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Harvard University Program in Neuroscience

History of Enrollment in

The Program in Neuroscience

November 2015 Updated each July

Nicholas Spitzer, M.D./Ph.D.B.A., Harvard College

Entered 1966 * Defended May 14, 1969Advisor: David Po er

A Physiological and Histological Inves ga onof the Intercellular Transfer of Small Molecules

_____________Professor of Neurobiology

University of California at San Diego

Eric Frank, Ph.D.B.A., Reed College

Entered 1967 * Defended January 17, 1972Advisor: Edwin J. Furshpan

The Control of Facilita on at the Neuromuscular Junc on of the Lobster_______________

Professor Emeritus of PhysiologyTu s University School of Medicine

David Van Essen, Ph.D.B.S., California Ins tute of Technology

Entered 1967 * Defended October 22, 1971Advisor: John Nicholls

E ects of an Electronic Pump on Signaling by Leech Sensory Neurons______________

Professor of Anatomy and NeurobiologyWashington University

Albert Hudspeth, M.D./Ph.D.B.A., Harvard College

Entered 1967 * Defended April 30, 1973Advisor: David Po er

Intercellular Junc ons in Epithelia_______________

Professor of NeuroscienceRockefeller University

Richard Mains, Ph.D.Sc.B., M.S., Brown University


Tissue Culture of Dissociated Primary Rat Sympathe c Neurons:Studies of Growth, Neurotransmi er Metabolism, and Matura on

_______________Professor of Neuroscience

University of Connec cut Health Center

Peter MacLeish, Ph.D.B.E.Sc., University of Western Ontario

Entered 1969 * Defended December 29, 1976Advisor: David Po er

Synapse Forma on in Cultures of Dissociated Rat Sympathe c NeuronsGrown on Dissociated Rat Heart Cells

_______________Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Ins tute

Morehouse College of Medicine

Peter Sargent, Ph.D.B.A., Amherst College

Entered 1969* Defended March 21, 1975Advisor: Zachary Hall

Transmi ers in the Leech Central Nervous System: Analysis of Sensoryand Motor Cells_______________

Professor of Cell and Tissue BiologyUniversity of California at San Francisco School of Den stry

Bruce Wallace, Ph.D.B.A., Amherst College

Entered 1969 * Defended September 27, 1974Advisor: Edward Kravitz

The Biosynthesis of Octopamine in the Nervous System of the Lobster,Homarus americanus_______________Professor Emeritus

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Joshua Sanes, Ph.D.B.A., Yale University

Entered 1970 * Defended January 15, 1976Advisor: John Hildebrand

Origin and Di eren a on of Sensory Neurons in an Insect Antenna_______________

Professor of Molecular and Cellular BiologyHarvard University

Colin Nurse, Ph.D.B.Sc., University of Western Ontario

Entered 1971 * Defended May 11, 1977Advisor: David Po er

The forma on of cholinergic synapses between dissociated ratsympathe c neurons

and skeletal myotubes in cell culture_______________

Professor of BiologyMcMaster University

Carla Shatz, Ph.D.B.A., Radcli e College

M.Phil., University College, LondonEntered 1971 * Defended March 25, 1976

Advisor: David HubelA Study of Abnormal Connec ons in the Visual System of the Siamese

Cat, a Gene c Mutant_______________

Professor of NeurobiologyStanford University

King Wai Yau, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Princeton University

Entered 1971 * Defended October 31, 1975Advisor: John Nicholls

Recep ve Fields, Geometry and Conduc on Block of Sensory Cells in theLeech Central Nervous System

_______________Professor of Neuroscience

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Linda Lai Yue Chun, Ph.D.B.S., Illinois Ins tute of Technology

Entered 1972 * Defended May 9, 1977Advisor: Paul Pa erson

The Role of Nerve Growth Factor in the Development of RatSympathe c Neurons in vitro

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Assistant in Molecular BiologySeed Lab, Massachuse s General Hospital

Charles Gilbert, M.D./Ph.D.B.A., Amherst College

Entered 1971 * Defended July 22, 1976Advisor: David Hubel

Laminar Organiza on of Cat Visual Cortex_______________

Professor of NeurobiologyRockefeller University

Duane Edgington, Ph.D.B.S., California Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 1973 * Defended July 28, 1978

Advisor: Anne StuartProper es and Distribu on of Ionic Channels in a Photoreceptor Neuron

_______________So ware Engineering Group Leader

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Ins tute

Patrick Hogan, Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1973 * Defended September 29, 1983Advisor: David Po er

Expression of Markers for Pain Sensory Neurons in Cell Culture_______________

Professor, Division of Signaling and Gene ExpressionLa Jolla Ins tute for Allergy and Immunology

Crispin Weinberg, Ph.D.S.B., S.M., University of Chicago

Entered 1973 * Defended August 21, 1980Advisor: Zachary Hall

Molecular Specializa ons at Mature and Developing NeuromuscularJunc ons in Adult Rats_______________

President and FounderBiomedical Modeling, Inc.

Kathleen Buckley, Ph.D.A.B., Radcli e College

Entered 1974 * Defended October 30, 1980Advisor: Story Landis

Morphological and Func onal Studies of Synapses and Varicosi esin Cultures of Dissociated Rat Sympathe c Neurons

_______________Associate Provost for Science

Harvard University

David Ferster, Ph.D.Sc.B., Brown University

Entered 1973 * Defended October 23, 1979Advisor: David Hubel

Cor cal Mechanisms of Depth Vision in the Cat_______________Professor Emeritus

Northwestern University

Steve Hauger, Ph.D.B.s., Stanford University

Entered 1974 * Defended January 14, 1981Advisor: Edward Furshpan

The Spa al Distribu on of Sensi vity to Acetylcholine of RatSympathe c Neurons in Cell Culture

_______________Stained Glass Ar san

Margaret Livingstone, Ph.D.B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 1974 * Defended February 20, 1980

Advisor: Edward KravitzMonoamines in the Lobster: Biochemistry, Anatomy, and Possible

Func onal Role_______________

Professor of NeurobiologyHarvard Medical School

Patricia Walicke, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 1975 * Defended October 11, 1979

Advisor: Paul Pa ersonRole of Calcium and Cyclic AMP in the Mechanism of the Development

E ects of Neuronal Ac vity_______________

Medical O cerNa onal Ins tute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Sue Schneps, A.M.B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

Entered 1976 * Le June 1, 1980_______________

Withdrew with Master’s degreeJewelry Designer and Owner,

Sea and Star Designs

Leslie Timpe, Ph.D.A.B., Princeton University

Entered 1976 * Defended September 8, 1982Advisor: Ann Stuart

The Roles of Acetylcholine and Gamma aminobutyrin Acid in the VisualSystem of the Barnacle

_______________Adjunct Faculty

San Mateo Community College District

Paul Desan, Ph.D.A.B., Princeton University

Entered 1977 * Defended June 27, 1984Advisor: Simon LeVay

The Organiza on of the Cerebral Cortex of the Pond Turtle, Pseudemysscripta elegans

_______________Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Yale University School of Medicine

Thomas Schwarz, Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1977 * Defended June 27, 1983Advisor: Edward Kravitz

Proctolin in the Lobster and Protein Phosphoryla onin a Lobster Muscle_______________


Allison Doupe, M.D./Ph.D.DCS, B.Sc., McGill University

Entered 1978 * Defended April 26, 1984Advisor: Paul Pa erson

Role of Glucocor coids and Growth Factors in the Development ofNeural Crest Deriva ves

_______________Deceased October 24, 2014

(Formerly Professor at University of California, San Francisco)

Jonathan Horton, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Stanford University

Entered 1978 * Defended February 16, 1983Advisor: Simon LeVay

Cytochrome Oxidase Patches: A New Cytoarchitectonic Feature_______________

Professor of OphthalmologyUniversity of California at San Francisco

Kathleen King Siwicki, Ph.D.Sc.B., Brown University

M.Phil., Cambridge UniversityEntered 1782 * Defended May 7, 1985

Advisor: Edward KravitzThe Neuropep de, Proctolin, in the Lobster Nervous System:

Cellular Distribu on of Proctolin Like An gens and Biochemical Studies ofIden ed Neurons_______________

Professor of NeurobiologySwarthmore College

Karla Kent, Ph.D.B.S., University of California at Santa Barbara

M.A., Boston UniversityEntered 1979 * Defended October 11, 1985

Advisor: John HildebrandMetamorphosis of the antennal center and the in uence of sensory innerva on

on the forma on of glomeruli in the hawk moth Manduca sexta_______________

Associate ProfessorOregon Health Sciences University

Anne Schneiderman, Ph.D.B.S., Stanford University

Entered 1979 * Defended July 16, 1984Advisor: John Hildebrand

Postembryonic Development of a Sexually Dimorphic Sensory Pathwayin the Central Nervous System of the Sphinx Moth, Manduca Sexta

_______________Patent A orneyHarris Beach LLC

Leslie Stevens, Ph.D.A.B., University of California at BerkeleyEntered 1979 * Defended March 27, 1987

Advisor: Story LandisPostembryonic Development of a Sexually Dimorphic Sensory Pathway

in the Central Nervous System of the Sphinx Moth, Manduca Sexta_______________

Research Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Texas at Aus n

James Hue ner, Ph.D.B.S., B.A., Indiana University of PennsylvaniaEntered 1981 * Defended January 15, 1987

Advisor: Robert BaughmanProper es of Iden ed Cor cocollicular Neurons in Primary Cultures of

Rat Visual Cortex_______________

Professor of Cell BiologyWashington University School of Medicine

Susan McConnell, Ph.D.B.A., Radcli e College

Entered 1981 * Defended March 16, 1987Advisor: Simon LeVay

Fates of Transplanted Visual Cor cal Neurons_______________

Professor of BiologyStanford University School of Medicine

Dinah Sah, Ph.D.B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 1981 * Defended February 12, 1987

Advisor: David Po erSerotonin and Neuropep des in Cultured Principal Neurons of the Rat

Superior Cervical Ganglion_______________

Senior Vice President of NeuroscienceVoyager Therapeu cs

Daniel Tso, Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1980 * Defended May 7, 1987Advisor: Torsten Wiesel

Connec vity and Func onal Organiza on in the Mammalian VisualCortex

_______________Associate Professor

Upstate Medical University of the State University of New York

Leonard Levin, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1982 * Defended April 28, 1988Advisor: Howard Weiner

Immune Func ons of Astrocytes_______________

Professor of NeurologyUniversity of Wisconsin—Madison

Michael Shepley, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., Northeastern University

M.S.B.E., Massachuse s Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 1982 * Defended November 21, 1988

Advisor: Edward KravitzMonoclonal an body iden ca on of a 100 kDa membrane protein in

HeLa cells and human spinal cord involved in poliovirus a achment_______________

Deceased October 15, 2000(formerly Assistant Professor at SUNY Stony Brook)

David Turner, Ph.D.B.A., Northwestern University

Entered 1982 * Defended March 21, 1989Advisor: Connie Cepko

Cell Lineage in the Rat and Mouse Re nas_______________

Associate Research ProfessorUniversity of Michigan Medical School

Alfred Sandrock, M.D./Ph.D.B.A., Stanford University

Entered 1981 * Defended February 12, 1987Advisor: William Ma hew

The Immunologic Iden ca on of Molecules which Promote theRegenera on of Neuronal Axons

_______________Senior Vice President and Medical O cer

Biogen IDEC, Inc.

Mary Womack, Ph.D.B.A., Northwestern University

Entered 1982 * Defended April 16, 1990Advisor: Thomas Jessell

Mechanisms Underlying Modula on of Dorsal Horn Neuronsby Substance

_______________Instructor in Math and Biology

Nashville State Community College

Junying Yuan, Ph.D.B.S., Fudan University

Entered 1981 * Defended May 9, 1989Advisor: Robert Horvitz

Gene c and Molecular Studies of Two Genes that ControlProgrammed Cell Death in the Nematode C. Elegans

_______________Professor of Cell BiologyHarvard Medical School

Ben Barres, Ph.D.S.B., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

M.D., Dartmouth Medical SchoolEntered 1983 * Defended March 1, 1990

Advisor: David CoreyElectrophysiology of White Ma er Glia

_______________Professor of Neurobiology

Stanford University School of Medicine

O o Von FranqueB.A., Yale University

Entered 1982 * Le August 24, 1984_______________

Withdrew without taking degreeEnrolled in M.D. program at Stanford University

Physician

David Frim, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Harvard CollegeB.J.Ed., Hebrew College

Entered 1983 * Defended September 1, 1988Advisor: Mar n Moore Ede

Studies in the Structure and Regula on of the mRNA SpeciesEncoding Cor cotroping Releasing Hormone and Vasopressin

_______________Professor of Surgery and Neurology

University of Chicago School of Medicine

Timothy Laman, A.M.B.S., Hope CollegeEntered 1983

_______________

Transferred to OEB at Harvard CollegeWildlife Photojournalist, Na onal Geographic

Peggy Mason, Ph.D.B.A., Harvard College

Entered 1983 * Defended May 14, 1987Advisor: Edward Kravitz

The Intracellularyl Recorded Ac vity of Medullary Raphe NeuronsDuring a Nocicep ve Trigeminial Re ex


University of Chicago

Anthony Monaco, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Princeton University

Entered 1983 * Defended May 13, 1987Advisor: Edward Kravitz

Iden ca on and Par al Cloning of the Locus Responsefor Duchene and Becker Muscular Dystrophy

_______________President

Tu s University

E. Houston Warren, Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1983 * Defended September 19, 1988Advisor: Charles Liberman

E ect of Sound Evoked Ac vity in Olivocochlear E erent Neuronson Auditory Nerve Response

_______________Associate Professor of Medical OncologyUniversity of Washington Medical School

Daniela BonafedeB.S., California Ins tute of Technology

Entered 1984 * Le July 1, 1986_______________

Withdrew without taking degreeTransferred to Yale University

Steven McIn re, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., M.S., Stanford University

Entered 1984 * Defended March 1, 1990Advisor: Robert Horvitz

A Gene c Characteriza on of GABAergic Neurotransmission and AxonalOutgrowth in the Nematode Caenorhabdi s elegans

_______________Consul ng Professor, Neurology


Laura Regan, Ph.D.B.A., Swarthmore College

Entered 1983 * Defended January 10, 1990Advisor: Bruce Bean

Calcium Currents in Freshly Dissociated Rat Purkinje and Dorsal RootGanglion Cells

_______________Dean, School of Classical Chinese Medicine

Na onal College of Chinese Natural Medicine

Carmela Abraham, Ph.D.B.Sc., Tel Aviv University

Entered 1985 * Defended January 12, 1988Advisor: Hun ngton Po er

The protease inhibitor, 1 an chymotrypsin, in brain aging and disease_______________

Professor of BiochemistryBoston University School of Medicine

John Assad, Ph.D.B.A., State University of New York at Bu aloEntered 1985 * Defended June 20, 1991

Advisor: David CoreySensory Adapta on of Vertebrate Hair Cells


Harvard Medical School

David Lopes Cardozo, Ph.D.B.A., Concordia UniversityB.Sc., Dalhousie University

Entered 1985 * Defended June 1, 1993Advisor: David Po er

Pharmacology of Synap c Transmission in the Gold sh Sacculus_______________

Associate Dean, Graduate Student A airsDivision of Medical Sciences, Harvard Medical School

Anna Wang RoeA.B., Harvard College

Entered 1984 * Le May 13, 1985_______________

Withdrew without taking degreeEnrolled in MIT and earned Ph.D. in Neuroscience

Professor of Neuroscience, Oregon Health & Sciences University

Chinfei Chen, M.D./Ph.D.B.A.S., University of Pennsylvania

Entered 1985 * Defended September 21, 1990Advisor: Peter Hess

Voltage Dependent Calcium Channels in 3T3 Fibroblasts_______________

Associate Professor of NeurologyHarvard Medical School

Sheila Nirenberg, Ph.D.B.A., State University of New York at Albany

Entered 1985 * Defended June 1, 1992Advisor: Connie Cepko

Targeted Abla on of Diverse Cell Types in the Nervous System:A Method for Blocking Cell Cell Interac ons in vivo

_______________Professor of Physiology

Cornell Weill School of Medicine

Philip Starr, M.D./Ph.D.B.A., Princeton University

Entered 1985 * Defended March 20, 1989Advisor: William Sewell

Pharmacology of Synap c Transmission in the Gold sh Sacculus_______________

Professor of Neurological SurgeryUniversity of California at San Francisco Medical Center

Rudolph Tanzi, Ph.D.B.S., University of Rochester

Entered 1985 * Defended March 19, 1990Advisor: James Gusella

The Amyloid Beta Protein Precursor Gene in Familial and SporadicAlzheimer’s Disease_______________

Professor of Child NeurologyHarvard Medical School

Margaret Thompson, Ph.D.B.S., University of Michigan

Entered 1985 * Defended August 2, 1993Advisor: Michael E. Greenberg

Serotonergic Neurons in the Lobster: Excitatory and Inhibitory Inputs_______________

Director, IDDRC CoreBoston Children’s Hospital

Chris an Titlow, Ph.D.B.S., California Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 1985 * Defended June 8, 1992

Advisor: Marge LivingstoneAssembly of Human Monoamine Oxidase Type B (MAO B) Into the

Mitochondrial Outer Membrane:Support for a New Class of Leader Sequences

_______________

Whereabouts Unknown

Margot U erbackB.S., University of California at Los AngelesEntered 1985 * Le September 1, 1992

Advisor: Lydia Villa Komaro_______________

Withdrew without taking degreeNot employed

Wendy Weiger, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1985 * Defended February 14, 1995Advisor: Edward Kravitz

Serotonergic Neurons in the Lobster: Excitatory and Inhibitory Inputs_______________

Physician, author, wilderness guide,and environmental ac vist

Mel Feany, Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1986 * Defended April 29, 1993Advisor: Kathleen Buckley and Margaret Livingstone

Molecular Analyses of Synap c Vesicle Proteins/Gene c and Molecular Studies of Drosophila Learning Mutants

_______________Professor of PathologyHarvard Medical School

Carl Fulwiler, Ph.D.B.A., Hofstra University

M.D., Washington UniversityEntered 1986 * Defended May 31, 1995

Advisor: John DowlingGene c Analysis of Re nal Development in Zebra sh

_______________Associate Professor of Psychiatry

University of Massachuse s Medical School

Linda Kobierski, Ph.D.B.S., Simmons College

Entered 1986 * Defended May 5, 1993Advisor: Michael Comb

Proenkephalin Gene Expression: Mechanisms of cAMP Regula on_______________

High School Science TeacherDedham Public Schools

Julie Nardone, Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College


Site Directed Mutagenesis of a B2 Bradykinin Receptor_______________

Senior Research Scien st, Bioinforma csMetamark Gene cs, Inc.

Bradford Navia, Ph.D.B.A., M.D., Columbia University

Entered 1986 * Defended August 12, 1995Advisor: Gail Bruns

Molecular Analysis of the Region Surroundingthe X Linked Re ni s Pigmentosa (RP3) Locus in Xp21.1

_______________Whereabouts unknown

Formerly Associate Professor at Tu s University School of Medicine

Pamela Prosser FriedmanB.A., Dartmouth College

Entered 1986 * Le June 1, 1987_______________

Withdrew without taking degreeWhereabouts unknown

Allan RosenbergB.S., University of Michigan

Entered 1986 * Le September 1, 1990_______________

Withdrew without taking degreeEarned J.D. at Stanford Law School

Assistant Vice President, State Street Global Exchange

Hung Ming Chu, Ph.D.B.M., Na onal Taiwan University

Entered 1987 * Defended June 1, 1992Advisor: Michael Comb

Proenkephalin Gene Regula on: S mulus Transcrip on Coupling_______________Medical Director

Chinatown/North Beach Mental Health Clinic (San Francisco)

Elizabeth Finch, Ph.D.B.A., University of California at Santa Barbara

Entered 1987 * Defended May 31, 1994Advisor: Stan Goldin

Inositol Trisphosphate Mediated Calcium Release: Kine cs andRegula on by IP, Calcium, and ATP


Formerly Assistant Professor of Cell Biology at Emory University

Michael Gille e, M.D./Ph.D.Oxford University

Entered 1987 * Defended May 4, 1995Advisor: Raymon Dacheux

Components of Adapta on in Saccular Hair Cellsof the Bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana

_______________Scien st, Broad Ins tute

Instructor, Harvard Medical SchoolPhysician, Pulmonary Care Unit, MGH

Susan Lewis, Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1987 * Defended June 7, 1994Advisor: Steven Hyman

Cytokine Regula n of Neuronal Gene Expression in Sympathe cNeurons and a Neuroblastoma Cell Line

_______________Grant writer and editor

Tu s University

Emily Liman, Ph.D.A.B., Princeton University

Entered 1987 * Defended March 31, 1992Advisor: Peter Hess

Structure and Func on of Mammalian Potassium Channels_______________

Professor of Biological SciencesUniversity of Southern California

Gordon Shepherd, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Vassar College

Entered 1987 * Defended July 27, 1993Advisor: David Corey

Components of Adapta on in Saccular Hair Cellsof the Bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana

_______________Associate Professor in Physiology

Northwestern University School of Medicine

Doreen Valen ne, Ph.D.B.S., State University of New York at Stony BrookEntered 1987 * Defended February 27, 1995

Advisor: Cynthia MossSpa al Percep on and Sensorimotor Integra on: The Role of the

Superior Colliculus in the Echoloca ng Bat, Eptesicus fuscus_______________

Associate Scien c DirectorClinical Thinking/Nucleus Global

Dayao Zhao, Ph.D.M.D., Beijing Medical University

Entered 1987 * Defended October 31 1984Advisor: William Chin

Re noic Acid: Biosynthesis and Receptors_______________

Vice PresidentJanssen Pharmaceu cals (China)

Marina Chicurel, Ph.D.Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MexicoEntered 1988 * Defended May 12, 1995

Advisor: Hun ngton Po erRNA Localiza on and RNA Cytoskeletal Interac ons in Neurons

_______________Associate Director for Science

Hereditary Disease Founda on

Robin Cloues, A.M.B.A., Barnard College

Entered 1988 * Le November 1, 1991_______________

Withdrew with Master’s degreeTransferred to University of London PhD program

Adjunct Faculty, Regis University

Shing Chuan Hooi, Ph.D.M.B.B.S., Na onal University of SingaporeEntered 1988 * Defended March 23, 1992

Advisor: Lee KaplanNeuroendocrine Regula on of Galanin Expression

_______________Professor and Vice Dean of Educa on

Yong Loo Lin School of MedicineNa onal University of Singapore

Mark Johnson, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Amherst College

Entered 1988 * Defended July 27, 1993Advisor: David Po er

Electrophysiological and Cytochemical Proper esof Rat Mesopon ne Serotonergic Neurons in Culture

_______________Associate Professor of Neurosugery


Tejvir Khurana, Ph.D.M.B.Bs., Delhi University

Entered 1988 * Defended August 12, 1991Advisor: Louis Kunkel

Iden ca on and Characteriza on of Dystrophin Related Protein_______________

Professor of PhysiologyUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Chung Chin Kuo, Ph.D.B.M., Na onal Taiwan University

Entered 1988 * Defended May 1, 1992Advisor: Peter Hess

Ion Permea on through L Type Calcium Channel_______________

Professor of NeurophysiologyNa onal Taiwan University, College of Medicine

Nicholas Marsh Armstrong, Ph.D.B.A., Haverford College

Entered 1988 * Defended June 1, 1994Advisor: Walter Gilbert

Re noic Acid and the Pa erning of the Zebra sh Re na and Trunk_______________Research Scien st

Kennedy Krieger Ins tute

Bruce Peters, Ph.D.B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Ins tute

Entered 1988 * Defended April 12, 1996Advisor: Richard Masland

Responses to Light of Starburst Amacrine Cellsin the Re na of the Rabbit

_______________Senior Scien stINDEC Systems

Sonja Potrebic, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., University of Pennsylvania

Entered 1988 * Defended February 28, 1994Advisor: Howard Fields

The Role of Serotonin in the Modula on of Nocicep onby the Rostral Ventromedial Medulla of the Rat

_______________Neurologist

Southern California Kaiser Permanente Medical Group

David Welsh, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., Stanford University

Entered 1988 * Defended April 1, 1995Advisor: Steven Reppert

Circadian Clock Neurons in Culture_______________

Associate Professor of PsychiatryUniversity of California at San Diego School of Medicine

Cynthia WetmoreA.B., Harvard College

Entered 1988 * Le June 1, 1990_______________

Withdrew without taking degreeTransferred to Karolinska Ins tuteAssociate Professor of Pediatrics

Emory University School of Medicine

Andrew Ahn, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., Columbia University

Entered 1989 * Defended May 8, 1995Advisor: Louis Kunkel

The Membrane Cytoskeleton in Muscular Dystrophy_______________

Senior Medical Advisor and Scien c LeadEli Lilly & Co.

Belinda Chang, Ph.D.A.B., Princeton University

Entered 1989 * Defended September 26, 1995Advisor: Naomi Pierce

Opsin Phylogeny and Evolu on_______________

Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolu onary BiologyUniversity of Toronto

Richard Chung, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1989 * Defended August 11, 1992Advisor: Bernd R. Sseizinger

P53: A Bifunc onal Transcrip onal Regulatory ProteinInac vated in Human Astrocy c Tumors

_______________Neurosurgeon

Neurosurgical Associates of Santa Barbara

Lise Heginbotham Thomas, Ph.D.B.A., Swarthmore College

M.S., University of Colorado Health Sciences CenterEntered 1989 * Defended May 12, 1993

Advisor: Roderick MacKinnonIden ca on and Molecular Characteriza on

of a Potassium Channel Pore_______________

Associate Professor of BiologyQuinnipiac University

Albert Hung, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1989 * Defended March 31, 1994Advisor: Dennis Selkoe

Regula on of Expression and Processing of the b Amyloid PrecursorProtein of Alzheimer’s Disease

_______________Assistant Professor of Neurology


Raul Krauss, Ph.D.M.Sc., Catholic University of Chile

Entered 1989 * Defended May 19, 1997Advisor: Gerald Fishbach

Studies of Nico nic Acetylcholine Receptor Gene Expressionin the Central Nervous System

_______________Co Head North America Neurology Disease Team

Vertex Pharmaceu cals

Camilo Mar nez, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., University of Southern CaliforniaEntered 1989 * Defended May 1, 1994

Advisor: Joseph MajzoubMolecular Regula on of Cor cotropin Releasing Hormone GeneExpression by the Protein Kinase A Pathway and Glucocor coids

_______________Partner

QM VEntures

Kenton Swartz, Ph.D.B.Sc., Eastern Manitoba College

M.D., Boston University School of MedicineEntered 1989 * Defended March 22, 1993

Advisor: Bruce BeanRegula on of Neuronal Ca Channels by Neurotransmi ers,

G Proteins and Kinase C_______________Senior Inves gator

Na onal Ins tute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Anne Sydor, Ph.D.B.A., University of Wisconsin

Entered 1989 * Defended June 20, 1995Advisor: Daniel Jay

The Role of Cytoskeletal Proteins Talin and Vinculinin Neuronal Growth Cone Mo lity

_______________Editorial Director, Educa onal Products

Thieme Medical Publishers

Azad Bonni, Ph.D.M.D., Queen’s University

Entered 1990 * Defended May 9, 1996Advisor: Michael Greenberg

Neurotrophic Factor Regula on of Immediate Early Gene Expression_______________

Professor of NeurobiologyWashington University School of Medicine

Rebecca Leah Cole, Ph.D.B.A., Macalester College

Entered 1990 * Defended July 17, 1996Advisor: Steven Hyman

Neurotransmi er Regula on of CRE– and AP 1 MediatedGene Expression in Rat Striatum

_______________Research Scien st

Merck Research Laboratories

Paul Jackson, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., Stanford University

Entered 1990 * Defended June 29 1995Advisor: Larry Benowitz

VSOAC: A Volume Sensi ve Anion Channel with a Novel Func on_______________

NeurosurgeonPalo Alto, California

Roger Knowles, Ph.D.B.S., United States Military Academy

Entered 1990 * Defended December 19, 1995Advisor: Kenneth Kosik

Transloca on of RNA Granules in Living Neurons_______________

Professor of NeuroscienceDrew University

Inge KnudsonB.A., Smith College

M.S., University of New HampshireEntered 1990 * Le May 6, 1993

_______________Withdrew without taking degree

Associate Scien st, Massachuse s Eye and Ear In rmary

Mary Morris Saba ni, Ph.D.B.A., Agnes Sco CollegeM.D., Columbia University

Entered 1990 * Defended July 31, 1997Advisor: Chuck Weitz

Entertainment of the Mammalian Circadian Clock: Iden ca onof Light Induced Genes in the SCN

_______________Obstetrician

Massachuse s General Hospital

Caroline Overly, Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1990 * Defended May 7, 1996Advisor: Peter Hollenbeck

Organelle Mo lity and Endocy c Pathways in Cultured Neurons_______________

Community VolunteerSea le, Washington

Alfred Roca, Ph.D.B.A., Cornell University

B.S., University of WyomingEntered 1990 * Defended August 7, 1996

Advisor: Steven ReppertThe Mouse Mel1a Melatonin Receptor Gene

_______________Associate Professor of Animal Sciences

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Karin Sorra, Ph.D.B.Sc., Dalhousie University

Entered 1990 * Defended November 26, 1996Advisor: Kristen Harris

Synapse Structure, Func on and Plas city in Hippocampal Area CA1_______________

President and Chief Scien c O cerArroscience, Inc.

Ashley Bruce, Ph.D.A.B., Brown University

Entered 1991 * Defended August 22, 1997Advisor: Mar n Shankland

Characteriza on of an orthoden cle Homolog in the Leechand Inves ga on of Ectopic Gene Express Techniques

_______________Associate Professor of Cell Biology

University of Toronto

Anne e Jenner, Ph.D.B.A., Mt. Holyoke College

Entered 1991 * Defended April 28, 1998Advisor: Gordon Sherman

The Connec vity of Ectopic Neurons in the Neocortex and their E ectson Neuronal Size in the Thalamus: Implica ons for Developmental

Dyslexia_______________

Adjunct Assistant ProfessorSUNY Upstate Medical Center

Stephen Macknik, Ph.D.B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz

Entered 1991 * Defended September 20, 1996Advisor: Marge Livingstone

The Physiology and Percep on of Visibility and Visual Masking_______________

Professor of Ophthalmology, SUNY Downstate Medical CenterColumnist for Scien c American

Phillip Schwartz, Ph.D.B.S., Columbia University

M.Sc., The Weizmann Ins tuteEntered 1991 * Defended June 17, 1998

Advisor: Rosalind SegalNeurotrophins in the Regula on of Cerebellar Development

_______________Chief Execu ve O cer

Entera Bio Ltd.

Patrick Senatus, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1991 * Defended June 16, 1997Advisor: David Po er

Electrophysiological and Cytochemical Proper es ofRat Neostriatal Neurons in Microculture

_______________

NeurosurgeonConnec cut

Lawrence Sincich, Ph.D.B.S., Stanford University

Entered 1991 * Defended May 13, 1999Advisor: Gary Blasdel

Local Circuits in Primary Visual Cortex_______________

Assistant Professor of Vision ServicesUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry

Deborah Sodickson Cohen, Ph.D.B.A., Wesleyan University


Control of Inwardly Rec fying Potassium Channels and VoltageDependent Calcium Channels

by G Protein Coupled Transmi er Receptors in Hippocampal Neurons_______________

Homemaker

Mark Tramo, Ph.D.B.A., Yale University

M.D., Cornell UniversityEntered 1991 * Defended November 10, 1998


Lecturer, U.C.L.A. School of Music

Cathy WaldmanB.A., Arcadia University

Entered 1991 * Withdrew without degree August 31, 1992_______________Speech Pathologist

Deborah Watson, Ph.D.B.A., Mills College

Entered 1991 * Defended April 11 1997Advisor: Dennis Selkoe

E ects of the HCHWA D Muta on on bAPP Processing, Heterogeneity ofAb Deposits, and Heparin/HSPG Binding: Implica ons for Alzheimer’s

Disease_______________

Research Assistant Professor of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Anne West, M.D./Ph.D.B.A., Cornell University

Entered 1991 * Defended December 2, 1996Advisor: Kathleen Buckley

Protein Targe ng in Neurons_______________

Associate Professor of NeurobiologyDuke University

Robert WhorfB.S., University of New Hampshire

Entered 1991 * Le September 1, 1993_______________

Enrolled in University of Rochester School of MedicineOncologist, Florida

Sanjay Aggarwal, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., Johns Hopkins University

Entered 1992 * Defended June 3, 1996Advisor: Roderick MacKinnon

Iden ca on of the Voltage Sensor in the Voltage Ac vated PotassiumChannel

_______________Pediatrician

Bal more, Maryland

Marc Awobuluyi, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1992 * Defended June 10, 1997Advisor: Stuart Lipton

Transla onal Control of N Methyl D Aspartate Subunit 1 (NMDAR1)Expression

_______________Assistant Clinical Professor in Neuroradiology

University of California, San Francisco Medical Center

Kris na Wietasch Becker, Ph.D.B.A., M.D., Ruhr University

Entered 1992 * Defended March 21, 1997Advisor: Gerald Fischbach

Regula on of Neuronal Nico nic Acetylcholine Receptorsin the Interpeduncular Nucleus

_______________Patent A orney

Germany

Michael Belliveau, Ph.D.B.S., University of Michigan

Entered 1992 * Defended September 9, 1998Advisor: Connie Cepko

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Regula on of Cell Fate Choices in the VertebrateNeural Re na

_______________Patent A orney and Partner

Clark & Elbing LLP

Solange Brown, M.D./Ph.D.Princeton University

Entered 1992 * Defended June 7, 1999Advisor: Richard Masland

Local Circuits in the Re na: Spa al Sensi vity, Contrast Adapta onand Direc on Selec vity of Re nal Ganglion Cells

_______________Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Yu Ju ChenB.S., Na onal Taiwan University

Entered 1992* Le January 1, 1995_______________

Withdrew without taking degreeAdjunct Professor of Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry

Na onal Taiwan University

Donnella Green Comeau, M.D./Ph.D.B.A., Amherst College

Entered 1992 * Defended September 19, 1997Advisor: Stephen Cannon

Func onal Consequences of Sodium Channel Muta onsin Human Neuromuscular Disease

and a Novel Mechanism for Acetazolamide Therapy_______________

RadiologistCumberland, Rhode Island

Amy Malick, Ph.D.B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 1992 * Defended May 4, 2000

Advisor: Rami BursteinOn Trigeminohypothalamic Pain Pathways and How They Contribute to

Anorexic Behavior_______________

Managing Editor and Group PublisherQuan aMD

Michael Olivares, M.D.B.S., University of Texas at Aus n

Entered 1992 * Le February 1, 1993_______________

Withdrew without taking degreeReturned to Harvard Medical School to complete M.D. degree

Whereabouts unknown

Christopher Reid, Ph.D.B.S., United States Military Academy

Entered 1992 * Defended January 9, 1997Advisor: Christopher A.. Walsh

Cell Lineage in Mammalian Cerebral Cortex_______________

Chief Execu ve O cerPDC Capital Group

Kerry Ressler, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

Entered 1992 * Defended December 18, 1995Advisor: Linda Buck

Odorant Receptor Organiza on and Informa on Codingin the Mouse Olfactory System

_______________Professor of PsychiatryHarvard Medical School

Volney Sheen, M.D./Ph.D.Johns Hopkins University

Entered 1992 * Defended May 6, 1997Advisor: Je rey Macklis

Transplanta on Strategies for Reconstruc onof Complex Neocor cal Circuitry



Paul Tolen no, M.D./Ph.D.Sc.B., Brown University

Entered 1992 * Defended May 27, 1995Advisor: Lydia Villa Komaro

Transcrip onal and Post Transcrip onal Regula onof VIP mRNA Expression

_______________Neurosurgeon

Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Kelly Van Koughnet, Ph.D.B.Sc., University of Toronto

Entered 1992 * Defended March 12, 1999Advisor: Steve Hyman

Proenkephalin Transgene Regula on in the Paraventricular Nucleus ofthe Hypothalamus by Lipopolysaccharide and Interleukin 1ß: a Model

for the Study of Neuro Immune Communica on_______________

Associate Vice President of Research and Knowledge Transla oinCanadian Ins tutes of Health Research

Brenda Allwardt, Ph.D.B.A., Lawrence University

Entered 1993 * Defended May 6, 1999Advisor: John Dowling

Ultrastructural Analysis of Photoreceptorsin Wildtype and Mutant Zebra sh Larvae

_______________Not currently employed

Joshua Berke, Ph.D.B.A., Cambridge University

Entered 1993 * Defended September 10, 1998Advisor: Steve Hyman

A Complex Program of Dopamine Induced Gene Expression Iden edUsing Di eren al Display PCR: Discovery of a Novel Inducible Cyclin

_______________Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience

University of Michigan

Steven Chao, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1993 * Defended August 24, 1999Advisor: Larry Benowitz

GAP 43: Regula on and Func on_______________

PartnerClearView Healthcare Partners

Katrin Chua, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1993 * Defended May 7, 1999Advisor: Robin Reed

Remodeling of the Spliceosome for Catalysis of Exon Liga on_______________

Associate Professor of MedicineStanford University School of Medicine

Saumya Das, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1993 * Defended September 9, 1997Advisor: Nobuki Nakanishi

Iden ca on and Characteriza on of a Novel N Methyl D AspartateReceptor Subunit NR3A

_______________Researcher and Electrophysiologist

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Michael Bianche a, Ph.D.B.A., Brown University

Entered 1993 * Defended July 23, 2004Advisor: Jonathan Cohen

Self Associa on of the Muscle Speci c Receptor Tyrosine Kinase MuSK_______________

Whereabouts unknown

Jorge Luis Gonzalez, Ph.D.B.S., Tu s University

Entered 1993 * Defended May 10, 1999Advisor: Christopher A. Walsh

Cellular and Biochemical Analysis of Muta ons that A ect CerebralCor cal Development_______________

Execu ve Vice President of Systems and Technology Innova onEF Educa onal Tours

Heather HindsA.B., B.S., Stanford University

M.Sc., Oxford UniversityEntered 1993 * Le May 1, 1994

_______________Transferred to Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology– Tonegawa Lab

Neurologist — San Francisco, California

Lisa Horowitz, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., University of California at Berkeley

Entered 1993 * Defended September 14, 1998Advisor: Linda Buck

Connec vity in the Mouse Olfactory System_______________

PhysicianBoston, Massachuse s

Holly Engelman, A.M.B.S., Columbia University

Entered 1993 * Le January 1, 1996_______________

Transferred to Columbia UniversityReceived Ph.D. in 2002

Research support sta at Pennsylvania State College of Medicine

Jerri Mar n, A.M.B.S., California Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 1993 * Le June 1, 1997

_______________Withdrew with Master’s degree

Elementary school volunteer; formerly scien st at Theravance, Inc.San Francisco, California

Mar n Niethammer, Ph.D.Diploma, Universitat Tubingen

Entered 1993 * Defended September 3, 1998Advisor: Morgan Sheng

Organiza on of an NMDA Receptor Associated Complex via the PDZDomains of PSD 95_______________

Adjunct Clinical Assistant ProfessorAlbert Einstein College of Medicine

Lianna Orlando, Ph.D.B.S., Syracuse University

Entered 1993 * Defended April 25, 2001Advisor: Anne Young

Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Chain Migra on_______________

Scien c Program O cerMuscular Dystrophy Associa on

Thomas Jordan, Ph.D.Bucknell University

Entered 1993 * Defended December 8, 1997Advisor: John Dowling

Network Dynamics and Their Neuromodula on: Dopaminergic E ectson Re nal Recep ve Fields

_______________Founder and Chief Execu ve O cer

Aldexa Therapeu cs

Heather Rie , Ph.D.B.A., Williams College

Entered 1993 * Defended August 13, 1999Advisor: Gabriel Corfas

The Role of Neuregulin and erB Receptors in Cerebellar Development_______________

Senior Science Policy AnalystNa onal Ins tute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes

Bernardo Saba ni, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1993 * Defended September 16, 1997Advisor: Wade Regehr

Calcium Control of Neurotransmi er Release at a Cerebellar Synapse_______________


Maurice Sholas, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., Southern University

Entered 1993 * Defended June 28, 1996Advisor: Daniel Kenshalo

Changes in Primary Somatosensory Cortex Processing of Nocicep veInforma on

Induced by In amma on_______________

Senior Medical DirectorChildren’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

Megan Benson Pra , Ph.D.B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

M.A., Harvard UniversityEntered 1993 * Defended September 13, 1999

Advisor: Jonathan CohenMapping Noncompe ve Antagonist Binding Sites in the Nico nic

Acetylcholine Receptor_______________

Educa onal Outreach CoordinatorIns tute for Human and Machine Cogni on

Jamie Zeitzer, Ph.D.B.A., Vassar College

Entered 1993 * Defended March 26, 1999Advisor: Charles Czeisler

Physiology and Anatomy of Human Circadian Photorecep onand Melatonin Regula on



Pradeep Atluri, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1994 * Defended January 27, 2000Advisor: Wade Regehr

The Role of Presynap c Calcium in Short Term Synap c Plas city_______________

PsychiatristNew York City

Stacie Weninger, Ph.D.University of North Carolina

Entered 1994 * Defended September 9, 1999Advisor: Joseph Majzoub

Role of Cor cotropin Releasing Hormone (CRH) and CRH Like Moleculesin Stress Induced Behavior

_______________Execu ve Director

Fidelity Biosciences Research Ini a ve

Fiona Watson, Ph.D.B.Sc., M.S., Dalhousie University

Entered 1993 * Defended May 18, 1999Advisor: Rosalind Segal

Retrograde Signaling by Neutrophins_______________

Associate Professor of BiologyWashington and Lee University

Michelle Day, Ph.D.B.S., University of California, Los AngelesEntered 1994 * Defended June 2, 2000

Advisor: Steve HymanThe E ects of Serotonin 5 HT2A Agonists and Antagonists on High

Voltage Ac vated Calcium Currents in Prefrontal Pyramidal Neurons_______________

Research Assistant ProfessorNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Jeremy Di man, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., Stanford University

Entered 1994 * Defended June 2, 1998Advisor: Wade Regehr

Presynap c Modula on of Transmi er Releasein the Central Nervous System

_______________Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Neuroscience

Weill Cornell Medical College

Stephanie Gaus, Ph.D.B.S., Stanford University

Entered 1994 * Defended April 5, 2002Advisor: Cli ord Saper

Neuroanatomic Substrates for Circadian Control of Sleep_______________Research Scien st

University of California, San FranciscoSeeley Selec ve Vulnerability Research Laboratory

Paul Borghesani, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 1994 * Defended December 20, 1999

Advisor: Rosalind SegalNeuronal Migra on in Development and Degenera on

_______________Psychiatrist

Sea le, Washington

James Morrill, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1994 * Defended July 26, 1999Advisor: Stephen Cannon

Biophysical Proper es of the Skeletal Muscle L Type Calcium Channelin Health and Disease_______________

Instructor in MedicineMassachuse s General Hospital

Paula Smith, PH.D.B.S., Cornell University

Entered 1994 * Defended September 7, 1999Advisor: Gary Yellen

Voltage dependent Ga ng of HERG Potassium Channels_______________

Medical WriterNovo Nordisk

Mark Zylka, Ph.D.B.X., Virginia Polytechnic Ins tute

Entered 1994 * Defended September 17, 1999Advisor: Steven Reppert

Characteriza on of a Mammalian Circadian Feedback Loop_______________

Associate Professor of Cell BiologyUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Lisa Genova, Ph.D.B.S., Bates College

Entered 1994 * Defended April 30, 1998Advisor: Steve Hyman

Amphetamine Induced Adapta ons in Striatal Neurons: Roles ofSerotonin and Condi oned S muli

_______________Best selling author

“S ll Alice”, “Le Neglected” and “Inside the O’Briens”

A.B., Yun Beom Choi, M.D./Ph.D.Harvard College

Entered 1995 * Defended December 21, 1998Advisor: Stuart Lipton

Molecular Analysis of Modulatory Sites on the NMDA Receptor:Redox, Zn2+, and Nitric Oxide Related Species


Englewood, New Jersey

Hui Zhou, A.M.B.S., Huazhong University of Science and Technology

M.S., Beijing UniversityEntered 1994 * Le March 1, 1997

_______________

Withdrew with Master’s degreeTransferred to Washington University

Richard Chris e, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 1995 * Defended December 21, 1999

Advisor: Bradley HymanIn vivo Imaging of Amyloid Deposi on in a Transgenic Mouse Model

of Alzheimer’s Disease_______________

Independent Consultant (Pharmaceu cals)Obex Enterprises LLC

Manish Aghi, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., Stanford University

Entered 1995 * Defended November 20, 1998Advisor: Xandra Breake eld

Improving the E cacy of Chemosensi zingBrain Tumor Gene Therapies

_______________Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

University of California, San Francisco

Jerry Lin, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1995 * Defended June 13, 2000Advisor: Morgan Sheng

I. Characteriza on of an NMDA receptor associated complexJ. centered around NRI;

II. The role of AMPA receptor tra cking in synap c plas city_______________OtolaryngologistFairfax, Virginia

Sanjay Magavi, Ph.D.Sc.B., Brown University

Entered 1995 * Defended September 28, 2001Advisor: Je rey Macklis

Induc on of Neurogenesis in the Neocortex of Adult Mice andAssessment of the Func onal Integra on of Adult born Neurons

_______________Senior Research Scien stVertex Pharmaceu cals

Heather Mason Chris e, Ph.D.A.B., Amherst College

Entered 1995 * Defended April 27, 2001Advisor: Gabriel Corfas

Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Chain Migra on_______________

Homemaker

Jesus Garcia, M.D./Ph.D.B.A., Loyola Marymount University

Entered 1995 * Defended September 10, 1999Advisor: Margaret Livingstone

Mechanisms of Color and Mo on in Monkey Visual Cortex_______________

Plas c SurgeonSacramento, California

Philip Nadeau, Ph.D.B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

Entered 1995 * Defended September 15, 2000Advisor: Bruce Yankner

An Inves ga on of the Role of Apolipoproteins, Lipoproteins and thePresenilin Proteins in Amyloid Beta Metabolism and Alzheimer’s Disease

_______________Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst

Cowen and Company

Sco Naisbi , M.D./Ph.D.B.S., University of Utah

Entered 1995 * Defended September 29, 2000Advisor: Morgan Sheng

The Molecular Organiza on of the Postsynap c Densityby GKAP and SHANK_______________

Vice President of Scien c and Medical A airsLutonix, Inc.

Asha Elizabeth Nigh, Ph.D.B.S., Stanford University

Entered 1995 * Defended March 7, 2003Advisor: Michael Greenberg

The Control of Protein Expression During Adap ve Neuronal Responses_______________

Chief Scien c Editor and FounderScience Editors Network

Mireya Nadal Vicens, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1995 * Defended September 14, 2001Advisor: Michael Greenberg

Signaling mechanisms that govern the switchfrom neuronal to astrocyte di eren a on in neocor cal progenitors

_______________Psychiatrist and Instructor of Psychiatry


Marcus Ware, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., Tougaloo College

Entered 1995 * Defended November 16, 1998Advisor: Christopher A. Walsh

Cellular and Molecular Events in the Developmentof the Cerebral Cortex_______________

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurological SurgeryTulane University

Vasanth Vedantham, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., Yale University

Entered 1995 * Defended June 2, 2000Advisor: Stephen Cannon

Moving Parts of Voltage Gated Sodium Channels_______________

Assistant Professor of MedicineUniversity of California, San Francisco Medical Center

John Reppas, M.D./Ph.D.B.A., Oxford University

Entered 1995 * Defended September 22, 2000Advisor: R. Clay Reid

Saccadic Eye Movements and Early Vision_______________

Director of Public PolicyNeurotechnology Industry Organiza on

Jeremiah Scharf, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., Yale University

Entered 1995 * Defended September 8, 1999Advisor: Louis Kunkel

Compara ve Genomic Analysis of the Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)Region in Mouse and Man: Applica ons for Understanding Disease

Pathogenesis_______________

Assistant Professor of NeurologyMassachuse s General Hospital

Alex Carter, M.D./Ph.D.B.A., Brandeis University

Entered 1996 * Defended December 17, 2001Advisor: Rosalind Segal

Neurotrophin Modula on of Synap c Plas city and CerebellarDevelopment


Washington University School of Medicine

Lisa Catapano, M.D./Ph.D.B.A., Dartmouth College


Stage Speci c Control over Neocor cal Callosal Projec on NeuronSurvival and Di eren a on

_______________Assistant Professor of PsychiatryGeorge Washington University

Thomas Chou, Ph.D.B.S., M.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 1996 * Defended February 10, 2003

Advisor: Cli ord SaperRegula on of sleep wake ming: Circadian rhythms

and bistability of sleep wake behavior_______________

Whereabouts UnknownFormerly: Assistant Professor—Medical University of South Carolina

Bevil Conway, Ph.D.B.Sc., McGill University

Entered 1996 * Defended April 18, 2001Advisor: Margaret Livingstone

Mechanisms of Color and Mo on in Monkey Visual Cortex_______________

Associate Professor of NeuroscienceWellesley College

Michael Deans, Ph.D.B.A., Michigan State University

Entered 1996 * Defended April 26, 2002Advisor: David Paul

Connexin 36 Localiza on and Func on Within the Rod Pathwaysof the Mouse Re na_______________

Assistant Professor of OtolaryngologyUniversity of Utah School of Medicine

Shin Jung Kang, Ph.D.B.S., M.S., Seoul Na onal University

Entered 1996 * Defended September 25, 2001Advisor: Junying Yuan

A Dual Role of Capase 11 under Pathologicaland Physiological Condi ons

_______________Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology

Sejong University

Amy McMichaelB.S., Kalamazoo College

Entered 1996 * Le June 1, 1997_______________


Magdalene Moran, Ph.D.B.A., Williams College

Entered 1996 * Defended October 7, 2002Advisor: David Clapham

TLF is a Func onal Regulator or Transcrip on with Targetsthat Are Dis nct from the TATA Box Binding Protein (TBP)

_______________Senior Vice President, Biology

Hydra Biosciences

Kim Seth, Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1996 * Defended September 25, 2002Advisor: Joseph Majzoub

A Molecular Gene c Inves ga on of the Role of Re 1/REST In theTranscrip onal Regula on

of the Cor cotropin Releasing Hormone (CRH) Gene_______________

AdvisorResilience Therapeu cs

Abraha Taddese, M.D./Ph.D.B.A., Washington University

Entered 1996 * Defended June 6, 2001Advisor: Bruce Bean

Electrophysiology of Spontaneously Ac veTuberomammillary Nucleus Neurons

_______________Physician

Miami, Florida

Jonathan Trinidad, Ph.D.B.S., William and Mary College

Entered 1996 * Defended October 10, 2002Advisor: Jonathan Cohen

The Localiza on and Func on of Neuregulin and the ErbB Receptorsat the Neuromuscular Junc on

_______________Director, Biological Mass Spectrometry

Indiana University

Doris Tsao, Ph.D.B.S., California Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 1996 * Defended May 20, 2002

Advisor: Margaret LivingstoneStereopsis

_______________Professor of Biology

California Ins tute of Technology

Kevin Welch, A.M.B.S., Beloit College

Entered 1996 * Le June 1, 2007_______________

Withdrew with Master’s degreeWhereabouts unknown

Alo Basu, Ph.D.B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 1997 * Defended December 20, 2004

Advisor: Ed KravitzCharacteriza on of an Amine Modulated Stress Neuropep de System in

Homarus americanus_______________

Assistant ProfessorCollege of the Holy Cross

Adam Carter, Ph.D.B.A., Cambridge University

ESntered 1997 * Defended April 29, 2002Advisor: Wade Regehr

Synap c Transmission at Cerebellar Stellate Cells_______________

Associate Professor of Neural ScienceNew York University

Dennis Chang, Ph.D.B.Sc.H., Queen’s University

Entered 1997 * Defended July 16, 2003Advisor: Steven Reppert

Circadian Clock Molecules of a Lepidopteran Insect, Antheraea pernyi,and Comparison with the Fruit Fly, Drosophila melanogaster

_______________Principal

Clarion Healthcare

Mark Emerson, Ph.D.B.A., Oberlin College

Entered 1997 * Defended January 26, 2005Advisor: Davie Van Vactor

A Misexpression Gene c Screen in Drosophila Iden esCandidate Axon Guidance Factors with Di eren al Expression

_______________Assistant Professor of Biology

City College of New York

Heather Heerssen, Ph.D.B.A., Kenyon College

Entered 1997 * Defended December 3, 2003Advisor: Rosalind Segal

Mechanisms of Trk Receptor Retrograde Transport and Signaling_______________

Senior Medical WriterComplete Healthcare Communica ons

Jane Ko, Ph.D.B.A., Tulane University

Entered 1997 * Defended May 13, 2004Advisor: Li Huei Tsai

CdK5 Ac vators in Development and Poten al Regula on of Kinesins_______________

Associate Director, Global Marke ngKellogg Company

Genevieve Konopka, Ph.D.B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 1997 * Defended May 14, 2004

Advisor: Azad BonniRegula on of STAT3 Signaling in Astrocyte Transforma on

_______________Associate Professor of Neuroscience

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Anatol Kreitzer, Ph.D.B.S., University of California at BerkeleyEntered 1997 * Defended April 25, 2001

Advisor: Wade RegehrAc vity Dependent Modula on of Synap c Strength in the Central

Nervous System_______________

Associate Professor of NeuroscienceUniversity of California, San Francisco

Robert Moy, A.M.B.A., Oberlin College

Entered September 1997 * Withdrew June 1, 2004———————

Withdrew with a Master’s degreePrincipal

Clarion Healthcare

Lisa Simon NelsonB.S., Rutgers University

Entered 1997 * Le January 1, 2000_______________


Christov Roberson, Ph.D.B.A., Northern Arizona University

Entered 1997 * Defended August 5, 2004Advisor: David Clapham

G Protein Regula on of Inwardly Rec fying Potassium Channels_______________

LecturerJohns Hopkins University

Gisela Sandoval, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., California Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 1997 * Defended July 9, 2002

Advisor: Gary RuvkunMolecular Analysis of an Interac on between the Vesicular

Acetylcholine Transporter and Synaptobrevin in Caenorhabdi s Elegans_______________

PsychiatristStanford University Hospital and Clinics

Claire Sauvageot, Ph.D.B.A., University of California, Berkeley

Entered 1997 * Defended October 9, 2003Advisor: Charles S les

Genomic Analysis of Fate Choice in Cor cal Progenitor Cells_______________

Senior Manager, Scien c Strategy and Publica onsTakeda Oncology (Dana Farber Cancer Ins tute)

Sohail Tavazoie, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., University of California, BerkeleyEntered 1997 * Defended June 15, 2001

Advisor: R. Clay ReidThe Development of Neural Connec ons from Re na to Thalamus:

Matura on and Plas city of Recep ve Fields_______________

Associate Professor of Cancer BiologyThe Rockefeller University

Sarah Webster, Ph.D.B.S., University of Connec cut

Entered 1997 * Defended December 12, 2003Advisor: Gary Yellen

Structures and mechanisms of ga ng inShaker voltage dependent potassium channels

_______________Assistant Professor

College of the Holy Cross

Ying Zhang, Ph.D.B.S., University of Science and Technology (China)

M.S., Duke UniversityEntered 1997 * Defended May 5, 2003

Advisor: R. Clay ReidWhere Is It? Deriving S mulus Loca on from the Responses of Visual

Neurons_______________

Whereabouts unknown

Bruce Altevogt, Ph.D.B.A., University of Virginia

Entered 1998 * Defended November 20, 2003Advisor: David Paul

Analysis of Connexins in Myela on_______________

Director of Science Policy and Science AdvocacyP zer, Inc.

Teresa Chae, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1998 * Defended May 15, 2002Advisor: Christopher A. Walsh

Mechanisms of Dorsal Pa erning in the Developing Forebrain_______________OphthalmologistHouston, Texas

Michael Tri Do, Ph.D.B.S., Georgetown University

Entered 1998 * Defended December 15, 2003Advisor: Bruce Bean

Genera on and Regula on of Pacemaking in Subthalamic Neurons_______________

Assistant Professor of NeurologyHarvard Medical School

John Elfar, M.D.Johns Hopkins University

Entered 1998 * Withdrew September 1, 2000

_______________

Withdrew without taking a Ph.D.Returned to Harvard Medical School to complete his M.D.

Associate Professor of OrthopaedicsUniversity of Rochester Medical Center

Edmund Gri n, Jr., M.D./Ph.D.B.S., Columbia University

Entered 1998 * Defended March 7, 2002Advisor: Chuck Weitz

Light, Cryptochrome, and Circadian Clocks_______________

Assistant Professor of Clinical PsychiatryColumbia University Medical Center

W. Taylor Kimberly, M.D./Ph.D.B.A., Princeton University

Entered 1998 * Defended May 10, 2002Advisor: Dennis Selkoe

Intramembrane Proteolysis and Signal Transduc on:The Gamma Secretase Complex and Its Connec on to Alzheimer’s

Disease_______________

Associate Director, Neuroscience Intensive Care UnitMassachuse s General Hospital

Gaby Maimon, Ph.D.B.S., Cornell University

Entered 1998 * Defended May 5, 2005Advisor: John Assad

Cortex, vision and ac on._______________

Assistant ProfessorThe Rockefeller University

Carolyn Rodriguez, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1998 * Defended March 4, 2002Advisor: Susan Dymecki

Innova ng Gene c Technology to Map the Origin of the PrecerebellarSystem


Columbia University Medical Center

Erin Perry, A.M.B.A., Amherst College

Entered 1998 * Withdrew November 1, 2002_______________

Withdrew with Master’s degreeEnrolled in Harvard School of Educa on

Whereabouts unknown

Jun Shen, Ph.D.B.A., Dartmouth University

Entered 1998 * Defended December 13, 2004Advisor: Christopher A. Walsh

Using Forward and Reverse Gene cs to Study Genes that Control theSize of the Brain_______________

Instructor in PathologyHarvard Medical School

Susan St. Pierre, Ph.D.B.S., Stanford University

Entered 1998 * Defended March 2, 2004Advisor: Stefan Thor

Neuronal Speci ca on in Drosophila: The roles of rotund and squeeze,two related zinc nger genes

_______________Homemaker

Brian Whalen, Ph.D.B.S., Columbia University

Entered 1998 * Defended April 12, 2005Advisor: Dennis Selkoe

Early Events in Alzheimer’s Disease: An Examina on of Amyloid BetaProto bril Biology_______________

Vice President, Science and MedicineEvoke Health

Fu Chia Yang, Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 1998 * Defended October 8, 2003Advisor: Chuck Weitz

The Poten al Role for the EGF Receptor System in the CircadianRegula on of Locomotor Ac vity

_______________Scien st I

Dana Farber Cancer Ins tute

Paul Arday o, Ph.D.Wayne State University

Entered 1999 * Defended May 4, 2006Advisor: Kwang Soo Kim

Behavioral Inves ga on of Cogni ve Func on in Mouse Modelsof Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

_______________

Clinical Research Scien stEli Lilly and Company

Nathaniel Blair, Ph.D.B.A., University of Chicago


Contribu on of Voltage Gated Sodium, Calcium and Potassium Currentsto the Excitability of Nocicep ve Sensory Neurons

_______________Scien st II

Hydra Biosciences

Laurie Burlingame, A.M.B.A., Wellesley College

Entered 1999 * Withdrew June 1, 2002_______________

Withdrew with Master’s DegreeAssociate A orney

Goodwin Procter LLC

Yoojin Choi, Ph.D.University of California, Irvine

Entered 1999 * Defended July 19, 2006Advisor: Rosalind Segal

Mitogenic Niches in the Developing Cerebellum_______________

Associate Professor of BiologyNorth Park University

Thomas Deuel, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Princeton University

Entered 1999 * Defended August 4, 2004Advisor: Christopher A. Walsh

Doublecor n and the Doublecor n like Kinase in CNS Development andPlas city

_______________Neurologist and A liate Professor at Center for Arts/Experimental Media

University of Washington

Shelby Dietz, Ph.D.B.A., Cornell University

Entered 1999 * Defended November 29, 2005Advisor: Venkatesh Murthy

Plas city and Development of the Mitral Granule Reciprocal Synapsein the Mammalian Olfactory Bulb

_______________Research AssociateCornell University

Eleanore Edson, Ph.D.B.S., Stanford University

Entered 1999 * Defended August 3, 2005Advisor: Chinfei Chen

Entered September 1999Contribu ons of Glutamate Transporters and Metabotrophic Glutamate

Receptors to Synap c Transmission over Development at theRe nogeniculate Synapse

_______________Program O cer

Bill and Melinda Gates Founda on

Kelly Foster, Ph.D.B.S., University of Pi sburgh

Entered 1999 * Defended August 11, 2004Advisor: Wade Regehr

Mechanisms and Func onal Consequences of Depression at the ClimbingFiber to Purkinje Cell Synapse

_______________Associate Director of Biology

Ataxion Therapeu cs

Sanjiv Harpavat, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., Stanford University

Entered 1999 * Defended October 20, 2004Advisor: Connie Cepko

Roles of Thyroid Hormone in Chick Re nal Development_______________

Physician and researcherBaylor College of Medicine

Maria Leh nen, Ph.D.B.A., University of Pennsylvania

Entered 1999 * Defended December 15, 2005Advisor: Azad Bonni

Survival and Death Signaling Pathways: From Single Cells to Organisms_______________

Assistant Professor of PathologyHarvard Medical School

Jacob Marcus, Ph.D.B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 1999 * Defended April 28, 2006

Advisor: Joel ElmquistOrexin Receptors and the Central Autonomic System

_______________Principal Scien st, Neuroscience Discovery

Merck Research Laboratories

Bence Ölveczky, Ph.D.M.Sc., Technical University of Budapest

M.Sc., Imperial UniversityEntered 1999 * Defended May 23, 2003

Advisor: Markus MeisterRe nal Processing of Natural Mo on

_______________Professor of Organismic and Evolu onary Biology

Harvard University

Hien Tran, M.D./Ph.D.Stanford University

Entered 1999 * Defended June 5, 2003Advisor: Michael Greenberg

A Role for Forkheads in the Response to Stress_______________

DermatologistSan Diego, California

Duo Wang, Ph.D.B.S., Beijing University

Entered 1999 * Defended May 2, 2005Advisor: Gary Ruvkun

Nega ve regula on of RNA interference in Caenorhabdi s elegans_______________

Senior Manager, Market Intelligence and Market DevelopmentMedtronic

Amy Ashbacher, A.M.B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of TechnologyEntered September 2000 * Le June 1, 2005

Advisor: John Assad_______________

Withdrew with Master’s degreeWhereabouts unknown

Jay Biko , Ph.D.Sc.B., Brown University


Molecular Mechanisms Regula ng Cor cal Development: FromNeurons to Synapses_______________

Postdoctoral FellowColumbia University — Jessell Lab

Saskia de Vries, Ph.D.B.S., Yale University

Entered 2000 * Defended May 5, 2006Advisor: Markus Meister

Modula on of Re nal Responses by Single Amacrine Cells_______________

Scien st IIAllen Ins tute for Brain Science

Antoniu Fantana, Ph.D.Diploma, Heidelberg University

Entered 2000 * Defended May 1, 2006Advisor: Markus Meister

Odor Processing in the Olfactory Bulb: Structureof Mitral Cell Recep ve Fields

_______________Medical Liaison

Eli Lilly

Carson Alex Goddard, Ph.D.B.A., Oberlin College

Entered 2000 * Defended May 15, 2006Advisor: Carla Shatz

MHC Class I and the Homeosta c Regula on of CNS Synapses_______________

Inves gator IINovar s Ins tutes

Joshua Gooley, Ph.D.B.A., Wesleyan University

Entered 2000 * Defended October 31, 2005Advisor: Cli ord Saper

Entrainment of the Circadian Timing System by Light and Food_______________

Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorders ProgramDuke NUS Medical School

Anna Greka, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 2000 * Defended October 10, 2002Advisor: David Clapham

TRP Channels and the Cytoskeleton: Implica ons for Neuronal Growthand Cellular Mo lity_______________

Assistant Professor of MedicineHarvard Medical School

Kenichi Hartman, Ph.D.B.S., Brandeis University

Entered 2000 * Defended April 28, 2006Advisor: Venkatesh Murthy

Regula on of Neuronal Morphology and Synap c Developmentby Ac vity

_______________U.S. Patent Agent/Israeli Patent A orney Trainee

Allan C. En s, Ph.D. Intellectual Property Ltd.

Ma hew Hass, Ph.D.B.S., University of Iowa

Entered 2000 * Defended November 16, 2006Advisor: Bruce Yankner

Iden ca on of Novel Roles of the Amyloid Precursor Protein in SignalTransduc on

_______________Research Instructor

Cincinna Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Rhonda Hyde, Ph.D.B.S., Yale University

Entered 2000 * Defended September 8, 2008Advisor: Anne Hart

Gene c Analysis of Protein Kinase C and MAPK in C. elegansmechanosensa on_______________Biology Instructor

Biology Instructor, Upli Educa on

Alex Jackson, Ph.D.B.Sc., McGill University

Entered 2000 * Defended September 11, 2006Advisor: Bruce Bean

Subthreshold Currents Underlying the Spontaneous Firing ofHypothalamic Pacemaker Neurons

_______________Assistant Professor of Physiology

University of Connec cut

Vuk Koprivica, Ph.D.B.A., Earlham University

Entered 2000 * Defended November 22, 2005Advisor: Zhigang He

Mechanisms of Myelin Regenera on Inhibi on_______________

Director of Business DevelopmentVanda Pharmaceu cals

Sebas an Kraves, Ph.D.University of Buenos Aires

Entered 2000 * Defended May 5, 2005Advisor: Chuck Weitz

Molecular Analyses of the Circadian Control of Locomotor Ac vityin Mammals

_______________Co Founder

miniPCR

Claire McKellar, Ph.D.B.S., Yale University

Entered 2000 * Defended November 17, 2005Advisor: Carla Shatz

A Program of New Gene Expression Induced by Synaptogenesis_______________Research Specialist

Howard Hughes Medical Ins tute

Brooke Pa en, Ph.D.B.S., Princeton University

Entered 2000 * Defended December 8, 2005Advisor: Gabriel Corfas

Molecular Mechanisms of Radial Glia Forma on in the DevelopingCerebellum

_______________Assistant Vice President

MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Ben Samuels, Ph.D.B.S., Johns Hopkins University

Entered 2000 * Defended May 2, 2006Advisor: Li Huei Tsai

Physiological Func ons of Cdk5 in the Nervous System_______________

Assistant Professor of PsychiatryColumbia University

Sujith Vijayan, PH.D.A.B., Amherst College

Entered 2000 * Defended September 17, 2007Advisor: Emery Brown

Characteriza on of Ac vity in the Primary Somatosensory Cortex DuringAc ve Behavior and Sleep

_______________Postdoctoral Fellow

Massachuse s General Hospital—Cash Lab

Kevin Wang, Ph.D.B.S., M.S., Stanford UniversityM.Phil., Cambridge University

M.D., University of California at San FranciscoEntered 2000 * Defended March 19, 2003

Advisor: Zhigang HeSignaling Mechanisms Underlying Inhibi on

of Axonal Regenera on by CNS Myelin_______________

Assistant Professor of DermatologyStanford University School of Medicine

Lisa Zakhary, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., Columbia University

Entered 2000 * Defended April 25, 2005Advisor: Catherine Dulac

Anatomical and Func onal Analysis of MicroRNAs in MammalianOlfactory Neurogenesis

_______________Psychiatrist


Perry Bri s, Ph.D. B.A., Colgate College

M.D., Harvard Medical SchoolEntered 2001 * Defended January 29, 2004

Advisor: John FlanaganRNA Based Mechanisms for Locally Regula ng Axon Guidance Decisions

_______________Founder and Chief Execu ve O cer

SliceLabs, LLC

Brenda Bloodgood, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego

Entered 2001 * Defended July 14, 2006Advisor: Bernardo Saba ni

Biochemical Compartmentaliza on and Synap c Signaling in Dendri c Spines of Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons

_______________Assistant Professor of Neurobiology University of California, San Diego

James Berg, Ph.D. B.S., Rutgers University

Entered 2001 * Defended May 5, 2008Advisor: Gary Yellen

Imaging Neuronal Metabolism_______________

Manager, Electrophysiology The Allen Ins tute for Brain Science

Dinu Florin Albeanu, Ph.D. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 2001 * Defended September 8, 2008

Advisor: Venkatesh MurthyMul modal Imaging of Sensory Inputs and Neuronal Coding in the

Rodent Olfactory Bulb _______________

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Eunju Chung, Ph.D. B.S., Boston College

Entered 2001 * Defended May 9, 2007Advisor: Tom Schwarz

Axonal Transport of Synap c Components and Synaptogenesis in Drosophila

_______________Senior Manager, Strategic Planning

Genexine, Inc.

Yeang Ch’ng, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., M.S., Yale University

Entered 2001 * Defended September 17, 2007Advisor: Clay Reid

Func onal Imaging of Cellular and Vascular Ac vity in Visual Cortex _______________

Radiologist Fine Art Photographer

Jay Chyung, M.D./Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College

Entered 2001 * Defended September 1, 2004Advisor: Dennis Selkoe

Cell Surface Events in the Amyloidogenic Processing of the Amyloid Precursor Protein

_______________Advisor

Recon Strategy

Sophie Currier, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 2001 * Defended June 7, 2004

Advisor: Christopher A. WalshGene cs of Walker Warburg Syndrome: A Disorder of Brain, Muscle,

and Eye Development _______________

Physician London, England

John Dekker, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Wesleyan University

Entered 2001 * Defended May 2, 2006Advisor: Gary Yellen

Molecular Analysis of Ga ng in Voltage Dependent Ion Channels _______________

Sta physician NIH Clinical Center

Elizabeth Glater, Ph.D. B.A., Swarthmore College

Entered 2001 * Defended May 24, 2006Advisor: Thomas Schwarz

The mechanism for Transport of Mitochondria in Drosophila _______________

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Pomona College

Robert Gri n, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Swarthmore College

Entered 2001 * Defended September 20, 2005Advisor: Cli ord Woolf

Di eren al Gene Expression Associated with Neuropathic Pain _______________Anesthesiologist

New York City

Dana Harrar, Ph.D. B.A., Johns Hopkins UniversityM.D., Vanderbilt University

Entered 2001 * Defended February 28, 2007Advisor: Michael Greenberg

An RNA Interference Screen Iden es New Molecules Required for Mammalian Synapse Development

_______________Resident in Child Neurology Boston Children’s Hospital

Mac Hooks, Ph.D. A.B., Harvard College

Entered 2001 * Defended March 26, 2007Advisor: Gina Turrigiano

Func onal Development of the Re nogeniculate Synapse _______________

Assistant Professor of Neurobiology University of Pi sburgh

Vikram Khurana, Ph.D. B.A., B.S., M.D., University of Sydney

Entered 2001 * Defended May 11, 2006Advisor: Mel Feany

Mitogenic signaling and cell cycle ac va on mediate Neurodegenera on in Drosophila



Misao Higashi Kovtun, Ph.D. Sc..B., Brown University

Entered 2001 * Defended April 13, 2009Advisor: Thomas Schwarz

Characteriza on of an Impor n beta11 Mutant at the Drosophila Neuromuscular Junc on

_______________Homemaker and Philanthropist

Brad Molyneaux, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Dartmouth University


Molecular Development of Cor cospinal Motor Neurons _______________

Assistant Professor of Neurobiology University of Pi sburgh Medical Center

Patrick Safo, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., State University of New York at Stony BrookEntered 2001 * Defended September 23, 2005

Advisor: Wade RegehrMolecular Development of Cor cospinal Motor Neurons

_______________Dermatologist

Wisconsin

Gilberto Solver Llavina, Ph.D. B.S., University of Puerto Rico

Entered 2001 * Defended August 8, 2007Advisor: Bernardo Saba ni

Compartmentaliza on and Modula on of Synap c Signaling in Dendrites and Spines

_______________Inves gator

Novar s, Inc.

Rebecca Swimmer, A.M. University of Illinois, Urbana

Entered September 2001 * Withdrew June 1, 2005_______________

Withdrew with Master’s degree Veterinarian in Venice, California

Cindy Chen, A.M. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 2002 * Withdrew June 1, 2008

_______________Withdrew with Master’s Degree

Whereabouts unknown

Kenneth Colodner, Ph.D. B.A., Northwestern University

Entered 2002 * Defended June 2, 2008Advisor: Mel Feany

Using Drosophila to Inves gate the Glial Contribu on to Neurodegenera ve Disorders

_______________Visi ng Assistant Professor

Mt. Holyoke College

Steven Flavell, Ph.D. B.A., Oberlin College

Entered 2002 * Defended October 17, 2008Advisor: Michael Greenberg

Regula on of synapse development by the ac vity regulated transcrip on factor MEF2

_______________Assistant Professor

Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

Raj Gopal, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., University of California, Irvine

Entered 2002 * Defended June 26, 2007Advisor: Bruce Yankner

Regula on of DNA Double Strand Break Repair by Parkin _______________

Clinical Fellow in Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Brian Ha er, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Princeton University

Entered 2002 * Defended November 7, 2006Advisor: David Rowitch

Transcrip onal Regula on of Olig2 in Motor Neuron Development _______________Ophthalmologist

Boston, Massachuse s

Todd Herrington, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Stanford University

Entered 2002 * Defended June 15, 2007Advisor: John Assad

A en onal Dynamics in Parietal Cortex _______________

Instructor in Neurology Harvard Medical School

Elizabeth Hong, Ph.D. B.S., California Ins tute of Technology

Entered 2002 * Defended December 1, 2008Advisor: Michael Greenberg

Func onal Signi cance of Neuronal Ac vity Dependent Transcrip onal Regula on in the Nervous System

_______________Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

California Ins tute of Technology

Michael Hughes, Ph.D. B.S., Stanford University

Entered 2002 * Defended December 19, 2006Advisor: Dietmar Schmucker

A Gene c and Biochemical Analysis of Dscam Signaling in Dendrite Morphogenesis

_______________Assistant Professor of Biology

University of Missouri at St. Louis

John Nicholas Hunter, Ph.D. B.S., University of Washington

Entered 2002 * Defended June 16, 2009Advisor: Richard T. Born

Spa al Integra on of Mo on Signals in Macaque MT _______________

Whereabouts unknown

Eirene Kontopoulos, Ph.D. B.A., Haverford College

Entered 2002 * Defended May 4, 2007Advisor: Mel Feany

Mechanisms of alpha synuclein Neurotoxicity in Parkinson’s Disease _______________

Biotech Analyst Fidelity Investments

Edmund Koundakjian, Ph.D. B.S., University of California, Riverside

M.S., California State University, San BernardinoEntered 2002 * Defended May 15, 2008

Advisor: Lisa GoodrichAn Analysis of the Development of the Cochlear Ves bular Ganglion

_______________Patent Agent

Cooley LLP

Alice Lu, Ph.D. B.A., Columbia University

Entered 2002 * Defended August 11, 2008Advisor: Rudolph Tanzi

Poten al Roles for Ubiquilin 1 in Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis _______________

Healthcare Strategy Consultant Har ord, CT

Ju Lu, Ph.D. B.Engr., Tsinghua University

Entered 2002 * Defended April 21, 2008Advisor: Je Lichtman

Connectomic Studies of the Mammalian Neuromuscular System _______________

Assistant Project Scien st University of California, Santa Cruz (Beijing, China)

Laura Magno , Ph.D. B.A., University of Pennsylvania

Entered 2002 * Defended May 27, 2010Advisor: David Paul

Gap Junc ons Between Astrocytes and Oligodendrocytes Are Cri cal for Normal Glial Func on

_______________ Preceptor in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University

Senior Editor, American Journal Experts

David Simon, Ph.D. B.S., M.S., Brandeis University

Entered 2002 * Defended April 30, 2008Advisor: Josh Kaplan

microRNA Regula on of Synapse Func on in C. elegans _______________

Postdoctoral Fellow The Rockefeller University—Tessier Lavigne Lab

Glenn Yiu, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., Columbia University

Entered 2002 * Defended May 26, 2006Advisor: Zhigang He

Signaling Mechanisms Limi ng Axon Regenera on in the Adult Central Nervous System

_______________Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

University of California, Davis

Victoria Abraira, Ph.D. B.S., University of Southern California

Entered 2003 * Defended March 30, 2009Advisor: Lisa Goodrich

Molecular Mechanisms of Inner Ear Morphogenesis _______________

Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard Medical School —Ginty Lab

Joshua Jacob Buchman, Ph.D. B.A., Rutgers University

Entered 2003 * Defended October 1, 2009Advisor: Li Huei Tsai

Roles of centrosome proteins associated with primary microcephaly in mammalian cor cogenesis

_______________Science Advisor

Goodwin Procter LLP

Adam Christensen, Ph.D. B.S., University of Iowa

Entered 2003 * Defended March 30, 2009Advisor: David Corey

The Role of TRP Channels in Mechanosensa on _______________

Special Agent Federal Bureau of Inves ga on

Stephanie Courchesne Schlink, Ph.D. B.S., Davidson College

Entered 2003 * Defended November 3, 2009Advisor: Rosalind Segal

Spa al Aspects of Neuronal Survival Signaling in Sensory Neurons: A Role for Mef2D and Bcl w

_______________Health Sciences Policy Analyst Na onal Ins tutes of Health

Luis de la Torre Ubieta, Ph.D. B.S., University of Puerto Rico

Entered 2003 * Defended May 4, 2010Advisor: Azad Bonni

Transcrip onal Regula on of Neuronal Polarity _______________

Postdoctoral Fellow University of California at Los Angeles—Geschwind Lab

Xuecai Ge, Ph.D. B.S., Beijing University

M.S., Tsinghua UniversityEntered 2003 * Defended April 8, 2009

Advisor: Li Huei TsaiFunc ons of the Centrosome in Embryonic Neurogenesis


Stanford University Medical Center—Sco Lab

Johannes Haushofer, Ph.D. B.A., Oxford University

Entered 2003 * Defended March 26, 2008Advisor: Margaret Livingstone

Cor cal Object Representa ons _______________

Assistant Professor of Psychology Princeton University

Ma hew Hemming, Ph.D. B.S., University of California, San Diego

M.D., Harvard Medical SchoolEntered 2003 * Defended September 10, 2007

Advisor: Dennis SelkoeRegula on of Beta Amyloid Protein Levels by Proteoly c Degrada on

and Its Implica ons for Alzheimer’s Disease _______________

Clinical Fellow in Oncology Dana Farber Cancer Ins tute—Bradner Lab

Youn Young Kate Hong, Ph.D. B.S., Brown University

Entered 2003 * Defended April 21, 2010Advisor: Joshua Sanes

Structure and Development of Re nal Ganglion Cells _______________

Postdoctoral Fellow Columbia University—Bruno Lab

Aaron Kerlin, Ph.D. B.A., Oberlin College

Enterd 2003 * Defended January 18, 2011Advisor: R. Clay Reid

Response proper es of inhibitory neuron subtypes in mouse visual cortex _______________

Postdoctoral Fellow Janelia Farm—Svoboda Lab

Allison Terra Knoll, Ph.D. B.S., University of Wisconsin at Madison

Entered 2003 * Defended November 9, 2009Advisor: Bill Carlezon

Role of Kappa Opioid Receptors in Fear and Anxiety like Behavior in Rats


University of Southern California—Zilkha Lab

Camilo Libedinsky, Ph.D. B.S., University of Chile

Entered 2003 * Defended May 6, 2009Advisor: Marge Livingstone

Neuronal Mechanisms of Visual Percep on: Role of Early Visual and Prefrontal Cor cal Areas in Conscious Awareness

_______________Assistant Professor of Psychology Na onal University of Singapore

Timothy Mosca, Ph.D. B.S., M.S., Yale University

Entered 2003 * Defended April 23, 2009Advisor: Thomas Schwarz

Nuclear Import and Synapse to Nucleus Signalling at the Drosophila Neuromuscular Junc on


Stanford University—Luo Lab

Carlos Ponce, M.D./Ph.D. B.S., University of Utah

Entered 2003 * Defended May 22, 2008Advisor: Rick Born

Integra ng Visual Informa on through Parallel Pathways _______________

Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard Medical School — Livingstone Lab

Pavan Ramdya, Ph.D. B.A., Drew University

Entered 2003 * Defended May 1, 2009Advisor: Florian Engert

Direc on selec vity in the larval zebra sh op c tectum _______________

SNSF Advanced Postdoctoral Fellow California Ins tute of Technology—Dickinson Lab

James Fitzhugh Sturgill, Ph.D. B.S., Davidson College

Entered 2003 * Defended September 30, 2009Advisor: Bernardo Saba ni

Ac vity dependent Regula on of Synapse Structure and Func on: Roles of PSD 95 and the Metabolic Sensor, AMPK


Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory—Kepecs Lab

Geo rey Tanner, Ph.D. B.S., M.A.L.S., Wesleyan University

Entered 2002 * Defended July 29, 2009Advisor: Gary Yellen

K(ATP) Channels, Metabolism, and Neuronal Excitability _______________Visi ng Lecturer

Mt. Holyoke College

Max Tisch eld, Ph.D. B.A., Rutgers University

Entered 2003 * Defended April 23, 2009Advisor: Elizabeth Engle

Human Eye Movement Disorders Help Iden fy Molecular and Gene c E ologies

of Novel Neurological Syndromes _______________

Postdoctoral Fellow Boston Children’s Hospital—Engle Lab

Rochelle Wi , M.D./Ph.D. B.S., University of Illinois, Urbana

Entered 2003 * Defended June 22, 2010Advisor: Rosalind Segal

Of Structure and Func on: The Nature of the Sonic Hedgehog Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan Interac on

_______________Child Neurologist

New York City

Eiman Abdel Azim, Ph.D. B.S., B.A., Stanford University

Entered 2004 * Defended November 20, 2009Advisor: Je rey Macklis

Molecular Controls over Neocor cal Neuronal Diversity and Oligodendrocyte Development


Columbia University Medical Center—Jessel Lab

Jessica Appler, Ph.D. B.S., University of Southern CaliforniaEntered 2004 * Defended April 22, 2010

Advisor: Lisa GoodrichThe Molecular and Morphological Development

of Spiral Ganglion Neurons _______________

Public Health Analyst BARDA/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Parizad Bilimoria, Ph.D. B.S., M.S., Brandeis UniversityEntered 2004 * Defended May

Advisor: Azad BonniSignaling Mechanisms Regula ng Neuronal Morphogenesis

in the Cerebellar Cortex _______________

Director of Programming and Outreach Harvard University—Conte CBS Colloquium on Mental Health

Dravida Das Bock, Ph.D. B.S., Brown University

Entered 2004 * Defended January 10, 2011Advisor: R. Clay Reid

Network Anatomy and In Vivo Physiology from a Group of Visual Cor cal Neurons

_______________Group Leader Janelia Farm

Kelly Dakin, Ph.D. B.A., Bowdoin College

Entered 2004 * Defended September 6, 2011Advisor: Bruce Yankner

Novel Biological Func ons of Hemoglobin in the Brain

_______________Database Curator

Alzforum

Nathan Gouwens, Ph.D. B.A., Northwestern University

Entered 2004 * Defended July 15, 2009Advisor: Rachel Wilson

Processing of Neural Signals in the Drosophila Olfactory System _______________

Scien st I The Allen Ins tute for Brain Science

Peri Kurshan, Ph.D. B.Sc., Brown University

Entered 2004 * Defended March 4, 2010Advisor: Thomas Schwarz

The Role of Alpha2delta 3 in Calcium Channel Localiza on, Synap c Func on and Bouton Forma on


Stanford University—Shen Lab

Jason Neal, Ph.D. B.S., Hampton University

M.D., Columbia University Medical Center (2014)Entered 2004 * Defended August 3, 2010

Advisor: Christopher A. WalshInsights into the role of Filamin A and Arfgef2 genes

in periventricular heteropia forma on _______________

Resident in Neurology Columbia University Medical Center

Shawn R. Olsen, Ph.D. B.S., University of Utah

Entered 2004 * Defended August 11, 2008Advisor: Rachel Wilson

Synap c and Circuit Mechanisms of Odor Processing in Drosophila _______________

Assistant Inves gator The Allen Ins tute for Brain Science

Irit Rappley, Ph.D. B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 2004 * Defended May 1, 2009

Advisor: Dennis SelkoeSelec ve E ects of Alpha Synuclein

on Membrane Phospholipids and Mitochondrial Func on _______________

Scien st II Celgene

Leigh Amanda Sadacca, Ph.D. B.A., University of Pennsylvania

Entered 2004 * Defended July 15, 2010Advisor: Charles Weitz

Circadian Clocks in Behavior and Physiology _______________

Laboratory Manager for Director of Division of Biosciences University College London

Ganesh Shankar, M.D./Ph.D. B.A., Stanford University

Entered 2004 * Defended December 17, 2007Advisor: Dennis Selkoe, Bernardo Saba ni

Soluble Abeta Oligomers and Synap c Dysfunc on in Alzheimer’s Disease

_______________Medical Resident in Neurosurgery Massachuse s General Hospital

Yue Yang, Ph.D. B.S., Stanford University

Entered 2004 * Defended May 3, 2010Advisor: Azad Bonni

A Cdc20 APC Ubiqui n Signaling Pathway Regulates Presynap c Di eren a on


Washington University in St. Louis —Bonni Lab

Kevin Michael Cury, Ph.D. B.S., University of California at BerkeleyEntered 2005 * Defended April 29, 2011

Advisor: Naoshige UchidaThe Role of Spike Timing in Odor Coding During Sni ng


Columbia University—Axel Lab

Danos Christodoulou B.S., University of Wisconsin at MadisonEntered 2005 * Withdrew May 11,2006


Transferred to BBS, defended 2013 Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard Medical School—Seidman Lab

Jamie Fitzgerald, Ph.D. B.S., Stanford University

Entered 2005 * Defended August 23, 2011

Advisor: John Assad

Generalized associa ve representa ons in parietal cortex

_______________

Postdoctoral Fellow

The Rockefeller University—the Maimon Lab

Masha Gelfand, Ph.D. B.S., Washington University

Entered 2005 * Defended April 13, 2012Advisor: Chenghua Gu

Characteriza on of the in vivo role of Neuropilin1 during development _______________

Scien c Editor Cell Press

Andrew Jacob Giessel B.S., University of Kansas

Entered 2005 * Defended August 19, 2010Advisor: Bernardo Saba ni

Local, Non linear Regula on of Synap c Signals at Dendri c Spines of CA1 Pyramidal Cells

_______________

Data Scien st SenseAI

J. Stefan Kaczmarek, Ph.D. B.A., Williams College

Entered 2005 * Defended August 2, 2011Advisor: David ClaphamEntered September 2005

Novel ac va on mechanisms of TRPC5 reveal its par cipa on in neuronal growth cone collapse

_______________Sta Scien st II

Genzyme

Nadia Li erman, Ph.D. A.B., Princeton University

Entered 2005 * Defended April 12, 2011Advisor: Azad Bonni

Regula on of Golgi Morphogenesis and Dendrite Pa erning by Ubiqui n Signaling _______________

Scien st and Project Manager 23andMe

Luis Mejia, Ph.D. B.S., University of Illinois – Urbana

Entered 2005 * Defended June 6, 2013Advisor: Azad Bonni

Interac on proteomics iden es a novel Hap1 Tsc1 connec on thatcontrols Neuronal mTORC1 signaling and pyramidal neuron

morphogenesis_______________

Postsdoctoral Fellow Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory — Bo Lab

Ellio Merriam B.S., University of Wisconsin at MadisonEntered 2005 * Withdrew May 11,2006


Enrolled in the University of Wisconsin Ph.D. program in neuroscience Patent Agent, Sea le, Washington

Michael Hideki Myoga, Ph.D. B.S., University of Washington

Entered 2005 * Defended February 25, 2011Advisor: Wade Regehr

Calcium Dependent Synap c Plas city in the Cerebellum _______________

Group Leader Ludwig Maximilians Universtat—Munich

Allison Paradise, A.M. B.Sc., Brown University

Entered 2005 * Le November 1, 2009_______________

Withdrew with Master’s degree Execu ve Director, My Green Lab

Simina Popa B.S., University of Washington

Entered 2005 * Le July 19, 2007_______________

Withdrew without taking degree Earned Ph.D. from University of Washington

Lecturer, University of Washington

Zeev Waks B.S., Technion Israel Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 2005 * Withdrew November 27, 2006

_______________Transferred to Systems Biology

Research Scien st, IBM

Yi (Joey) Zhou, Ph.D. B.S., Duke University

Entered 2005 * Defended December 16, 2011Advisor: Rachel Wilson

Transduc on in Drosophila olfactory receptor neurons is invariant to air speed

_______________

Quan ta ve Researcher TrexQuant Management

Rachel Bortnick, M.D./Ph.D.B.A., University of Chicago

M.Phil, Cambridge UniversityEntered 2006 * Defended October 21, 2009

Advisor: Dietmar SchmuckerGene c Dissec on of the Dscam Pathway

_______________Pediatrician

University Hospital—Freiberg

Daniel Brady, Ph.D.B.S., University of California at Berkeley

Entered 2006 * Defended October 28, 2011Advisor: Takao Hensch

Mechanisms of cross modal re nement by visual experience_______________Lead Data Scien st

Hello Alfred

Bre Carter, Ph.D.B.S., George Ins tute of Technology

Entered 2005 * Defended July 27, 2011Advisor: Bruce Bean

Sodium current during and between ac on poten als of GABAergicand glutamatergic neurons


Oregon Health & Science University—Jahr Lab

Eun Young Choi, Ph.D.B.A., Columbia University

Entered 2006 * Defended July 29, 2013Advisor: Randy Buckner

The Organiza on of Cor costriatal Connec vity in the Human Brain_______________

Postdoctoral FellowUniversity of Rochester—Haber Lab

Irina De la Huerta, Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

M.D., University of TorontoEntered 2006 * Defended April 19, 2012

Advisor: Joshua SanesExpression and role of cadherins in the mammalian visual system

_______________Medical Resident in Ophthalmology

University of California at San Francisco Medical Center

Adriana Eisner, Ph.D.B.A., University of California at BerkeleyEntered 2006 * Defended June 26, 2013

Advisor: Rosalind SegalPhosphatome RNAi Screen Iden es Eya1 as a Posi ve Regulator

Of Hedgehog Signal Transduc on_______________

AssociateMcKinsey & Company

Soyon Hong, Ph.D.B.S., University of Washington


Probing the in vivo economy of amyloid beta proteinduring the development of Alzheimer’s disease type pathology


Harvard Medical School—Stevens Lab

Kuo Hua Huang, Ph.D.B.S., Na onal Tsinghua University

Entered 2006 * Defended April 18, 2012Advisor: Florian Engert

Control of Turning Behaviors by Spinal Projec on Neurons_______________

Postdoctoral FellowFriedrich Meisser Ins tute, Switzerland

Yessenia Ibarra, Ph.D.B.S., San Diego State University

Entered 2006 * Defended February 14, 2014Advisor: David Clapham

Characteriza on of human TRPA1 and TRPV1 channelsin response to naturally occurring defensive compounds

_______________Public Health Associate

Center for Disease Control (Boston)

Mar n Kurtev, A.M.B.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

Entered 2006 * Withdrew with Master’s degree on 3/31/2014Advisor: David Clapham


Brendan Lehnert, Ph.D.B.S., Stanford University

Entered 2006 * Defended April 10, 2012Advisor: Rachel Wilson

Dis nct roles of TRP channels in auditory transduc onand ampli ca on in Drosophila


Harvard Medical School—Ginty Lab

Alan Mardinly, Ph.D.B.A., University of Chicago

Entered 2006 * Defended January 16, 2013Advisor: Michael E. Greenberg

Regula on of Synapse Development by Ac vity DependentTranscrip on in Inhibitory Neurons


University of California, Berkeley—Adesnik Lab

Amy Meesun Ni, Ph.D.B.A., Dartmouth University

Entered 2006 * Defended December 19, 2011Advisor: John Maunsell

Visual A en on and the Role of Normaliza on

_______________Analyst

The New Teachers ProjectBrooklyn, New York

Alexandra Smolyanskaya, Ph.D.B.S., State University of New York at Stony Brook

Entered 2006 * Defended August 24, 2012Advisor: Richard T. Born

Dynamics of cor cal decision circuitsduring changes in the delity of sensory representa ons

_______________Data Scien st

S tch Fix

Michael Soskis, Ph.D.B.A., Yale University

Entered 2006 * Defended June 20, 2012Advisor: Michael E. Greenberg

A chemical gene c study of EphB receptor tyrosine kinasesignaling in the developing nervous system

_______________Food Opera ons ManagerSpring: Dine on Demand

David Stoppel, Ph.D.B.A., New York University

Entered 2006 * Defended January 29, 2014Advisor: Ma hew Anderson

Social Behavior and Gene Expression Disturbances in Mouse Modelsof Angelman Syndrome and Idic15 Au sm

_______________Whereabouts Unknown

Ashlee Van’t Veer, Ph.D.B.A., Rutgers University

Entered 2006 * Defended January 24, 2013Advisor: Bill Carlezon

Role of Kappa Opioid Receptors in Stress Induced Behaviors_______________

Health Program SpecialistNa onal Ins tute of Neurological Disorders

Nina Vujovi , Ph.D.B.A., University of Virginia

Entered 2006 * Defended October 8, 2013Advisor: Cli ord Saper

Hypothalamic neural circuits underlying circadian organiza on ofbehavior and physiology


Harvard Medical School — Medical Chronobiology Program

Oulu Wang, Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 2006 * Defended April 13, 2012Advisor: Joseph Majzoub

Glucocor coids Promote Obesity and Suppressionof Reproduc ve Func on During Stress

_______________Enrolled in Harvard Law School in August 2015

Zheng (Herbert) Wu, Ph.D.B.S., Fudan University

Entered 2006 * Defended July 25, 2013Advisor: Catherine Dulac

Molecular Dissec on of Neural Circuitsunderlying Parental Behavior in Mice


Columbia University—Shadlen Lab

Allison Rosen Bialas, Ph.D.B.A., Cornell University

Entered 2007 * Defended April 29, 2013Advisor: Beth Stevens

Ini a ng Complement dependent Synap c Re nement: Mechanisms ofNeuronal C1q Regula on


Harvard Medical School — Carroll Lab

Mónica Feliú Mójer, Ph.D.B.S., University of Puerto Rico

Entered 2007 * Defended January 15, 2013Advisor: Joshua Kaplan

Coupling the small GTPase Rab3 to the Synap c Vesicle Cycle_______________Program Manager

Ciencia Puerto Rico

David Ferrero, Ph.D.B.S., M.S., Swiss Federal Ins tute of Technology

Diploma, Imperial College LondonEntered 2007 * Defended December 11, 2012

Advisor: Steve LiberlesOlfactory Control of Ins nc ve Behavior

_______________Consultant

The Boston Consul ng Group

Vijay Ganesh, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Harvard College

Entered 2007 * Defended June 19, 2012Advisor: Christopher A. Walsh

Iden ca on and Characteriza on of Genes Essen al for Human BrainDevelopment

_______________Returned to Harvard Medical School

Residency at Massachuse s General Hospital

Jonathan Garst Orozco, Ph.D.A.B., Washington University

Entered 2007 * Defended May 9, 2014Advisor: Bence Ölveczky

Learning Related Changes in the Func onal Connec vityWithin the Zebra Finch Song Control Circuit

_______________

Senior Scien stP zer Pharmaceu cals

Julie e Han, Ph.D.B.S., University of California at Los AngelesEntered 2007 * Defended April 18, 2012

Advisor: Mustafa SahinThe Role of TSC in Oligodendrocyte Di eren a on and Myelina on

_______________Engagement ManagerMcKinsey & Company

Jocelyn LeBlanc, Ph.D.B.A., Colby College

Entered 2007 * Defended February 25, 2013Advisor: Michela Fagiolini

Cri cal period plas city and sensory func onin a neuroligin 3 model of au sm

_______________Postdoctoral fellow

Harvard Medical School—Nelson Lab

Emily Lehrman, Ph.D.B.A., Stanford University

Entered 2007 * Defended April 30, 2014Advisor: Beth Stevens

Innate Immune Molecules Direct Microglia Mediated DevelopmentalSynap c Re nement_______________

Postdoctoral FellowBoston Children’s Hospital—Stevens Lab

Shan Lou, Ph.D.B.S., Fudan University

Entered 2007 * Defended April 1, 2013Advisor: Qiufu Ma

Development and Func ons of C Low Threshold Mechanoreceptors_______________

Postdoctoral FellowHarvard University—Adam Cohen Lab

Eric Luth, Ph.D.B.A., Colby College


Physiological and Pathological Characteriza onof Alpha Synuclein Oligomers

_______________TEACRS Postdoctoral Fellow

Tu s University School of Medicine

Athar Malik, M.D./Ph.D.B.S., Johns Hopkins University


Genome wide iden ca on and characteriza on ofs mulus responsive enhancers in the nervous system

_______________Resident in Neurosurgery


Lia Yoon Hong Min, Ph.D.B.S., B.F.A., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Entered 2007 * Defended July 26, 2012Advisor: Michela Fagiolini

Experience Dependent Loss of Cross Modal Plas cityin Mouse Visual Cortex

_______________Art Science Research Fellow

University of Michigan School of Art & Design

Kathleen Quast, Ph.D.B.F.A., University of Wisconsin at Madison

Entered 2007 * Defended September 17, 2012Advisor: Takao Hensch

Func onal Development and Plas city of Parvalbumin Cells in VisualCortex: Role of Thalamocor cal Input


Baylor College of Medicine—Arenkiel Lab

Heather Rice, Ph.D.B.A., University of Oklahoma at NormanEntered 2007 * Defended May 3, 2013

Advisor: Dennis SelkoeRegula on of the proteoly c processing and func on of Amyloid

Precursor Protein by candidate ligands_______________

Postdoctoral FellowKU Leuven—De Strooper Lab

Douglas Ru , Ph.D.B.S., College of William and Mary

Entered 2007 * Defended January 12, 2012Advisor: Richard T. Born

Neuronal Tuning and Its Role in A en on_______________

Postdoctoral FellowUniversity of Pi sburgh—Cohen Lab

John Salogiannis, Ph.D.B.A., B.S., University of Maryland at College Park

Entered 2007 * Defended June 27, 2013Advisor: Michael Greenberg

Regula on of excitatory synapse development by the RhoGEF Ephexin 5_______________

Postdoctoral FellowHarvard Medical School —Reck Peterson Lab

Daniel E. Smith, A.M.B.S., Carnegie Mellon UniversityEntered 2007 * Le July 1, 2010

Advisor: Clay Reid_______________

Withdrew with Master’s degreeWhereabouts Unknown

Alice Yiquing Wang, Ph.D.B.A., Columbia University

Entered 2007 * Defended July 26, 2012Advisor: Naoshige Uchida

Neural substrates of choosing ac ons and mo va onal drive,a role for the striatum_______________

Postdoctoral FellowHarvard Medical School—Harvey Lab

Sara J. Fenstermacher, Ph.D.B.A., Bucknell University

Entered 2009 * Defended February 27, 2015Advisor: Rosalind Segal

From nucleus to axon: Spa al regula on of bclw mRNApromotes neurotrophin dependent axon survival


Columbia University — Jessell Lab

Mehmet Fisek, Ph.D.A.B., Brandeis University


Connec vity and Computa onsin Higher Order Olfactory Neurons in Drosophila


University College London—Hausser Lab

Allison Provost, Ph.D.B.A., University of California, Berkeley

Entered 2008 * Defended March 10, 2015Advisor: Venkatesh Murthy

Serotoninergic Modula on of the Olfactory Bulb_______________

Scien c Program ManagerOrion Bionetworks, Inc.

Ting Ren, A.M.B.S., Beijing Normal University

Entered 2008 * Le September 1, 2010Advisor: Catherine Dulac

_______________Withdrew with Master’s degree

Vice President of a company in Beijing, China(no English transla on given)

Cameron Sadegh, M.D./Ph.D.S.B., Massachuse s Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 2008 * Defended June 14, 2013

Advisor: Je rey MacklisDirected di eren a on of mouse embryonic stem cells

into neocor cal output neurons_______________

Intern in NeurosurgeryMassachuse s General Hospital

Arpiar Saunders, Ph.D.B.A., Swarthmore College


A direct GABAergic output from the basal ganglia to frontal cortex_______________

Postdoctoral FellowHarvard Medical School — McCarroll Lab

Alexandra Krol, Ph.D.B.A., M.Sci, Cambridge University

Entered 2008 * Defended March 20, 2015Advisor: Lisa Goodrich

Regula on of neuronal dendrite development and migra onby the atypical cadherin Fat3


Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology—Feng Lab

Allison Nishitani, Ph.D.B.A., University of Southern CaliforniaEntered 2008 * Defended July 25, 2014

Advisor: Lisa GoodrichThe role of Netrin 1 in semicircular canal morphogenesis

_______________Teacher

Choate Rosemary Hall

Ian Oldenburg, Ph.D.B.S., Carnegie Mellon University


Basal Ganglia Modula on of Cor cal Firing Ratesin a Behaving Animal_______________

Postdoctoral FellowUniversity of California, Berkeley — Adesnik Lab

Rajesh Poddar Ph.D.A.B., Princeton University

Entered 2008 * Defended April 9, 2015Advisor: Bence Ölveczky

A high throughput system for automated trainingcombined with con nuous long term neural recordings in rodents

_______________Quan ta ve AnalystJump Trading, L.L.C.

David Strochlic, Ph.D.B.A., Tu s University

Entered 2008 * Defended May 5, 2015Advisor: Steve Liberles

Molecular and Gene c Analysis of the Vagus Nerve_______________

Postdoctoral FellowHarvard Medical School—Liberles Lab

Monica Thanawala, Ph.D.A.B.., Harvard University

Entered 2008 * Defended May 1, 2014Advisor: Wade Regehr

Control of Neurotransmi er Release Proper esby Presynap c Calcium


Harvard University—Zhuang Lab

Mary Wertz, Ph.D.B.A., Boston College

Entered 2008 * Defended April 13, 2015Advisor: Mustafa Sahin

Aberrant microRNA Expression in SMA Motor Neurons_______________

Postdoctoral FellowHarvard Medical School—Sahin Lab

Jessica Yano, A.M.B.S., California Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 2008 * Withdrew June 18, 2012

_______________

Withdrew with a Master’s degreeResearch Scien st

California Ins tute of Technology (Hsiao Lab)

Wenjia You, Ph.D.B.A., Tsinghua University

Entered 2008 * Defended May 7, 2015Advisor: Connie Cepko

Lineage and Func onal Analyses of Speci c Subsetsof Re nal Progenitor Cells

_______________Consultant

McKinsey & Company

Allison Baker Chang, Ph.D.B.A., Dartmouth University


Encoding and decoding mechanosensory informa onon mul ple mescales_______________

Enrolled in Harvard Medical School August 2015

Joseph Bell, M.D./Ph.D.A.B., Harvard University


Non linear s mulus integra on in olfactory behavior_______________

Returned to Harvard Medical School

Luke Bogart, Ph.D.B.A., Rochester University

Entered 2009 * Defended August 14, 2015Advisor: Takao Hensch

Synap c speci city and plas city in parvalbumin basket cell circuits_______________

Plans uncertain as of August 2015

Anna Chambers, Ph.D.B.A., Johns Hopkins University

Entered 2009 * Defended December 9, 2014Advisor: Daniel Polley

Progressive recovery of cor cal and midbrain sound feature encodingFollowing profound cochlear neuropathy


University of Mainz—Rumpel Lab

Timothy Dunn, Ph.D.B.A., University of California, BerkeleyEntered 2009 * Defended April 20, 2015

Advisor: Florian EngertBrain wide neural dynamics underlying looming evoked escapes

and spontaneous explora on_______________

Postdoctoral FellowHarvard University Engert Lab

Jessica Hauser, Ph.D.B.A., Oberlin College

Entered 2009 * Defended July 17, 2014Advisor: Chinfei Chen

Mechanisms Shaping Excitatory Transmissionat the Developing Re nogeniculate Synapse

_______________Returned to Baylor College of Medicine

to complete MD/Ph.D. program

David Hildebrand, Ph.D.B.A., Northeastern University

Entered 2009 * Defended March 23, 2015Advisor: Florian Engert

Whole brain func onal and structural examina onin larval zzebra sh_______________

Postdoctoral FellowThe Rockefeller University—Freiwald Lab

Tilly Kimm, Ph.D.B.A., Massachuse s Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 2009 * Defended December 3, 2014

Advisor: Bruce BeanPotassium and Sodium Currents Regula ng

Pacemaking and Burst Firing in Substan a Nigra Dopamine Neurons_______________

Professional Tango Dancer

Dimitar Kostadinov, Ph.D.B.A., McGill University

Entered 2009 * Defended May 13, 2015Advisor: Joshua Sanes

Mechanism and func on of dendri c self avoidance and self/non selfdiscrimina on in the mammalian nervous system


University College London—Hausser Lab

Andrew Lutas, Ph.D.B.A., Pennsylvania State University

Entered 2009 * Defended April 7, 2015Advisor: Gary Yellen

Cellular Metabolism Modulates Ion Channelsthat Regulate Neuronal Excitability


Harvard Medical School—Andermann Lab

Caleigh Mandel BrehmB.A., University of Wisconsin—Madison

Entered 2009 * Defended October 28, 2015Advisor: Michael E. Greenberg

A Behavioral and Molecular Approachfor Understanding Angelman Syndrome


Harvard Medical School—Greenberg Lab

Alicia NugentB.A., University of California, Berkeley

Entered 2009Advisor: Elizabeth Engle

_______________S ll enrolled

Stanislav PashkovskiB.S., Brandeis University

Entered 2009Advisor: Sandeep Robert Da a

_______________S ll enrolled

Rebecca Reh, Ph.D.B.A., University of Washington

Entered 2009 * Defended July 16, 2015Advisor: Takao Hensch

A rapid peak in gamma power signals cri cal period plas cityin the developing mouse visual cortex

_______________

Plans uncertain as of August 2015

Jason Yamada Han , Ph.D.B.A., Swarthmore College

Entered 2009 * Defended December 16, 2014Advisor: Bruce Bean

Regula on of hippocampal pyramidal neuron excitabilityBy subthreshold voltage dependent conductances

_______________Star ng up an educa onal outreach company

(as of August 2015)

Daniel BearB.A., Harvard College


_______________S ll enrolled

Rachel DonahueB.A., Bowdoin College

Entered 2010Advisor: William Carlezon

_______________S ll enrolled

Alan EmanuelB.S., Washington State University

Entered 2010Advisor: Michael Do

_______________S ll enrolled

Catherine HartmanB.A., Duke University

Entered 2010Advisor: Michael Wolfe


Associate, The Boston Consultant Group

Xun (Helen) HouB.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

Entered 2010Advisor: Bernardo Saba ni

_______________S ll enrolled

Wen Fan Hu, M.D./Ph.D.B.A., Yale University


Building a Bigger Brain: Centriole Controleof Cerebral Cor cal Development


Divya Jayaraman, M.D./Ph.D.B.A., Harvard College


The role of centriole biogenesis in control of brain size_______________


Wendy Liu, M.D./Ph.D.B.A., Princeton University


When Hot Is Not the Opposite of Cold:Thermosensory Processing in the Drosophila Brain


Ian McLachlanB.S., University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)

Entered 2010Advisor: Maxwell Heiman

_______________S ll enrolled

Daniel MillmanB.A., M.S., Johns Hopkins University

Entered 2010Advisor: Venkatesh Murthy

_______________S ll enrolled

Sarah PeaseB.S., Brandeis University

Entered 2010Advisor: Rosalind Segal

_______________S ll enrolled

Alexander Murphy, Ph.D.B.A., Massachuse s Ins tute of TechnologyEntered 2010 * Defended April 30, 2015

Advisor: Je rey MacklisRNA and protein networks that locally control brain wiring

during development_______________

ConsultantMcKinsey & Company

Michael Susman, M.D./Ph.D.B.A., Stanford University

Entered 2010 * Defended June 24, 2015Advisor: Michael E. Greenberg

The Wnt5a Ror Signaling Pathway in the Morphogenesisof the Embryo


Taralyn TanB.S., Oregon State University


_______________S ll enrolled

Ju TianB.E., Tsinghua University

Entered 2010Advisor: Naoshige Uchida

_______________S ll enrolled

David Roberson, Ph.D.B.A., M.B.A., Harding University

Entered 2010 * Defended September 18, 2015Advisor: Cli ord Woolf

Analysis of voluntary behavior to interrogate neural func on_______________

Unknkown

Alexander TroB.S., Brandeis University

Entered 2010Advisor: Rick Born

_______________S ll Enrolled

Caroline WeeB.A., Cornell University

Entered 2010Advisor: Florian Engert

_______________S ll enrolled

Alexander WiltschkoB.E., Tsinghua University


_______________S ll enrolled

Willie TobinB.S., University of California, Santa Cruz

Entered 2010 *Advisor: Rachel Wilson

_______________S ll enrolled

Ryan Dosumu JohnsonB.S., University of California, Los Angeles

Entered 2011Advisor: Susan Dymecki

_______________S ll Enrolled

Laura DriscollB.S., University of California, Berkeley

Entered 2011Advisor: Christopher Harvey

_______________S ll enrolled

Masha BloomB.A., Barnard College


_______________S ll enrolled

Lauren CarvalhoA.B., Harvard College

Entered 2011 * Withdrew July 26, 2013Advisor: Venkatesh Murthy

_______________

Withdrew without degreeEnrolled at Tu s Veterinary School

Nick JikomesB.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison

Entered 2011Advisor: Mark Andermann

_______________S ll enrolled

Mounir Koussa, Ph.D.B.A., University of Arizona

Entered 2011 * Defended April 15, 2015Advisor: David Corey

The Biophysics of Vertebrate Hearing: A Single Molecule Approach_______________

Founder of Canary, Inc.

GaYoung LeeB.S., Korea Advanced Ins tute of Science and Technology

Entered 2011Advisor: Tom Schwarz

_______________S ll enrolled

Neir Eshel, M.D./Ph.D.B.A., Princeton University

M.S.C., University College, LondonEntered 2011 * Defended May 9, 2014

Advisor: Naoshige UchidaArithme c and Local Circuitry Underlying Dopamine Predic on Errors


Jinyue LiuB.A., Cambridge University

Entered 2011Advisor: Joshua Sanes

_______________S ll enrolled

Ellio MilnerB.A., Oberlin College


_______________S ll enrolled

Zhihao (Thomas) LuoA.B., Harvard College

Entered 2011Advisor: John Maunsell

_______________S ll enrolled

Elizabeth LitvinaB.A., M.A., Wesleyan University

Entered 2011Advisor: Chinfei Chen

_______________S ll enrolled

Nicole NeubarthB.A., University of Chicago

Entered 2011Advisor: David Ginty

_______________S ll enrolled

Tim OtchyB.A., Georgia State University

M.A., Tu s UniversityB.S., Georgia Ins tute of Technology

Entered 2011Advisor: Bence Ölveczky

_______________S ll enrolled

Shay NeufeldB.S., McGill University


_______________S ll enrolled

Ari MorcosB.S., University of California, San Diego


_______________S ll enrolled

Alex SimonB.A., Lewis and Clark College

Entered 2011Advisor: Michela Fagiolini

_______________S ll enrolled

Gregory SousaB.S., Bates College

Entered 2011 * Withdrew September 1, 2011

_______________Withdrew without degree

Enrolled in University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School

Priya Srikanth, M.D./Ph.D.B.A., Washington University

Entered 2011 * Defended May 11, 2015Advisor: Dennis Selkoe

Schizophrenia relevant DISC1 interrup on reveals subtle altera onsin Wnt signaling and cell fate in human iPSC derived neurons


Hye Yeon Park, A.M.B.S., M.S., Korea Advanced Ins tute of Science and TechnologyEntered 2011 * Withdrew with Master’s degree 11/14/2014

Advisor: Maria Leh nen

_______________Scien st

Novar s, Inc.

Zhaoying XuB.A., Grinnell College

Entered 2011Advisor: Je rey Macklis

_______________S ll enrolled

Zhanlei YeB.Sc., Beijing University

Entered 2011Advisor: Takao Hensch

_______________S ll enrolled

Zhiqi (Candice) YipB.S., University of Southern California


_______________S ll enrolled

Erika WilliamsB.A., Williams College

Entered 2011Advisor: Steve Liberles

_______________S ll enrolled

Gregory BrymanB.S., University of Rochester


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Selmaan Che hB.A., Swarthmore College


_______________S ll enrolled

Benjamin AndreoneB.S., University of Maryland—College Park

Entered 2012Advisor: Chenghua Gu

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YunXiang Chu, M.D./Ph.D.B.A., Stanford University

Entered 2012 * Defended April 15, 2014Advisor: Wade Regehr

The Role of Protein Kinase C in Short Term Plas city_______________


Ershela DurresiB.S., M.S., Yale University

Entered 2012Advisor: Michael E. Greenberg

_______________S ll enrolled

Richard HeldB.S., Tulane University

Entered 2012Advisor: Pascal Kaeser

_______________S ll enrolled

Michael CoulterA.B., Harvard College

Entered 2012Advisor: Christopher Walsh

_______________S ll enrolled

Benyam KindeB.S., University of Maryland—Bal more County


_______________S ll enrolled

Ma hias MindererB.S., University of California, San Diego


_______________S ll enrolled

Tara RaamB.S., University of California, San Diego

Entered 2012Advisor: Amar Sahay

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Gil MandelbaumB.S., Tel Aviv University


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Rohan RameshB.S., Brown University

Entered 2012Advisor: Mark Andermann

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Christopher TzengB.A., Rice University


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Hugo Vega RamirezB.S., University of California, Davis

Entered 2012Advisor: Amar Sahay

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Hannah SomhegyiB.A., Lewis and Clark College

Entered 2012Advisor: Dragana Rogulja

_______________S ll enrolled

Chris na WelshB.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

Entered 2012Advisor: Beth Stevens

_______________S ll enrolled

Andrea YungB.S., Stanford University

Entered 2012Advisor: Lisa Goodrich

_______________S ll enrolled

Alex BatchelorB.A., Cambridge University

Entered 2013Advisor: Rachel Wilson

_______________S ll enrolled

Yuwen WuB.A., University of Chicago


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Michael BukwichB.S., New York University


_______________S ll enrolled

Brian ChowB.S., University of California, San Diego

Entered 2013Advisor: Chenghua Gu

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Nicholas DeSte noB.S., B.A., University of Pi sburgh

Entered 2013Advisor: Jesse Gray

_______________S ll enrolled

Chester ChiaB.A., Rutgers University

Entered 2013Advisor: Lisa Goodrich

_______________S ll enrolled

Michelle FrankB.A., Saint Olaf College


_______________S ll enrolled

Grigori GuitchountsB.A., Boston University

Entered 2013Advisor: David Cox

_______________S ll enrolled

Chong GuoB.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

B.S., Cornell UniversityEntered 2013

Advisor: Wade Regehr

_______________S ll enrolled

Morgan FreretB.S., Stanford University


_______________S ll enrolled

James HarrisB.A., Bowdoin College

Entered 2013Advisor: Paola Arlo a

_______________S ll enrolled

Kee Wui HuangB.S., M.S., Stanford University


_______________S ll enrolled

Minsuk HyunB.S., Stanford University


_______________S ll enrolled

Stephen HoltzB.S., University of Virginia


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Robert JohnsonB.S., Washington University

Entered 2013Advisor: Florian Engert

_______________S ll enrolled

Angela KimB.S., Yonsei University

M.S., Korea Ins tute of Science and TechnologyEntered 2013

Advisor: Bradford Lowell

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Elizabeth LamkinB.S., Haverford College


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Jessleen KanwalB.S., University of Virginia

Entered 2013Advisor: Aravinthan Samuel

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Sung Ling (Dean) LeeB.S., University of California, Los Angeles

Entered 2013Advisor: Paola Arlo a

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Ivan San agoB.S., M.A., City College of New York

Entered 2013Advisor: Ma hew Pecot

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Bryan SongB.S., University of Texas, Aus n


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Aleksandr (Sasha) RayshubskiyB.S., M.Eng., Cornell University


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Stephen ThornquistB.S., Washington University

Entered 2013Advisor: Michael Crickmore

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Huaiying (Shan Shan) WangB.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

Entered 2013Advisor: Pascal Kaeser

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Xingjie (Stephen) ZhangB.A., Grinnell College


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Josef TurecekB.S., University of Washington

Entered 2013Advisor: Wade Regehr

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Asa Barth MaronB.S., Lehigh University


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Cesar EchavarriaB.S., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

Entered 2014Advisor: David Cox

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Kelly GirskisB.A., University of Southern California


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Ma hew BaumB.S., M.S., Yale UniversityM.Sc., University of Dublin


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Vivian HemmelderB.Sc., Universiteit van Amsterdam


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Kris ne LyonB.A., Lewis and Clark College


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Michael MarquisB.S., Arizona State University


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Aziz KarakhanyanB.A., Rutgers University

Entered 2014Advisor: Ma hew Pecot

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Eric MulhallB.S., University of California, Santa Cruz

Entered 2014Advisor: David Corey

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Aurel NagyB.S., Brown University


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Paola PatellaB.S., University of GenoaM.Sc., University of Trento


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Sivapratha Nagappan Che arB.A., University of California, Berkeley

Entered 2014Advisor: Hisashi Umemori

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Noah Pe tB.Sc., University College London


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Nesibe TemizB.S., M.Sc., University of Bogazici

Entered 2014Advisor: Cli ord Woolf

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He YangB.S., Tsinghua University

Entered 2014Advisor: Sam Kunes

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Rachel Rei RodinB.S., Emory University


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Ee Lynn YapB.S., Yale University


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James BohnslavA.B., Harvard College

Entered 2015

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Senan EbrahimA.B., Harvard College

Entered 2015Advisor: Syd Cash

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Qiyu ZhangB.S., Brandeis University

Entered 2014Advisor: David Ginty

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Alexander GrebenB.Sc., McGill University

Entered 2015

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Xiaomeng (Mona) HanB.S., Tsinghua University

Entered 2015

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Lingfeng HouB.S., Tsinghua University

Entered 2015

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Allison HamilosSc.B., Massachuse s Ins tute of Technology

Entered 2015

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Narendra JoshiB.A., Amherst College

Entered 2015

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Emma KrauseB.S., Davidson College

Entered 2015

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Lauren KershbergB.A., Pomona College

Entered 2015

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Jae Eon LeeB.S., Korea Advanced Ins tute of Science and Technology

Entered 2015

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Kelly McGuireA.B., Sc.B., Brown University

Entered 2015

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Alexandra MooreB.S., University of Oregon

Entered 2015

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Rebecca SenB.A., Swarthmore College

Entered 2015

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Clara StarkweatherB.S., Duke University


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Aniqa TasnimB.A., Johns Hopkins University

Entered 2015

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Nivanthika WimalasenaA.B., Harvard College

Entered 2015

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