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
Alumni directory
Gerald Fischbach, MD
Distinguished Scientist and Fellow, The Simons Foundation
Professor and Head, Department of Neuroscience, 1981-1990
James Fitzpatrick, PhD
Global Head, Scientific Operations pRED 360 Labs at Roche
Faculty Member, Department of Neuroscience, 2015-2022
Ethan Fulwood, PhD
Assistant Professor, DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine at Lincoln Memorial University
- Email: ethan.fulwood@lmunet.edu
Faculty Advisors: Kari Allen, PhD and Amy Bauernfeind, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, 2018-2020
Christine Gatchalian, PhD
Director, Scientific Communications, Amgen Inc.
- Email: c_gat@yahoo.com
Faculty advisor: Joshua Sanes, PhD
Dissertation (1988): Cellular and molecular changes in the connective tissue near synapses of denervated skeletal muscle
Joel Geerling, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Iowa
- Email: joel-geerling@uiowa.edu
Faculty advisor: Arthur Loewy, PhD
Dissertation (2008) Aldosterone-sensitive neurons and salt appetite
Matthew Glasser, MD, PhD
Resident and Collaborator, Washington University
- Email: glasserm@wustl.edu
Faculty advisor: David Van Essen, PhD
Dissertation (2017): Towards in vivo neuroanatomy: Tools for improving spatial localization and cortical parcellation
Jared Vega Goodman, MD, PhD
Resident in Neurology, Washington University
- Email: jvgoodman@wustl.edu
Faculty advisors: Azad Bonni, MD, PhD and Harrison Gabel, PhD
Dissertation (2019): Regulation of genome architecture by chromatin remodeling in the brain
Paul Gray, PhD MBA
Sr. Director, Enterprise Program Management, Myriad Genetics
Faculty Member, Department of Neuroscience, 2005-2015
Cody Greer, PhD
Machine learning engineer at Google
Faculty advisor: Timothy Holy, PhD
Dissertation (2018): Fast objective coupled planar illumination microscopy
Bradley Greger, PhD
Associate Professor, Arizona State University
- Email: bradley.greger@asu.edu
Faculty advisor: W. Thomas Thach, MD, PhD
Dissertation: (2001): Non-kinematic encoding in the posterior lateral cerebellum during a visuomotor adaptation task
Travis Hage, PhD
Senior Scientist, Allen Institute for Brain Science
Faculty advisor: Lawrence Salkoff, PhD
Dissertation (2012): Activation of sodium-activated potassium channels by sodium-influx
Rebecca Hendrickson, MD, PhD
Acting Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle
- Email: rhend@uw.edu
Faculty advisor: Timothy Holy, PhD
Dissertation (2008): Inhibition shapes sex selectivity in the mouse accessory olfactory bulb
Randall Hewes, PhD
Professor of Biology, Dean of the Graduate College, University of Oklahoma
- Email: hewes@ou.edu
Megan Morgan Hoffman, PhD
Professor, Berea College
- Email: hoffmanm@berea.edu
Faculty advisor: Gerald Fischbach, M.D.
Dissertation (1990): A study in early myogenesis: Acetylcholine receptor expression by mononucleated muscle cells of the chick
Seol Hee Im, PhD
Assistant Professor, Cabrini University
- Email: si7001@cabrini.edu
Faculty advisor: Paul H. Taghert, PhD
Dissertation (2010): The convergence of PDF signaling and CRYPTOCHROME in the neuronal network underlying Drosophila circadian behavior
James K Johnson, PhD
Data Scientist, Bayer
- Email: gimbutas@gmail.com
Faculty Advisor: Carlos Ponce, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, 2020-2022
PhD, 2020, Advisor, Ralf Wessel, PhD
Jae-eun Kang Miller, PhD
Assistant Professor, Columbia University
Faculty Advisors: Erik Herzog, PhD (Biology), Timothy Holy, PhD (Neuroscience)
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009-2010
David Kaplan, PhD
Associate Professor, Macquarie University, Australia
- Email: david.kaplan@mq.edu.au
Jeffery Keating, PhD
Director of Information Technology (Retired) NeurAbilities
Faculty advisor: W. Thomas Thach, MD,PhD
Dissertation (1994): An investigation into the role of cerebellar cortex in the adaptation of a targeted ballistic movement of the wrist
