Alumni
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
Afreen Ferdoash, MA
Vice President, Data Technology, MSCI Inc., India
Christopher Fetsch, PhD
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
- Email: cfetsch@jhu.edu
Faculty advisor: Dora Angelaki, PhD
Dissertation (2009): Neural mechanisms of multisensory cue integration for self-motion perception
Gerald Fischbach, MD
Distinguished Scientist and Fellow, The Simons Foundation
Professor and Head, Department of Neuroscience, 1981-1990