In Depth Profiles
Q&A with the Graduates
We have a tradition of asking our graduating students to answer several questions about their PhD studies and future plans. The resulting Q&A articles are filled with reflections and words of advice.
Neuroscientist Portrait Project
The Neuroscientist Portrait Project takes a look at the lives of neuroscientists inside vs. outside of the lab with an emphasis on highlighting the stories of those who are traditionally underrepresented in the sciences. Created by Christine Liu (entering class of 2014) and sponsored by Berkeley Neuroscience.
Directory
Below is the complete list of all current Berkeley Neuroscience PhD Program students with some basic info about their research interests and background. To view past students, go to the Alumni page.
Entering Class of 2019
Adrian Alejandro, 2019
Trinity College
Giovanni Anthony, 2019
North Carolina Central University
Karina Bistrong, 2019
Northeastern University
Julian Dishart, 2019
Vassar College
Yanabah Jaques, 2019
Brown University
Leana King, 2019
New York University
Emily Meschke, 2019
University of Southern California
Nathan Munet, 2019
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lucia Rodriguez, 2019
Univ Claude Bernard-Lyon I
Brooke Staveland, 2019
George Washington University
Kaeli Vandemark, 2019
Tulane University of Louisiana
Jacob Ziontz, 2019
Grinnell College
Entering Class of 2018
Erin Aisenberg, 2018
Trinity College
Bateup Lab
Marisa Becerra, 2018
University of Arizona
Jagust Lab
Julia Bleier, 2018
Brown University
Isacoff Lab
Katie Cording, 2018
University of Colorado, Boulder
Bateup Lab
Matt Davis, 2018
Emory University
Saijo Lab
Mark Gorenstein, 2018
Columbia University
Azure Grant, 2018
University of California, Berkeley
Kriegsfeld/Wilbrecht Lab
Madeline Klinger, 2018
University of Chicago
Wilbrecht/Landry Lab
Sonali Mali, 2018
Indiana University
Bautista Lab
Brett Nelson, 2018
University of California, Santa Cruz
Bouchard Lab
Entering Class of 2017
Dariya Bakshinskaya, 2017
Rutgers University
Isacoff Lab
Hayley Bounds, 2017
Brown University
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
Adesnik Lab
Celia Ford, 2017
Brown University
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
Wallis Lab
Lily Gong, 2017
Wheaton College
Theunissen Lab
Molly LaPoint, 2017
Boston College
Jagust Lab
Sylvia Madhow, 2017
UC Santa Barbara
Bouchard Lab
Ryan Schultz, 2017
University of Minnesota
Isacoff Lab
Christiane Voufo, 2017
Syracuse University
Feller Lab
Ellen Zippi, 2017
University of Texas, Austin
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
Carmena Lab
Entering Class of 2016
Zuzanna Balewski, 2016
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wallis Lab
Bill Croughan, 2016
Carnegie Mellon University
Foster Lab
Vael Gates, 2016
University of Cambridge
Griffiths Lab
Holly Gildea, 2016
Brown University
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
Dillin Lab
Carson McNeil, 2016
California Institute of Technology
Gallant Lab
Jacob Miller, 2016
Duke University
D’Esposito Lab
Tobias Schmid, 2016
University of Florida
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
Yartsev Lab
Christine Tseng, 2016
California Institute of Technology
Gallant Lab
Kevin Yu, 2016
University of California, Berkeley
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
Theunissen Lab
Entering Class of 2015
Jenna Adams, 2015
University of California, Santa Barbara
Jagust Lab
“Associations between tau spread and functional connectivity in cognitively normal older adults”
Krisha Aghi, 2015
Brown University
Isacoff Lab
“Synaptic homeostasis and heterogeneity in vivo at the Drosophila larval neuromuscular junction”
Joseph Aman, 2015
University of Utah
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
Feldman Lab
“Rapid homeostatic plasticity in somatosensory cortex”
Zeke Barger, 2015
University of Washington
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
Dan Lab
“Medullary control of sleep”
Ruairidh Battleday, 2015
University of Edinburgh/Oxford
Griffiths/Olshausen Labs
“Probabilistic models of cognition”
Althea Cavanaugh, entered 2017
Bowdoin College
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
Foster Lab
“Dynamics of Spatial Coding Along the Dorsoventral Axis of the Hippocampus”
Adam Eichenbaum, 2015
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Berkeley Fellow
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow
D’Esposito Lab
“Mechanisms of human learning and plasticity”
Malak El-Quessny, 2015
Boston University
Chancellor’s Fellow
Feller Lab
“How visual experience shapes the interplay of dendritic form and circuit function in the developing retina”
Irene Grossrubatscher, 2015
Univ degli Studi di Bologna
Isacoff Lab
“Setting thresholds for behavior: How does internal state modulate prey capture?”
Shariq Mobin, 2015
University of California, Berkeley
Olshausen Lab
“Efficient coding of natural sound”
Arjun Mukerji, 2015
University of Texas, Austin
Silver Lab
“Parallel Visual Processing Streams in Thalamus and Cortex”
Sara Popham, 2015
Johns Hopkins University
Gallant Lab
“Investigating multimodal semantic representations in the human brain”
Maimon Rose, 2015
University of Chicago
Yartsev Lab
“Tracking the development of neural dynamics in a vocal learning mammal”
Daniel Toker, 2015
Princeton University
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
D’Esposito Lab
“Sensory information transmission in oscillatory networks”
Amanda Tose, 2015
University of Washington
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
Lammel Lab
“Role of dorsal raphe input to the lateral hypothalamus in behavior with in vivo calcium imaging”
Entering Class of 2014
Jocelyn Breton, 2014
Middlebury College
Fields/Lammel Labs
“The role of mesocortical projections in anxiety and alcohol consumption”
Franklin Caval-Holme, 2014
Stanford University
National Research Service Award Fellow
Feller Lab
“Dissecting a microcircuit that regulates the earliest light responses in the retina”
Ignas Cerniauskas, 2014
Vilnius University, Lithuania
Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Fellow
Lammel Lab
“Dissecting habenular circuits underlying depression-related behavior”
Charles Frye, 2014
University of Chicago
Berkeley Fellow
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
Sommer Lab
“Extending Minimum Probability Flow to models with hidden variables”
Colin Hoy, 2014
Hendrix College
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
Knight Lab
“The role of surprise in error signals”
Christine Liu, 2014
University of Oregon
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
Lammel Lab
“Elucidating the neural circuitry underlying nicotine-related behaviors”
Ben Shababo, 2014
Columbia University
Hertz Foundation Fellow
Adesnik Lab
“High-throughput, cellular resolution mapping of neural circuits”
Emilio Soto-Soto, 2014
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
Kriegsfeld Lab
“The Impact of Early Life Circadian Disruption on Neural Development and Cognitive Flexibility”
Greg Telian, 2014
MIT
Chancellor’s Fellow
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellow
Adesnik Lab
“Sensorimotor cortical representations in vM1 and vS1 during active sensation”
Entering Class of 2013
Charles Garfinkle, 2013
McGill University
Sommer Lab
“Identifiability in Sparse Dictionary Learning with Applications to Neuroscience”
Sean Mackesey, 2013
Northwestern University
Sommer Lab
“The role of hippocampal field potentials in memory / Neuroinformatics infrastructure for electrophysiology”
Kata Slama, 2013
Brown University
Knight Lab
“Neural mechanisms of top-down and bottom-up audio-visual attention in humans”
Entering Class Of 2012
Eric Weiss, 2012
UC San Diego
Olshausen Lab
“3D visual perception in humans and the computational role of eye movements”
Entering Class Of 2010
Guy Isley, 2010
Stanford University
Sommer Lab
“The dynamics and stability of recurrent inhibitory-excitatory neural networks”