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