PhD recipients
![James Demas, PhD](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Demas-280x386.jpg)
James Demas, PhD
Associate Professor, St. Olaf College
- Email: demas@stolaf.edu
Faculty advisor: Rachel Wong, PhD
Dissertation (2004): Cellular regulation and developmental function of retinal spontaneous activit
![Chad Donahue, MD, PhD](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Donahue-280x386-1-280x386.jpg)
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](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Donlea-280x386.jpg)
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](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/duvall-280x386.jpg)
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](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Kathrin-Engisch-7-15-280x386.jpg)
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](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/LisaEvansElkin-280x386.jpg)
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
![Christopher Fetsch, PhD](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Fetsch-headshot9-color-280x386.png)
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
![Christine Gatchalian, PhD](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/WashU-shield-outline-280x386.jpeg)
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](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Geerling-280x386.webp)
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](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/glasser-280x386-1-280x386.jpg)
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