Alumni Profile Beyond the lab: PhD alum Antonio Lara builds wearable devices to gain insight into the human brain Read our Q&A with Neuroscience PhD alum Antonio Lara, director of neuroscience at Kernel.Natalie TerranovaDecember 16, 2020
Alumni Profile Home over hospital: PhD alum Elena Allen develops products to manage heart failure at home Read our Q&A with Neuroscience PhD alum Elena Allen, chief scientist at Rodin Scientific.Natalie TerranovaNovember 17, 2020
Alumni Profile From brains to self-driving cars: PhD alum Helene Moorman’s path from academia to industry Read our Q&A with Neuroscience PhD alum Helene Moorman to learn how she went from…Natalie TerranovaJuly 13, 2020
Alumni Profile Disorder in a dish: PhD alum Sundari Chetty uses human cells to study autism and schizophrenia “I really wanted to do something that was translational — to bridge my interest in…Natalie TerranovaApril 15, 2020
Alumni Profile From bench to bedside: PhD alum Oscar Vazquez works to make new treatments a reality “I've always wanted to work to shorten the gap between discovery and actual use in…Natalie TerranovaFebruary 3, 2020
Alumni Profile Increasing complexity: PhD alum Gautam Agarwal challenges the brain to understand how it works in the real world In this Q&A, Gautam Agarwal, now a research scientist in the Sommer lab, discusses how…Natalie TerranovaDecember 3, 2019
Alumni Profile Teaching science and the science of teaching: PhD Program alum Robin Ball Robin Ball, who was in the first class of PhD Program students, is a lecturer…Cari IrwinJune 25, 2019
Alumni Profile PhD program alum Liberty Hamilton eavesdrops on how the human brain processes natural sounds “Something we can really add to the field is being able to understand at a…Cari IrwinMarch 6, 2019
Alumni Profile Letting the data speak for itself: PhD alum Alex Huth models language representation in the brain As an Assistant Professor at UT Austin, PhD alum Alex Huth uses large sets of…Cari IrwinMarch 6, 2019
Alumni Profile Making tech more user-friendly: PhD alum Chung-Hay Luk researches how people interact with technology At HWNI, Chung-Hay Luk studied decision-making and created dresses with interactive electronics for fun. Now…Cari IrwinJanuary 29, 2019
Alumni Profile PhD program alum Emily Cooper returns to Berkeley as faculty, studying vision in the real world and applying it to virtual worlds “In order to understand any perceptual system, such as the human visual system, you also…Natalie TerranovaNovember 28, 2018
Alumni Profile Revealing your brain: PhD program alum Erica Warp develops brain wearables using her background as a neuroscientist, artist, and entrepreneur “I think throwing fireballs with your mind in a game is cool, but taking care…Natalie TerranovaSeptember 7, 2018
Alumni Profile Signs of resilience: PhD Program alum Beth Mormino images aging brains to identify predictors of Alzheimer’s Disease "Everyone’s brain has its own individual differences, like a fingerprint." Beth Mormino, PhD Program alum…georgeannMay 29, 2018
Alumni Profile Working side by side: PhD Program alum Ariel Rokem is a data scientist for academia “Once we figure out how to collaborate, there are a lot of things we can…georgeannMay 8, 2018
Alumni Profile To die will be an awfully big adventure: PhD Program alum Peter Pan studies neuron aging Pan as a PhD student in the Garriga lab. Chun-Liang (Peter) Pan wants to understand…Natalie TerranovaApril 13, 2018
Alumni Profile The stuff of friendship: PhD Program alum Annaliese Beery studies the neuroendocrinology of peer affiliation Annaliese Beery (entering class of 2003) PhD Program alum Annaliese Beery is currently Associate Professor…georgeannFebruary 15, 2018
Alumni Profile PhD Program alum Allyson Mackey studies how the brain changes during development and learning Allyson Mackey (right) working in her lab at UPenn. Allyson Mackey wants to understand…georgeannDecember 5, 2017
Alumni Profile Recent PhD graduate Brian Isett studies how tactile textures and shapes are represented in the brain Brian Isett The building blocks of experience Brian Isett has long been interested in…georgeannJune 17, 2017
Alumni Profile Good vibes: PhD Program alum Bradley Voytek talks neural oscillations and his path from PhD to Professor Bradley Voytek (entering class of 2004) Bradley Voytek and PhD advisor Bob Knight. Bradley Voytek…georgeannFebruary 23, 2017
Alumni Profile Alumni Profile: Hania Köver Köver in her current job as head of the Graduate School Office at the Institute…georgeannJune 1, 2016
Alumni Profile Berkeley Neuroscience PhD Program alums Emily Jacobs and Michael Goard start their own labs at UC Santa Barbara Michael Goard and Emily Jacobs Emily Goard Jacobs and Michael Jacobs Goard are alumni from…georgeannFebruary 15, 2016