Former Lab Members
Meet our former lab members:
2011 - 13 Debora Lee (Undergraduate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
URSP Fellow, CARE Scholar, Whitcome Fellowship
2013 Gizem Tanriver, Exchange Student from Istanbul, Turkey
2011 - 13 Omar Casillas (Undergraduate, Neuroscience)
2010 - 13 Lily Sung (Undergraduate, Physics)
Medical Student, Loma Linda Medical University
2010Guillermo Milian (Undergraduate, Physiological Science)
Minority Access to Research Careers Scholar
2009 - 11 Venus Vakshori, BS (Undergraduate, Neuroscience)
Medical Student, University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Departmental Honors
2009 Jia Liu, BS (Undergraduate)
Doctoral Student, Neuroscience, UCLA
Cross-Disciplinary Scholars in Science & Technology Program
2008 - 10 Dorsa Beroukhim, BS (Undergraduate, Neuroscience)
Doctoral Student, Neuroscience Program, University of Southern California
Departmental and College Honors; Amgen Scholar; Undergraduate Research and Teaching Scholar
2008 - 09 Ryan York, BA (Undergraduate, Sociology)
Doctoral Student, Neuroscience Program, Stanford University Medical School
Departmental and College Honors
2008 - 10 Diana Sanchez, BS (Undergraduate, Neuroscience)
Research Assistant, MIT
CARE scholar
Bridges to Baccalaureate Student
2007 - 10 Ryan Dosumu-Johnson, BS (Undergraduate, Neuroscience)
Medical Scientist Training Program, Harvard University Medical School
Gilliam Fellow; Howard Hughes Exceptional Research Opportunities Undergraduate Summer Program;
Minority Access to Research Careers Scholar
2007 - 08 Ellen Fitzmorris, BS (Undergraduate, Neuroscience)
Doctoral Student, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University
2006 - 08 Donald Noble, BS (Undergraduate, Neuroscience)
Doctoral Student, Neuroscience Program, Emory University
Highest Departmental Honors; College Honors; Undergraduate Research and Teaching Scholar
2006 -08 Monica Tse, BS (Undergraduate, Physiological Science)
Departmental Honors
2007 Linbo Yu, MS (Undergraduate, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology)
Genetic Counselor
2006 -07 Monika Nguyen, MD (Undergraduate, Physiological Science)
Physician
2005 -07 Justine Chen, BS (Undergraduate, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
Dentist
2005 - 07 Carol’s Belsai Montes, BS (Undergraduate, Physiological Science)
Harbor-UCLA Urban Fellowship Program
CARE Scholar
2006 -07 Lizette Flores, BS (Undergraduate, Psychobiology)
Technician, Speech and Language Pathology
Minority Access to Research Careers Scholar
2006 Janette Maghtallas, BS (Undergraduate, Biopsychology)
Bridges to Baccalaureate Student
2005 - 07 Jasmin Morrison, MD (Undergraduate, Physiological Science)
Physician
UC Leads Scholar
2005 - 06 Bill Luo, MD (Undergraduate, Neuroscience)
Physician
2006 Jonathan Lin (High School Student)
2005 Van Nguyen, BS (Undergraduate, Neuroscience)
Doctoral Student, Biophysics, Stanford University
2005 Christine Lee, MD Undergraduate, Physiological Science)
Physician
2004 - 06 Justin Brown, PhD (Undergraduate, Neuroscience)
Minority Access to Research Careers Scholar
2003 - 05 Judy Kim, MD (Undergraduate, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology)
Physician
Highest Departmental Honors
2003 - 05 Sharrie Oh, BS (Undergraduate, Physiological Science)
Pharmacist
2003 - 05 Linh Bui, BS (Undergraduate, Ecology & Evolutionary Bio)
Research Assistant, Stanford University Medical School
2003 - 04 Dzenan Lulic, MD (Undergraduate, Physiological Science)
Neurosurgery Resident, Harbor-UCLA
Highest Departmental Honors
2003 - 04 Marc Uemura, M.D. (Undergraduate, Physiological Science)
Physician
2004 Sandra Rodriguez, RN (Undergraduate)
Bridges to Baccalaureate Program
2002 - 04 Joan Ong, BS (Undergraduate, Physiological Science)
2002 -03 Nadia Altaf, MA (Undergraduate, Physiological Science
2012 - 14: George Hafzalla, M.S. (Masters Student in Physiological Science)
Current Position: Project Assistant at Laboratory for Neuroimaging at USC
Honors: Outstanding TA (2014)
2005 - 13: Julie E. Miller, Ph.D. (Postdoc)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Departments of Neuroscience and Speech Language and Hearing
University of Arizona
Postdoc honors:
PI, NIH R03 ‘Synaptotagmin 4: Role in Vocal Motor Function and
Parkinson’s Disease’
2006 - 13: Michael Condro, Ph.D. (Doctoral Student)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar in Neuroscience, Waschek Lab, UCLA
Ph.D. honors:
Edith Hyde Fellowship, 2012
2005 - 12: Austin Hilliard, Ph.D. (Doctoral Student)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar in Neuroscience, Fernald Lab, Stanford University
Ph.D. honors:
Eva Mary Kavan Prize for Excellence in Research on the Brain, 2012
Edith Hyde Fellowship, 2011
Individual Predoctoral NRSA, 2008 - 11
Departmental Teaching Fellow, 2011
Molecular & Cellular Training Grant, 2007
2006 - 09: S. Carmen Panaitof, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, University of Nebraska
Honors:
Foundation for Psychocultural Research Fellowship
National Alliance for Research Mentor-based Fellowship
2001 - 06: Ikuko Teramitsu-Smith, Ph.D. (Doctoral Student)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar in Neuroscience, University of North Carolina
Ph.D. honors:
Uehara Foundation Fellowship, 2007
UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2006
Edith Hyde Award, 2005
MIND Scholarship, 2002 - 04
2006 - 08: Elizabeth Wong, M.S. (Master’s Student, Physiological Science)
Current Position: Medical Student, Western University of Health Sciences
2006-08: Sam Torrisi, M.F.A., Ph.D (Research Assistant)
Current Position: Postdoc at National Institutes of Health.
2004 - 07: Amy Poopatanapong, M.S. (Research Assistant)
Current Position: Senior Staff Scientist, Cardno ENTRIX
2000 - 04: Paige Nilson, DVM (Research Assistant)
Current Position: Veterinary, Griffith Animal Hospital, Austin, Texas
Former Undergraduates