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
Neuroscience philosopher: A profile of David Kaplan, PhD
Sabin Nettles receives SfN Next Generation Award
Mouse Brain Cartographer: A Profile of Quanxin Wang, PhD
Alumni directory
Richard Cheney, PhD
Professor, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
- Email: richard_cheney@med.unc.edu
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
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
Bullard Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
Faculty Member, Department of Neuroscience, 1982-1992
Katherine Conen, PhD
Postdoc, Desrochers Lab, Brown University Dept of Neuroscience
- Email: katherine_conen@brown.edu
Faculty advisor: Camillo Padoa-Schioppa, PhD
Dissertation (2018): Correlated variability and adaptation in orbitofrontal cortex during economic choice
Charles E. (Ed) Connor, PhD
Director, Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute and Professor, Johns Hopkins University
- Email: connor@jhu.edu
Faculty advisor: David Van Essen, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, 1990-1996
Philip F. Copenhaver, PhD
Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology, Oregon Health Sciences University
- Email: copenhav@ohsu.edu
Faculty advisor: Paul Taghert, PhD
Postdoctoral research associate, 1985-1989
Yaoyi Dai, MS
PhD program student, Baylor College of Medicine
- Phone: 314-601-4999
- Email: Yaoyi.dai@bcm.edu
Faculty advisor: Guoyan Zhao, PhD
Thesis (2020): Transcriptomic change during associated learning process at single-cell level
Michael Dailey, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Iowa
- Email: michael-e-dailey@uiowa.edu
Faculty advisor: Paul Bridgman, PhD
Dissertation (1990): Structure and dynamics of membrane organelles of a neuronal growth cone
Vamsi Daliparthi, PhD
Scientist, Altos Labs
- Email: vkdaliparthi@gmail.com
Faculty Advisor: Martha Bagnall, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, 2020-2021
Greg DeAngelis, PhD
George Eastman Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester
Faculty Member, Department of Neuroscience, 1999-2007
James Demas, PhD
Associate Professor, St. Olaf College
- Email: demas@stolaf.edu
Faculty advisor: Rachel Wong, PhD
Dissertation (2004): Cellular regulation and developmental function of retinal spontaneous activit
Valentina Di Liberto, PhD
Senior Researcher, University of Palermo
- Email: valentina.diliberto@unipa.it
Faculty Advisor: Valeria Cavalli, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, 2010-2011
J. David Dickman, PhD
Professor and Vivian L. Smith Endowed Chair in Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine
Faculty Member, Department of Neuroscience, 1999-2011
Stephane Dissel, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, Kansas City
- Email: dissels@umkc.edu
Faculty Advisor: Paul Shaw, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, 2012-2017
Chad Donahue, MD, PhD
Resident, University of Pittsburgh
- Email: donahuec@upmc.edu
Faculty advisor: David Van Essen, PhD
Dissertation (Biomedical Engineering, 2021): Cortical organization in humans and nonhuman primates: The evolution of cognitive areas and circuits
Jeffrey Donlea, PhD
Associate Professor, UCLA
- Email: JDonlea@mednet.ucla.edu
Faculty advisor: Paul Shaw, PhD
Dissertation (2010): Use-dependent plasticity regulates sleep need in Drosophila Melanogaster
Laura Duvall, PhD
Assistant Professor, Columbia University
- Email: lbd2126@columbia.edu
Faculty advisor: Paul H. Taghert, PhD
Dissertation (2012): Cell signaling components of the Drosophila Circadian pacemaker
Kathrin Engisch, PhD
Associate Professor, Wright State University
- Email: kathrin.engisch@wright.edu
Faculty advisor: Gerald Fischbach, MD
Dissertation (1990): The development of neuronal chemosensitivity does not depend on innervation or target contact
Lisa Evans Elkin, PhD
Senior Principal Scientist, Pfizer, Inc.
- Email: llelkin@comcast.net
Faculty Advisor: Paul Bridgman, PhD
Dissertation (1997): The role of Myosin Va in axonal transport
