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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 MagdaleneMoran,Ph.D. B.A.,WilliamsCollege Entered1996*DefendedOctober7,2002 Advisor:DavidClapham TLFisaFuncƟonalRegulatororTranscripƟonwithTargets thatAreDisƟnctfromtheTATAͲBoxBindingProtein(TBP) _______________ SeniorVicePresident,Biology HydraBiosciences KimSeth,Ph.D. A.B.,HarvardCollege Entered1996*DefendedSeptember25,2002 Advisor:JosephMajzoub AMolecularGeneƟcInvesƟgaƟonoftheRoleofReͲ1/RESTInthe TranscripƟonalRegulaƟon oftheCorƟcotropinͲReleasingHormone(CRH)Gene _______________ Advisor ResilienceTherapeuƟcs 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 AloBasu,Ph.D. B.S.,MassachuseƩsInsƟtuteofTechnology Entered1997*DefendedDecember20,2004 Advisor:EdKravitz CharacterizaƟonofanAmineͲModulatedStressNeuropepƟdeSystemin Homarusamericanus _______________ AssistantProfessor CollegeoftheHolyCross 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 HeatherHeerssen,Ph.D. B.A.,KenyonCollege Entered1997*DefendedDecember3,2003 Advisor:RosalindSegal MechanismsofTrkReceptorRetrogradeTransportandSignaling _______________ SeniorMedicalWriter CompleteHealthcareCommunicaƟons 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 LisaSimonNelson B.S.,RutgersUniversity Entered1997*LeŌJanuary1,2000 _______________ Withdrewwithouttakingdegree Whereaboutsunknown 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 JuTian B.E.,TsinghuaUniversity Entered2010 Advisor:NaoshigeUchida _______________ SƟllenrolled WillieTobin B.S.,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruz Entered2010* Advisor:RachelWilson _______________ SƟllenrolled 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 EllioƩMilner B.A.,OberlinCollege Entered2011 Advisor:MichaelDo _______________ SƟllenrolled AriMorcos B.S.,UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego Entered2011 Advisor:ChristopherHarvey _______________ SƟllenrolled 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 ZhaoyingXu B.A.,GrinnellCollege Entered2011 Advisor:JeīreyMacklis _______________ SƟllenrolled ZhanleiYe B.Sc.,BeijingUniversity Entered2011 Advisor:TakaoHensch _______________ SƟllenrolled 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 SelmaanCheƫh B.A.,SwarthmoreCollege Entered2012 Advisor:ChristopherHarvey _______________ SƟllenrolled 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 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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 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