See where former members of the Department of Neuroscience are now, including graduate students, postdocs, and faculty.
Trainees from the Department of Neuroscience go on to have distinguished careers in academia, medicine, industry and beyond. We offer unparalleled institutional resources, faculty who are dedicated to mentoring and a Department that prioritizes diversity, equity and inclusion. If you are interested in joining us, check out graduate rotation opportunities and postdoctoral positions.
Profiles
Arthur Loewy and the central regulation of autonomic nervous function
Paul Bridgman, Professor of Neuroscience and innovative educator, retires
Pest control: A profile of Laura Duvall, PhD
Neuroanatomist: A profile of Matt Glasser, MD, PhD
Student of sleep: A profile of Lizzie Tilden
Alumni directory
Namiko Abe, PhD
Lead Medical Writer, Fishawack Health
- Email: abenamiko@gmail.com
Faculty Advisor: Valeria Cavalli, PhD
Dissertation (2010): Regulation of peripheral nerve regeneration by the mTOR pathway
Kari Allen, PhD
Former Assistant Professor of Anatomy in Neuroscience
Faculty Member, Department of Neuroscience, 2014-2025
Charles Anderson, PhD
(Retired) Research Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology and Physics, Washington University
Faculty Member, Department of Neuroscience, 1992-2007
Dora Angelaki, PhD
Professor of Neural Science and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New York University
Faculty Member, Department of Neuroscience, 1999-2011
Akiyuki Anzai, PhD
Senior Staff Scientist, University of Rochester
Faculty advisor: David Van Essen, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, 1999-2007
Alison Bernstein, PhD
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
- Email: bernst79@msu.edu
Faculty advisor: Karen O’Malley, PhD
Dissertation (2009): The role of PUMA in toxin models of Parkinson’s disease
Azad Bonni, MD, PhD
Senior Vice President, Global Head of Neuroscience & Rare Diseases at Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Roche
Chair, Department of Neuroscience, 2012-2019
Jacquelyn Brown, PhD
Staff Scientist, Vanderbilt University
Faculty advisor: Paul Bridgman, PhD
Dissertation (2008): The role of growth cone myosin II and actin associated proteins in the repulsive response iduced by the guidance factor semaphorin 3A
Gonzalo Budelli, PhD
Professor, Universidad de la República
- Email: gonzalobudelli@gmail.com
Faculty advisor: Lawrence Salkoff, PhD
Dissertation (2013): Novel structural and physiological functions of high conductance K+ channels of the Slo family
Mary Bartlett Bunge, PhD
Christine E. Lynn Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience; Professor Emerita, Departments Cell Biology & Anatomy, Neurological Surgery and Neurology, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
Faculty Member, Department of Neuroscience, 1970-1988
Xinying Cai, PhD
Assistant Professor, New York University, Shanghai
- Email: xinying.cai@nyu.edu
Faculty advisor: Camillo Padoa-Schioppa, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, 2009-2014
Rebecca Callahan, PhD
Director of Legislative Affairs, CHIPS for America | Biden-Harris Administration
Jeffrey Calton, PhD
Professor, California State University-Sacramento
- Email: calton@csus.edu
Faculty advisor: Lawrence Snyder, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow: 1997-1999
Dan Carlin, PhD
Research Scientist III, Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease
- Email: dan.carlin@alexion.com
S. Thomas Carmichael, MD, PhD
Professor, University of California Los Angeles
- Email: scarmichael@mednet.ucla.edu
Faculty advisor: Joel Price, DPhil
Dissertation (1993): The orbital and medial prefrontal cortex of the Macaque: Anatomical parcellation and evidence for limbic, sensory and premotor integration
Indra Chandrasekar, PhD
Associate Scientist, Sanford Research
Steve Wohn Chul Chang, PhD
Associate Professor, Yale University
- Email: steve.chang@yale.edu
Faculty advisor: Lawrence Snyder, MD, PhD
Dissertation (2009): Sensorimotor transformation in the Macaque parietal reach region
Xiaoying Chen, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Washington University
- Email: xiaoyingchen@wustl.edu
Faculty advisor: Azad Bonni, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, 2017-2019