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.

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Namiko Abe, PhD

Namiko Abe, PhD

Lead Medical Writer, Fishawack Health

Faculty Advisor: Valeria Cavalli, PhD

Dissertation (2010): Regulation of peripheral nerve regeneration by the mTOR pathway

Kevin Alloway, PhD

Kevin Alloway, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Pennsylvania State University

Faculty advisor: Harold Burton, PhD

Postdoctoral fellow, 1983-1990

Charles Anderson, PhD

Charles Anderson, PhD

(Retired) Research Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology and Physics, Washington University

Faculty Member, Department of Neuroscience, 1992-2007

Dora Angelaki, PhD

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

Akiyuki Anzai, PhD

Senior Staff Scientist, University of Rochester

Faculty advisor: David Van Essen, PhD

Postdoctoral fellow, 1999-2007

Oshri Avraham, PhD

Oshri Avraham, PhD

Assistant Professor, University of Georgia

Faculty advisor: Valeria Cavalli, PhD

Postdoctoral fellow, 2018-2019

Staff scientist, 2020-2022

Alison Bernstein, PhD

Alison Bernstein, PhD

Assistant Professor, Michigan State University

Faculty advisor: Karen O’Malley, PhD

Dissertation (2009): The role of PUMA in toxin models of Parkinson’s disease

Jacquelyn Brown, PhD

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

Gonzalo Budelli, PhD

Professor, Universidad de la República

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

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

Xinying Cai, PhD

Assistant Professor, New York University, Shanghai

Faculty advisor: Camillo Padoa-Schioppa, PhD

Postdoctoral fellow, 2009-2014

Rebecca Callahan, PhD

Rebecca Callahan, PhD

Director of Legislative Affairs, CHIPS for America | Biden-Harris Administration

Faculty advisor: Martha Bagnall, PhD

Postdoctoral fellow, 2016-2019

Jeffrey Calton, PhD

Jeffrey Calton, PhD

Professor, California State University-Sacramento

Faculty advisor: Lawrence Snyder, MD, PhD

Postdoctoral fellow: 1997-1999

Dan Carlin, PhD

Dan Carlin, PhD

Research Scientist III, Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease

Faculty advisor: Valeria Cavalli, PhD

Postdoctoral fellow, 2012-2019

S. Thomas Carmichael, MD, PhD

S. Thomas Carmichael, MD, PhD

Professor, University of California Los Angeles

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

Indra Chandrasekar, PhD

Associate Scientist, Sanford Research

Faculty advisor: Paul Bridgman, PhD

Postdoctoral fellow, 2008-2014

Steve Wohn Chul Chang, PhD

Steve Wohn Chul Chang, PhD

Associate Professor, Yale University

Faculty advisor: Lawrence Snyder, MD, PhD

Dissertation (2009): Sensorimotor transformation in the Macaque parietal reach region

 

Xiaoying Chen, PhD

Xiaoying Chen, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Washington University

Faculty advisor: Azad Bonni, PhD

Postdoctoral fellow, 2017-2019

Richard Cheney, PhD

Richard Cheney, PhD

Professor, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Faculty advisor: Mark Willard, PhD

Dissertation (1989): Localization of fodrin in the membrane associated cytoskeleton and characterization of fodrin’s interactions with putative fodrin-binding proteins

Adam Clemens, PhD

Adam Clemens, PhD

Scientist, Ascidian Therapeutics

Faculty advisor: Harrison Gabel, PhD

Dissertation (2020): Understanding the roles of DNA methylation and MeCP2 in neuronal enhancer control

Jonathan Cohen, PhD

Jonathan Cohen, PhD

Bullard Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School

Faculty Member, Department of Neuroscience, 1982-1992