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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Benjamin White, PhD
Chief, Section of Neural Function, National Institutes of Health
- Email: whiteb@intra.nimh.nih.gov
Faculty advisor: Jonathan Cohen, PhD
Dissertation (1991): Structural characterization of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor using the hydrophobic photoreagent 3-(trifluoromethyl)-3-m-([125I] iodophenyl) diazirine
Leonard E. White, PhD
Associate Professor, Duke University
- Email: len.white@duke.edu
Faculty advisor: Joel Price, DPhil
Dissertation (1992): The functional anatomy of limbic status epilepticus in the rat
Robert White, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Washington University School of Medicine
- Email: whiter@wustl.edu
Faculty advisor: Lawrence Snyder, MD, PhD
Dissertation (2005): Spatial memory processing in cortical oculomotor centers
Rachel Wong, PhD
Professor and Chair of Biological Structure, University of Washington
Faculty Member, Department of Neuroscience, 1994-2006
Jue Xie, PhD
Research Fellow, Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing (CIBR)
Faculty advisor: Camillo Padoa-Schioppa, PhD
Dissertation (2017): Neuronal reorganization in the orbitofrontal cortex underlying economic decisions in different behavioral contexts
Postdoctoral fellow: 2017-2018
Yue Yang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
- Email: yue.yang@northwestern.edu
Faculty advisor: Azad Bonni, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, 2013-2018
Eric Yttri, PhD
Eberly Family Career Development Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Faculty advisor: Lawrence Snyder, PhD
Dissertation (2011): Specific roles of Macaque parietal regions In making saccades and reaches
Postdoctoral fellow, 2011-2012
Adam Zaidel, PhD
Principal Investigator, Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center
Faculty advisor: Dora Angelaki, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, 2010-2012