Alumni
![Aguan Wei, PhD](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2023/03/Wei-280x386.jpg)
Aguan Wei, PhD
Research Scientist, Seattle Children's Research Institute
Faculty Member, Department of Neuroscience, 2004-2008
![Benjamin White, PhD](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2021/08/WashU-shield-outline-280x386.jpeg)
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](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2023/06/WhiteCropped-280x386.jpg)
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](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2022/02/White_R-280x386.jpg)
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](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2023/03/RachelW-280x386.jpg)
Rachel Wong, PhD
Professor and Chair of Biological Structure, University of Washington
Faculty Member, Department of Neuroscience, 1994-2006
![Jue Xie, PhD](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2021/08/Jue-Xie-cropped-280x386.jpg)
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](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2021/09/shield-for-people-posts-280x386.jpg)
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](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2022/02/Ytrri-280x386.jpg)
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](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2023/03/Adam-Zaidel-280x386.jpeg)
Adam Zaidel, PhD
Principal Investigator, Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center
Faculty advisor: Dora Angelaki, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, 2010-2012