Alumni Archives - Page 5 of 13 - Department of Neuroscience

Lisa Evans Elkin, PhD

Senior Principal Scientist, Pfizer, Inc.

Faculty Advisor: Paul Bridgman, PhD

Dissertation (1997): The role of Myosin Va in axonal transport

Vice President, Data Technology, MSCI Inc., India

Faculty advisor: Lawrence Snyder, PhD

Thesis (2012)

Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Faculty advisor: Dora Angelaki, PhD

Dissertation (2009): Neural mechanisms of multisensory cue integration for self-motion perception

Distinguished Scientist and Fellow, The Simons Foundation

Professor and Head, Department of Neuroscience, 1981-1990

Global Head, Scientific Operations pRED 360 Labs at Roche

Faculty Member, Department of Neuroscience, 2015-2022

Assistant Professor, DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine at Lincoln Memorial University

Faculty Advisors: Kari Allen, PhD and Amy Bauernfeind, PhD

Postdoctoral fellow, 2018-2020

Director, Scientific Communications, Amgen Inc.

Faculty advisor: Joshua Sanes, PhD

Dissertation (1988): Cellular and molecular changes in the connective tissue near synapses of denervated skeletal muscle

Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Iowa

Faculty advisor: Arthur Loewy, PhD

Dissertation (2008) Aldosterone-sensitive neurons and salt appetite

Resident and Collaborator, Washington University

Faculty advisor: David Van Essen, PhD

Dissertation (2017): Towards in vivo neuroanatomy: Tools for improving spatial localization and cortical parcellation