanFranciscoMedicalCenter
KrisƟnaWietaschBecker,Ph.D. B.A.,M.D.,RuhrUniversity Entered1992*DefendedMarch21,1997 Advisor:GeraldFischbach RegulaƟonofNeuronalNicoƟnicAcetylcholineReceptors intheInterpeduncularNucleus ______ PatentAƩorney Germany
MichaelBelliveau,Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofMichigan Entered1992*DefendedSeptember9,1998 Advisor:ConnieCepko IntrinsicandExtrinsicRegulaƟonofCellFateChoicesintheVertebrate NeuralReƟna ______ PatentAƩorneyandPartner Clark&ElbingLLP SolangeBrown,M.D./Ph.D. PrincetonUniversity Entered1992*DefendedJune7,1999 Advisor:RichardMasland LocalCircuitsintheReƟna:SpaƟalSensiƟvity,ContrastAdaptaƟon andDirecƟonSelecƟvityofReƟnalGanglionCells ______ AssistantProfessorofNeuroscience JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicine
YuͲJuChen B.S.,NaƟonalTaiwanUniversity Entered1992*LeŌJanuary1,1995 ______ Withdrewwithouttakingdegree AdjunctProfessorofProteomicsandMassSpectrometry NaƟonalTaiwanUniversity
DonnellaGreenComeau,M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,AmherstCollege Entered1992*DefendedSeptember19,1997 Advisor:StephenCannon FuncƟonalConsequencesofSodiumChannelMutaƟons inHumanNeuromuscularDisease andaNovelMechanismforAcetazolamideTherapy ______ Radiologist Cumberland,RhodeIsland
AmyMalick,Ph.D. B.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered1992*DefendedMay4,2000 Advisor:RamiBurstein OnTrigeminohypothalamicPainPathwaysandHowTheyContributeto AnorexicBehavior ______ ManagingEditorandGroupPublisher QuanƟaMD MichaelOlivares,M.D. B.S.,UniversityofTexasatAusƟn Entered1992*LeŌFebruary1,1993 ______ Withdrewwithouttakingdegree ReturnedtoHarvardMedicalSchooltocompleteM.D.degree Whereaboutsunknown
ChristopherReid,Ph.D. B.S.,UnitedStatesMilitaryAcademy Entered1992*DefendedJanuary9,1997 Advisor:ChristopherA..Walsh CellLineageinMammalianCerebralCortex ______ ChiefExecuƟveOĸcer PDCCapitalGroup
KerryRessler,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered1992*DefendedDecember18,1995 Advisor:LindaBuck OdorantReceptorOrganizaƟonandInformaƟonCoding intheMouseOlfactorySystem ______ ProfessorofPsychiatry HarvardMedicalSchool
VolneySheen,M.D./Ph.D. JohnsHopkinsUniversity Entered1992*DefendedMay6,1997 Advisor:JeīreyMacklis TransplantaƟonStrategiesforReconstrucƟon ofComplexNeocorƟcalCircuitry ______ AssistantProfessorofNeurology HarvardMedicalSchool PaulTolenƟno,M.D./Ph.D. Sc.B.,BrownUniversity Entered1992*DefendedMay27,1995 Advisor:LydiaVillaͲKomaroī TranscripƟonalandPostͲTranscripƟonalRegulaƟon ofVIPmRNAExpression ______ Neurosurgeon CapeGirardeau,Missouri
KellyVanKoughnet,Ph.D. B.Sc.,UniversityofToronto Entered1992*DefendedMarch12,1999 Advisor:SteveHyman ProenkephalinTransgeneRegulaƟonintheParaventricularNucleusof theHypothalamusbyLipopolysaccharideandInterleukinͲ1ß:aModel fortheStudyofNeuroͲImmuneCommunicaƟon ______ AssociateVicePresidentofResearchandKnowledgeTranslaƟoin CanadianInsƟtutesofHealthResearch
BrendaAllwardt,Ph.D. B.A.,LawrenceUniversity Entered1993*DefendedMay6,1999 Advisor:JohnDowling UltrastructuralAnalysisofPhotoreceptors inWildtypeandMutantZebraĮshLarvae ______ Notcurrentlyemployed
JoshuaBerke,Ph.D. B.A.,CambridgeUniversity Entered1993*DefendedSeptember10,1998 Advisor:SteveHyman AComplexProgramofDopamineͲInducedGeneExpressionIdenƟĮed UsingDiīerenƟalͲDisplayPCR:DiscoveryofaNovelInducibleCyclin ______ AssociateProfessorofPsychologyandNeuroscience UniversityofMichigan MichaelBiancheƩa,Ph.D. B.A.,BrownUniversity Entered1993*DefendedJuly23,2004 Advisor:JonathanCohen SelfͲAssociaƟonoftheMuscleͲSpeciĮcReceptorTyrosineKinaseMuSK ______ Whereaboutsunknown
StevenChao,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1993*DefendedAugust24,1999 Advisor:LarryBenowitz GAPͲ43:RegulaƟonandFuncƟon ______ Partner ClearViewHealthcarePartners
KatrinChua,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1993*DefendedMay7,1999 Advisor:RobinReed RemodelingoftheSpliceosomeforCatalysisofExonLigaƟon ______ AssociateProfessorofMedicine StanfordUniversitySchoolofMedicine
SaumyaDas,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1993*DefendedSeptember9,1997 Advisor:NobukiNakanishi IdenƟĮcaƟonandCharacterizaƟonofaNovelNͲMethylͲDͲAspartate ReceptorSubunitNR3A ______ ResearcherandElectrophysiologist BethIsraelDeaconessMedicalCenter HollyEngelman,A.M. B.S.,ColumbiaUniversity Entered1993*LeŌJanuary1,1996 ______ TransferredtoColumbiaUniversity ReceivedPh.D.in2002 ResearchsupportstaīatPennsylvaniaStateCollegeofMedicine
JorgeLuisGonzalez,Ph.D. B.S.,TuŌsUniversity Entered1993*DefendedMay10,1999 Advisor:ChristopherA.Walsh CellularandBiochemicalAnalysisofMutaƟonsthatAīectCerebral CorƟcalDevelopment ______ ExecuƟveVicePresidentofSystemsandTechnologyInnovaƟon EFEducaƟonalTours
HeatherHinds A.B.,B.S.,StanfordUniversity M.Sc.,OxfordUniversity Entered1993*LeŌMay1,1994 ______ TransferredtoMassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology–TonegawaLab Neurologist—SanFrancisco,California
LisaHorowitz,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley Entered1993*DefendedSeptember14,1998 Advisor:LindaBuck ConnecƟvityintheMouseOlfactorySystem ______ Physician Boston,MassachuseƩs ThomasJordan,Ph.D. BucknellUniversity Entered1993*DefendedDecember8,1997 Advisor:JohnDowling NetworkDynamicsandTheirNeuromodulaƟon:DopaminergicEīects onReƟnalRecepƟveFields ______ FounderandChiefExecuƟveOĸcer AldexaTherapeuƟcs
JerriMarƟn,A.M. B.S.,CaliforniaInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered1993*LeŌJune1,1997 ______ WithdrewwithMaster’sdegree Elementaryschoolvolunteer;formerlyscienƟstatTheravance,Inc. SanFrancisco,California
MarƟnNiethammer,Ph.D. Diploma,UniversitatTubingen Entered1993*DefendedSeptember3,1998 Advisor:MorganSheng OrganizaƟonofanNMDAReceptorͲAssociatedComplexviathePDZ DomainsofPSDͲ95 ______ AdjunctClinicalAssistantProfessor AlbertEinsteinCollegeofMedicine
LiannaOrlando,Ph.D. B.S.,SyracuseUniversity Entered1993*DefendedApril25,2001 Advisor:AnneYoung CellularandMolecularMechanismsofNeuronalChainMigraƟon ______ ScienƟĮcProgramOĸcer MuscularDystrophyAssociaƟon MeganBensonPraƩ,Ph.D. B.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology M.A.,HarvardUniversity Entered1993*DefendedSeptember13,1999 Advisor:JonathanCohen MappingNoncompeƟƟveAntagonistBindingSitesintheNicoƟnic AcetylcholineReceptor ______ EducaƟonalOutreachCoordinator InsƟtuteforHumanandMachineCogniƟon
HeatherRieī,Ph.D. B.A.,WilliamsCollege Entered1993*DefendedAugust13,1999 Advisor:GabrielCorfas TheRoleofNeuregulinanderBReceptorsinCerebellarDevelopment ______ SeniorSciencePolicyAnalyst NaƟonalInsƟtuteofNeurologicalDisordersandStrokes
BernardoSabaƟni,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1993*DefendedSeptember16,1997 Advisor:WadeRegehr CalciumControlofNeurotransmiƩerReleaseataCerebellarSynapse ______ ProfessorofNeurobiology HarvardMedicalSchool
MauriceSholas,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,SouthernUniversity Entered1993*DefendedJune28,1996 Advisor:DanielKenshalo ChangesinPrimarySomatosensoryCortexProcessingofNocicepƟve InformaƟon InducedbyInŇammaƟon ______ SeniorMedicalDirector Children’sHospitalsandClinicsofMinnesota FionaWatson,Ph.D. B.Sc.,M.S.,DalhousieUniversity Entered1993*DefendedMay18,1999 Advisor:RosalindSegal RetrogradeSignalingbyNeutrophins ______ AssociateProfessorofBiology WashingtonandLeeUniversity
JamieZeitzer,Ph.D. B.A.,VassarCollege Entered1993*DefendedMarch26,1999 Advisor:CharlesCzeisler PhysiologyandAnatomyofHumanCircadianPhotorecepƟon andMelatoninRegulaƟon ______ AssistantProfessorofPsychiatry StanfordUniversitySchoolofMedicine
PradeepAtluri,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1994*DefendedJanuary27,2000 Advisor:WadeRegehr TheRoleofPresynapƟcCalciuminShortͲTermSynapƟcPlasƟcity ______ Psychiatrist NewYorkCity
StacieWeninger,Ph.D. UniversityofNorthCarolina Entered1994*DefendedSeptember9,1999 Advisor:JosephMajzoub RoleofCorƟcotropinͲReleasingHormone(CRH)andCRHͲLikeMolecules inStressͲInducedBehavior ______ ExecuƟveDirector FidelityBiosciencesResearchIniƟaƟve PaulBorghesani,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered1994*DefendedDecember20,1999 Advisor:RosalindSegal NeuronalMigraƟoninDevelopmentandDegeneraƟon ______ Psychiatrist SeaƩle,Washington
MichelleDay,Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles Entered1994*DefendedJune2,2000 Advisor:SteveHyman TheEīectsofSerotonin5ͲHT2AAgonistsandAntagonistsonHighͲ VoltageͲAcƟvatedCalciumCurrentsinPrefrontalPyramidalNeurons ______ ResearchAssistantProfessor NorthwesternUniversityFeinbergSchoolofMedicine
JeremyDiƩman,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,StanfordUniversity Entered1994*DefendedJune2,1998 Advisor:WadeRegehr PresynapƟcModulaƟonofTransmiƩerRelease intheCentralNervousSystem ______ AssociateProfessorofBiochemistryandNeuroscience WeillCornellMedicalCollege
StephanieGaus,Ph.D. B.S.,StanfordUniversity Entered1994*DefendedApril5,2002 Advisor:CliīordSaper NeuroanatomicSubstratesforCircadianControlofSleep ______ ResearchScienƟst UniversityofCalifornia,SanFrancisco SeeleySelecƟveVulnerabilityResearchLaboratory LisaGenova,Ph.D. B.S.,BatesCollege Entered1994*DefendedApril30,1998 Advisor:SteveHyman AmphetamineͲInducedAdaptaƟonsinStriatalNeurons:Rolesof SerotoninandCondiƟonedSƟmuli ______ BestͲsellingauthor “SƟllAlice”,“LeŌNeglected”and“InsidetheO’Briens”
JamesMorrill,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1994*DefendedJuly26,1999 Advisor:StephenCannon BiophysicalProperƟesoftheSkeletalMuscleLͲTypeCalciumChannel inHealthandDisease ______ InstructorinMedicine MassachuseƩsGeneralHospital
PaulaSmith,PH.D. B.S.,CornellUniversity Entered1994*DefendedSeptember7,1999 Advisor:GaryYellen VoltageͲdependentGaƟngofHERGPotassiumChannels ______ MedicalWriter NovoNordisk
MarkZylka,Ph.D. B.X.,VirginiaPolytechnicInsƟtute Entered1994*DefendedSeptember17,1999 Advisor:StevenReppert CharacterizaƟonofaMammalianCircadianFeedbackLoop ______ AssociateProfessorofCellBiology UniversityofNorthCarolina,ChapelHill ManishAghi,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,StanfordUniversity Entered1995*DefendedNovember20,1998 Advisor:XandraBreakeĮeld ImprovingtheEĸcacyofChemosensiƟzing BrainTumorGeneTherapies ______ AssociateProfessorofNeurosurgery UniversityofCalifornia,SanFrancisco
HuiZhou,A.M. B.S.,HuazhongUniversityofScienceandTechnology M.S.,BeijingUniversity Entered1994*LeŌMarch1,1997 ______ WithdrewwithMaster’sdegree TransferredtoWashingtonUniversity
A.B.,YunͲBeomChoi,M.D./Ph.D. HarvardCollege Entered1995*DefendedDecember21,1998 Advisor:StuartLipton MolecularAnalysisofModulatorySitesontheNMDAReceptor: Redox,Zn2+,andNitricOxideͲRelatedSpecies ______ Neurologist Englewood,NewJersey
RichardChrisƟe,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered1995*DefendedDecember21,1999 Advisor:BradleyHyman InvivoImagingofAmyloidDeposiƟoninaTransgenicMouseModel ofAlzheimer’sDisease ______ IndependentConsultant(PharmaceuƟcals) ObexEnterprisesLLC JesusGarcia,M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,LoyolaMarymountUniversity Entered1995*DefendedSeptember10,1999 Advisor:MargaretLivingstone MechanismsofColorandMoƟoninMonkeyVisualCortex ______ PlasƟcSurgeon Sacramento,California
JerryLin,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1995*DefendedJune13,2000 Advisor:MorganSheng I. CharacterizaƟonofanNMDAͲreceptorͲassociatedcomplex J. centeredaroundNRI; II.TheroleofAMPAreceptortraĸckinginsynapƟcplasƟcity ______ Otolaryngologist Fairfax,Virginia
SanjayMagavi,Ph.D. Sc.B.,BrownUniversity Entered1995*DefendedSeptember28,2001 Advisor:JeīreyMacklis InducƟonofNeurogenesisintheNeocortexofAdultMiceand AssessmentoftheFuncƟonalIntegraƟonofAdultͲbornNeurons ______ SeniorResearchScienƟst VertexPharmaceuƟcals
HeatherMasonChrisƟe,Ph.D. A.B.,AmherstCollege Entered1995*DefendedApril27,2001 Advisor:GabrielCorfas CellularandMolecularMechanismsofNeuronalChainMigraƟon ______ Homemaker MireyaNadalͲVicens,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1995*DefendedSeptember14,2001 Advisor:MichaelGreenberg Signalingmechanismsthatgoverntheswitch fromneuronaltoastrocytediīerenƟaƟoninneocorƟcalprogenitors ______ PsychiatristandInstructorofPsychiatry MassachuseƩsGeneralHospital
PhilipNadeau,Ph.D. B.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered1995*DefendedSeptember15,2000 Advisor:BruceYankner AnInvesƟgaƟonoftheRoleofApolipoproteins,Lipoproteinsandthe PresenilinProteinsinAmyloidBetaMetabolismandAlzheimer’sDisease ______ ManagingDirectorandSeniorResearchAnalyst CowenandCompany
ScoƩNaisbiƩ,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofUtah Entered1995*DefendedSeptember29,2000 Advisor:MorganSheng TheMolecularOrganizaƟonofthePostsynapƟcDensity byGKAPandSHANK ______ VicePresidentofScienƟĮcandMedicalAīairs Lutonix,Inc.
AshaElizabethNigh,Ph.D. B.S.,StanfordUniversity Entered1995*DefendedMarch7,2003 Advisor:MichaelGreenberg TheControlofProteinExpressionDuringAdapƟveNeuronalResponses ______ ChiefScienƟĮcEditorandFounder ScienceEditorsNetwork JeremiahScharf,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,YaleUniversity Entered1995*DefendedSeptember8,1999 Advisor:LouisKunkel ComparaƟveGenomicAnalysisoftheSpinalMuscularAtrophy(SMA) RegioninMouseandMan:ApplicaƟonsforUnderstandingDisease Pathogenesis ______ AssistantProfessorofNeurology MassachuseƩsGeneralHospital
JohnReppas,M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,OxfordUniversity Entered1995*DefendedSeptember22,2000 Advisor:R.ClayReid SaccadicEyeMovementsandEarlyVision ______ DirectorofPublicPolicy NeurotechnologyIndustryOrganizaƟon
VasanthVedantham,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,YaleUniversity Entered1995*DefendedJune2,2000 Advisor:StephenCannon MovingPartsofVoltageͲGatedSodiumChannels ______ AssistantProfessorofMedicine UniversityofCalifornia,SanFranciscoMedicalCenter
MarcusWare,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,TougalooCollege Entered1995*DefendedNovember16,1998 Advisor:ChristopherA.Walsh CellularandMolecularEventsintheDevelopment oftheCerebralCortex ______ ClinicalAssistantProfessorofNeurologicalSurgery TulaneUniversity AlexCarter,M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,BrandeisUniversity Entered1996*DefendedDecember17,2001 Advisor:RosalindSegal NeurotrophinModulaƟonofSynapƟcPlasƟcityandCerebellar Development ______ AssistantProfessorofNeurology WashingtonUniversitySchoolofMedicine
LisaCatapano,M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,DartmouthCollege Entered1996*DefendedSeptember21,2001 Advisor:JeīreyMacklis StageͲSpeciĮcControloverNeocorƟcalCallosalProjecƟonNeuron SurvivalandDiīerenƟaƟon ______ AssistantProfessorofPsychiatry GeorgeWashingtonUniversity
ThomasChou,Ph.D. B.S.,M.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered1996*DefendedFebruary10,2003 Advisor:CliīordSaper RegulaƟonofsleepͲwakeƟming:Circadianrhythms andbistabilityofsleepͲwakebehavior ______ WhereaboutsUnknown Formerly:AssistantProfessor—MedicalUniversityofSouthCarolina
BevilConway,Ph.D. B.Sc.,McGillUniversity Entered1996*DefendedApril18,2001 Advisor:MargaretLivingstone MechanismsofColorandMoƟoninMonkeyVisualCortex ______ AssociateProfessorofNeuroscience WellesleyCollege MichaelDeans,Ph.D. B.A.,MichiganStateUniversity Entered1996*DefendedApril26,2002 Advisor:DavidPaul Connexin36LocalizaƟonandFuncƟonWithintheRodPathways oftheMouseReƟna ______ AssistantProfessorofOtolaryngology UniversityofUtahSchoolofMedicine
ShinJungKang,Ph.D. B.S.,M.S.,SeoulNaƟonalUniversity Entered1996*DefendedSeptember25,2001 Advisor:JunyingYuan ADualRoleofCapaseͲ11underPathological andPhysiologicalCondiƟons ______ AssistantProfessorofMolecularBiology SejongUniversity
AmyMcMichael B.S.,KalamazooCollege Entered1996*LeŌJune1,1997 ______ Withdrewwithouttakingdegree Whereaboutsunknown
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AbrahaTaddese,M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,WashingtonUniversity Entered1996*DefendedJune6,2001 Advisor:BruceBean ElectrophysiologyofSpontaneouslyAcƟve TuberomammillaryNucleusNeurons ______ Physician Miami,Florida
JonathanTrinidad,Ph.D. B.S.,WilliamandMaryCollege Entered1996*DefendedOctober10,2002 Advisor:JonathanCohen TheLocalizaƟonandFuncƟonofNeuregulinandtheErbBReceptors attheNeuromuscularJuncƟon ______ Director,BiologicalMassSpectrometry IndianaUniversity
DorisTsao,Ph.D. B.S.,CaliforniaInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered1996*DefendedMay20,2002 Advisor:MargaretLivingstone Stereopsis ______ ProfessorofBiology CaliforniaInsƟtuteofTechnology KevinWelch,A.M. B.S.,BeloitCollege Entered1996*LeŌJune1,2007 ______ WithdrewwithMaster’sdegree Whereaboutsunknown
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AdamCarter,Ph.D. B.A.,CambridgeUniversity ESntered1997*DefendedApril29,2002 Advisor:WadeRegehr SynapƟcTransmissionatCerebellarStellateCells ______ AssociateProfessorofNeuralScience NewYorkUniversity
DennisChang,Ph.D. B.Sc.H.,Queen’sUniversity Entered1997*DefendedJuly16,2003 Advisor:StevenReppert CircadianClockMoleculesofaLepidopteranInsect,Antheraeapernyi, andComparisonwiththeFruitFly,Drosophilamelanogaster ______ Principal ClarionHealthcare MarkEmerson,Ph.D. B.A.,OberlinCollege Entered1997*DefendedJanuary26,2005 Advisor:DavieVanVactor AMisexpressionGeneƟcScreeninDrosophilaIdenƟĮes CandidateAxonGuidanceFactorswithDiīerenƟalExpression ______ AssistantProfessorofBiology CityCollegeofNewYork
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JaneKo,Ph.D. B.A.,TulaneUniversity Entered1997*DefendedMay13,2004 Advisor:LiͲHueiTsai CdK5AcƟvatorsinDevelopmentandPotenƟalRegulaƟonofKinesins ______ AssociateDirector,GlobalMarkeƟng KelloggCompany
GenevieveKonopka,Ph.D. B.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered1997*DefendedMay14,2004 Advisor:AzadBonni RegulaƟonofSTAT3SignalinginAstrocyteTransformaƟon ______ AssociateProfessorofNeuroscience UniversityofTexasSouthwesternMedicalCenter AnatolKreitzer,Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley Entered1997*DefendedApril25,2001 Advisor:WadeRegehr AcƟvityͲDependentModulaƟonofSynapƟcStrengthintheCentral NervousSystem ______ AssociateProfessorofNeuroscience UniversityofCalifornia,SanFrancisco
RobertMoy,A.M. B.A.,OberlinCollege EnteredSeptember1997*WithdrewJune1,2004 ———————Ͳ WithdrewwithaMaster’sdegree Principal ClarionHealthcare
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ChristovRoberson,Ph.D. B.A.,NorthernArizonaUniversity Entered1997*DefendedAugust5,2004 Advisor:DavidClapham GProteinRegulaƟonofInwardlyRecƟfyingPotassiumChannels ______ Lecturer JohnsHopkinsUniversity GiselaSandoval,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,CaliforniaInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered1997*DefendedJuly9,2002 Advisor:GaryRuvkun MolecularAnalysisofanInteracƟonbetweentheVesicular AcetylcholineTransporterandSynaptobrevininCaenorhabdiƟsElegans ______ Psychiatrist StanfordUniversityHospitalandClinics
ClaireSauvageot,Ph.D. B.A.,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley Entered1997*DefendedOctober9,2003 Advisor:CharlesSƟles GenomicAnalysisofFateChoiceinCorƟcalProgenitorCells ______ SeniorManager,ScienƟĮcStrategyandPublicaƟons TakedaOncology(DanaFarberCancerInsƟtute)
SohailTavazoie,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley Entered1997*DefendedJune15,2001 Advisor:R.ClayReid TheDevelopmentofNeuralConnecƟonsfromReƟnatoThalamus: MaturaƟonandPlasƟcityofRecepƟveFields ______ AssociateProfessorofCancerBiology TheRockefellerUniversity
SarahWebster,Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofConnecƟcut Entered1997*DefendedDecember12,2003 Advisor:GaryYellen StructuresandmechanismsofgaƟngin ShakervoltageͲdependentpotassiumchannels ______ AssistantProfessor CollegeoftheHolyCross YingZhang,Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofScienceandTechnology(China) M.S.,DukeUniversity Entered1997*DefendedMay5,2003 Advisor:R.ClayReid WhereIsIt?DerivingSƟmulusLocaƟonfromtheResponsesofVisual Neurons ______ Whereaboutsunknown
BruceAltevogt,Ph.D. B.A.,UniversityofVirginia Entered1998*DefendedNovember20,2003 Advisor:DavidPaul AnalysisofConnexinsinMyelaƟon ______ DirectorofSciencePolicyandScienceAdvocacy PĮzer,Inc.
TeresaChae,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1998*DefendedMay15,2002 Advisor:ChristopherA.Walsh MechanismsofDorsalPaƩerningintheDevelopingForebrain ______ Ophthalmologist Houston,Texas
MichaelTriDo,Ph.D. B.S.,GeorgetownUniversity Entered1998*DefendedDecember15,2003 Advisor:BruceBean GeneraƟonandRegulaƟonofPacemakinginSubthalamicNeurons ______ AssistantProfessorofNeurology HarvardMedicalSchool JohnElfar,M.D. JohnsHopkinsUniversity Entered1998*WithdrewSeptember1,2000 ______ WithdrewwithouttakingaPh.D. ReturnedtoHarvardMedicalSchooltocompletehisM.D. AssociateProfessorofOrthopaedics UniversityofRochesterMedicalCenter
EdmundGriĸn,Jr.,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,ColumbiaUniversity Entered1998*DefendedMarch7,2002 Advisor:ChuckWeitz Light,Cryptochrome,andCircadianClocks ______ AssistantProfessorofClinicalPsychiatry ColumbiaUniversityMedicalCenter
W.TaylorKimberly,M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,PrincetonUniversity Entered1998*DefendedMay10,2002 Advisor:DennisSelkoe IntramembraneProteolysisandSignalTransducƟon: TheGammaͲSecretaseComplexandItsConnecƟontoAlzheimer’s Disease ______ AssociateDirector,NeuroscienceIntensiveCareUnit MassachuseƩsGeneralHospital
GabyMaimon,Ph.D. B.S.,CornellUniversity Entered1998*DefendedMay5,2005 Advisor:JohnAssad Cortex,visionandacƟon. ______ AssistantProfessor TheRockefellerUniversity ErinPerry,A.M. B.A.,AmherstCollege Entered1998*WithdrewNovember1,2002 ______ WithdrewwithMaster’sdegree EnrolledinHarvardSchoolofEducaƟon Whereaboutsunknown
CarolynRodriguez,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1998*DefendedMarch4,2002 Advisor:SusanDymecki InnovaƟngGeneƟcTechnologytoMaptheOriginofthePrecerebellar System ______ AssistantProfessorofPsychiatry ColumbiaUniversityMedicalCenter
JunShen,Ph.D. B.A.,DartmouthUniversity Entered1998*DefendedDecember13,2004 Advisor:ChristopherA.Walsh UsingForwardandReverseGeneƟcstoStudyGenesthatControlthe SizeoftheBrain ______ InstructorinPathology HarvardMedicalSchool
SusanSt.Pierre,Ph.D. B.S.,StanfordUniversity Entered1998*DefendedMarch2,2004 Advisor:StefanThor NeuronalSpeciĮcaƟoninDrosophila:Therolesofrotundandsqueeze, tworelatedzincĮngergenes ______ Homemaker BrianWhalen,Ph.D. B.S.,ColumbiaUniversity Entered1998*DefendedApril12,2005 Advisor:DennisSelkoe EarlyEventsinAlzheimer’sDisease:AnExaminaƟonofAmyloidͲBeta ProtoĮbrilBiology ______ VicePresident,ScienceandMedicine EvokeHealth
FuͲChiaYang,Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1998*DefendedOctober8,2003 Advisor:ChuckWeitz ThePotenƟalRolefortheEGFReceptorSystemintheCircadian RegulaƟonofLocomotorAcƟvity ______ ScienƟstI DanaͲFarberCancerInsƟtute
PaulArdayĮo,Ph.D. WayneStateUniversity Entered1999*DefendedMay4,2006 Advisor:KwangͲSooKim BehavioralInvesƟgaƟonofCogniƟveFuncƟoninMouseModels ofNeurologicalandPsychiatricDisorders ______ ClinicalResearchScienƟst EliLillyandCompany
NathanielBlair,Ph.D. B.A.,UniversityofChicago Entered1999*DefendedJanuary15,2004 Advisor:BruceBean ContribuƟonofVoltageͲGatedSodium,CalciumandPotassiumCurrents totheExcitabilityofNocicepƟveSensoryNeurons ______ ScienƟstII HydraBiosciences LaurieBurlingame,A.M. B.A.,WellesleyCollege Entered1999*WithdrewJune1,2002 ______ WithdrewwithMaster’sDegree AssociateAƩorney GoodwinProcterLLC
YoojinChoi,Ph.D. UniversityofCalifornia,Irvine Entered1999*DefendedJuly19,2006 Advisor:RosalindSegal MitogenicNichesintheDevelopingCerebellum ______ AssociateProfessorofBiology NorthParkUniversity
ThomasDeuel,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,PrincetonUniversity Entered1999*DefendedAugust4,2004 Advisor:ChristopherA.Walsh DoublecorƟnandtheDoublecorƟnͲlikeKinaseinCNSDevelopmentand PlasƟcity ______ NeurologistandAĸliateProfessoratCenterforArts/ExperimentalMedia UniversityofWashington
ShelbyDietz,Ph.D. B.A.,CornellUniversity Entered1999*DefendedNovember29,2005 Advisor:VenkateshMurthy PlasƟcityandDevelopmentoftheMitralͲGranuleReciprocalSynapse intheMammalianOlfactoryBulb ______ ResearchAssociate CornellUniversity EleanoreEdson,Ph.D. B.S.,StanfordUniversity Entered1999*DefendedAugust3,2005 Advisor:ChinfeiChen EnteredSeptember1999 ContribuƟonsofGlutamateTransportersandMetabotrophicGlutamate ReceptorstoSynapƟcTransmissionoverDevelopmentatthe ReƟnogeniculateSynapse ______ ProgramOĸcer BillandMelindaGatesFoundaƟon
KellyFoster,Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofPiƩsburgh Entered1999*DefendedAugust11,2004 Advisor:WadeRegehr MechanismsandFuncƟonalConsequencesofDepressionattheClimbing FibertoPurkinjeCellSynapse ______ AssociateDirectorofBiology AtaxionTherapeuƟcs
SanjivHarpavat,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,StanfordUniversity Entered1999*DefendedOctober20,2004 Advisor:ConnieCepko RolesofThyroidHormoneinChickReƟnalDevelopment ______ Physicianandresearcher BaylorCollegeofMedicine
MariaLehƟnen,Ph.D. B.A.,UniversityofPennsylvania Entered1999*DefendedDecember15,2005 Advisor:AzadBonni SurvivalandDeathSignalingPathways:FromSingleCellstoOrganisms ______ AssistantProfessorofPathology HarvardMedicalSchool JacobMarcus,Ph.D. B.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered1999*DefendedApril28,2006 Advisor:JoelElmquist OrexinReceptorsandtheCentralAutonomicSystem ______ PrincipalScienƟst,NeuroscienceDiscovery MerckResearchLaboratories
BenceÖlveczky,Ph.D. M.Sc.,TechnicalUniversityofBudapest M.Sc.,ImperialUniversity Entered1999*DefendedMay23,2003 Advisor:MarkusMeister ReƟnalProcessingofNaturalMoƟon ______ ProfessorofOrganismicandEvoluƟonaryBiology HarvardUniversity
HienTran,M.D./Ph.D. StanfordUniversity Entered1999*DefendedJune5,2003 Advisor:MichaelGreenberg ARoleforForkheadsintheResponsetoStress ______ Dermatologist SanDiego,California
DuoWang,Ph.D. B.S.,BeijingUniversity Entered1999*DefendedMay2,2005 Advisor:GaryRuvkun NegaƟveregulaƟonofRNAinterferenceinCaenorhabdiƟselegans ______ SeniorManager,MarketIntelligenceandMarketDevelopment Medtronic AmyAshbacher,A.M. B.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology EnteredSeptember2000*LeŌJune1,2005 Advisor:JohnAssad ______ WithdrewwithMaster’sdegree Whereaboutsunknown
JayBikoī,Ph.D. Sc.B.,BrownUniversity Entered2000*DefendedMay7,2007 Advisor:MichaelGreenberg MolecularMechanismsRegulaƟngCorƟcalDevelopment:From NeuronstoSynapses ______ PostdoctoralFellow ColumbiaUniversity—JessellLab
SaskiadeVries,Ph.D. B.S.,YaleUniversity Entered2000*DefendedMay5,2006 Advisor:MarkusMeister ModulaƟonofReƟnalResponsesbySingleAmacrineCells ______ ScienƟstII AllenInsƟtuteforBrainScience
AntoniuFantana,Ph.D. Diploma,HeidelbergUniversity Entered2000*DefendedMay1,2006 Advisor:MarkusMeister OdorProcessingintheOlfactoryBulb:Structure ofMitralCellRecepƟveFields ______ MedicalLiaison EliLilly CarsonAlexGoddard,Ph.D. B.A.,OberlinCollege Entered2000*DefendedMay15,2006 Advisor:CarlaShatz MHCClassIandtheHomeostaƟcRegulaƟonofCNSSynapses ______ InvesƟgatorII NovarƟsInsƟtutes
JoshuaGooley,Ph.D. B.A.,WesleyanUniversity Entered2000*DefendedOctober31,2005 Advisor:CliīordSaper EntrainmentoftheCircadianTimingSystembyLightandFood ______ AssistantProfessor,NeuroscienceandBehavioralDisordersProgram DukeͲNUSMedicalSchool
AnnaGreka,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered2000*DefendedOctober10,2002 Advisor:DavidClapham TRPChannelsandtheCytoskeleton:ImplicaƟonsforNeuronalGrowth andCellularMoƟlity ______ AssistantProfessorofMedicine HarvardMedicalSchool
KenichiHartman,Ph.D. B.S.,BrandeisUniversity Entered2000*DefendedApril28,2006 Advisor:VenkateshMurthy RegulaƟonofNeuronalMorphologyandSynapƟcDevelopment byAcƟvity ______ U.S.PatentAgent/IsraeliPatentAƩorneyTrainee AllanC.EnƟs,Ph.D.IntellectualPropertyLtd. MaƩhewHass,Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofIowa Entered2000*DefendedNovember16,2006 Advisor:BruceYankner IdenƟĮcaƟonofNovelRolesoftheAmyloidPrecursorProteininSignal TransducƟon ______ ResearchInstructor CincinnaƟChildren’sHospitalMedicalCenter
RhondaHyde,Ph.D. B.S.,YaleUniversity Entered2000*DefendedSeptember8,2008 Advisor:AnneHart GeneƟcAnalysisofProteinKinaseCandMAPKinC.elegans mechanosensaƟon ______ BiologyInstructor BiologyInstructor,UpliŌEducaƟon
AlexJackson,Ph.D. B.Sc.,McGillUniversity Entered2000*DefendedSeptember11,2006 Advisor:BruceBean SubthresholdCurrentsUnderlyingtheSpontaneousFiringof HypothalamicPacemakerNeurons ______ AssistantProfessorofPhysiology UniversityofConnecƟcut
VukKoprivica,Ph.D. B.A.,EarlhamUniversity Entered2000*DefendedNovember22,2005 Advisor:ZhigangHe MechanismsofMyelinRegeneraƟonInhibiƟon ______ DirectorofBusinessDevelopment VandaPharmaceuƟcals SebasƟanKraves,Ph.D. UniversityofBuenosAires Entered2000*DefendedMay5,2005 Advisor:ChuckWeitz MolecularAnalysesoftheCircadianControlofLocomotorAcƟvity inMammals ______ CoͲFounder miniPCR
ClaireMcKellar,Ph.D. B.S.,YaleUniversity Entered2000*DefendedNovember17,2005 Advisor:CarlaShatz AProgramofNewGeneExpressionInducedbySynaptogenesis ______ ResearchSpecialist HowardHughesMedicalInsƟtute
BrookePaƩen,Ph.D. B.S.,PrincetonUniversity Entered2000*DefendedDecember8,2005 Advisor:GabrielCorfas MolecularMechanismsofRadialGliaFormaƟonintheDeveloping Cerebellum ______ AssistantVicePresident MedStarWashingtonHospitalCenter
BenSamuels,Ph.D. B.S.,JohnsHopkinsUniversity Entered2000*DefendedMay2,2006 Advisor:LiͲHueiTsai PhysiologicalFuncƟonsofCdk5intheNervousSystem ______ AssistantProfessorofPsychiatry ColumbiaUniversity SujithVijayan,PH.D. A.B.,AmherstCollege Entered2000*DefendedSeptember17,2007 Advisor:EmeryBrown CharacterizaƟonofAcƟvityinthePrimarySomatosensoryCortexDuring AcƟveBehaviorandSleep ______ PostdoctoralFellow MassachuseƩsGeneralHospital—CashLab
KevinWang,Ph.D. B.S.,M.S.,StanfordUniversity M.Phil.,CambridgeUniversity M.D.,UniversityofCaliforniaatSanFrancisco Entered2000*DefendedMarch19,2003 Advisor:ZhigangHe SignalingMechanismsUnderlyingInhibiƟon ofAxonalRegeneraƟonbyCNSMyelin ______ AssistantProfessorofDermatology StanfordUniversitySchoolofMedicine
LisaZakhary,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,ColumbiaUniversity Entered2000*DefendedApril25,2005 Advisor:CatherineDulac AnatomicalandFuncƟonalAnalysisofMicroRNAsinMammalian OlfactoryNeurogenesis ______ Psychiatrist MassachuseƩsGeneralHospital Dinu Florin Albeanu, Ph.D. B.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered2001*DefendedSeptember8,2008 Advisor:VenkateshMurthy MulƟmodal Imaging of Sensory Inputs and Neuronal Coding in the Rodent Olfactory Bulb ______ Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
James Berg, Ph.D. B.S.,RutgersUniversity Entered2001*DefendedMay5,2008 Advisor:GaryYellen ImagingNeuronalMetabolism ______Manager, Electrophysiology The Allen InsƟtute for Brain Science
Brenda Bloodgood, Ph.D. UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego Entered2001*DefendedJuly14,2006 Advisor:BernardoSabaƟni Biochemical CompartmentalizaƟon and SynapƟc Signaling in DendriƟc Spines of Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons ______ Assistant Professor of Neurobiology University of California, San Diego
Perry Briƫs, Ph.D. B.A.,ColgateCollege M.D.,HarvardMedicalSchool Entered2001*DefendedJanuary29,2004 Advisor:JohnFlanagan RNA Based Mechanisms for Locally RegulaƟng Axon Guidance Decisions ______ Founder and Chief ExecuƟve Oĸcer SliceLabs, LLC Yeang Ch’ng, M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,M.S.,YaleUniversity Entered2001*DefendedSeptember17,2007 Advisor:ClayReid FuncƟonal Imaging of Cellular and Vascular AcƟvity in Visual Cortex ______ Radiologist Fine Art Photographer
Eunju Chung, Ph.D. B.S.,BostonCollege Entered2001*DefendedMay9,2007 Advisor:TomSchwarz Axonal Transport of SynapƟc Components and Synaptogenesis in Drosophila ______ Senior Manager, Strategic Planning Genexine, Inc.
Jay Chyung, M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered2001*DefendedSeptember1,2004 Advisor:DennisSelkoe Cell Surface Events in the Amyloidogenic Processing of the Amyloid Precursor Protein ______ Advisor Recon Strategy
Sophie Currier, M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered2001*DefendedJune7,2004 Advisor:ChristopherA.Walsh GeneƟcs of WalkerͲWarburg Syndrome: A Disorder of Brain, Muscle, and Eye Development ______ Physician London, England John Dekker, M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,WesleyanUniversity Entered2001*DefendedMay2,2006 Advisor:GaryYellen Molecular Analysis of GaƟng in VoltageͲDependent Ion Channels ______ Staī physician NIH Clinical Center
Elizabeth Glater, Ph.D. B.A.,SwarthmoreCollege Entered2001*DefendedMay24,2006 Advisor:ThomasSchwarz The mechanism for Transport of Mitochondria in Drosophila ______ Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Pomona College
Robert Griĸn, M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,SwarthmoreCollege Entered2001*DefendedSeptember20,2005 Advisor:CliīordWoolf DiīerenƟal Gene Expression Associated with Neuropathic Pain ______ Anesthesiologist New York City
Dana Harrar, Ph.D. B.A.,JohnsHopkinsUniversity M.D.,VanderbiltUniversity Entered2001*DefendedFebruary28,2007 Advisor:MichaelGreenberg An RNA Interference Screen IdenƟĮes New Molecules Required for Mammalian Synapse Development ______ Resident in Child Neurology Boston Children’s Hospital Mac Hooks, Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered2001*DefendedMarch26,2007 Advisor:GinaTurrigiano FuncƟonal Development of the ReƟnogeniculate Synapse ______ Assistant Professor of Neurobiology University of PiƩsburgh
Vikram Khurana, Ph.D. B.A.,B.S.,M.D.,UniversityofSydney Entered2001*DefendedMay11,2006 Advisor:MelFeany Mitogenic signaling and cellͲcycle acƟvaƟon mediate NeurodegeneraƟon in Drosophila ______ Neurologist MassachuseƩs General Hospital
Misao Higashi Kovtun, Ph.D. Sc..B.,BrownUniversity Entered2001*DefendedApril13,2009 Advisor:ThomasSchwarz CharacterizaƟon of an ImporƟn beta11 Mutant at the Drosophila Neuromuscular JuncƟon ______ Homemaker and Philanthropist
Brad Molyneaux, M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,DartmouthUniversity Entered2001*DefendedSeptember23,2005 Advisor:JeīreyMacklis Molecular Development of CorƟcospinal Motor Neurons ______ Assistant Professor of Neurobiology University of PiƩsburgh Medical Center Patrick Safo, M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,StateUniversityofNewYorkatStonyBrook Entered2001*DefendedSeptember23,2005 Advisor:WadeRegehr Molecular Development of CorƟcospinal Motor Neurons ______ Dermatologist Wisconsin
Gilberto SolverͲLlavina, Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofPuertoRico Entered2001*DefendedAugust8,2007 Advisor:BernardoSabaƟni CompartmentalizaƟon and ModulaƟon of SynapƟc Signaling in Dendrites and Spines ______ InvesƟgator NovarƟs, Inc.
Rebecca Swimmer, A.M. UniversityofIllinois,Urbana EnteredSeptember2001*WithdrewJune1,2005 ______ Withdrew with Master’s degree Veterinarian in Venice, California
Cindy Chen, A.M. B.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered2002*WithdrewJune1,2008 ______ Withdrew with Master’s Degree Whereabouts unknown Kenneth Colodner, Ph.D. B.A.,NorthwesternUniversity Entered2002*DefendedJune2,2008 Advisor:MelFeany Using Drosophila to InvesƟgate the Glial ContribuƟon to NeurodegeneraƟve Disorders ______ VisiƟng Assistant Professor Mt. Holyoke College
Steven Flavell, Ph.D. B.A.,OberlinCollege Entered2002*DefendedOctober17,2008 Advisor:MichaelGreenberg RegulaƟon of synapse development by the acƟvityͲregulated transcripƟon factor MEF2 ______ Assistant Professor MassachuseƩs InsƟtute of Technology
Raj Gopal, M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofCalifornia,Irvine Entered2002*DefendedJune26,2007 Advisor:BruceYankner RegulaƟon of DNA DoubleͲStrand Break Repair by Parkin ______ Clinical Fellow in Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brian HaŇer, M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,PrincetonUniversity Entered2002*DefendedNovember7,2006 Advisor:DavidRowitch TranscripƟonal RegulaƟon of Olig2 in Motor Neuron Development ______ Ophthalmologist Boston, MassachuseƩs Todd Herrington, M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,StanfordUniversity Entered2002*DefendedJune15,2007 Advisor:JohnAssad AƩenƟonal Dynamics in Parietal Cortex ______ Instructor in Neurology Harvard Medical School
Elizabeth Hong, Ph.D. B.S.,CaliforniaInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered2002*DefendedDecember1,2008 Advisor:MichaelGreenberg FuncƟonal SigniĮcance of Neuronal AcƟvityͲDependent TranscripƟonal RegulaƟon in the Nervous System ______ Assistant Professor of Neuroscience California InsƟtute of Technology
Michael Hughes, Ph.D. B.S.,StanfordUniversity Entered2002*DefendedDecember19,2006 Advisor:DietmarSchmucker A GeneƟc 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.,UniversityofWashington Entered2002*DefendedJune16,2009 Advisor:RichardT.Born SpaƟal IntegraƟon of MoƟon Signals in Macaque MT ______ Whereabouts unknown Eirene Kontopoulos, Ph.D. B.A.,HaverfordCollege Entered2002*DefendedMay4,2007 Advisor:MelFeany Mechanisms of alphaͲsynuclein Neurotoxicity in Parkinson’s Disease ______ Biotech Analyst Fidelity Investments
Edmund Koundakjian, Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofCalifornia,Riverside M.S.,CaliforniaStateUniversity,SanBernardino Entered2002*DefendedMay15,2008 Advisor:LisaGoodrich An Analysis of the Development of the CochlearͲVesƟbular Ganglion ______ Patent Agent Cooley LLP
Alice Lu, Ph.D. B.A.,ColumbiaUniversity Entered2002*DefendedAugust11,2008 Advisor:RudolphTanzi PotenƟal Roles for Ubiquilin 1 in Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis ______ Healthcare Strategy Consultant Harƞord, CT
Ju Lu, Ph.D. B.Engr.,TsinghuaUniversity Entered2002*DefendedApril21,2008 Advisor:JeīLichtman Connectomic Studies of the Mammalian Neuromuscular System ______ Assistant Project ScienƟst University of California, Santa Cruz (Beijing, China) Laura Magnoƫ, Ph.D. B.A.,UniversityofPennsylvania Entered2002*DefendedMay27,2010 Advisor:DavidPaul Gap JuncƟons Between Astrocytes and Oligodendrocytes Are CriƟcal for Normal Glial FuncƟon ______Preceptor in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University Senior Editor, American Journal Experts
David Simon, Ph.D. B.S.,M.S.,BrandeisUniversity Entered2002*DefendedApril30,2008 Advisor:JoshKaplan microRNA RegulaƟon of Synapse FuncƟon in C.elegans ______ Postdoctoral Fellow The Rockefeller University—TessierͲLavigne Lab
Glenn Yiu, M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,ColumbiaUniversity Entered2002*DefendedMay26,2006 Advisor:ZhigangHe Signaling Mechanisms LimiƟng Axon RegeneraƟon in the Adult Central Nervous System ______ Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology University of California, Davis
Victoria Abraira, Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia Entered2003*DefendedMarch30,2009 Advisor:LisaGoodrich Molecular Mechanisms of Inner Ear Morphogenesis ______ Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard Medical School —Ginty Lab Joshua Jacob Buchman, Ph.D. B.A.,RutgersUniversity Entered2003*DefendedOctober1,2009 Advisor:LiͲHueiTsai Roles of centrosome proteins associated with primary microcephaly in mammalian corƟcogenesis ______ Science Advisor Goodwin Procter LLP
Adam Christensen, Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofIowa Entered2003*DefendedMarch30,2009 Advisor:DavidCorey The Role of TRP Channels in MechanosensaƟon ______ Special Agent Federal Bureau of InvesƟgaƟon
Stephanie Courchesne Schlink, Ph.D. B.S.,DavidsonCollege Entered2003*DefendedNovember3,2009 Advisor:RosalindSegal SpaƟal Aspects of Neuronal Survival Signaling in Sensory Neurons: A Role for Mef2D and BclͲw ______ Health Sciences Policy Analyst NaƟonal InsƟtutes of Health
Luis de la Torre Ubieta, Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofPuertoRico Entered2003*DefendedMay4,2010 Advisor:AzadBonni TranscripƟonal RegulaƟon of Neuronal Polarity ______ Postdoctoral Fellow University of California at Los Angeles—Geschwind Lab Xuecai Ge, Ph.D. B.S.,BeijingUniversity M.S.,TsinghuaUniversity Entered2003*DefendedApril8,2009 Advisor:LiͲHueiTsai FuncƟons of the Centrosome in Embryonic Neurogenesis ______ Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford University Medical Center—ScoƩ Lab
Johannes Haushofer, Ph.D. B.A.,OxfordUniversity Entered2003*DefendedMarch26,2008 Advisor:MargaretLivingstone CorƟcal Object RepresentaƟons ______ Assistant Professor of Psychology Princeton University
MaƩhew Hemming, Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego M.D.,HarvardMedicalSchool Entered2003*DefendedSeptember10,2007 Advisor:DennisSelkoe RegulaƟon of BetaͲAmyloid Protein Levels by ProteolyƟc DegradaƟon and Its ImplicaƟons for Alzheimer’s Disease ______ Clinical Fellow in Oncology Dana Farber Cancer InsƟtute—Bradner Lab
YounͲYoung Kate Hong, Ph.D. B.S.,BrownUniversity Entered2003*DefendedApril21,2010 Advisor:JoshuaSanes Structure and Development of ReƟnal Ganglion Cells ______ Postdoctoral Fellow Columbia University—Bruno Lab Aaron Kerlin, Ph.D. B.A.,OberlinCollege Enterd2003*DefendedJanuary18,2011 Advisor:R.ClayReid Response properƟes of inhibitory neuron subtypes in mouse visual cortex ______ Postdoctoral Fellow Janelia Farm—Svoboda Lab
Allison Terra Knoll, Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofWisconsinatMadison Entered2003*DefendedNovember9,2009 Advisor:BillCarlezon Role of Kappa Opioid Receptors in Fear and AnxietyͲlike Behavior in Rats ______ Postdoctoral Fellow University of Southern California—Zilkha Lab
Camilo Libedinsky, Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofChile Entered2003*DefendedMay6,2009 Advisor:MargeLivingstone Neuronal Mechanisms of Visual PercepƟon: Role of Early Visual and Prefrontal CorƟcal Areas in Conscious Awareness ______ Assistant Professor of Psychology NaƟonal University of Singapore
Timothy Mosca, Ph.D. B.S.,M.S.,YaleUniversity Entered2003*DefendedApril23,2009 Advisor:ThomasSchwarz Nuclear Import and Synapse to Nucleus Signalling at the Drosophila Neuromuscular JuncƟon ______ Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford University—Luo Lab Carlos Ponce, M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofUtah Entered2003*DefendedMay22,2008 Advisor:RickBorn IntegraƟng Visual InformaƟon through Parallel Pathways ______ Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard Medical School — Livingstone Lab
Pavan Ramdya, Ph.D. B.A.,DrewUniversity Entered2003*DefendedMay1,2009 Advisor:FlorianEngert DirecƟon selecƟvity in the larval zebraĮsh opƟc tectum ______ SNSF Advanced Postdoctoral Fellow California InsƟtute of Technology—Dickinson Lab
James Fitzhugh Sturgill, Ph.D. B.S.,DavidsonCollege Entered2003*DefendedSeptember30,2009 Advisor:BernardoSabaƟni AcƟvityͲdependent RegulaƟon of Synapse Structure and FuncƟon: Roles of PSDͲ95 and the Metabolic Sensor, AMPK ______ Postdoctoral Fellow Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory—Kepecs Lab
Geoīrey Tanner, Ph.D. B.S.,M.A.L.S.,WesleyanUniversity Entered2002*DefendedJuly29,2009 Advisor:GaryYellen K(ATP) Channels, Metabolism, and Neuronal Excitability ______ VisiƟng Lecturer Mt. Holyoke College Max TischĮeld, Ph.D. B.A.,RutgersUniversity Entered2003*DefendedApril23,2009 Advisor:ElizabethEngle Human Eye Movement Disorders Help IdenƟfy Molecular and GeneƟc EƟologies of Novel Neurological Syndromes ______Postdoctoral Fellow Boston Children’s Hospital—Engle Lab
Rochelle WiƩ, M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofIllinois,Urbana Entered2003*DefendedJune22,2010 Advisor:RosalindSegal Of Structure and FuncƟon: The Nature of the Sonic HedgehogͲHeparan Sulfate Proteoglycan InteracƟon ______ Child Neurologist New York City
Eiman AbdelͲAzim, Ph.D. B.S.,B.A.,StanfordUniversity Entered2004*DefendedNovember20,2009 Advisor:JeīreyMacklis Molecular Controls over NeocorƟcal Neuronal Diversity and Oligodendrocyte Development ______ Postdoctoral Fellow Columbia University Medical Center—Jessel Lab
Jessica Appler, Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia Entered2004*DefendedApril22,2010 Advisor:LisaGoodrich The Molecular and Morphological Development of Spiral Ganglion Neurons ______ Public Health Analyst BARDA/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Parizad Bilimoria, Ph.D. B.S.,M.S.,BrandeisUniversity Entered2004*DefendedMay Advisor:AzadBonni Signaling Mechanisms RegulaƟng Neuronal Morphogenesis in the Cerebellar Cortex ______ Director of Programming and Outreach Harvard University—ConteͲCBS Colloquium on Mental Health
Dravida Das Bock, Ph.D. B.S.,BrownUniversity Entered2004*DefendedJanuary10,2011 Advisor:R.ClayReid Network Anatomy and In Vivo Physiology from a Group of Visual CorƟcal Neurons ______ Group Leader Janelia Farm
Kelly Dakin, Ph.D. B.A.,BowdoinCollege Entered2004*DefendedSeptember6,2011 Advisor:BruceYankner Novel Biological FuncƟons of Hemoglobin in the Brain ______ Database Curator Alzforum
Nathan Gouwens, Ph.D. B.A.,NorthwesternUniversity Entered2004*DefendedJuly15,2009 Advisor:RachelWilson Processing of Neural Signals in the Drosophila Olfactory System ______ ScienƟst I The Allen InsƟtute for Brain Science Peri Kurshan, Ph.D. B.Sc.,BrownUniversity Entered2004*DefendedMarch4,2010 Advisor:ThomasSchwarz The Role of Alpha2deltaͲ3 in CalciumͲChannel LocalizaƟon, SynapƟc FuncƟon and Bouton FormaƟon ______ Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford University—Shen Lab
Jason Neal, Ph.D. B.S.,HamptonUniversity M.D.,ColumbiaUniversityMedicalCenter(2014) Entered2004*DefendedAugust3,2010 Advisor:ChristopherA.Walsh Insights into the role of Filamin A and Arfgef2 genes in periventricular heteropia formaƟon ______ Resident in Neurology Columbia University Medical Center
Shawn R. Olsen, Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofUtah Entered2004*DefendedAugust11,2008 Advisor:RachelWilson SynapƟc and Circuit Mechanisms of Odor Processing in Drosophila ______ Assistant InvesƟgator The Allen InsƟtute for Brain Science
Irit Rappley, Ph.D. B.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered2004*DefendedMay1,2009 Advisor:DennisSelkoe SelecƟve Eīects of AlphaͲSynuclein on Membrane Phospholipids and Mitochondrial FuncƟon ______ ScienƟst II Celgene Leigh Amanda Sadacca, Ph.D. B.A.,UniversityofPennsylvania Entered2004*DefendedJuly15,2010 Advisor:CharlesWeitz 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.,StanfordUniversity Entered2004*DefendedDecember17,2007 Advisor:DennisSelkoe,BernardoSabaƟni Soluble Abeta Oligomers and SynapƟc DysfuncƟon in Alzheimer’s Disease ______ Medical Resident in Neurosurgery MassachuseƩs General Hospital
Yue Yang, Ph.D. B.S.,StanfordUniversity Entered2004*DefendedMay3,2010 Advisor:AzadBonni A Cdc20ͲAPC UbiquiƟn Signaling Pathway Regulates PresynapƟc DiīerenƟaƟon ______ Postdoctoral Fellow Washington University in St. Louis —Bonni Lab
Kevin Michael Cury, Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley Entered2005*DefendedApril29,2011 Advisor:NaoshigeUchida The Role of Spike Timing in Odor Coding During Sniĸng ______ Postdoctoral Fellow Columbia University—Axel Lab Danos Christodoulou B.S.,UniversityofWisconsinatMadison Entered2005*WithdrewMay11,2006 ______ Withdrew without taking degree Transferred to BBS, defended 2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard Medical School—Seidman Lab
Jamie Fitzgerald, Ph.D. B.S.,StanfordUniversity Entered2005*DefendedAugust23,2011 Advisor:JohnAssad Generalized associaƟve representaƟons in parietal cortex ______ Postdoctoral Fellow The Rockefeller University—the Maimon Lab
Masha Gelfand, Ph.D. B.S.,WashingtonUniversity Entered2005*DefendedApril13,2012 Advisor:ChenghuaGu CharacterizaƟon of the in vivo role of Neuropilin1 during development ______ ScienƟĮc Editor Cell Press
Andrew Jacob Giessel B.S.,UniversityofKansas Entered2005*DefendedAugust19,2010 Advisor:BernardoSabaƟni Local, NonͲlinear RegulaƟon of SynapƟc Signals at DendriƟc Spines of CA1 Pyramidal Cells ______
Data ScienƟst SenseAI J. Stefan Kaczmarek, Ph.D. B.A.,WilliamsCollege Entered2005*DefendedAugust2,2011 Advisor:DavidClapham EnteredSeptember2005 Novel acƟvaƟon mechanisms of TRPC5 reveal its parƟcipaƟon in neuronal growth cone collapse ______ Staī ScienƟst II Genzyme
Nadia LiƩerman, Ph.D. A.B.,PrincetonUniversity Entered2005*DefendedApril12,2011 Advisor:AzadBonni RegulaƟon of Golgi Morphogenesis and Dendrite PaƩerning by UbiquiƟn Signaling ______ ScienƟst and Project Manager 23andMe
Luis Mejia, Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofIllinois–Urbana Entered2005*DefendedJune6,2013 Advisor:AzadBonni InteracƟonproteomicsidenƟĮesanovelHap1ͲTsc1connecƟonthat controlsNeuronalmTORC1signalingandpyramidalneuron morphogenesis ______ Postsdoctoral Fellow Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory — Bo Lab
EllioƩ Merriam B.S.,UniversityofWisconsinatMadison Entered2005*WithdrewMay11,2006 ______ Withdrew without taking degree Enrolled in the University of Wisconsin Ph.D. program in neuroscience Patent Agent, SeaƩle, Washington Michael Hideki Myoga, Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofWashington Entered2005*DefendedFebruary25,2011 Advisor:WadeRegehr CalciumͲDependent SynapƟc PlasƟcity in the Cerebellum ______ Group Leader Ludwig Maximilians Universtat—Munich
Allison Paradise, A.M. B.Sc.,BrownUniversity Entered2005*LeŌNovember1,2009 ______ Withdrew with Master’s degree ExecuƟve Director, My Green Lab
Simina Popa B.S.,UniversityofWashington Entered2005*LeŌJuly19,2007 ______ Withdrew without taking degree Earned Ph.D. from University of Washington Lecturer, University of Washington
Zeev Waks B.S.,TechnionͲIsraelInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered2005*WithdrewNovember27,2006 ______ Transferred to Systems Biology Research ScienƟst, IBM Yi (Joey) Zhou, Ph.D. B.S.,DukeUniversity Entered2005*DefendedDecember16,2011 Advisor:RachelWilson TransducƟon in Drosophila olfactory receptor neurons is invariant to air speed ______ QuanƟtaƟve Researcher TrexQuant Management RachelBortnick,M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,UniversityofChicago M.Phil,CambridgeUniversity Entered2006*DefendedOctober21,2009 Advisor:DietmarSchmucker GeneƟcDissecƟonoftheDscamPathway ______ Pediatrician UniversityHospital—Freiberg
DanielBrady,Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley Entered2006*DefendedOctober28,2011 Advisor:TakaoHensch MechanismsofcrossͲmodalreĮnementbyvisualexperience ______ LeadDataScienƟst HelloAlfred
BreƩCarter,Ph.D. B.S.,GeorgeInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered2005*DefendedJuly27,2011 Advisor:BruceBean SodiumcurrentduringandbetweenacƟonpotenƟalsofGABAergic andglutamatergicneurons ______ PostdoctoralFellow OregonHealth&ScienceUniversity—JahrLab
EunYoungChoi,Ph.D. B.A.,ColumbiaUniversity Entered2006*DefendedJuly29,2013 Advisor:RandyBuckner TheOrganizaƟonofCorƟcostriatalConnecƟvityintheHumanBrain ______ PostdoctoralFellow UniversityofRochester—HaberLab IrinaDelaHuerta,Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege M.D.,UniversityofToronto Entered2006*DefendedApril19,2012 Advisor:JoshuaSanes Expressionandroleofcadherinsinthemammalianvisualsystem ______ MedicalResidentinOphthalmology UniversityofCaliforniaatSanFranciscoMedicalCenter
AdrianaEisner,Ph.D. B.A.,UniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley Entered2006*DefendedJune26,2013 Advisor:RosalindSegal PhosphatomeRNAiScreenIdenƟĮesEya1asaPosiƟveRegulator OfHedgehogSignalTransducƟon ______ Associate McKinsey&Company
SoyonHong,Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofWashington Entered2006*DefendedApril18,2012 Advisor:DennisSelkoe ProbingtheinvivoeconomyofamyloidbetaͲprotein duringthedevelopmentofAlzheimer’sdiseaseͲtypepathology ______ PostdoctoralFellow HarvardMedicalSchool—StevensLab
KuoͲHuaHuang,Ph.D. B.S.,NaƟonalTsinghuaUniversity Entered2006*DefendedApril18,2012 Advisor:FlorianEngert ControlofTurningBehaviorsbySpinalProjecƟonNeurons ______ PostdoctoralFellow FriedrichMeisserInsƟtute,Switzerland YesseniaIbarra,Ph.D. B.S.,SanDiegoStateUniversity Entered2006*DefendedFebruary14,2014 Advisor:DavidClapham CharacterizaƟonofhumanTRPA1andTRPV1channels inresponsetonaturallyoccurringdefensivecompounds ______ PublicHealthAssociate CenterforDiseaseControl(Boston)
MarƟnKurtev,A.M. B.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered2006*WithdrewwithMaster’sdegreeon3/31/2014 Advisor:DavidClapham ______ Whereaboutsunknown
BrendanLehnert,Ph.D. B.S.,StanfordUniversity Entered2006*DefendedApril10,2012 Advisor:RachelWilson DisƟnctrolesofTRPchannelsinauditorytransducƟon andampliĮcaƟoninDrosophila ______ PostdoctoralFellow HarvardMedicalSchool—GintyLab
AlanMardinly,Ph.D. B.A.,UniversityofChicago Entered2006*DefendedJanuary16,2013 Advisor:MichaelE.Greenberg RegulaƟonofSynapseDevelopmentbyAcƟvityDependent TranscripƟoninInhibitoryNeurons ______ PostdoctoralFellow UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley—AdesnikLab AmyMeesunNi,Ph.D. B.A.,DartmouthUniversity Entered2006*DefendedDecember19,2011 Advisor:JohnMaunsell VisualAƩenƟonandtheRoleofNormalizaƟon ______ Analyst TheNewTeachersProject Brooklyn,NewYork
AlexandraSmolyanskaya,Ph.D. B.S.,StateUniversityofNewYorkatStonyBrook Entered2006*DefendedAugust24,2012 Advisor:RichardT.Born DynamicsofcorƟcaldecisioncircuits duringchangesintheĮdelityofsensoryrepresentaƟons ______ DataScienƟst SƟtchFix
MichaelSoskis,Ph.D. B.A.,YaleUniversity Entered2006*DefendedJune20,2012 Advisor:MichaelE.Greenberg AchemicalͲgeneƟcstudyofEphBreceptortyrosinekinase signalinginthedevelopingnervoussystem ______ FoodOperaƟonsManager Spring:DineonDemand
DavidStoppel,Ph.D. B.A.,NewYorkUniversity Entered2006*DefendedJanuary29,2014 Advisor:MaƩhewAnderson SocialBehaviorandGeneExpressionDisturbancesinMouseModels ofAngelmanSyndromeandIdic15AuƟsm ______ WhereaboutsUnknown AshleeVan’tVeer,Ph.D. B.A.,RutgersUniversity Entered2006*DefendedJanuary24,2013 Advisor:BillCarlezon RoleofKappaͲOpioidReceptorsinStressͲInducedBehaviors ______ HealthProgramSpecialist NaƟonalInsƟtuteofNeurologicalDisorders
NinaVujoviđ,Ph.D. B.A.,UniversityofVirginia Entered2006*DefendedOctober8,2013 Advisor:CliīordSaper HypothalamicneuralcircuitsunderlyingcircadianorganizaƟonof behaviorandphysiology ______ PostdoctoralFellow HarvardMedicalSchool—ͲMedicalChronobiologyProgram
OuluWang,Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered2006*DefendedApril13,2012 Advisor:JosephMajzoub GlucocorƟcoidsPromoteObesityandSuppression ofReproducƟveFuncƟonDuringStress ______ EnrolledinHarvardLawSchoolinAugust2015
Zheng(Herbert)Wu,Ph.D. B.S.,FudanUniversity Entered2006*DefendedJuly25,2013 Advisor:CatherineDulac MolecularDissecƟonofNeuralCircuits underlyingParentalBehaviorinMice ______ PostdoctoralFellow ColumbiaUniversity—ShadlenLab AllisonRosenBialas,Ph.D. B.A.,CornellUniversity Entered2007*DefendedApril29,2013 Advisor:BethStevens IniƟaƟngComplementͲdependentSynapƟcReĮnement:Mechanismsof NeuronalC1qRegulaƟon ______ PostdoctoralFellow HarvardMedicalSchool—CarrollLab
MónicaFeliúͲMójer,Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofPuertoRico Entered2007*DefendedJanuary15,2013 Advisor:JoshuaKaplan CouplingthesmallGTPaseRab3totheSynapƟcVesicleCycle ______ ProgramManager CienciaPuertoRico
DavidFerrero,Ph.D. B.S.,M.S.,SwissFederalInsƟtuteofTechnology Diploma,ImperialCollegeLondon Entered2007*DefendedDecember11,2012 Advisor:SteveLiberles OlfactoryControlofInsƟncƟveBehavior ______ Consultant TheBostonConsulƟngGroup
VijayGanesh,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered2007*DefendedJune19,2012 Advisor:ChristopherA.Walsh IdenƟĮcaƟonandCharacterizaƟonofGenesEssenƟalforHumanBrain Development ______ ReturnedtoHarvardMedicalSchool ResidencyatMassachuseƩsGeneralHospital JonathanGarstOrozco,Ph.D. A.B.,WashingtonUniversity Entered2007*DefendedMay9,2014 Advisor:BenceÖlveczky LearningͲRelatedChangesintheFuncƟonalConnecƟvity WithintheZebraFinchSongͲControlCircuit ______ SeniorScienƟst PĮzerPharmaceuƟcals
JulieƩeHan,Ph.D. B.S.,UniversityofCaliforniaatLosAngeles Entered2007*DefendedApril18,2012 Advisor:MustafaSahin TheRoleofTSCinOligodendrocyteDiīerenƟaƟonandMyelinaƟon ______ EngagementManager McKinsey&Company
JocelynLeBlanc,Ph.D. B.A.,ColbyCollege Entered2007*DefendedFebruary25,2013 Advisor:MichelaFagiolini CriƟcalperiodplasƟcityandsensoryfuncƟon inaneuroliginͲ3modelofauƟsm ______ Postdoctoralfellow HarvardMedicalSchool—NelsonLab
EmilyLehrman,Ph.D. B.A.,StanfordUniversity Entered2007*DefendedApril30,2014 Advisor:BethStevens InnateImmuneMoleculesDirectMicrogliaͲMediatedDevelopmental SynapƟcReĮnement ______ PostdoctoralFellow BostonChildren’sHospital—StevensLab ShanLou,Ph.D. B.S.,FudanUniversity Entered2007*DefendedApril1,2013 Advisor:QiufuMa DevelopmentandFuncƟonsofCͲLowͲThresholdMechanoreceptors ______ PostdoctoralFellow HarvardUniversity—AdamCohenLab
EricLuth,Ph.D. B.A.,ColbyCollege Entered2007*DefendedApril1,2014 Advisor:DennisSelkoe PhysiologicalandPathologicalCharacterizaƟon ofAlphaͲSynucleinOligomers ______ TEACRSPostdoctoralFellow TuŌsUniversitySchoolofMedicine
AtharMalik,M.D./Ph.D. B.S.,JohnsHopkinsUniversity Entered2007*DefendedMay9,2013 Advisor:MichaelGreenberg GenomeͲwideidenƟĮcaƟonandcharacterizaƟonof sƟmulusͲresponsiveenhancersinthenervoussystem ______ ResidentinNeurosurgery MassachuseƩsGeneralHospital
LiaYoonͲHongMin,Ph.D. B.S.,B.F.A.,UniversityofMichiganatAnnArbor Entered2007*DefendedJuly26,2012 Advisor:MichelaFagiolini ExperienceͲDependentLossofCrossͲModalPlasƟcity inMouseVisualCortex ______ ArtͲScienceResearchFellow UniversityofMichiganSchoolofArt&Design KathleenQuast,Ph.D. B.F.A.,UniversityofWisconsinatMadison Entered2007*DefendedSeptember17,2012 Advisor:TakaoHensch FuncƟonalDevelopmentandPlasƟcityofParvalbuminCellsinVisual Cortex:RoleofThalamocorƟcalInput ______ PostdoctoralFellow BaylorCollegeofMedicine—ArenkielLab
HeatherRice,Ph.D. B.A.,UniversityofOklahomaatNorman Entered2007*DefendedMay3,2013 Advisor:DennisSelkoe RegulaƟonoftheproteolyƟcprocessingandfuncƟonofAmyloid PrecursorProteinbycandidateligands ______ PostdoctoralFellow KULeuven—DeStrooperLab
DouglasRuī,Ph.D. B.S.,CollegeofWilliamandMary Entered2007*DefendedJanuary12,2012 Advisor:RichardT.Born NeuronalTuningandItsRoleinAƩenƟon ______ PostdoctoralFellow UniversityofPiƩsburgh—CohenLab
JohnSalogiannis,Ph.D. B.A.,B.S.,UniversityofMarylandatCollegePark Entered2007*DefendedJune27,2013 Advisor:MichaelGreenberg RegulaƟonofexcitatorysynapsedevelopmentbytheRhoGEFEphexin5 ______ PostdoctoralFellow HarvardMedicalSchool—ReckͲPetersonLab DanielE.Smith,A.M. B.S.,CarnegieMellonUniversity Entered2007*LeŌJuly1,2010 Advisor:ClayReid ______ WithdrewwithMaster’sdegree WhereaboutsUnknown
AliceYiquingWang,Ph.D. B.A.,ColumbiaUniversity Entered2007*DefendedJuly26,2012 Advisor:NaoshigeUchida NeuralsubstratesofchoosingacƟonsandmoƟvaƟonaldrive, aroleforthestriatum ______ PostdoctoralFellow HarvardMedicalSchool—HarveyLab
SaraJ.Fenstermacher,Ph.D. B.A.,BucknellUniversity Entered2009*DefendedFebruary27,2015 Advisor:RosalindSegal Fromnucleustoaxon:SpaƟalregulaƟonofbclwmRNA promotesneurotrophinͲdependentaxonsurvival ______ PostdoctoralFellow ColumbiaUniversity—JessellLab
MehmetFisek,Ph.D. A.B.,BrandeisUniversity Entered2008*DefendedApril17,2014 Advisor:RachelWilson ConnecƟvityandComputaƟons inHigherͲOrderOlfactoryNeuronsinDrosophila ______ PostdoctoralFellow UniversityCollegeLondon—HausserLab AllisonProvost,Ph.D. B.A.,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley Entered2008*DefendedMarch10,2015 Advisor:VenkateshMurthy SerotoninergicModulaƟonoftheOlfactoryBulb ______ ScienƟĮcProgramManager OrionBionetworks,Inc.
TingRen,A.M. B.S.,BeijingNormalUniversity Entered2008*LeŌSeptember1,2010 Advisor:CatherineDulac ______ WithdrewwithMaster’sdegree VicePresidentofacompanyinBeijing,China (noEnglishtranslaƟongiven)
CameronSadegh,M.D./Ph.D. S.B.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered2008*DefendedJune14,2013 Advisor:JeīreyMacklis DirecteddiīerenƟaƟonofmouseembryonicstemcells intoneocorƟcaloutputneurons ______ InterninNeurosurgery MassachuseƩsGeneralHospital
ArpiarSaunders,Ph.D. B.A.,SwarthmoreCollege Entered2008*DefendedJuly28,2014 Advisor:BernardoSabaƟni AdirectGABAergicoutputfromthebasalgangliatofrontalcortex ______ PostdoctoralFellow HarvardMedicalSchool—McCarrollLab AlexandraKrol,Ph.D. B.A.,M.Sci,CambridgeUniversity Entered2008*DefendedMarch20,2015 Advisor:LisaGoodrich RegulaƟonofneuronaldendritedevelopmentandmigraƟon bytheatypicalcadherinFat3 ______ PostdoctoralFellow MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology—FengLab
AllisonNishitani,Ph.D. B.A.,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia Entered2008*DefendedJuly25,2014 Advisor:LisaGoodrich TheroleofNetrinͲ1insemicircularcanalmorphogenesis ______ Teacher ChoateRosemaryHall
IanOldenburg,Ph.D. B.S.,CarnegieMellonUniversity Entered2008*DefendedJuly11,2014 Advisor:BernardoSabaƟni BasalGangliaModulaƟonofCorƟcalFiringRates inaBehavingAnimal ______ PostdoctoralFellow UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley—AdesnikLab
RajeshPoddarPh.D. A.B.,PrincetonUniversity Entered2008*DefendedApril9,2015 Advisor:BenceÖlveczky AhighͲthroughputsystemforautomatedtraining combinedwithconƟnuouslongͲtermneuralrecordingsinrodents ______ QuanƟtaƟveAnalyst JumpTrading,L.L.C. DavidStrochlic,Ph.D. B.A.,TuŌsUniversity Entered2008*DefendedMay5,2015 Advisor:SteveLiberles MolecularandGeneƟcAnalysisoftheVagusNerve ______ PostdoctoralFellow HarvardMedicalSchool—LiberlesLab
MonicaThanawala,Ph.D. A.B..,HarvardUniversity Entered2008*DefendedMay1,2014 Advisor:WadeRegehr ControlofNeurotransmiƩerReleaseProperƟes byPresynapƟcCalcium ______ PostdoctoralFellow HarvardUniversity—ZhuangLab
MaryWertz,Ph.D. B.A.,BostonCollege Entered2008*DefendedApril13,2015 Advisor:MustafaSahin AberrantmicroRNAExpressioninSMAMotorNeurons ______ PostdoctoralFellow HarvardMedicalSchool—SahinLab
JessicaYano,A.M. B.S.,CaliforniaInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered2008*WithdrewJune18,2012 ______ WithdrewwithaMaster’sdegree ResearchScienƟst CaliforniaInsƟtuteofTechnology(HsiaoLab) WenjiaYou,Ph.D. B.A.,TsinghuaUniversity Entered2008*DefendedMay7,2015 Advisor:ConnieCepko LineageandFuncƟonalAnalysesofSpeciĮcSubsets ofReƟnalProgenitorCells ______ Consultant McKinsey&Company
AllisonBakerChang,Ph.D. B.A.,DartmouthUniversity Entered2009*DefendedApril28,2015 Advisor:RachelWilson EncodinganddecodingmechanosensoryinformaƟon onmulƟpleƟmescales ______ EnrolledinHarvardMedicalSchoolAugust2015
JosephBell,M.D./Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardUniversity Entered2009*DefendedApril17,2015 Advisor:RachelWilson NonͲlinearsƟmulusintegraƟoninolfactorybehavior ______ ReturnedtoHarvardMedicalSchool
LukeBogart,Ph.D. B.A.,RochesterUniversity Entered2009*DefendedAugust14,2015 Advisor:TakaoHensch SynapƟcspeciĮcityandplasƟcityinparvalbuminͲbasketcellcircuits ______ PlansuncertainasofAugust2015 AnnaChambers,Ph.D. B.A.,JohnsHopkinsUniversity Entered2009*DefendedDecember9,2014 Advisor:DanielPolley ProgressiverecoveryofcorƟcalandmidbrainsoundfeatureencoding Followingprofoundcochlearneuropathy ______ PostdoctoralFellow UniversityofMainz—RumpelLab
TimothyDunn,Ph.D. B.A.,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley Entered2009*DefendedApril20,2015 Advisor:FlorianEngert BrainͲwideneuraldynamicsunderlyingloomingͲevokedescapes andspontaneousexploraƟon ______ PostdoctoralFellow HarvardUniversityͲEngertLab
JessicaHauser,Ph.D. B.A.,OberlinCollege Entered2009*DefendedJuly17,2014 Advisor:ChinfeiChen MechanismsShapingExcitatoryTransmission attheDevelopingReƟnogeniculateSynapse ______ ReturnedtoBaylorCollegeofMedicine tocompleteMD/Ph.D.program
DavidHildebrand,Ph.D. B.A.,NortheasternUniversity Entered2009*DefendedMarch23,2015 Advisor:FlorianEngert WholeͲbrainfuncƟonalandstructuralexaminaƟon inlarvalzzebraĮsh ______ PostdoctoralFellow TheRockefellerUniversity—FreiwaldLab TillyKimm,Ph.D. B.A.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered2009*DefendedDecember3,2014 Advisor:BruceBean PotassiumandSodiumCurrentsRegulaƟng PacemakingandBurstFiringinSubstanƟaNigraDopamineNeurons ______ ProfessionalTangoDancer
DimitarKostadinov,Ph.D. B.A.,McGillUniversity Entered2009*DefendedMay13,2015 Advisor:JoshuaSanes MechanismandfuncƟonofdendriƟcselfͲavoidanceandself/nonͲself discriminaƟoninthemammaliannervoussystem ______ PostdoctoralFellow UniversityCollegeLondon—HausserLab
AndrewLutas,Ph.D. B.A.,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity Entered2009*DefendedApril7,2015 Advisor:GaryYellen CellularMetabolismModulatesIonChannels thatRegulateNeuronalExcitability ______ PostdoctoralFellow HarvardMedicalSchool—AndermannLab
CaleighMandelͲBrehm B.A.,UniversityofWisconsin—Madison Entered2009*DefendedOctober28,2015 Advisor:MichaelE.Greenberg ABehavioralandMolecularApproach forUnderstandingAngelmanSyndrome ______ PostdoctoralFellow HarvardMedicalSchool—GreenbergLab AliciaNugent B.A.,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley Entered2009 Advisor:ElizabethEngle ______ SƟllenrolled
StanislavPashkovski B.S.,BrandeisUniversity Entered2009 Advisor:SandeepRobertDaƩa ______ SƟllenrolled
RebeccaReh,Ph.D. B.A.,UniversityofWashington Entered2009*DefendedJuly16,2015 Advisor:TakaoHensch ArapidpeakingammapowersignalscriƟcalperiodplasƟcity inthedevelopingmousevisualcortex ______ PlansuncertainasofAugust2015
JasonYamadaͲHanī,Ph.D. B.A.,SwarthmoreCollege Entered2009*DefendedDecember16,2014 Advisor:BruceBean RegulaƟonofhippocampalpyramidalneuronexcitability BysubthresholdvoltageͲdependentconductances ______ StarƟngupaneducaƟonaloutreachcompany (asofAugust2015) DanielBear B.A.,HarvardCollege Entered2010 Advisor:SandeepRobertDaƩa ______ SƟllenrolled
RachelDonahue B.A.,BowdoinCollege Entered2010 Advisor:WilliamCarlezon ______ SƟllenrolled
AlanEmanuel B.S.,WashingtonStateUniversity Entered2010 Advisor:MichaelDo ______ SƟllenrolled
CatherineHartman B.A.,DukeUniversity Entered2010 Advisor:MichaelWolfe ______ Withdrewwithouttakingdegree Associate,TheBostonConsultantGroup Xun(Helen)Hou B.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered2010 Advisor:BernardoSabaƟni ______ SƟllenrolled
WenFanHu,M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,YaleUniversity Entered2010*DefendedJune10,2014 Advisor:ChristopherA.Walsh BuildingaBiggerBrain:CentrioleControle ofCerebralCorƟcalDevelopment ______ ReturnedtoHarvardMedicalSchool
DivyaJayaraman,M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,HarvardCollege Entered2010*DefendedJune15,2015 Advisor:ChristopherA.Walsh Theroleofcentriolebiogenesisincontrolofbrainsize ______ ReturnedtoHarvardMedicalSchool
WendyLiu,M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,PrincetonUniversity Entered2010*DefendedApril14,2014 Advisor:RachelWilson WhenHotIsNottheOppositeofCold: ThermosensoryProcessingintheDrosophilaBrain ______ ReturnedtoHarvardMedicalSchool IanMcLachlan B.S.,UniversityofMichigan(AnnArbor) Entered2010 Advisor:MaxwellHeiman ______ SƟllenrolled
DanielMillman B.A.,M.S.,JohnsHopkinsUniversity Entered2010 Advisor:VenkateshMurthy ______ SƟllenrolled
AlexanderMurphy,Ph.D. B.A.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered2010*DefendedApril30,2015 Advisor:JeīreyMacklis RNAandproteinnetworksthatlocallycontrolbrainwiring duringdevelopment ______ Consultant McKinsey&Company
SarahPease B.S.,BrandeisUniversity Entered2010 Advisor:RosalindSegal ______ SƟllenrolled DavidRoberson,Ph.D. B.A.,M.B.A.,HardingUniversity Entered2010*DefendedSeptember18,2015 Advisor:CliīordWoolf AnalysisofvoluntarybehaviortointerrogateneuralfuncƟon ______ Unknkown
MichaelSusman,M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,StanfordUniversity Entered2010*DefendedJune24,2015 Advisor:MichaelE.Greenberg TheWnt5aͲRorSignalingPathwayintheMorphogenesis oftheEmbryo ______ ReturnedtoHarvardMedicalSchool
TaralynTan B.S.,OregonStateUniversity Entered2010 Advisor:SandeepRobertDaƩa ______ SƟllenrolled
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AlexanderTroƩ B.S.,BrandeisUniversity Entered2010 Advisor:RickBorn ______ SƟllEnrolled
CarolineWee B.A.,CornellUniversity Entered2010 Advisor:FlorianEngert ______ SƟllenrolled
AlexanderWiltschko B.E.,TsinghuaUniversity Entered2010 Advisor:NaoshigeUchida ______ SƟllenrolled MashaBloom B.A.,BarnardCollege Entered2011 Advisor:SandeepRobertDaƩa ______ SƟllenrolled
LaurenCarvalho A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered2011*WithdrewJuly26,2013 Advisor:VenkateshMurthy ______ Withdrewwithoutdegree EnrolledatTuŌsVeterinarySchool
RyanDosumuͲJohnson B.S.,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles Entered2011 Advisor:SusanDymecki ______ SƟllEnrolled
LauraDriscoll B.S.,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley Entered2011 Advisor:ChristopherHarvey ______ SƟllenrolled NeirEshel,M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,PrincetonUniversity M.S.C.,UniversityCollege,London Entered2011*DefendedMay9,2014 Advisor:NaoshigeUchida ArithmeƟcandLocalCircuitryUnderlyingDopaminePredicƟonErrors ______ ReturnedtoHarvardMedicalSchool
NickJikomes B.S.,UniversityofWisconsin,Madison Entered2011 Advisor:MarkAndermann ______ SƟllenrolled
MounirKoussa,Ph.D. B.A.,UniversityofArizona Entered2011*DefendedApril15,2015 Advisor:DavidCorey TheBiophysicsofVertebrateHearing:ASingleͲMoleculeApproach ______ FounderofCanary,Inc.
GaYoungLee B.S.,KoreaAdvancedInsƟtuteofScienceandTechnology Entered2011 Advisor:TomSchwarz ______ SƟllenrolled ElizabethLitvina B.A.,M.A.,WesleyanUniversity Entered2011 Advisor:ChinfeiChen ______ SƟllenrolled
JinyueLiu B.A.,CambridgeUniversity Entered2011 Advisor:JoshuaSanes ______ SƟllenrolled
Zhihao(Thomas)Luo A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered2011 Advisor:JohnMaunsell ______ SƟllenrolled
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NicoleNeubarth B.A.,UniversityofChicago Entered2011 Advisor:DavidGinty ______ SƟllenrolled
ShayNeufeld B.S.,McGillUniversity Entered2011 Advisor:BernardoSabaƟni ______ SƟllenrolled
TimOtchy B.A.,GeorgiaStateUniversity M.A.,TuŌsUniversity B.S.,GeorgiaInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered2011 Advisor:BenceÖlveczky ______ SƟllenrolled HyeͲYeonPark,A.M. B.S.,M.S.,KoreaAdvancedInsƟtuteofScienceandTechnology Entered2011*WithdrewwithMaster’sdegree11/14/2014 Advisor:MariaLehƟnen ______ ScienƟst NovarƟs,Inc.
AlexSimon B.A.,LewisandClarkCollege Entered2011 Advisor:MichelaFagiolini ______ SƟllenrolled
GregorySousa B.S.,BatesCollege Entered2011*WithdrewSeptember1,2011 ______ Withdrewwithoutdegree EnrolledinUniversityofPennsylvaniaVeterinarySchool
PriyaSrikanth,M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,WashingtonUniversity Entered2011*DefendedMay11,2015 Advisor:DennisSelkoe SchizophreniaͲrelevantDISC1interrupƟonrevealssubtlealteraƟons inWntsignalingandcellfateinhumaniPSCͲderivedneurons ______ ReturnedtoHarvardMedicalSchool ErikaWilliams B.A.,WilliamsCollege Entered2011 Advisor:SteveLiberles ______ SƟllenrolled
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Zhiqi(Candice)Yip B.S.,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia Entered2011 Advisor:MaxwellHeiman ______ SƟllenrolled BenjaminAndreone B.S.,UniversityofMaryland—CollegePark Entered2012 Advisor:ChenghuaGu ______ SƟllenrolled
GregoryBryman B.S.,UniversityofRochester Entered2012 Advisor:MichaelDo ______ SƟllenrolled
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YunXiangChu,M.D./Ph.D. B.A.,StanfordUniversity Entered2012*DefendedApril15,2014 Advisor:WadeRegehr TheRoleofProteinKinaseCinShortͲTermPlasƟcity ______ ReturnedtoHarvardMedicalSchool MichaelCoulter A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered2012 Advisor:ChristopherWalsh ______ SƟllenrolled
ErshelaDurresi B.S.,M.S.,YaleUniversity Entered2012 Advisor:MichaelE.Greenberg ______ SƟllenrolled
RichardHeld B.S.,TulaneUniversity Entered2012 Advisor:PascalKaeser ______ SƟllenrolled
BenyamKinde B.S.,UniversityofMaryland—BalƟmoreCounty Entered2012 Advisor:MichaelE.Greenberg ______ SƟllenrolled GilMandelbaum B.S.,TelAvivUniversity Entered2012 Advisor:BernardoSabaƟni ______ SƟllenrolled
MaƩhiasMinderer B.S.,UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego Entered2012 Advisor:ChristopherHarvey ______ SƟllenrolled
TaraRaam B.S.,UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego Entered2012 Advisor:AmarSahay ______ SƟllenrolled
RohanRamesh B.S.,BrownUniversity Entered2012 Advisor:MarkAndermann ______ SƟllenrolled HannahSomhegyi B.A.,LewisandClarkCollege Entered2012 Advisor:DraganaRogulja ______ SƟllenrolled
ChristopherTzeng B.A.,RiceUniversity Entered2012 Advisor:MichaelE.Greenberg ______ SƟllenrolled
HugoVegaͲRamirez B.S.,UniversityofCalifornia,Davis Entered2012 Advisor:AmarSahay ______ SƟllenrolled
ChrisƟnaWelsh B.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered2012 Advisor:BethStevens ______ SƟllenrolled YuwenWu B.A.,UniversityofChicago Entered2012 Advisor:BethStevens ______ SƟllenrolled
AndreaYung B.S.,StanfordUniversity Entered2012 Advisor:LisaGoodrich ______ SƟllenrolled
AlexBatchelor B.A.,CambridgeUniversity Entered2013 Advisor:RachelWilson ______ SƟllenrolled
MichaelBukwich B.S.,NewYorkUniversity Entered2013 Advisor:NaoshigeUchida ______ SƟllenrolled ChesterChia B.A.,RutgersUniversity Entered2013 Advisor:LisaGoodrich ______ SƟllenrolled
BrianChow B.S.,UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego Entered2013 Advisor:ChenghuaGu ______ SƟllenrolled
NicholasDeSteĮno B.S.,B.A.,UniversityofPiƩsburgh Entered2013 Advisor:JesseGray ______ SƟllenrolled
MichelleFrank B.A.,SaintOlafCollege Entered2013 Advisor:DraganaRogulja ______ SƟllenrolled MorganFreret B.S.,StanfordUniversity Entered2013 Advisor:SusanDymecki ______ SƟllenrolled
GrigoriGuitchounts B.A.,BostonUniversity Entered2013 Advisor:DavidCox ______ SƟllenrolled
ChongGuo B.S.,UniversityofMichigan,AnnArbor B.S.,CornellUniversity Entered2013 Advisor:WadeRegehr ______ SƟllenrolled
JamesHarris B.A.,BowdoinCollege Entered2013 Advisor:PaolaArloƩa ______ SƟllenrolled StephenHoltz B.S.,UniversityofVirginia Entered2013 Advisor:RachelWilson ______ SƟllenrolled
KeeWuiHuang B.S.,M.S.,StanfordUniversity Entered2013 Advisor:BernardoSabaƟni ______ SƟllenrolled
MinsukHyun B.S.,StanfordUniversity Entered2013 Advisor:BernardoSabaƟni ______ SƟllenrolled
RobertJohnson B.S.,WashingtonUniversity Entered2013 Advisor:FlorianEngert ______ SƟllenrolled JessleenKanwal B.S.,UniversityofVirginia Entered2013 Advisor:AravinthanSamuel ______ SƟllenrolled
AngelaKim B.S.,YonseiUniversity M.S.,KoreaInsƟtuteofScienceandTechnology Entered2013 Advisor:BradfordLowell ______ SƟllenrolled
ElizabethLamkin B.S.,HaverfordCollege Entered2013 Advisor:MaxwellHeiman ______ SƟllenrolled
SungLing(Dean)Lee B.S.,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles Entered2013 Advisor:PaolaArloƩa ______ SƟllenrolled Aleksandr(Sasha)Rayshubskiy B.S.,M.Eng.,CornellUniversity Entered2013 Advisor:RachelWilson ______ SƟllenrolled
IvanSanƟago B.S.,M.A.,CityCollegeofNewYork Entered2013 Advisor:MaƩhewPecot ______ SƟllenrolled
BryanSong B.S.,UniversityofTexas,AusƟn Entered2013 Advisor:DraganaRogulja ______ SƟllenrolled
StephenThornquist B.S.,WashingtonUniversity Entered2013 Advisor:MichaelCrickmore ______ SƟllenrolled JosefTurecek B.S.,UniversityofWashington Entered2013 Advisor:WadeRegehr ______ SƟllenrolled
Huaiying(ShanShan)Wang B.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered2013 Advisor:PascalKaeser ______ SƟllenrolled
Xingjie(Stephen)Zhang B.A.,GrinnellCollege Entered2013 Advisor:DraganaRogulja ______ SƟllenrolled
AsaBarthͲMaron B.S.,LehighUniversity Entered2014 Advisor:RachelWilson ______ SƟllenrolled MaƩhewBaum B.S.,M.S.,YaleUniversity M.Sc.,UniversityofDublin Entered2014 Advisor:BethStevens ______ SƟllenrolled
CesarEchavarria B.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered2014 Advisor:DavidCox ______ SƟllenrolled
KellyGirskis B.A.,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia Entered2014 Advisor:ChristopherWalsh ______ SƟllenrolled
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KrisƟneLyon B.A.,LewisandClarkCollege Entered2014 Advisor:SusanDymecki ______ SƟllenrolled
MichaelMarquis B.S.,ArizonaStateUniversity Entered2014 Advisor:RachelWilson ______ SƟllenrolled
EricMulhall B.S.,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruz Entered2014 Advisor:DavidCorey ______ SƟllenrolled SivaprathaNagappanCheƫar B.A.,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley Entered2014 Advisor:HisashiUmemori ______ SƟllenrolled
AurelNagy B.S.,BrownUniversity Entered2014 Advisor:MichaelE.Greenberg ______ SƟllenrolled
PaolaPatella B.S.,UniversityofGenoa M.Sc.,UniversityofTrento Entered2014 Advisor:RachelWilson ______ SƟllenrolled
NoahPeƫt B.Sc.,UniversityCollegeLondon Entered2014 Advisor:ChristopherHarvey ______ SƟllenrolled RachelReiīRodin B.S.,EmoryUniversity Entered2014 Advisor:ChristopherWalsh ______ SƟllenrolled
NesibeTemiz B.S.,M.Sc.,UniversityofBogazici Entered2014 Advisor:CliīordWoolf ______ SƟllenrolled
HeYang B.S.,TsinghuaUniversity Entered2014 Advisor:SamKunes ______ SƟllenrolled
EeͲLynnYap B.S.,YaleUniversity Entered2014 Advisor:MichaelE.Greenberg ______ SƟllenrolled QiyuZhang B.S.,BrandeisUniversity Entered2014 Advisor:DavidGinty ______ SƟllenrolled
JamesBohnslav A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered2015 ______ SƟllenrolled
SenanEbrahim A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered2015 Advisor:SydCash ______ SƟllenrolled
AlexanderGreben B.Sc.,McGillUniversity Entered2015 ______ SƟllenrolled AllisonHamilos Sc.B.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered2015 ______ SƟllenrolled
Xiaomeng(Mona)Han B.S.,TsinghuaUniversity Entered2015 ______ SƟllenrolled
LingfengHou B.S.,TsinghuaUniversity Entered2015 ______ SƟllenrolled
NarendraJoshi B.A.,AmherstCollege Entered2015 ______ SƟllenrolled LaurenKershberg B.A.,PomonaCollege Entered2015 ______ SƟllenrolled
EmmaKrause B.S.,DavidsonCollege Entered2015 ______ SƟllenrolled
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KellyMcGuire A.B.,Sc.B.,BrownUniversity Entered2015 ______ SƟllenrolled AlexandraMoore B.S.,UniversityofOregon Entered2015 ______ SƟllenrolled
RebeccaSenŌ B.A.,SwarthmoreCollege Entered2015 ______ SƟllenrolled
ClaraStarkweather B.S.,DukeUniversity Entered2015 Advisor:NaoshigeUchida ______ SƟllenrolled
AniqaTasnim B.A.,JohnsHopkinsUniversity Entered2015 ______ SƟllenrolled NivanthikaWimalasena A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered2015 ______ SƟllenrolled