Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Associates

Mark Zagaeski, Ph.D Biomedical Engineering, Boston University (1989-1993), High school science teacher in Lexington, Massachusetts

Willard Wilson, Ph.D. Neuroscience, University of Rochester (1996-1999), NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient, Medical Device Director of Research, Minneapolis

Janette Boughman, Ph.D. Biology, University of Maryland (1998-2000), NIH T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship Awardee, Professor, Michigan State University

Nachum Ulanovsky, Ph.D. Neural Computation and Neurophysiology, Hebrew University (2002-2005), Sieratzki Prize for Advances in Neuroscience (2011), Bernard Katz Prize in Neuroscience from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2012), Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research from Wolf Foundation (2012), Morris Levinson Prize in Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science (2013), Society for Neuroscience Young Investigator Award (2015), André Deloro Prize from Adelis Foundation (2017), Kimmel Award for Innovative Investigation, 1M$ research prize (2018), Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science, 2004-

Marianne Jensen, Ph.D. Biology, University of Southern Denmark (2002-2003), Oticon Award, High school science teacher in Denmark, 2003-

Gordon Gifford, Ph.D. Neuroscience, Dartmouth University (2003-2006), NIH Postdoctoral NRSA recipient, Director at FTI Consulting, 2006-

Melville Wohlgemuth, Ph.D. Neuroscience, University of San Francisco (2009-2019), NIH T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Hartwell Award, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, 20120-

Aaron Corcoran, Ph.D. Biology, Wake Forest University (2013-2014), Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, 2019-

Wu-Jung Lee, Ph.D. Engineering, MIT-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (2013-2015), Acoustical Society of America’s Hunt Fellowship, Senior Oceanographer, Applied Physics Lab, University of Washington, 2016-

Anand Krishnan, Ph.D. Biology, National Centre for Biological Sciences (2014-2016), Assistant Professor of Evolutionary and Organismal Biology, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 2024-

Jinhong Luo, Ph.D., Neurobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany (2015-2018), Human Frontiers Science Program Long-Term Postdoctoral Fellowship and Young Investigator Research Award, Professor, Central Normal University, Wuhan, China, 2018-

Silvio Macias, Ph.D. Biology, University of Havana, Cuba (2016-2018), Research Associate, Texas A&M University, Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech University, 2022-

Angeles Salles, Ph.D., Biology, University of Buenos Aires (April 2017-present), Human Frontiers Science Program Long-Term Postdoctoral Fellowship, Pew Latin America Fellowship (declined), Konishi Award, International Society for Neuroethology Young Investigator Award, NIH K99/R00 recipient, Assistant Professor at University of Illinois, Chicago, 2021-

Jennifer Lawlor, Ph.D. Neuroscience, École Normale Supérieure, Paris (January 2019-present), Research Fellowship from the Fyssen Foundation, Phillipe Foundation Award, 2021, NIH K99/R00 award pending

Kate Allen, Ph.D. Neuroscience, University of West Virginia (July 2019-2023), NIH T32 Fellow, Biological Science Specialist at the Government Accountability Office, 2023-

Dimitri Skandalis, Ph.D. Biology, University of British Columbia (February 2020-June 2024), Research/teaching faculty at Brock University, 2024-

Xiaoyan Yin, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech (January 2021- November 2023), Neural Engineer Research Scientist, Neural Engineer Research Scientist NeuroTech Institute, 2023-

Ph.D. Students

Itiel Dror, Ph.D. Psychology, (co-advised with Steve Kosslyn), Harvard University, 1993

Doreen Valentine, Ph.D. Neuroscience, Harvard University, 1994

Harry Erwin, Ph.D. Computational Neuroscience, George Mason University, 2002

Kirsten Bohn, Ph.D. Biology, (co-advised with Gerald Wilkinson), University Maryland, 2004, NIH T32 Fellowship

Shiva Sinha, Ph.D. Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, University of Maryland, 2005, NIH NRSA

Kaushik Ghose, Ph.D. Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, University of Maryland, 2006

Murat Aytekin, Ph.D. Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, University of Maryland, 2007

Chen Chiu, Ph.D. Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, University of Maryland, 2008, Best Paper Award, Journal of Experimental Biology

Genevieve Spanjer Wright, Ph.D. Biology, (co-advised w/ G. Wilkinson), University of Maryland, 2012, NIH T32 Fellowship

Mohit Chadha, Ph.D. Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, University of Maryland, 2013

Benjamin Falk, Ph.D. Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, University of Maryland, 2015, NIH T32 Fellowship, Software Engineer at Space Telescope Science Institute, 2019-

Beatrice Mao, Ph.D. Behavior, Ecology, Evolution & Systematics, (w/ G. Wilkinson), University Maryland, 2017, NIH T32 Fellowship, Research Fellow at NIH, 2017-

Ninad Kothari, Ph.D. Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 2017, Postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University, 2017-

Michaela Warnecke, Ph.D. Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 2018, ERP Graduate Fellowship, Recipient of 2019 Hunt Award for Postdoctoral Research, Staff Scientist, Meta, 2020-

Te Jones, Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 2020, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Staff scientists at the JHU Advanced Physics Lab, 2020-

Iven Yu, Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 2021, Staff Scientist, Nanjing, China, 2021-

Brittney Boublil, Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 2021, Postdoctoral fellow at UC Irvine, 2021-

Clarice Diebold, Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, expected 2024, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Waldrop Research Award, 2021, Teaching Award, 2021, Ainsworth Research Award, 2022, G. Stanley Hall Scholar’s Award, 2023, postdoctoral fellow at Washington University, 2024-

Undergraduate students

Alara Kaplanoglu

Alexander Zambrano Tapia

Alison Krupin

Alycia Skarzinski

Amanda Hare

Chris Farid

Chris Seo

Christine Uy

Colin Gounden

Dan Ju

DaQuan R Greenwell

Delphia Vara

Deshaun Mosley

Diego Citron

Dominic Luciano

Efrat Benn

Emely Loscalzo

Emily Ludwig

Esteban Carrizosa

Grace Lee

Grant Shewmaker

Helen Xin

Isabella Diaz

Jaden Jones

Jaden Jones, REU student

James Pruitt

James Pruitt, REU student

Janothan Lee

Jean Hogan

Jenny Finder

Jenny Lau

Jenny Lau, REU student

Jessica Montoya

Jose Jarquin

Julia Booms

Kayla Burch-Strong

Kaylee Fu

Keegan E Eveland, REU student

Kelsey Block

Kevin Isgrig

KiVette Blacknall

Laura Freyman

Laura Panlilio, REU student

Lena Bless

Lillian Lowenthal

Lindsay Gil

Luzhou Zhang

Manjit Sahota

Marcus Milani

Mariana Meade

Maryellen Morris

Maureen Loman

Megan Humphrey

Melanie Urgiles

Michael Ojo

Monica Daubon

Myles Gosha, REU student

Natalia Medeiros

Natasha Hughes

Natasha Lewis

Nate Destler

Nina Yanagisawa

Olivia Cox

Paige Upright

Pranav Reddy

Raymond Yu

Rocco Lannucci

Ruya Ozveren

Ryan Behles

Sadie Friesen

Salam Beah

Samer Aslan

Sarah McCormick

Scott Livingston, Undergraduate REU Student

Sejal Mistry

Shirley Marino Lee

Sreya Sinha

Tameeka Williams

Tanvi Thakkar

Tom Wang

Tyler Boone

Vitoria Liu

Wendy Chen

York Wang