UCSD Neurosciences

Name Area Department Start Year Stop Year Advisor
Jairaj K. Acharyalipids, Drosophila, Mouse19921999 Charles S. Zuker (post-doc)
Chimuanya Kween AgbaSpinal cord injury; astrocytes
Amy F. Arnstenprefrontal cortex, neuromodulators19761982 David S. Segal (grad student)
Sage Ryan AronsonIn Vivo Imaging, Depression
Bassam V. Atallah20062010 Jeffry S. Isaacson (grad student)
Brian A. Baldo19921998 George F. Koob (grad student)
Michael J. BaltzleySensory systems20062008 William B. Kristan (post-doc)
Catherine Borden Jane M. Sullivan (grad student)
Chris Braun R Glenn Northcutt (grad student)
Adina R. BuxbaumRNA, local translation Roberto Malinow (post-doc)
Tim W. CacciatoreMuscle Tone, Posture, Biomechanics 19951999 William B. Kristan (grad student), David Kleinfeld (grad student)
Daniela Cassataro2019 Edward M. Callaway (grad student)
Wenzhen Chenhypothalamus, homeostasis Scott M. Sternson (post-doc)
Jeffrey E. Dahlen2012 Takaki Komiyama (grad student)
Nima DehghaniComputational Neuroscience Anders M. Dale (grad student)
Francesco Di RussoERPs, perception, cognition, fMRI, Sport, Ageing19982001 Steven Hillyard (grad student)
Teresa M. Esch19982001 William B. Kristan (post-doc)
Richard Douglas Fieldsneuron-glial interactions, developmental neuroscience, synaptic plasticity Mark H. Ellisman (grad student)
Nathan Gray HedrickSynaptic plasticity, dendrites, learning Neurosciences2017 Takaki Komiyama (post-doc)
Chris Martin Hempel Allen I. Selverston (grad student)
James R. Howe VILearning and Memory Neuroscience2019 Cory M. Root (grad student), Kay M. Tye (grad student)
Julie Koeniglearning, memory, place cells, grid cells Stefan Leutgeb (post-doc)
Yingcong Li
Ashley Linder20112012 Stefan Leutgeb (research assistant), Massimo Scanziani (research assistant)
Shawn R. Lockeryneural network modeling, behavior William B. Kristan (grad student)
Camilo Jubino Londonoaxon regeneration, spinal cord injury Neuroscience Binhai Zheng (grad student)
Roberto Manilow
Antonia Marin-BurginNeuronal circuits20042007 Massimo Scanziani (post-doc), William B. Kristan (post-doc)
Weronika Matysik
John J. McDonaldAttention, vision, multisensory perpception, executive control19992000 Steven Hillyard (post-doc)
Nicole A Mercer LindsayMotor and pain circuits2018 David Kleinfeld (grad student)
Katlyn Marie Monte Neuroscience Binhai Zheng (grad student)
Jacqueline Rose Mosko
Matthias M. Müller19951996 Steven Hillyard (post-doc)
Sadegh Nabavi Roberto Malinow (post-doc)
Goonho ParkAlzheimer's disease, synapse, caspase and APP.
Shamit Patel20102012 Stuart Maudsley (grad student)
Agustin PetroniCognitive Neuroscience20142014 Antigona Martinez (post-doc)
Sarah RuedigerHippocampus Massimo Scanziani (post-doc)
Maya Sapiurkamemory, spatial memory20112016 Larry R. Squire (grad student)
David E. Smith19971999 Greg Maguire (grad student)
Romy V. Spitz, April A Benasich (post-doc)
Lauren Stanwicks2021 Timothy Q. Gentner (grad student)
Louise A StolzClinical neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, imaging
Alex StraikerNeuroscience, GPCRs, Cannabinoids19961999 Jane M. Sullivan (grad student), Greg Maguire (grad student)
Emily L. Sylwestraksynapse formation, gene expression, neural circuits of motivated behavior20052011 Anirvan Ghosh (grad student)
Lidia SzczupakLeech nervous system, sensory-motor network19901994 William B. Kristan (post-doc)
Wolfgang Teder-Sälejärvivisual neuroscience John J. McDonald (collaborator), Steven Hillyard (post-doc)
Peter Todd Ron Kuczenski (research assistant), Mark Geyer (research assistant)
Sila UltanirExcitatory synapses Anirvan Ghosh (post-doc)
Ilya A VerzhbinskyHuman Cortical Neurophysiology
Keng Ioi Vong
Elena A WesteindeOlfaction, Lateral Entorhinal Cortex, Navigation, Drosophila Central Complex Department of Neurobiology20172019 Jeffry S. Isaacson (research assistant)
Diane WhitmerCognitive deficits in neurodegenerative disorders20022005 David Kleinfeld (grad student)
Ege Ayse Yalcinbas
Faisal N. ZaidiNeurosciences20012008 Charles S. Zuker (post-doc)
Hanxiong Zhang20162017 Jeffry S. Isaacson (research assistant)
Zhong-wei Zhangthalamus, cortex, neural circuit development19911995 Darwin K. Berg (post-doc)