program in neuroscience
PhD Students in the Program in Neuroscience
Upcoming Thesis Defenses:
Alex Koon (Mentor: Vivian Budnik) Defense on October 28, 2011 (1:30pm, LRB 716)
Johnna Doherty (Mentor: Marc Freeman) Defense on November 14, 2011 (Time/Location TBA)
Recent Thesis Defenses:
Jennifer Broderick (Mentors: Neil Aronin and Phil Zamore) Defense on July 26, 2011 (2:00pm, LRB 816)
Jamie Donnelly (Mentor: Mark Alkema) Defense on August 4, 2011 (2:00pm, LRB 716).
Reina Improgo (Mentor: Paul Gardner) Defense on August 10, 2011 (1:00 pm, BNRI Room 205)
Sue-Wei Lin (Mentor: Tzumin Lee) Defense on August 16, 2011 (2:00pm, LRB 716)
Senior students who have passed the Qualifying Exam and are conducting thesis research
Navonil Banerjee (Mentor: Michael Francis)
Belinda Barbagallo (Mentor: Mike Francis)
Cassandra Blanchette (Mentor: Claire Bénard)
Christopher Burke (Mentor: Scott Waddell)
Joanna Chaurette (Mentors: Neil Aronin & Phil Zamore) (MD/PhD Program)
Hui-Min Chen (Mentor: Tzumin Lee)
Christopher Clark (Mentor: Mark Alkema)
Johnna Doherty (Mentor: Marc Freeman)
Yuly Fuentes Medel (Mentors: Vivian Budnik & Marc Freeman)
Luke Gabriel (Mentor: Haley Melikian)
Tianfeng (Daniel) Ge (Mentor: Vivian Budnik)
Yung-Chi Huang (Mentor: Mark Alkema)
Kimberly Kerr (Mentor: Marc Freeman)
Alex Koon (Mentor: Vivian Budnik)
Ceren Korkut (Mentor: Vivian Budnik)
Anagha Kulkarni (Mentor: Claire Bénard)
Zhifeng Liang (Mentors: Jean King & Nanyin Zhang)
JinLi Ling (Mentor: Patrick Emery)
Jennifer MacDonald (Mentor: Marc Freeman) (MD/PhD Program)
Allie Muthukumar (Mentor: Marc Freeman)
Jennifer Ngolab (Mentor: Andrew Tapper)
Jeannette Osterloh (Mentor: Marc Freeman)
Paola Perrat (Mentor: Scott Waddell)
Edie Plada (Mentor: Marc Freeman)
Edith Pfister (Mentors: Neil Aronin & Phil Zamore)
Jennifer Pirri (Mentor: Mark Alkema)
Hilary Prescott (Mentor: Mike Francis)
Tim Rooney (Mentor: Marc Freeman) (MD/PhD Program)
Lindsey Soll (Mentor: Andrew Tapper)
Ozge Tasdemir (Mentor: Marc Freeman)
Jennifer Ziegenfuss (Mentor: Marc Freeman)
*Recipient of individual NRSA predoctoral fellowship
Neuroscience Program Graduates
Thomas K. Knott* (2001) Mentor: Steven N. Treistman
Nikolaos Vlachakis (2002) Mentor: Charles G. Sagerstrom
John J. Crowley* (2003) Mentor: Steven N. Treistman
Keith Tully* (2004) Mentor: Steven N. Treistman
Paula L. Feinberg-Zadek (2005) Mentor: Steven N. Treistman
Karl F. Schmidt (2006) Mentor: Craig F. Ferris
James Ashley (2006) Mentor: Vivian Budnik
Alex Keene* (2006) Mentor: Scott Waddell
John Heneghan (2007) Mentor: Ann R. Rittenhouse
Ania Busza* (MD/PhD Program) (2007) Mentor: Patrick Emery
Sen-Lin Lai (2007) Mentor: Tzumin Lee
Mandy L. Roberts-Crowley (2007) Mentor: Ann Rittenhouse
Alejandro Murad (2007) Mentor: Patrick Emery
Frederick (Al) Schroeder (2008) Mentor: Schahram Akbarian
Bulent Ataman (2008) Mentor: Vivian Budnik
Cristina Velazquez-Marrero (2008) Mentor: Jose Lemos
Hsien-Sung Huang (2008) Mentor: Schahram Akbarian
James (Jay) McNally* (2008) Mentor: Jose Lemos
Tora Mitra-Ganguli (2008) Mentor: Ann R. Rittenhouse
Shun-Jen (Jacob) Yang (2008) Mentor: Tzumin Lee
Patricia Wynne (2008) Mentor: Steven N. Treistman
Nikolaos Mellios (2009) Mentor: Schahram Akbarian
Yan Jiang (2009) Mentor: Schahram Akbarian
Michael Krashes* (2009) Mentor: Scott Waddell
Quan Yuan (2009) Mentor: Steven M. Reppert
Preethi Ramachandran (2009) Mentor: Vivian Budnik
Shamik DasGupta (2009) Mentor: Scott Waddell
Lina Ni (2010) Mentor: Hong-Sheng Li
Jason Lefkowitz (2010) Mentor: John V. Walsh, Jr.
Lei Shi (2010) Mentor: Tzumin Lee
Peiyi Guo (2010) Mentor: Hong-Sheng Li
Michelle Avery (2011) Mentor: Marc Freeman
Linzy Hendrickson *(2011) Mentor: Andrew Tapper
Thomas Flood ** (MD/PhD Program) (2011) Mentor: Motojiro Yoshihara
Elizabeth Yu (MD/PhD Program) (2011) Mentor: David R. Weaver
Caroline Connor (MD/Phd Program) (2011) Mentor: Schahram Akbarian
*Recipient of individual NRSA predoctoral fellowship
** 2008 recipient, National Science Foundation Fellowship Grant, East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for US Graduate Students (EAPSI) program in Japan