Alumni

The majority of program graduates end up in academia or academic medicine, whereas others have chosen careers in scientific publishing or administration, pharmaceutical research, intellectual property law, and technology consulting. Our curriculum encourages students to explore career options that fit their interests and life goals through instruction in professional skills and by highlighting career opportunities throughout the graduate years.

LAST NAME: Aber
FIRST NAME: Etan
INSTITUTION: Columbia University
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2018
THESIS: Myelin is remodeled cell-autonomously by oligodendroglial macroautophagy

LAST NAME: Adebola
FIRST NAME: Adijat
INSTITUTION: Columbia University, Pathology Dept.
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2008
THESIS: Characterization of Neuronal Plakins

LAST NAME: Agnihotri
FIRST NAME: Naveen
INSTITUTION: Lenddo
POSITION: Chief Technology Officer
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2002
THESIS: What Makes Hippocampal Representations Stable?

LAST NAME: Ahmed
FIRST NAME: Mohsin
INSTITUTION: Columbia University Medical Center
POSITION: Assistant, Clinical Psychiatry
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2009
THESIS: Presynaptic Function and Long-Term Plasticity of Direct Cortical Inputs to Hippocampal CA1 Neurons

LAST NAME: Arguello
FIRST NAME: P. Alexander
INSTITUTION: Nature Neuroscience
POSITION: Scientific Editor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2010
THESIS: Understanding Neural & Cognitive Elements of Psychosis: Short-term Plasticity and Working Memory in a Genetic Model

LAST NAME: Augsburger
FIRST NAME: Adela
INSTITUTION: Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
POSITION: Scientific Consultant
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1999
THESIS: The Induction of the Floor Plate and its Role in Spinal Cord Formation

LAST NAME: Babadi
FIRST NAME: Baktash
INSTITUTION: NGH McLean, Adult Psychiatry Residency Program
POSITION: Resident
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2011
THESIS: Network Structures Arising from Spike-Timing Dependent Plasticity

LAST NAME: Ballagh
FIRST NAME: Irene
INSTITUTION: Cornell University
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2013
THESIS: Sex Differences in the Structure, Function and Regulation of Vocal Circuits in Xenopus

LAST NAME: Barazangi
FIRST NAME: Nobl
INSTITUTION: California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute
POSITION: Neurologist/Director of the Stroke/Neurocritical Care Research and Education Program
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2000
THESIS: Physiological Properties and Synaptic Interactions of Mouse Olfactory and Amygdala Neurons

LAST NAME: Barkan
FIRST NAME: Charlotte
INSTITUTION: Reed College, Zornik Lab
POSITION: Postdoctoral Researcher
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2016
THESIS: Evolution of vocal patterns: returning hindbrain circuits during specieis divergence

LAST NAME: Baruni
FIRST NAME: Jalal
INSTITUTION: Columbia University Medical School
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2015
THESIS: Mechanisms of attention in visual cortex and the amygdala

LAST NAME: Batistatou
FIRST NAME: Anna
INSTITUTION: University of Ioannina, Greece
POSITION: Associate Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1993
THESIS: Studies on the Mechanism(s) of Neuronal Survival/Death Using Cultures of PC12 Cells and Sympathetic Neurons

LAST NAME: Belluscio (Armitage)
FIRST NAME: Beth
INSTITUTION: Pfizer, Early Candidate Clinical Lead for Rare Neurological Diseases
POSITION: Senior Director
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1997
THESIS: Does Homosynaptic Depression in Aplysia Neurons Involve Modulation of the Fusion Apparatus?

LAST NAME: Belova
FIRST NAME: Marina
INSTITUTION: Global Strategic Marketing at BD
POSITION
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2007
THESIS: Representation of Value in Primate Amygdala during Reinforcement Learning

LAST NAME: Berliner
FIRST NAME: Alyson
INSTITUTION: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
POSITION: Senior Director, Clinical Sciences, Ophthalmology
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2000
THESIS: ERNI: An Early Response to Signals from Hensen's Node

LAST NAME: Bernier
FIRST NAME: Lise
INSTITUTION: Clinical Research Institute
POSITION: Academia/Research
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1984
THESIS: Cyclic AMP in the nervous system of Aplysia and its role in synaptic function

LAST NAME: Blumenfeld
FIRST NAME: Hal
INSTITUTION: Yale University School of Medicine
POSITION: Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1992
THESIS: Modulation of Intracellular Calcium in Aplysia Sensory Neurons

LAST NAME: Bolkan
FIRST NAME: Scott
INSTITUTION: Princeton University, Department of Psychology, Witten's lab
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2016
THESIS: Thalamo-prefrontal substrates regulating cognitive behaviors in mice

LAST NAME: Brachman
FIRST NAME: Rebecca
INSTITUTION: NeuWrite
POSITION: Group Leader at NeuWrite, Neuroscientist & Entrepreneur
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2014
THESIS: A single injection of ketamine confers robust, long-term protection against stress-induced depressive-like behaviors

LAST NAME: Brady
FIRST NAME: Roscoe
INSTITUTION: Massachusetts General Hospital
POSITION: Psychiatrist
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2005
THESIS: Contact Chemosensation in Drosophila: Genetics and Anatomy

LAST NAME: Braha
FIRST NAME: Orit
INSTITUTION: Oxford University
POSITION: Consultant
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1990
THESIS: Possible Involvement of Protein Kinase C in Presynaptic Facilitation of the Sensory Motor Synapse of Aplysia

LAST NAME: Brus-Ramer
FIRST NAME: Marcel
INSTITUTION: UCSF, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
POSITION: Resident
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2008
THESIS: Selective Stimulation of Spared Corticospinal Connections Promotes Recovery After Injury

LAST NAME: Budreck
FIRST NAME: Elaine
INSTITUTION: University of Basel, Switzerland
POSITION: Researcher
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2010
THESIS: Isoform Specificity of the Neuroligin Family of Postsynaptic Adhesion Molecules

LAST NAME: Burgos
FIRST NAME: Anita
INSTITUTION: United States Senate, Office of Senator Tina Smith
POSITION: AAAS Congressional Science & Engineering Fellow
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2017
THESIS: Dissection of neural circuitry underlying nociception in drosophila larvae

LAST NAME: Calabrese
FIRST NAME: Ana
INSTITUTION: Integral Ad Science
POSITION: Senior Data Scientist
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2014
THESIS: Single Cell and Population Coding Principles in the Songbird Auditory Cortex

LAST NAME: Campos
FIRST NAME: Lucas
INSTITUTION: Stanford University School of Medicine
POSITION: Pain Fellow
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2006
THESIS: Bypassing Spinal Cord Injury: a Novel Therapy Utilizing an Intact Peripheral Nerve Bridge

LAST NAME: Canetta (Singer)
FIRST NAME: Sarah
INSTITUTION: Columbia University, Department of Psychiatry, Kellendonk Lab
POSITION: Sackler Fellow and Associate Research Scientist
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2010
THESIS: Type III Nrg1 Signaling in Peripheral Sensory Neurons Affects Thermal Pain Sensation and Hyperalgesia

LAST NAME: Carvalho
FIRST NAME: Fernanda
INSTITUTION: Columbia Medical School
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2015
THESIS: The Role of the Indirect Pathway in Motivated Behavior

LAST NAME: Chalif
FIRST NAME: Joshua
INSTITUTION: Columbia University Medical School
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2018
THESIS: Ventral spinocerebellar Tract Neurons are essential for mammalian locomotion

LAST NAME: Chang
FIRST NAME: Sarah
INSTITUTION: Infusion Communications, A United Drug Company
POSITION: Vice President, Medical and Scientific Services
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2004
THESIS: Development of Left/Right Asymmetry in Chemosensory Neurons in C. elegans

LAST NAME: Chau
FIRST NAME: Lily
INSTITUTION: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
POSITION: Resident
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2012
THESIS: Modeling Alzheimer's Disease Using Cellular Reprogramming Technologies

LAST NAME: Clark
FIRST NAME: Samuel
INSTITUTION: Columbia University
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2017
THESIS: Characterization striatal direct and indirect path neurons during motor learning and anxiety

LAST NAME: Clark
FIRST NAME: Abigail
INSTITUTION: Columbia Medical School
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2016
THESIS: The function of dopamine D2 receptors in the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus

LAST NAME: Cleary
FIRST NAME: Leonard J.
INSTITUTION: University of Texas Medical School at Houston
POSITION: Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1984
THESIS: Identification of the Axonal Organelles in Which Newly-Synthsized Glycoproteins are Translocated by Fast Axonal Transportation in the Giant Cerebral Neuron of Aplysia

LAST NAME: Clinton
FIRST NAME: Brian
INSTITUTION: Columbia University Medical Center
POSITION: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2005
THESIS: Cellular Proliferation in the Vertebrate Brain: Comparative Features in Embryonic and Adult Turtle

LAST NAME: Colaco
FIRST NAME: Nalini
INSTITUTION: UCSF Medical Center
POSITION: Cardiology Fellow
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2011
THESIS: Specific Connectivity and Molecular Diversity of Mouse Rubrospinal Neurons

LAST NAME: Constantinople
FIRST NAME: Christine
INSTITUTION: New York University
POSITION: Assistant Professor of Neural Science
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2013
THESIS: Subcortical Inputs Governing Cortical Network Activity

LAST NAME: Cooper
FIRST NAME: Scott
INSTITUTION: University of Minnesota
POSITION: Assistant Professor of Neurology
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1995
THESIS: The Cerebellum and Interjoint Coordination

LAST NAME: Corty
FIRST NAME: Megan
INSTITUTION: U-Mass Medical School, Freeman Lab
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2011
THESIS: Transcriptional control of somatosensory neuron diversification in Drosophila

LAST NAME: Crabtree
FIRST NAME: Gregg
INSTITUTION: Columbia University, Department of Physiology
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2009
THESIS: TRPV1 Modulates Synaptic Transmission at Physiological Temperatures by Acting as an Intracellular Ca²⁺Store Leak Channel

LAST NAME: Croft
FIRST NAME: Gist
INSTITUTION: Rockefeller University, Brivanlou Lab
POSITION: Research Associate
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2011
THESIS: Controlling the Subtype Identity of Human Stem Cell Derived Motor Neurons

LAST NAME: Crouch
FIRST NAME: Elizabeth
INSTITUTION: University of Calfornia, San Francisco, Department of Pediatrics
POSITION: Pediatrics Resident
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2012
THESIS: Adult Neural Stem Cells and Their Perivascular Niche

LAST NAME: Cueva
FIRST NAME: Chris
INSTITUTION: Columbia University, Zuckerman Institute
POSITION: Postdoc, Stefano Fusi Lab
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2018
THESIS: Recurrent computation in brains and machines

LAST NAME: Dammerman
FIRST NAME: Ryan
INSTITUTION: Braeburn Pharmaceuticals
POSITION: Senior Director, Medical Affairs
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2000
THESIS: GABA in Developing Neocortical Layer 1

LAST NAME: Daniele
FIRST NAME: Claire
INSTITUTION: AlphaBioCom
POSITION: Scientific Communications Manager
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2009
THESIS: Unraveling Innocuous Sensory Input Driven Inhibition in a Spinal Cord Pain Pathway

LAST NAME: Danielson
FIRST NAME: Nathan
INSTITUTION: Columbia Medical School
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2016
THESIS: Functional diversity within hippocampal principal cell subpopulations

LAST NAME: De Marco Garcia
FIRST NAME: Natalia
INSTITUTION: Weill Cornell Medical College
POSITION: Assistant Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2007
THESIS: Determinants of Motor Neuron-Muscle Connectivity in the Developing Limb

LAST NAME: Demireva
FIRST NAME: Elena
INSTITUTION: Columbia University, Department of Psychiatry, Gingrich Lab
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2009
THESIS: Genetic Dissection of Cadherin and Catenin Functions in Spinal Motor Neuron Development

LAST NAME: Dempsey
FIRST NAME: Conor
INSTITUTION
POSITION
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2018
THESIS: Learning and generalization of sensory predictions in cerebellum-like structures

LAST NAME: Deodhar
FIRST NAME: Dilip
INSTITUTION: Humanoid Robotics
POSITION: Pharmaceutical/Biotech
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1998
THESIS: Computational Studies of Feeding Behavior of Aplysia californica

LAST NAME: DePasquale
FIRST NAME: Brian
INSTITUTION: Princeton University
POSITION: Postdoc, Department of Psychology, Center for Statistics and Machine Learning, Jonathan Pillow Lab
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2016
THESIS: Methods for Building Network Models of Neural Circuits

LAST NAME: DeSouza
FIRST NAME: Laura
INSTITUTION: Health Care Market Consulting Group
POSITION: Analyst
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2016
THESIS

LAST NAME: Dodman (Eickhorst)
FIRST NAME: Angela
INSTITUTION: Roche
POSITION: Global Studies Manager
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2008
THESIS: Mechanism of Neuroligin-Neurexin Mediated α1β VDCC Recruitment to Presynaptic Terminals

LAST NAME: Doobin
FIRST NAME: David
INSTITUTION: Columbia Medical School
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2016
THESIS: Genetic and Infectious Causes of Microcephaly: NDE1 Mutations and the Zika Virus

LAST NAME: Doyle
FIRST NAME: Joseph
INSTITUTION: Rockefeller University
POSITION: Academia/Research
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1996
THESIS: Protein Zero and the Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule Mediate Cell-Cell Adhesion and Epithelial Reversion When Expressed in a Host Carcinoma Cell Line: A Functional and Structural Analysis

LAST NAME: Dudman
FIRST NAME: Joshua
INSTITUTION: Janelia Farm, HHMI
POSITION: Group Leader
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2006
THESIS: Defining New Roles for the Integrative Properties of Neurons in the Medial Temporal Lobe

LAST NAME: Dupre
FIRST NAME: Christophe
INSTITUTION: Harvard University, Florian Engert Lab (January, 2018)
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2017
THESIS: Non-Overlapping Neural Networks in Hydra vulgaris

LAST NAME: Ebstein
FIRST NAME: Sarah
INSTITUTION: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2017
THESIS: Gain of function mechanisms of neurodegeneration in ALS

LAST NAME: Edmonds
FIRST NAME: Brian
INSTITUTION: University of Alaska Southeast, Fairbanks
POSITION: Asst. Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1990
THESIS: Contributions of Two Classes of Calcium Channels to Transmitter Release and Plasticity in the Sensory Neurons in Aplysia

LAST NAME: El-Amamy
FIRST NAME: Heather
INSTITUTION: Georgetown University Hospital
POSITION: Resident
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2013
THESIS: Independent Effects of Paternal Age and Neuregulin1 Expression in Relation to Schizophrenia

LAST NAME: Eliot
FIRST NAME: Lise
INSTITUTION: Rosalind Franklin University, The Chicago Medical School
POSITION: Associate Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1991
THESIS: Presynaptice Modulation of Aplysia Sensory-to-Motor Neuron Synapses in Culture

LAST NAME: Elliott
FIRST NAME: Taffeta
INSTITUTION: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
POSITION: Assistant Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2006
THESIS: The neural basis of click rate coding in the auditory system

LAST NAME: Elsayed
FIRST NAME: Gamal
INSTITUTION: Google Brain
POSITION: Resident
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2017
THESIS: Identification and Validation of Structures in Neural Population Responses

LAST NAME: Engelman
FIRST NAME: Holly
INSTITUTION: Penn State College of Medicine
POSITION: Research Support Staff
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2002
THESIS: Ca²⁺-Permeable AMPA Receptors and Modulation of Inhibition in the Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn

LAST NAME: Ernstrom
FIRST NAME: Glen
INSTITUTION: Middlebury College, VT
POSITION: Assistant Profesor of Biology and Neuroscience
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2002
THESIS: Reconstitution of an Ion Channel Complex Needed for Mechanosensation in C. elegans

LAST NAME: Etkin
FIRST NAME: Amit
INSTITUTION: Stanford School of Medicine
POSITION: Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2005
THESIS: A Role in Hippocampal Long-Term Depression in Contextual Habituation and Immediate Memory

LAST NAME: Fageiry
FIRST NAME: Samaher
INSTITUTION: Columbia University, Zuckerman Institute
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2018
THESIS: Mapping Cortical Connections with Spinal Circuits

LAST NAME: Falkner
FIRST NAME: Annegret
INSTITUTION: Princeton University
POSITION: Assistant Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2011
THESIS: Competition between Visual Stimuli in the Monkey Parietal Cortex

LAST NAME: Feinstein
FIRST NAME: Paul
INSTITUTION: Hunter College, New York City
POSITION: Associate Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1996
THESIS: Identification of Homeotic Selector Target Genes in Drosophilia melanogaster

LAST NAME: Felsenfeld
FIRST NAME: Daniel
INSTITUTION: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
POSITION: Director, Integrated Screening
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1994
THESIS: In vitro Studies on the Function of the Axonal Glycoprotein TAG-1

LAST NAME: Fink
FIRST NAME: Andrew
INSTITUTION: Columbia University, Department of Neuroscience, Richard Axel Lab
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2013
THESIS: Exploring a Behavioral Role For Presynaptic inhibition at Spinal Sensory-Motor Synapses

LAST NAME: Fishman
FIRST NAME: Zvi
INSTITUTION: Columbia University, Zuckerman Institute
POSITION: Postdoc, Charles Zuker lab
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2019
THESIS: Taste Processing in the Brainstem

LAST NAME: Flint
FIRST NAME: Alex
INSTITUTION: The Permanente Medical Group
POSITION: Neurointensivist
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1998
THESIS: Novel Aspects of Neurotransmission in the Developing Neocortex

LAST NAME: Florence
FIRST NAME: TJ
INSTITUTION: Columbia Medical School
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2017
THESIS: Visual memory in Drosophila

LAST NAME: Fogle
FIRST NAME: Keri
INSTITUTION: University of Pittsburgh
POSITION: Research Instructor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2007
THESIS: Interactions With Acidic Lipids Represent Novel Mechanisms of HCN Channel Modulation

LAST NAME: Fox
FIRST NAME: Leora
INSTITUTION: Pharmaceutical Industry
POSITION: Medical Writer
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2016
THESIS: Alfy mediates turnover of huntingtin and modifies pathogenesis in mouse

LAST NAME: Frost
FIRST NAME: William
INSTITUTION: Rosalind Franklin University, The Chicago Medical School
POSITION: Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1987
THESIS: Mechanisms Contributing to Short- and Long-Term Sensitization in Aplysia

LAST NAME: Gabitto
FIRST NAME: Mariano
INSTITUTION: Simons Foundation, Center for Data Analysis
POSITION: Reserach Fellow
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2016
THESIS: Dissecting interneuron Diversity, One Cell Tyape at a Time

LAST NAME: Gee
FIRST NAME: Angela
INSTITUTION: Los Angeles Trade-Technical College
POSITION: Professor of Biology
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2008
THESIS: The Cortical Mechanisms of Visual Search

LAST NAME: Gelber
FIRST NAME: Shari
INSTITUTION: Weill Cornell Medical School
POSITION: Asst. Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2000
THESIS: Functional Contribution of individual Subunits to the Physiology of Neuronal Acetylcholine Receptor Channels

LAST NAME: George
FIRST NAME: Meena
INSTITUTION: Private Practice
POSITION: Ophthalmologist
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2008
THESIS: The Excitatory and Inhibitory Effects of the Hyperpolarization-Activated Cation Current on Neuronal Activity: Resolution of a Paradox

LAST NAME: Goldberg
FIRST NAME: Jesse
INSTITUTION: Cornell University, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Ithaca, NY,
POSITION: Assistant Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2003
THESIS: Calcium Dynamics in Neocortical interneuron Dendrites

LAST NAME: Gore
FIRST NAME: Felicity
INSTITUTION: Stanford University, Karl Deisseroth Lab
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2015
THESIS: Neural Circuits Mediating Innate and Learned Behaviors

LAST NAME: Goulding
FIRST NAME: Evan
INSTITUTION: Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
POSITION: Associate Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1994
THESIS: Structure and Function of the Cyclic Neucleotide-Gated Ion Channels

LAST NAME: Gray
FIRST NAME: Neil
INSTITUTION: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, Psychiatry
POSITION: Resident
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2011
THESIS: The Role of the Serotonergic System in the Development and Treatment of Affective Disorders

LAST NAME: Greenberg
FIRST NAME: Steven
INSTITUTION: Massachusettes General Hospital, Hemorrhagic Stroke Research Program
POSITION: Director
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1983
THESIS: Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase and Long-Term Memory in Aplysia

LAST NAME: Harris
FIRST NAME: David A.
INSTITUTION: Boston University, School of Medicine
POSITION: Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1984
THESIS: Intracellular Probes for Studying the Role of Actin and Myosin in Fast Axonal Transport

LAST NAME: Hawver
FIRST NAME: David
INSTITUTION: U.S. Food & Drug Administration
POSITION: Pharmacologist
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1993
THESIS: Selective Fasciculation and Avoidance in the Formation of Specific Connections Between Aplysia Neurons in vitro

LAST NAME: Hernandez
FIRST NAME: Daniela
INSTITUTION: The Wall Street Journal
POSITION: Digital Science Editor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2010
THESIS: New Role for Autophagy in Synaptic Function

LAST NAME: Hill
FIRST NAME: Alexis
INSTITUTION: Washington University, Yehuda Ben-Shahar Lab
POSITION: Postdoctoral Research Associate
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2014
THESIS: The behavioral effects of increasing adult hippocampal neurogenesis

LAST NAME: Hinkle
FIRST NAME: William
INSTITUTION: Hinkle Charitable Foundation
POSITION: Founder
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2012
THESIS: Neural Mechanisms Mediating the Effects of Food Cues and Acute Exercise: An fMRI and Functional Connectivity Investigation

LAST NAME: Hitti
FIRST NAME: Frederick
INSTITUTION: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
POSITION: Resident
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2013
THESIS: The Hippocampal CA2 Region is Essential for Social Memory

LAST NAME: Hoang
FIRST NAME: Phuong
INSTITUTION: Columbia Medical School
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2016
THESIS: From stem cells to circuits: modeling the specification and synaptogenesis of spinal inhibitory interneurons

LAST NAME: Hoffman
FIRST NAME: Benjamin
INSTITUTION: Columbia University Medical School
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2019
THESIS: The peripheral nervous system: From molecular mechanisms to non-invasive therapeutics

LAST NAME: Horta
FIRST NAME: Adan
INSTITUTION: Columbia University Medical School
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2018
THESIS: Cell type-specific interchromosomal interactions as a mechanism for transcirptional diversity

LAST NAME: Howard
FIRST NAME: Clare
INSTITUTION: Columbia University Medical School
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2018
THESIS: Slow and Steady: Serotonergic Interneurons Modulate Drosophila Walking Behavior

LAST NAME: Hsu
FIRST NAME: Ruby
INSTITUTION: Phama Assay Services
POSITION: Associate Director
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2008
THESIS: Nogo Receptor & miRNA Biogenesis Alterations in 22q11DS-Associated Schizophrenia

LAST NAME: Ikiz
FIRST NAME: Burcin
INSTITUTION: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
POSITION: Staff Scientist
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2012
THESIS: Unraveling the Molecular Mechanism Underlying the ALS-Linked Astrocyte Toxicity to Motor Neurons

LAST NAME: Iyer
FIRST NAME: Meena
INSTITUTION: National Institutes of Health, NINDS
POSITION: Academia/Research
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1993
THESIS: Firing Behavior of Human Motor Units During Quasi-Sinusoidal Isometric Muscle Contractions

LAST NAME: Janas
FIRST NAME: Anna
INSTITUTION: Stanford Children's Health, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
POSITION: Resident Physician
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2014
THESIS: A Stem Cell Model of the Motor Circuit Reveals Distinct Requirements of SMN for Motor Neuron Survival and Function

LAST NAME: Jenkins
FIRST NAME: Blair
INSTITUTION: Columbia University Medical School
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2018
THESIS: Cellular and Molecular Mechansims of Mammalian Touch Receptor Patterning

LAST NAME: Jimenez
FIRST NAME: Jessica
INSTITUTION: Columbia University, Rene Hen Lab
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2017
THESIS: Control of Anxiety-Related Behavior by the Ventral Hippocampus

LAST NAME: Johnson
FIRST NAME: Madeleine
INSTITUTION: GenomeWeb LLC
POSITION: Reporter and Editor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2007
THESIS: The Role of Type III Neuregulin1 Signaling in Birth and Migration of Neurons In Embryonic and Adult Forebrain

LAST NAME: Joseph
FIRST NAME: Donald
INSTITUTION: University of Pennsylvania
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2009
THESIS: The Role of Calcium-Permeable Kainate Receptors in Neurite Outgrowth and Synapse Formation Between Rat Nociceptive Dorsal Root Ganglion and Dorsal Horn Neurons

LAST NAME: Joubin
FIRST NAME: Katherine
INSTITUTION: RealCME, New York City
POSITION: Research Analyst
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2000
THESIS: Maintenance of Organizer Activity During Gastrulation

LAST NAME: Kaang
FIRST NAME: Bong-Kiun
INSTITUTION: Seoul National University
POSITION: Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1992
THESIS: Studies of Long-Term Facilitation Using Gene Transfer Methods

LAST NAME: Kaifosh
FIRST NAME: Patrick
INSTITUTION: Cognescent Corporation
POSITION: Co-Founder
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2015
THESIS: Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Learning

LAST NAME: Kang
FIRST NAME: Yul
INSTITUTION: Oxford University, Engineering Department, Máté Lengyel Lab
POSITION: Research Associate
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2017
THESIS: Inferring the Decision Rule from the Choice and Speed

LAST NAME: Karimzadegan
FIRST NAME: Siavash
INSTITUTION
POSITION: Pharmaceuticals Professional Biotechnology
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2010
THESIS: The Role of UNC-4 in C. Elegans Motor Neuron Development: Factors Regulating Its Dynamic Expression and a Search for Downstream Targets

LAST NAME: Kato
FIRST NAME: Saul
INSTITUTION: University of California, San Francisco
POSITION: Assistant Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2013
THESIS: Signal Processing Function and Mechanism In Sensory Neurons of C. elegans

LAST NAME: Katz
FIRST NAME: Ron
INSTITUTION: Columbia University, Science & Technology Ventures
POSITION: Senior Technology Licensing Officer
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2006
THESIS: A Molecular Clock in the Vomeronasal Organ

LAST NAME: Kauderer
FIRST NAME: Beth
INSTITUTION: Columbia University, Science & Technology Ventures
POSITION: Senior Associate Director
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2001
THESIS: Capture of a Novel Protein Synthesis-Dependent Component of Long-Term Depression

LAST NAME: Kennedy
FIRST NAME: Timothy
INSTITUTION: McGill University, Montreal Neurological Institute
POSITION: Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1993
THESIS: Molecular mechanisms of learning in aplysia californica: Modulation of protein and mRNA expressions during long-term sensitization and long-term facilitation

LAST NAME: Kennedy
FIRST NAME: Ann
INSTITUTION: Caltech, Department of Biology and Biological Engineering; Dr. David Anderson Lab
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2014
THESIS: Representation and learning in cerebellum-like structures

LAST NAME: Kerk
FIRST NAME: John
INSTITUTION: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
POSITION: Postdoctoral Fellow
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2016
THESIS: Diversification of C. elegans motor neuron identity via selective effector gene repression

LAST NAME: Kerner
FIRST NAME: Bethany
INSTITUTION: University of California, San Francisco
POSITION: Child Neurology
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2012
THESIS: The Role of Gigaxonin in the Regulation of Intermediate Filaments: A Study Using Giant Axonal Neuropathy Patient-Derived iPS-MNs

LAST NAME: Klein
FIRST NAME: Marc
INSTITUTION: University of California, Los Angeles
POSITION: Academia/Research
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1980
THESIS: The Biophysical Basis of Habituation and Sensitization in Aplysia

LAST NAME: Klemenhagen
FIRST NAME: Kristen
INSTITUTION: Columbia University, Department of Psychiatry, Integrated Neuroscience
POSITION: Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurobiology
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2009
THESIS: Hippocampal and Amygdalar Circuitry Involved in Contextual Fear Conditioning: Identifications of Functional Subregions of the Hippocampus in Anxious Mice and Humans

LAST NAME: Kolster
FIRST NAME: Rachel
INSTITUTION: Columbia University Medical School
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2015
THESIS: Single-Molecule Imaging of Conformational Dynamics in a Neurotransmitter Transporter Homolog

LAST NAME: Konur Ultanir
FIRST NAME: Sila
INSTITUTION: Francis Crick Institute
POSITION: Group Leader
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2004
THESIS: Function of Dendrite Spinal Motility During Development

LAST NAME: Kozberg
FIRST NAME: Mariel
INSTITUTION: Massachusetts General Hospital
POSITION: Internal Medicine Intern
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2014
THESIS: The Development of Neurovascular Coupling in the Postnatal Brain

LAST NAME: Kushnir
FIRST NAME: Lyudmila
INSTITUTION: École NormaleSupérieure, Paris, Sophie Deneve Lab
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2016
THESIS: Neural classifiers with limited connectivity and local recurrent readouts

LAST NAME: Kyrozis
FIRST NAME: Andreas
INSTITUTION: Hellenic Health Foundation
POSITION: Senior Investigator
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1995
THESIS: NMDA Receptor Calcium-Dependent Desensitization With Intact Intracellular Environment

LAST NAME: Lacefield
FIRST NAME: Clay
INSTITUTION: Columbia University, Department of Psychiatry, Hen Lab
POSITION: Adjunct Associate Research Scientist
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2009
THESIS: A New Role for New Neurons: Contributions of Adult-Generated Granule Cells to Dentate Gyrus Network Physiology in Vivo

LAST NAME: Lai
FIRST NAME: Grace
INSTITUTION: Northwestern University
POSITION: Neurological Surgery Resident
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2010
THESIS: Functional and Structural Neurocircuitry of Language and Music Systems in Autism

LAST NAME: Landman
FIRST NAME: Natalie
INSTITUTION: Arizona State University
POSITION: Executive Director
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2007
THESIS: Altered Phosphoinositide Metabolism in Familial Alzheimer's Disease

LAST NAME: Lang
FIRST NAME: Cynthia
INSTITUTION: Columbia University, Science & Technology Ventures
POSITION: Technology Licensing Officer
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2008
THESIS: Dendritic Spine Expansion Induced By Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation

LAST NAME: Lee
FIRST NAME: Justin
INSTITUTION: University of Southern California Medical Center
POSITION: Neurosurgery Resident
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2014
THESIS: Motor Pool Selectivity of Neuromuscular Degeneration in Type I Spinal Muscular Atrophy is Conserved between Human and Mouse

LAST NAME: Lee
FIRST NAME: Bobbi
INSTITUTION: Labtiva (ReadCube)
POSITION: Product Manager
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2012
THESIS

LAST NAME: Leininger
FIRST NAME: Elizabeth
INSTITUTION: St. Mary's College, Maryland
POSITION: Assistant Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2010
THESIS: Evolution of Vocal Neuroeffectors in Xenopus (African Clawed Frogs)

LAST NAME: Levie (Scearce)
FIRST NAME: Kimberly
INSTITUTION: Genentech
POSITION: Scientist, Translational Neuroscience
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1999
THESIS: Serotonin 1B Receptor Knockout Mice as an Animal Model of Vulnerability to Drugs of abuse

LAST NAME: Levron (Rachel)
FIRST NAME: Rivka
INSTITUTION: Michlalah College, Jerusalem
POSITION: Lecturer/Scientific Consultant
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2001
THESIS: Development of Bilateral Retinal Axon Projections: A Link Between Melanin and Neurogenesis

LAST NAME: Levy
FIRST NAME: Rebecca
INSTITUTION: Stanford University
POSITION: Resident
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2012
THESIS: Exploring the Role of RAPGEF6 in Neuropsychiatric Disorders

LAST NAME: Leypold
FIRST NAME: Bradley
INSTITUTION: Naugatuck Valley Radiology Associates, CT
POSITION: Radiologist
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2002
THESIS: Genetic Analysis of Vomeronasal Organ Function

LAST NAME: Lin
FIRST NAME: Jonathan
INSTITUTION: University of California San Diego School of Medicine
POSITION: Associate Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1999
THESIS: ETS Genes and the Assembly of a Simple Stretch Reflex Circuit Between Motor Neuron Pools and Muscle Sensory Afferent Subtypes

LAST NAME: Lindsay
FIRST NAME: Grace
INSTITUTION: Columbia University, Department of Neuroscience
POSITION: Postdoc, Ken Miller's Lab
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2017
THESIS: Modeling the Impact of Internal State on Sensory Processing

LAST NAME: Liu
FIRST NAME: Jian
INSTITUTION: California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco
POSITION: Academia/Research
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2000
THESIS: The Structural and Conformational Changes in the Pore Region of Cyclic Nucleotide Gated Channels

LAST NAME: Lopez-Garcia
FIRST NAME: Juan-Carlos
INSTITUTION: Nature Medicine
POSITION: Publishing
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1998
THESIS: A Presynaptic Locus for Long-Term Potentiation of Elementary Synaptic Transmission at Mossy Fiber Synapses in Culture

LAST NAME: Lovett-Barron
FIRST NAME: Matthew
INSTITUTION: Stanford University, Deisseroth Lab
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2014
THESIS: Functional Consequences of Dendritic Inhibition in the Hippocampus

LAST NAME: Luo
FIRST NAME: Sean
INSTITUTION: Columbia University Medical Center, Psychiatry/Presbyterian Hospital
POSITION: Clinical Fellow
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2009
THESIS: Models of Olfactory Discrimination in Drosophila

LAST NAME: Lyashchenko
FIRST NAME: Alexander
INSTITUTION: Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology
POSITION: Postdoctoral Residency Fellow
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2014
THESIS: Mechanisms of FUS-mediated Motor Neuron Degeneration in ALS

LAST NAME: Ma
FIRST NAME: Minghong
INSTITUTION: University of Pennsylvania
POSITION: Associate Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1997
THESIS: Consequences and Mechanisms of Frequency-Dependent Spike Broadening in Aplysia R20 Neurons

LAST NAME: Machado
FIRST NAME: Tim
INSTITUTION: Cognescent Corporation
POSITION: Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2015
THESIS: Probing Circuits for Spinal Motor Control

LAST NAME: Mackey
FIRST NAME: Steven
INSTITUTION: Columbia University
POSITION: Associate Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1991
THESIS: A Cellular Analysis of the Role of Serotonin and FMRFamide in the Modulation of the Gill-and Sephon-Withdrawal Reflex in Aplysia

LAST NAME: Majewska
FIRST NAME: Anna
INSTITUTION: University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Neuroscience
POSITION: Associate Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2000
THESIS: Mechanisms and Regulation of Calcium Decay Kinetics in Spines

LAST NAME: Maldonado
FIRST NAME: Angel
INSTITUTION: Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics
POSITION: Postdoctoral Residency Fellow
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2014
THESIS: PDGFRb is a Specific Marker and Regulator of Adult Neural Stem Cells

LAST NAME: Malito
FIRST NAME: David
INSTITUTION: Convent of the Sacred Heart School
POSITION: Physics Teacher
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2010
THESIS: The Role of Closed-State Inactivation in Modulation of L-Type Calcium Channels By Dihydropyridine Antagonist

LAST NAME: Mandelbaum
FIRST NAME: David
INSTITUTION: Brown University
POSITION: Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1978
THESIS: Studies of the Role of Cyclic AMP and Protein Phosphorylation in the Mediation of Food Arousal in Aplysia

LAST NAME: Manzini
FIRST NAME: Chiara
INSTITUTION: George Washington University
POSITION: Asst. Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2006
THESIS: AMPA/KA Glutamate Receptors in Neuronal Differentiation and Survival

LAST NAME: Mason
FIRST NAME: A. Thorton
INSTITUTION: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
POSITION: Associate Professor, Clinical Neurology
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2000
THESIS: The Role of CRD-NRG-1 in the Formation and Maintenance of Critical Neuromuscular Synapses During Embryogenesis

LAST NAME: Matthews
FIRST NAME: Benjamin
INSTITUTION: Rockefeller University, Vosshall Lab
POSITION: Research Associate
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2010
THESIS: Dendrite Self-Avoidance is Controlled by Dscam and Counterbalances Attractive Guidance Signaling in Drosophila

LAST NAME: Matthews
FIRST NAME: Glennis
INSTITUTION: BioTech Company in Mumbai, India
POSITION: Scientific Director
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2006
THESIS: Cell Birth and Death in the Adult Olfactory Neuroepithelium

LAST NAME: Mendelsohn
FIRST NAME: Alana
INSTITUTION: Columbia Medical School
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2016
THESIS: Specifying Neurons and Circuits for Limb Motor Control

LAST NAME: Merel
FIRST NAME: Josh
INSTITUTION: DeepMind Limited Technologies, London
POSITION: Research Scientist
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2016
THESIS: New Perspective on Learning, Inference, and control in Brains and Machines

LAST NAME: Meszaros
FIRST NAME: Jozsef
INSTITUTION
POSITION
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2017
THESIS: Measuring dopamine release in an area of very low innervation

LAST NAME: Monaco
FIRST NAME: Joe
INSTITUTION: Johns Hopkins University
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2009
THESIS: Rapid Spatial Map Formation and Remapping by Competing Over Grid Cell Inputs

LAST NAME: Morrison
FIRST NAME: Sara
INSTITUTION: Dietrich School of Art and Science, University of Pittsburgh
POSITION: Assitant Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2010
THESIS: Neural Signals in the Orbitofrontal Cortex and Amygdala During Appetitive and Aversive Reinforcement Learning

LAST NAME: Nikitchenko
FIRST NAME: Maxim
INSTITUTION: Harvard University
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2013
THESIS: Inference of Neural Connectivity and Convergence Acceleration Methods

LAST NAME: O'Neill
FIRST NAME: Pia Kelsey
INSTITUTION: Columbia University, Department of Neuroscience, Department of Arts and Sciences in Biological Sciences
POSITION: Postdoc, Lecturer
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2013
THESIS: Long-Range Synchrony Between Medial Prefrontal Cortex, Thalamus, and Hippocampus Underlies Working Memory Behavior In Mice

LAST NAME: Oakley
FIRST NAME: Derek
INSTITUTION: Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Pathology
POSITION: Clinical Fellow
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2012
THESIS: Human Stem Cells for Modeling Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Disease Mechanisms and Modifiers

LAST NAME: Ortiz
FIRST NAME: Christopher
INSTITUTION: UCLA, Anethesiology
POSITION: Critical Care Fellow
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2009
THESIS: Functional Laterality in the Gustatory System of C. elegans

LAST NAME: Owens
FIRST NAME: David
INSTITUTION: NIH/NINDS, Division of Extramural Research
POSITION: Acting Deputy Director
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2000
THESIS: GABAergic Signaling During Early Neocortical Development

LAST NAME: Padilla Coreano
FIRST NAME: Nancy
INSTITUTION: Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Florida Neuroscience
POSITION: Postdoc, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Laboratory of Kay Tye, University of Florida research laboratory, L'Oreal Women in Science Fellow (2020).
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2016
THESIS: Direct ventral hippocampal-prefrontal input is required for anxiety-related neural activity and behavior.

LAST NAME: Pannese
FIRST NAME: Alessia
INSTITUTION: Paris Institute for Advanced Studies
POSITION: Resident Fellow
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2010
THESIS: Neural Correlates of Conscious and Unconscious Processing of the Self-Face

LAST NAME: Paton
FIRST NAME: Joseph
INSTITUTION: Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia/Champalimaud Foundation, Portugal
POSITION: Group Lead
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2008
THESIS: Learning to Like and Dislike in the Primate Amygdala

LAST NAME: Peck
FIRST NAME: Ellen
INSTITUTION: New York School of Medicine
POSITION: Resident
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2013
THESIS: Space and Value in the Primate Amydgala

LAST NAME: Peck
FIRST NAME: Chris
INSTITUTION: Capital One Labs
POSITION: Data Scientist
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2013
THESIS: Space and Value in the Primate Amygdala and Basal Forebrain

LAST NAME: Penney
FIRST NAME: Ellen
INSTITUTION: Neurology at Mass General Hospital/Brigham & Women's Hospital
POSITION: Resident
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2009
THESIS: Genetic Regulatory Cascades Governing NMJ Synaptic Development and Function

LAST NAME: Perkins
FIRST NAME: Katherine
INSTITUTION: SUNY Health Science Center
POSITION: Associate Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1996
THESIS: Giant GABA-Mediated Synaptic Currents Recorded From Neurons in the Hippocampal Slice-Ionic Basis of the Depolarizing GABA Response

LAST NAME: Petros
FIRST NAME: Timothy
INSTITUTION: NYU, Fishell Lab
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2008
THESIS: Retinal Axon Divergence at the Optic Chiasm: To Cross or not to Cross

LAST NAME: Peña(Jensen)
FIRST NAME: Catherine
INSTITUTION: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Nestler Lab
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2012
THESIS: Natural Variations In Maternal Care Program Development of Offspring Neuroendocrine and Reward Pathways

LAST NAME: Pfau
FIRST NAME: David
INSTITUTION: DeepMind Limited Technologies
POSITION: Research Scientist
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2014
THESIS: Learning structure in time series for neuroscience and beyond

LAST NAME: Pian
FIRST NAME: Philip
INSTITUTION: University of Colorado Medical School, Department of Anesthesiology
POSITION: Senior Instructor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2006
THESIS: Regulation of Hyperpolarization-Activated HCN Channels by PI(4,5)P2 and TRIP8b

LAST NAME: Pittenger
FIRST NAME: Chris
INSTITUTION: Yale University, Psychiatry
POSITION: Associate Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2002
THESIS: A Transgenic Investigation of the Role of the Transcription Factor Creb in Declarative and Procedural Memory formation in the Mouse

LAST NAME: Platt
FIRST NAME: Maryann
INSTITUTION: Columbia University
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2019
THESIS: Immune mechanisms of Brain Dysfunction in a Mouse Model of Autoimmune Encephalitis

LAST NAME: Pollock
FIRST NAME: Jonathan
INSTITUTION: Stanford University, School of Medicine
POSITION: Associate Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1985
THESIS: Potassium Channel Modulation by Serotonin and Cyclic AMP In Pleural Sensory Neurons of Aplysia: A Neural Mechanism for Synaptic Plasticity and Learning

LAST NAME: Qian
FIRST NAME: Sam
INSTITUTION: Insight Data Science
POSITION: Fellow
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2018
THESIS: Internal tracheal sensory neuron wiring and function in Drosophila larvae

LAST NAME: Rajan
FIRST NAME: Kanaka
INSTITUTION: Princeton University
POSITION: Biophysics Theory Fellow
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2008
THESIS: Nonchaotic Responses From Randomly Connected Networks of Model Neurons

LAST NAME: Rajasethupathy
FIRST NAME: Priya
INSTITUTION: Rockefeller University
POSITION: Assistant Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2011
THESIS: Novel Small-RNA Mediated Gene-Regulatory Mechanisms for Long-Term Memory

LAST NAME: Ramirez
FIRST NAME: Alexandro
INSTITUTION: Weill Cornell, Aksay lab
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2012
THESIS: Methods for Solving the Neural Code in High Dimensions

LAST NAME: Ramirez
FIRST NAME: Alejandro
INSTITUTION: New York PresbyterianHospital/Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry
POSITION: Resident
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2013
THESIS: The Sensitivity of Barrel Cortex to Spatiotemporally Complex Stimuli

LAST NAME: Rayport
FIRST NAME: Steve
INSTITUTION: Columbia University
POSITION: Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1981
THESIS: Development of the Functional and Plastic Capabilities of Neurons Mediating a Defensive Behavior in Aplysia

LAST NAME: Raza
FIRST NAME: Ali
INSTITUTION: Harvard University Medical School
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2014
THESIS: Modeling the Structure-Function Relationship between Retinal Ganglion Cells and Visual Field Sensitivity and the Changes Due to Glaucoma

LAST NAME: Reardon
FIRST NAME: Thomas
INSTITUTION: Cognescent Corporation
POSITION: CEO/Co-Founder
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2016
THESIS: Improved mono-synaptic tracing tools for mapping, monitoring, and manipulation of neural circuits.

LAST NAME: Redd
FIRST NAME: Kacy
INSTITUTION: Association of Public and Land-grant Universities in Washington, DC
POSITION: Director
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2009
THESIS: Ions, Second Messenger, and Anesthetics: Deconvolving the Mechanistic Actions of Regulators of HCN Pacemaker Channel Function

LAST NAME: Remole
FIRST NAME: Kelley
INSTITUTION: Columbia University, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute
POSITION: Senior Director of Scientific Programs
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2011
THESIS: Anatomical and Functional Characterization of the Ventral Hippocampus in a Rodent Model of Schizophrenia Neuropathology

LAST NAME: Requarth
FIRST NAME: Tim
INSTITUTION: NeuWrite
POSITION: Director
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2014
THESIS: Mechanisms for predicting the sensory consequences of movement in a cerebellum-like circuit

LAST NAME: Richards (Power)
FIRST NAME: Jennifer
INSTITUTION: Cepheid
POSITION: Director of Marketing
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2004
THESIS: The Role of Spontaneous Activity in the Establishment and Maintenance of the Olfactory Sensory Map

LAST NAME: Rigotti
FIRST NAME: Mattia
INSTITUTION: New York University
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2010
THESIS: Modeling the Neural Mechanisms Underlying Rule-Based Behavior

LAST NAME: Riquelme
FIRST NAME: Patricio
INSTITUTION: Stanford University Medical Center, Department of Medicine
POSITION: Resident
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2009
THESIS: Prospective Isolation of a Candidate Neural Stem Cell From the Adult Mammalian Spinal Cord

LAST NAME: Robakis
FIRST NAME: Thalia
INSTITUTION: Stanford University Medical School
POSITION: Psychiatrist
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2006
THESIS: A Novel Proteolytic Mechanism for Processing of a Neuronal lg-Domaine

LAST NAME: Rosen
FIRST NAME: Zev
INSTITUTION: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2013
THESIS: Neuromodulatory Regulation of Hippocampal Neural Circuits

LAST NAME: Rubin
FIRST NAME: Daniel
INSTITUTION: Brigham and Women's Hospital - Harvard University, Neurology
POSITION: Resident
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2011
THESIS: A Novel Circuit Model of Normalization and Contextual Modulation in Primary Visual Cortex

LAST NAME: Rudnick
FIRST NAME: Noam
INSTITUTION: Columbia University Medical School
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2015
THESIS: Role of Autophagy in a Mouse Model of ALS

LAST NAME: Russo
FIRST NAME: Abigail
INSTITUTION: Princeton University
POSITION: Postdoc, Brody/Pillow Labs
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2019
THESIS: Understanding Neural Dynamics and Geometry of Population Activity in Motor Cortices

LAST NAME: Russo
FIRST NAME: Marco
INSTITUTION: Columbia University Medical School
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2015
THESIS: The Auto-Associative Circuitry of Olfactory Cortex

LAST NAME: Savner
FIRST NAME: Erin
INSTITUTION: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/ Columbia University Medical Center, Neurology
POSITION: Resident
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2010
THESIS: Regulation of Synapse Size and Function by Pre-mRNA Splicing

LAST NAME: Scalise
FIRST NAME: Karina
INSTITUTION: Janelia Research Campus, Misha Ahrens lab
POSITION: Consultant
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2015
THESIS: Purkinje Cell Responses during Optomotor Behavior in Larval Zebrafish

LAST NAME: Schaffer
FIRST NAME: Evan
INSTITUTION: Columbia University, Axel Lab
POSITION: Associate Research Scientist
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2011
THESIS: Transient Dynamics in Neural Networks

LAST NAME: Schneider
FIRST NAME: David
INSTITUTION: New York University
POSITION: Assistant Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2012
THESIS: Neural Coding of Individual Vocalizations in Auditory Scenes

LAST NAME: Schoer
FIRST NAME: Rebecca
INSTITUTION: Columbia University, Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee
POSITION: Compliance and Training Coordinator
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2012
THESIS: Representations of Relative Value Coding in the Amygdala and OFC

LAST NAME: Schoonover
FIRST NAME: Carl
INSTITUTION: Columbia University Medical School, Axel Lab
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2013
THESIS: Efficacy and Dendritic Organization of Thalamocortical Synapses onto Excitatory Layer 4 Neurons

LAST NAME: Schumacher
FIRST NAME: Joseph
INSTITUTION: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2014
THESIS: Effects of developmental vocal learning on neural coding in the Songbird auditory cortex

LAST NAME: Seale
FIRST NAME: Garrett
INSTITUTION: GES Consulting, San Juan, Puerto Rico
POSITION: Principal
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2010
THESIS: Regulation of Dynein and Dynein Accessory Proteins in Neuronal Polarization and Axon Elongation

LAST NAME: Seely
FIRST NAME: Jeffrey
INSTITUTION: CTRL Labs
POSITION: Lead Scientist
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2017
THESIS: Tensor Analysis and the dynamics of Motor Cortex

LAST NAME: Segal
FIRST NAME: Michael
INSTITUTION: SimulConsult
POSITION: Founder/Chief Scientist
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1981
THESIS: Convergent Cholinergic Neurons Produce Similar Postsynaptic Actions in Aplysia: Implications for Neural Organization

LAST NAME: Shrestha
FIRST NAME: Brikha
INSTITUTION: Harvard University, Goodrich Lab
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2013
THESIS: Role of the Ig Superfamily Member Basigin in Neuronal Dendrite Morphogenesis

LAST NAME: Shuster
FIRST NAME: Mike
INSTITUTION: Fenwick & West LLP
POSITION: Intellectual Property/Law
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1985
THESIS: Modulation and Characterization of the "S" K⁺ Channel in Cell-Free Membrane Patches

LAST NAME: Singla
FIRST NAME: Shobhit
INSTITUTION: Columbia Medical School
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2016
THESIS: A Cerebellum-like Circuit in the Auditory System Cancels Self-generated Sounds

LAST NAME: Sippy
FIRST NAME: Tanya
INSTITUTION: Laboratory of Sensory Processing at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2011
THESIS: Asynchronous Inhibition In Neocortical Microcircuits

LAST NAME: Sirotin
FIRST NAME: Yevgeniy
INSTITUTION: Scitor Corporation, Baltimore, MD
POSITION: Senior Principal Scientist
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2008
THESIS: Multi-Wavelength Imaging of Cortical Activity Patterns in V1 of alert Monkeys

LAST NAME: Sitko
FIRST NAME: Austen
INSTITUTION: Columbia University, Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Carol Mason's Lab
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2016
THESIS: Organization of retinal ganglion cell axons in the developing mouse retinogeniculate pathway

LAST NAME: So
FIRST NAME: Lam Tsz Nina
INSTITUTION: Boston Consulting Group
POSITION: Consultant
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2018
THESIS: Behavioral Significance and Neural Processing of Communication Vocalizations

LAST NAME: Sosulski
FIRST NAME: Dara
INSTITUTION: HSBC
POSITION: Head of Model Governance, Financial Crime Threat Management
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2011
THESIS: Wired for Smell: Structure and Function in the Mouse Olfactory System

LAST NAME: Spiller
FIRST NAME: Krista
INSTITUTION: Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Pathology & Lab Medicine
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2013
THESIS: Using the Natural Resistance of Motor Neuron Subpopulations to Identify Therapeutic Targets in ALS

LAST NAME: Stark
FIRST NAME: Kimberly
INSTITUTION: Neuroscience at Genentech
POSITION: Research Outsourcing Manager
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2002
THESIS: A Study of the Function of the Serotonin 5-HT 1B Receptor Through Inducible Mouse Models

LAST NAME: Steenrod
FIRST NAME: Sara
INSTITUTION
POSITION: Freelance Academic Editor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2010
THESIS: The Representation of Space In Parietal Cortex

LAST NAME: Stone
FIRST NAME: Elizabeth
INSTITUTION: New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Pathology
POSITION: Resident Physician
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2014
THESIS: Time to Eat: Links between Neuronal Function and Cellular Phagocytosis

LAST NAME: Stujenske
FIRST NAME: Joseph
INSTITUTION: Columbia Medical School
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2015
THESIS: Prefrontal-Amygdala CIrcuits Regulating Fear and Safety

LAST NAME: Sussillo
FIRST NAME: David
INSTITUTION: Google
POSITION: Research Scientist
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2009
THESIS: Learning in Chaotic Recurrent Neural Networks

LAST NAME: Synder
FIRST NAME: Anna
INSTITUTION
POSITION: Medical Leave
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2017
THESIS

LAST NAME: Tavazoie
FIRST NAME: Masoud
INSTITUTION: Dermatology-Research at NYU School Of Medicine
POSITION: Resident
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2008
THESIS: A Specialized Vascular Niche for Adult Neural Stem Cells

LAST NAME: Teich
FIRST NAME: Andrew
INSTITUTION: Columbia University
POSITION: Assistant Professor of Pathology
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2005
THESIS: Orientation Tuning in Primary Visual Cortex: From Thalamic Roots To Cortical Plasticity

LAST NAME: Till
FIRST NAME: Sally
INSTITUTION: University of Edinburgh, Patrick Wild Centre
POSITION: Autistica Fellow
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2006
THESIS: Genetic Approaches to Fragile X Syndrome

LAST NAME: Torres
FIRST NAME: Arielle
INSTITUTION
POSITION
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2014
THESIS

LAST NAME: Tsai
FIRST NAME: Joseph
INSTITUTION: Columbia University
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2018
THESIS: SRGAP2 in the adult barrel cortex

LAST NAME: Tsay
FIRST NAME: David
INSTITUTION: New York Presbyterian Hospital
POSITION: Chief Innovation Fellow and Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2007
THESIS: Nonlinear Dendritic Ca²⁺ Signaling Mechanisms Important for Hippocampal Long-Term Synaptic Plasticity

LAST NAME: Umali
FIRST NAME: Michelle
INSTITUTION: Mount Sinai
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2012
THESIS: Neural Correlates of Emotional and Cognitive Influences on Visual Search

LAST NAME: Unni
FIRST NAME: Vivek
INSTITUTION: Oregon Health & Science University
POSITION: Assistant Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2003
THESIS: The Role of Presynaptic Ryanodine-Sensitive Calcium Stores in Long-Term Depression

LAST NAME: Varodayan
FIRST NAME: Florence
INSTITUTION: The Scripps Research Institute, Roberto Lab
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2012
THESIS: Alcohol Alters the Expression of Snares and Spontaneous GABA Release Via Activation of the Transcription Factor HSF1

LAST NAME: Ventura
FIRST NAME: Rachel
INSTITUTION: NYU Langone Medical Center, Department of Neurology
POSITION: Instructor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2008
THESIS: Regional Specification and Potentiality of Postnatal Rodent Subventricular Zone Stem Cells and the Role of Sonic Hedgehog

LAST NAME: Vignovich
FIRST NAME: Martin
INSTITUTION: Columbia University
POSITION: Postdoc, Zuker Lab
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2019
THESIS: Finding a Neural Nexus for Odor and Taste Integration

LAST NAME: Vilim
FIRST NAME: Fred Sven
INSTITUTION: Sven Vilim Consulting, LLC
POSITION: Technology Consulting
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1993
THESIS: The Role of Peptidergic Cotransmission in the Generation of Feeding Behavior in Aplysia Californica

LAST NAME: Wainger
FIRST NAME: Brian
INSTITUTION: Harvard Medical School
POSITION: Assistant Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2003
THESIS: C-Terminal Modulation of Hyperpolarization-Activated HCN Channels by cAMP and Protein-Protein Interactions

LAST NAME: Walker
FIRST NAME: Melissa
INSTITUTION: Harvard University Medical School
POSITION: Resident in Pediatric Neurology
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2010
THESIS: Structural Studies of Non-Classical Cadherins

LAST NAME: Walker (Marshall)
FIRST NAME: Christine
INSTITUTION: Phillips Academy Andover
POSITION: Instructor in Biology
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2004
THESIS: Neuronal and Glial Fate Determination in the Mammalian Subventricular Zone

LAST NAME: Walters
FIRST NAME: Edgar T.
INSTITUTION: University of Texas Medical School at Houston
POSITION: Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1980
THESIS: Sensitization and Classical Conditioning in Aplysia: Behavioral and Neuronal Studies

LAST NAME: Wang
FIRST NAME: Peter
INSTITUTION: Columbia University, Axel Lab
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2019
THESIS: Order from Disorder: Imposing structure on odor representation during learning

LAST NAME: Wang
FIRST NAME: Qing
INSTITUTION: Bassett Healthcare Network
POSITION: Resident
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2013
THESIS: Neuronal Diversification Within the Retina: Generation of Crossed and Uncrossed Retinal Ganglion Cells

LAST NAME: Washington
FIRST NAME: Corey
INSTITUTION: Vertexer
POSITION: Founder and CEO
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2010
THESIS: Color Vision in Drosophila melanogaster

LAST NAME: Watson
FIRST NAME: Brendon
INSTITUTION: University of Michigan
POSITION: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2008
THESIS: Patterned Neuronal Activity During Neocortical Up States

LAST NAME: Wayne
FIRST NAME: Gregory
INSTITUTION: DeepMind Limited Technologies, London
POSITION: Research Scientist
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2013
THESIS: Self-Modeling Neural Systems

LAST NAME: Weissman
FIRST NAME: Tamily
INSTITUTION: Lewis and Clark
POSITION: Assistant Professor of Biology
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2004
THESIS: Unexpected Roles for Radial Glial Cells During the Development of the Cerebral Cortex

LAST NAME: Werner
FIRST NAME: Kristen
INSTITUTION: Facebook, Khan Academy
POSITION: Data Scientist
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2009
THESIS: Activity-Dependent Regulation of BMP Signalling at Drosophila Synapses

LAST NAME: Wiita
FIRST NAME: Arun P.
INSTITUTION: UCSF School of Medicine
POSITION: Assistant Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2008
THESIS: Probing Chemistry and Catalysis in Single Protein Molecules With Mechanical force

LAST NAME: Wildonger
FIRST NAME: Jill
INSTITUTION: University of Wisconsin
POSITION: Assistant Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2005
THESIS: The Role of Nervy in Neural Precursor Differentiation

LAST NAME: Williams
FIRST NAME: Scott
INSTITUTION: University of North Carolina
POSITION: Asst. Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2005
THESIS: Axon Guidance at the Optic Chiasm

LAST NAME: Williamson
FIRST NAME: Rebecca
INSTITUTION: Columbia Medical School
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2016
THESIS: Ubiquitin-dependent trafficking of amyloid precursor protein and implications for Alzheimer's disease

LAST NAME: Wolpowitz
FIRST NAME: Deon
INSTITUTION: Dermatology and Skin Care Associates, P.C./Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology
POSITION: Dermatologist and Assistant Professor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2000
THESIS: Essential Functions of CRD-Containing Isoforms of the Neuregulin1 Gene

LAST NAME: Wu
FIRST NAME: Jun
INSTITUTION: University of California Los Angeles
POSITION: Academia/Research
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1999
THESIS: Development of the Neuromuscular System in the Gut: Roles of Endothelin-3 and Kit Ligand

LAST NAME: Xu
FIRST NAME: Yixing
INSTITUTION: St Luke's Rossevelt Medical Center
POSITION: Intern
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2010
THESIS: The Time Course of Eye Position Signals in the Macaques Cerebral Cortex

LAST NAME: Yan
FIRST NAME: Chao Yun Irene
INSTITUTION: University of São Paulo, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas
POSITION: Academia/Research
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1998
THESIS: The Mechanisms Behind the Neuroprotective Effect of N-Acetylcystein

LAST NAME: Yanagihara
FIRST NAME: Theodore
INSTITUTION: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/ Columbia University Medical Center, Radiation Oncology
POSITION: Physician
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2010
THESIS: Dissociating Valence and Intensity Processing of Thermal Stimuli

LAST NAME: Yang
FIRST NAME: Xia
INSTITUTION: Novartis Pharmaceutical
POSITION: Pharmaceutical/Biotech
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1997
THESIS: Regulation of Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Expression in Embryonic Chick Sympathetic Neurons by Preganglionic-Derived Isoform of Neuregulin: nARIA

LAST NAME: Youssef
FIRST NAME: Mary
INSTITUTION: Columbia University
POSITION: Medical Student
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2017
THESIS: Developmental manipulation of the hippocampal dentate gyrus to investigate effects of early life stress on adult dentate function

LAST NAME: Zaremba
FIRST NAME: Jeffrey
INSTITUTION: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
POSITION: Postdoc Fellow
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2017
THESIS: Hippocampal spatial coding during reward learning in Df (16) A mouse model of schizophrenia

LAST NAME: Zhang
FIRST NAME: Wujie
INSTITUTION: University of Califorinia, Berkeley, Department of Bioengineering, Yartsev Lab,
POSITION: Postdoc
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2016
THESIS: Network Models of the Lateral intraparietal Area

LAST NAME: Zhang
FIRST NAME: Qin
INSTITUTION: Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
POSITION: Academia/Research
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2000
THESIS: Afferent-target interactions in the developing cerebellum

LAST NAME: Zhang
FIRST NAME: Hui
INSTITUTION: Columbia University, Department of Biochemistry/MolBiophyscs, Arthur Karlin's Lab
POSITION: Academia/Research
DISSERTATION YEAR: 1998
THESIS: Identification of the Channel-Lining Residues in the Beta-Subunit of the Acetylcholine Receptore

LAST NAME: Zhang
FIRST NAME: Wanying
INSTITUTION: Biomed Central
POSITION: Editor
DISSERTATION YEAR: 2014
THESIS: In vivo dissection of long-range inputs to the rat barrel cortex

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