Graduates 2020-2023

Email: cdickey@health.ucsd.edu Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington (2014), B.S. Neurobiology, B.F.A. Digital Arts & Experimental Media Graduate Program: Neurosciences Research Interests: Human Neurophysiology, Intracranial Recordings, Brain Oscillations, Plasticity, Memory Laboratory Rotation: Eric Halgren (Su '16), Terry Sejnowksi (Su '16) Thesis Lab: Eric Halgren Current Position: Resident Physician in Psychiatry & Research, Stanford Health Publications ​

Kyle Marra

Email: kmarra@ucsd.edu Undergraduate Institution: Boston College (2012), B.S. Physics and Pre-Med​ Graduate Program: Bioengineering Research Interests: Bioengineering Laboratory Rotation: Todd Coleman (Su '14), Christian Metallo, Martin Friedlander (Su '15) Thesis Lab: Martin Friedlander, Scripps Research Current Position: Resident Physician in Opthalmology, UCSD Publications​

Daniella McDonald

Email: dnmacdona@health.ucsd.edu​ Undergraduate Institution: University of California, San Diego (2011) B.S. Human Biology Graduate Program: BMS Research Interests: Tissue Engineering, CRISPR-Cas9, Human Development, Stem Cell Biology, LGBTQ+ Health Inequities Laboratory Rotation: Ron Evans (Su '15), Karen Christman (Su '16) Thesis Lab: Prashant Mali Current Position: Resident Physician in Psychiatry, UCLA Publications Publications Publications

Denis Smirnov

Email: dsmirnov@ucsd.edu Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington (2014) B.S. Biochemistry, Neurobiology Graduate Program: Neuroscience Research Interests: Neuroscience, Pharmacology/Drug Discovery Laboratory Rotation: Athina Markou (Su '15), David Salmon (Su '16), James Brewer (Su '16) Thesis Lab: James Brewer​ Current Position: Resident Physician in Pathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital

Email: eyl015@ucsd.edu Undergraduate Institution: UC Berkeley (2010), B.S. Chemic​al Biology Graduate Department: Neuroscience Research Interests: The physiological basis and clinical applications of functional brain imaging Laboratory Rotation: Shyni Varghese, Karen Christman (Su '13), Jim Brewer (Su '12) Thesis Lab: Rick Buxton Current Position: Resident Physican, Radiation Oncology, UC Los Angeles  Publications

​Stosh Ozog

Email: sozog@ucsd.edu​​ Undergraduate Institution: UC Berkeley (2010), B.A./ B.S. Molecular & Cell Biology, Plant Graduate Department: Scripps Graduate Program​​ Research Interests: Epidemiology/ Public Health and Immunology/ Infection Laboratory Rotation: Bruce Torbett (Su '13), Sumit Chanda & Victor Nizet (Su '14) Thesis Lab: Bruce Torbett Current Position: Resident Physican, Pediatrics, University of Washington Affil Hospitals Publications

Jason Seidman

Email: jseidman@ucsd.edu Undergraduate Institution: UC Santa Barbara (2010), B.S./M.A. Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Graduate Department: BMS Research Interests: Type 2 diabetes, metabolism, and energy homeostasis Laboratory Rotation: Chris Glass, Reuben Shaw (Su '13), Marc Montminy, Salk (Su '12) Thesis Lab: Chris Glass Current Position: Resident Physican, Dermatology, UC San Diego Publications​​

Sahil Shah

Email: sas032@ucsd.edu Undergraduate Institution: U. of Maryland (2012), B.S. Cell Biology & Genetics Graduate Department: Neuroscience Research Interests: Type 2 diabetes, metabolism, and energy homeostasis Laboratory Rotation: Hollis Cline, Scripps &​ Ed Callaway, Salk (Su '13), Al La Spada (Su '12) Thesis Lab: Jeff Goldberg Current Position: Resident Physican, Opthalmology, Stanford University Publications

2020

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, Scripps (Su '13), Jeff Kelly/Luke Wiseman, Scripps (Su '12) Thesis Lab: Alan Saghatelian, Salk Institute Current Position: Resident Physican, Dermatology, UC San Diego 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 Current Position: Resident Physician, Opthalmology, University of Arizona 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 Current Position: Resident Physician, Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh 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 Current Position: Resident, Psychiatry, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 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 Current Position: Resident, Primary Care, UC San Diego 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 Current Position: Resident Physician, Pathology, University of Cincinnati

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