NRSC GIDP Alumni

Neuroscience retreat group, February 2013

Group of Neuroscience students posing for a photo

Ty Abel

Associate Professor

Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University

David Andrew

Advisor:

Nicholas Strausfeld

Assistant Professor, Biology

Lycoming College

Tapas Arakeri

Advisor:

Andrew Fuglevand

University of Pittsburg

Milos Babic

Advisor:

Konrad Zinsmaier

Scientist

BioSpyder Technologies, Inc.

Pamela Banta

Reseach & Training Assistant

University of Lausanne

Kaitlin Bergfield (Shupe)

Advisor:

Gene Alexander

Instructor, Author

Illinois State University

Daniela Boassa

Associate Project Scientist

University of California, San Diego

Mark Bower

Assistant Professor

Mayo Clinic

Alie Buckmire

Advisor:

Andrew Fuglevand

Lori Buhlman

Advisor:

Ronald Lukas, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences

Midwestern University

Argyle Bumanglag

Postdoctoral Fellow

Morehouse School of Medicine

Sara Burke

Advisor:

Carol Barnes

Assistant Professor

University of Florida

Scott Campbell

Advisor:

John Streicher

Jennifer Campbell (Greenleaf)

Advisor:

Lynn Nadel, Ph.D.

Justin Cetas

Department Chair, Neurosurgery

University of Arizona

Marina Cholanian

Advisor:

Naomi Rance, M.D., Ph.D.

Biology Adjunct Faculty

Pima Community College

Audrey Clinton

Postdoc

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research

Stacey Corbin (Pest)

Advisor:

Lynn Nadel, Ph.D.

Nadia Corral-Frias

Advisor:

Jean-Marc Fellous, Ph.D.

Professor

Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo Centro, Sonora, Mexico

Alyssa Coyne

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Anne-Marie Cziko

Advisor:

Konrad Zinsmaier

Instructor

CPS HR Consulting Training Center

Penny Dacks (Letts)

Advisor:

Naomi Rance, M.D., Ph.D.

Director of Research

American Epilepsy Society

Stephen Danzer

Associate Professor

Cincinnati Children's Hosptial

Hannah Dollish

Advisor:

Fabian-Xosé Fernandez

Davide Dulcis

Advisor:

Richard Levine, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

Neurobiology Section, University of California, San Diego

Jonathan Dyhr

Postdoc

The Daniel Lab, University of Washington Seattle

Stephanie Gage

Advisor:

Alan Nighorn, Ph.D.

Research Neurobiologist, Entomologist Postdoctoral fellow

USDA-ARS

Cynthia Gentry

Medical Communications

Ventana Medical Systems, Tucson, AZ

Jason Gerrard

Assistant Professor

Yale School of Medicine, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center

Katalin Gothard

Physiology

Daniel Gray

Postdoctoral Fellow

The University of Arizona

Brady Hasse

Advisor:

Andrew Fuglevand

Brian Hawkins

Reseach Biologist

RTI International

Thomas Heinbockel

Professor

Department of Anatomy, Howard Univeristy

David Herman

Postdoc

Department of Anesthesiology, UCSD

Sharon Hesterlee

Senior Director of Research

Parent Project Muscular Dystophy

Kari Hoffman

Associate Professor

Department of Psychology, York University

Campbell Holly

Grants Manager

United States Army Medical Research

Anthony Hutchinson

Medical Writer

MedThinkSciCom

Elliot Imler

Advisor:

Konrad Zinsmaier

Senior Research Scientist

BioSpyder Technologies, Inc.

Taryn Jackson

Technical Support Scientist

Life Technologies, Eugene, OR

Stuti Jaiswal

Advisor:

Ralph Fregosi

Internal Medicine Physician and KL2 Research Scholar

Scripps Green Hospital

Bethany Jones

Advisor:

Jean-Marc Fellous, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

UMASS, Amherst

Megumi Kaneko

Associate Specialist

Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco

Aimen Kasasbeh

Surgical Resident

Baystate Medical Center, Tufts

Rebekah Keating (Godfrey)

Advisor:

Wulfila Gronenberg, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

UArizona Molecular and Cellular Biology

Susy Kim

Assistant Project Scientist

Division of Biological Science, University of California, San Diego

Hemant Kudrimoti

Neurologist

Wentern Neurosurgery, LTD

Erik Larsen

Advisor:

Martha Bhattacharya

Data Scientist, Analyst, Tampa Bay Rays

David Lent

Assistant Professor

Fresno State University

Adam Lester

Advisor:

Carol Barnes

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Arizona

Sara Lewis

Advisor:

Linda Restifo

Scientific Writer, Center of Excellence in Neuro-Oncology Sciences (CENOS)

St. Jude's Research Children's Hospital, Memphis

Jeff Lochhead

Advisor:

Thomas Davis

Assistant Professor, Pharmacology

University of Arizona

Sarah MacNamee

Advisor:

Leslie Tolbert, Ph.D

Sales Professional

Inscopix, Inc.

Lisa Marriott

Assistant Professor

Oregon Health & Science University

Josh Martin

Advisor:

John Hildebrand, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Biology

Colby College

Samer Masri

Advisor:

Shaowen Bao

Postdoctoral Fellow, Sanes Lab

Center for Neural Science, NYU

Stephen Matheson

Advisor:

Richard Levine, Ph.D.

Associate Editorial Director

Public Library of Science (PLOS)

Andrew Maurer

Assistant Professor

University of Florida, College of Medicine

Tara McIsaac

Adjunct Associate Professor

Columbia University

Cesar Medina

Advisor:

Julie Miller

Oscar Mendez

Advisor:

Anita Koshy

Melinda Mesaros (Meszaros)

Co-Founder and President

Forte Whole Foods Inc.

Julie Miller

Advisor:

Richard Levine, Ph.D.

Asst Professor, Nueroscience & Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences

University of Arizona

Jeremiah Morrow

Advisor:

Katalin Gothard

Postdoctoral Fellow

Oregon Primate Center, Oregon Health Science University

Clayton Mosher

Advisor:

Katalin Gothard

Posdtoctoral Neuroscientist

Cedars-Sinai

Kelsey Nations

Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of Arizona

Zaneta Navratilova

Postdoc

Lethbridge Brain Dynamics

Christopher Nicholas

Cofounder and President

Asymmetrica Labs

Galya Orr

Senior Research Scientist & Capability Lead

Environmental Molecular Science Lab

Lilian Patron

Advisor:

Konrad Zinsmaier

Postdoctoral Researcher

Icagen

Marsha Penner

Lecturer & Director of Undergraduate Research

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Philip Putnam

Advisor:

Katalin Gothard

Joel Rawson

Postdoc

Univeristy of California, San Francisco

Jill Roberts

Research Assistant Professor

University of Kentucky

Ephron Rosenzweig

Assistant Adjunct Professor

University of California, San Diego

Tatiana Sandoval-Guzman

Research Group Leader

Center for Regenerative Therapies, Dresden

Wesley Schnapp

Advisor:

Haijiang Cai

Katherine Schroeder

Postdoc

Barrow Neurological Institute

Benjamin Schwartz

Advisor:

Shaowen Bao

Baylor University

Abigail Schwarz

Advisor:

John Streicher

Katja Selchow

Airline Pilot

Barrow Neurological Institute

Jiemin Shen

Epiphani Simmons

Advisor:

Rick Schnellmann

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Stanford University

William Skaggs

Associate Research Scientist

California National Primate Research Center

Melinda Smith (Mittelman)

Postdoc

UCLA

Lisa So

Advisor:

Julie Miller

Kevin Spitler

Daniel Stimson

Chief, Science Policy, Outreach, and Reporting

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Carolyn Stopera

Advisor:

Torsten Falk

Dawn Tamarkin

CEO at Cell Zone, Inc & Professor at STCC

Springfield Technical Community College

Judith Tello Vega

Advisor:

Linda Restifo

Postdoctoral Fellow

Pharmacology, University of Arizona

Alexander Thome

Advisor:

Carol Barnes

Scientific Project Manager

Center for Innovation in Brain Science

Meaghan Torvund

Advisor:

Konrad Zinsmaier

University of Arizona

Andrew Tubbs

Advisor:

Michael Grandner

Hannah Van Rossum

Advisor:

Roberta Brinton

Jean-Paul Wiegand

Advisor:

Stephen Cowen

Project Manager of High-throughput Behavioral Research

The Jackson Laboratory

Beth Wiese

Advisor:

Tally Largent-Milnes

Lauren Willard

Senior Director, Global Scientific Publications

Astellas Pharma

Caroline Wilson

Associate Professor

Chapman University, Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences; Health Sciences

Michelle Withers

Associate Professor

Binghamton University

Gabriella Wolff

Advisor:

Nicholas Strausfeld

Assistant Professor

Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University

Zhiyong Yang

CEO

Fzata, Inc.

Colin Zappone

Medical Science Liaison

Eli Lilly and Company