Students in Clerkships

MD III

Matt Kolar

Email: mkolar@ucsd.edu Undergraduate Institution: U. of North Carolina (2009), B.S. Chemistry Graduate Department: BMS Research Interests: Chemical biology Laboratory Rotation: Reuben Shaw, Salk, Ben Cravatt, TSRI (Su 13); Jeff Kelly/Luke Wiseman (TSRI, Su 12) Thesis Lab: Alan Saghatelian (Salk) Publications

Spencer Moore

Email: s2moore@ucsd.edu Undergraduate Institution: UCLA (2012), B.S. Neuroscience Graduate Department: BMS Research Interests: Systems neuroscience and neural circuits Laboratory Rotation: Binhai Zheng, Jeff Goldberg (Su 13); Jeff Isaacson (Su 12) Thesis Lab: Alysson Muotri Publications

Angela Ianni

Email: aianni@ucsd.edu Undergraduate Institution: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Graduate Department: NIH Partners Program (OxCam) Research Interests: The effect of dopamine on the neural coding of reward value in healthy individuals and patients with Schizophrenia. Laboratory Rotation: Karen Berman, NIH; Tim Behrens , Oxford (Su 12) Thesis Lab: Karen Berman, NIH; Tim Behrens, Oxford Publications

Jessica Meves

Email: jmeves@ucsd.edu Undergraduate Institution: University of Michigan Graduate Department: Neurosciences Thesis Title: Neuron-intrinsic and extrinsic control of axon sprouting after central nervous system injury Thesis Lab: Binhai Zheng Publications

Priya Nayak

Email: pmnayak@ucsd.edu Undergraduate Institution: Caltech (2011), B.S. Physics Graduate Department: Bioengineering Research Interests: Stem Cells, Bioinformatics Laboratory Rotation: Shankar Subramaniam (Su 13); John Serences (Su 12); Veerabhadran Ramanathan (Su 11) Thesis Lab: Shankar Subramaniam Publications:

Nicholas Protopsaltis

Email: nprotops@ucsd.edu Undergraduate Institution: Saint Louis University Graduate Department: BMS Thesis Title: Role of Interleukin-22 in Promoting Tumor Angiogenesis  Thesis Lab: Napoleone Ferrara

MD IV

David Adamowicz

Email: dadamowi@ucsd.edu Undergraduate Institution:University of Pennsylvania Graduate Department: Neurosciences Thesis Title: Elucidating the Basis for Memory Impairment in Dementia with Lewy Bodies Thesis Lab: Fred Gage Publications

Cindy Liu

Email: yhl016@ucsd.edu Undergraduate Institution: Johns Hopkins Graduate Department: Neurosciences Thesis Title: Ultrastructure of Melanopsin-Expressing Retinal Ganglion Cell Circuitry in the Retina and Brain Regions that Mediate Light-Driven Behavior Thesis Lab: Satchin Panda, Salk Publications

Geoff Weiner

Email: gweiner@ucsd.edu   Undergraduate Institution: Lake Forrest College (2008), B.A. Math & Biology Graduate Department: Neurosciences Thesis Title: Thesis Lab: Jeff Goldberg Publications