Lab Staff

Postdoctoral Associates & Fellows,
Research Scientists & Affiliates

Graduate Students

UROPs & Undergraduate Researchers – Fall 2025

Lab Alumni

POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATES & FELLOWS (TRAINING; CURRENT KNOWN POSITION)

Daniel Montgomery, Ph.D. (2022-2023; Postdoctoral Associate, DC Children’s National Hospital)
Héctor De Jesus-Cortes, Ph.D. (2015-2023; Assistant Professor, UPR Río Piedras)
Ming-fai Fong, Ph.D. (2014-2021; Assistant Professor, Georgia Tech and Emory University)
Feng-Ju Eddie Weng, Ph.D. (2018-2021; Assistant Professor, China Medical University in Taiwan)
Patrick McCamphill, Ph.D. (2016-2021; Scientific Account Manager, Genedata)
Peter Finnie, Ph.D. (2015-2021; Research Fellow, University of Toronto)
Stephanie Barnes, Ph.D. (2018-2021; Senior Scientist, BioAscent)
Aurore Thomazeau, Ph.D. (2014-2018; Postdoctoral Fellow, Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire)
Rebecca Senter, Ph.D. (2015-2017; Chief Scientific Officer, Vertero Therapeutics)
Samuel Cooke, Ph.D. (2006-2016; Senior Lecturer, King’s College London)
Robert Komorowski, Ph.D. (2011-2016; Director of Clinical Development, Ionis Pharmaceuticals)
Jifang Tao, Ph.D. (2011-2016; Clinical Biomarker Lead, Merck)
Jeffrey Gavornik, Ph.D. (2009-2015; Assistant Professor, Boston University)
Alexander Chubykin, Ph.D. (2006-2014; Associate Professor, Purdue University)
Miquel Bosch, Ph.D. (2009-2014; Associate Professor, International University of Catalonia)
Emily Osterweil, Ph.D. (2006-2013; Associate Professor, Rosamund Stone Zander Translational Neuroscience Center)
Asha Bhakar, Ph.D. (2006-2013; Director of Development, Picower Institute)
Jason Shepherd, Ph.D. (2007-2013; Associate Professor, University of Utah)
Di Tian, M.D. (2008-2012; Associate Professor, Tulane)
Jason Coleman, Ph.D. (2004-2011; Founder, Techneprism)
Dilja Krueger-Burg, Ph.D. (2007-2011; Professor, University Medical Center Mainz)
Marshall Shuler, Ph.D. (2001-2007; Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins)
Bongjune Yoon, Ph.D. (2000-2006; Professor, Korea University)
Naveen Nagarajan, Ph.D. (2003-2006; Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Utah)
Robert Crozier, Ph.D. (2001-2005; Senior Director, NS Pharma Inc.)
Benjamin Philpot, Ph.D. (1998-2004; Professor and Associate Director of Neuroscience, UNC School of Medicine)
Michelle Adams, Ph.D. (2001-2003; Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology, Chair of the Psychology Department, Bilkent University)
Michaela Barbarosie, Ph.D. (1999-2001; Assistant Professor, McGill University)
Elizabeth Quinlan, Ph.D. (1996-2001; Professor and Chair of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Kimberly Huber, Ph.D. (1995-2001; Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center)
Kjesten Wiig, Ph.D. (1994-2000; Director, Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, New Zealand)
Marika Rioult, Ph.D. (1995-1999; Director, Global Intellectual Property, 3-D Matrix)
Alfredo Kirkwood, Ph.D. (1991-1997; Professor, Johns Hopkins)

GRADUATE STUDENTS (GRADUATION YEAR; CURRENT KNOWN POSITION)

Madison Echavarri-Leet (2025; Patent Technology Specialist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)
Maxwell Heinrich (2024; Postdoctoral Associate, Boston Children’s Hospital)
Joyce Wang, Ph.D. (2023; Founder, Ontologic)
Daniel Montgomery, Ph.D. (2022; Postdoctoral Associate, DC Children’s National Hospital)
Dustin Hayden, Ph.D. (2022; Data Scientist, Auto Trader UK)
Taekeun Kim, Ph.D. (2019; Co-Founder, Impeccure)
Laura Stoppel, Ph.D. (2016; Partner, RA Capital)
Rachel Schecter, Ph.D. (2016; Director of Program Management, Rapport Therapeutics)
Eitan Kaplan, Ph.D. (2015; Scientific Project and Alliance Manager, Allen Institute)
Michael Sidorov, Ph.D. (2014; Assistant Professor, Children’s National Hospital)
Stephanie Tagliatela, Ph.D. (2014; Co-Founder and CSO, Encoded Therapeutics)
Benjamin Auerbach, Ph.D. (2013; Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Lena Khibnik, Ph.D. (2011; Psychotherapist)
Gordon Smith, Ph.D. (2010; Associate Professor, University of Minnesota)
Kathleen Cho, Ph.D. (2009; Principal Investigator, Institut de Cerveau, Paris Brain Institute)
Monica Linden, Ph.D. (2008; Teaching Professor of Neuroscience, Brown University)
Gul Dölen, M.D. Ph.D. (2007; Professor, Johns Hopkins)
Cheng-Hang Liu, Ph.D. (2007; Research Scientist, University of Florida)
Wendy Chen, Ph.D. (2006; Director, Pediatric Opthalmology and Adult Strabismus, Brown University)
Jonathan Whitlock, Ph.D. (2006; Professor, NTNU-Norway)
Mikhail Frenkel, Ph.D. (2005; Clinical Professor, University of Connecticut)
Wes Wallace, Ph.D. (2004; Physician)
Eric Snyder, Ph.D. (2002; Partner, Novo Ventures)
Nathaniel Sawtell, Ph.D. (2002; Professor, Columbia University)
Cynthia Rittenhouse, Ph.D. (2000)
Hey-Kyoung Lee, Ph.D. (1997; Professor, Johns Hopkins University)
Serena Dudek, Ph.D. (1992; Acting Chief, Neurobiology and Senior Investigator, NIH)

UROPS & UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS

Yasemin Atiyas, Dawna Bagherian, Talia Blum, Amanda Coronado, Julia Deere, Elizabeth DeLaittre, Gretchen Eggers, Elena Esch, Ines Escobedo, Emilio Gonzalez, Chelsi Green, Basma Jaber, Sarim Khan, Julie Kim, Parul Koul, Maia Lee, Alyssa Li, Nathan Liang, Fiona Lin, Kerlina Liu, Sophie Lu, Lisandro Martin, Ana Morello, Aditi Saha, Natasha Sharma, Casey Smith, Jin Wu, Jocelyn Yao, Rujie Yao

Principal Investigator