Current and Past students of the Neuroscience Program
CURRENT PhD STUDENTS
| STUDENT | MENTOR | |
| Sarah Allen | Anastasia Khvorova | |
| Bedanta Barik | Eviatar Yemini | |
| Agamoni Bhattacharyya | Gabriella Boulting | |
| Samuel Bond | Jin Zhang | |
| Kaitlyn Brokaw | Jonathan Watts | |
| Chun-Wei Chen | Dori Schafer | |
| Samantha Chigas | Elaine Teng-Ting Lim & Rigel Chan | |
| KhaUyen Dam | Rachael Sirianni | |
| Matthew Fanelli | Stephanie Puig | |
| Megan E. Fowler-Magaw | Daryl Bosco | |
| Emily Goetz | Alexandra Byrne | |
| James Gooding | Robert Brown | |
| Natalie Haas | Gabriella Boulting | |
| Ashley L. Harkins | Allison Keeler & Robert Brown | |
| Olivia Heintz | Patrick Emery | |
| Jonathan Jung | Daryl Bosco | |
| Anita Khasnavis | Stephanie Puig | |
| Timmy Le | Gilles Martin | |
| Yi-Han Lee | Dori Schafer | |
| Samuel Liu * | Michael Francis | |
| Sophia Liu | Philip Tai & Guangping Gao | |
| Veroniki Nikolaki | Fen-Biao Gao | |
| Emily Norman | Michael Francis | |
| Lauren O'Connor* | Alexandra Byrne | |
| Kennedy O'Hara | Daryl Bosco | |
| Monique Otero | Miguel Sena-Esteves | |
| Rebecca Pavchinskiy | Andrew Tapper | |
| Brendan Philippon | Alexandra Byrne | |
| Hannah Rogers | Michael Francis | |
| Yarimel Rosado | Sarah Whitley | |
| Carolyn Senneca | Sarah Whitley | |
| Esha Sircar | Ryan Logan | |
| Aparna Sreeram | John Landers | |
| Jacob Stillman* | Dori Schafer | |
| Max Zinter | Andrew Tapper & Travis Thomson |
*Recipient of an individual NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship (F31)
PhD GRADUATES
| NAME | YEAR OF DEGREE | MENTOR | NO. |
| Kasturi Biswas | 2024 | Michael Francis | 102 |
| Iris Valeria Rivera-Flores | 2024 | Anastasia Khvorova | 101 |
| Katherine (Kit) Mocarski | 2024 | Paul Greer & Robert Brown | 100 |
| Hao-Ching Jiang | 2024 | Paul Greer | 99 |
| Jillian Gallagher | 2024 | Heather Gray-Edwards | 98 |
| Rachael Miller | 2024 | Neil Aronin | 97 |
| Dilara Halim | 2023 | Fen-Biao Gao | 96 |
| Kathleen Morrill # | 2023 | Elinor Karlsson | 95 |
| Kellianne Alexander*** | 2023 | Michael Francis | 94 |
| James Gilbert | 2023 | Anastasia Khvorova | 93 |
| Fei Wang | 2022 | Yang Xiang | 92 |
| Jenya Kolpakova | 2022 | Gilles Martin | 91 |
| Patrick Kearney* | 2022 | Haley Melikian | 90 |
| Pin-Tsun (Justin) Lee | 2022 | Robert Brown | 89 |
| Shun-Yun (Michelle) Cheng | 2021 | Claudio Punzo | 88 |
| Victoria Julian Czech | 2021 | Alexandra Byrne | 87 |
| Georgia Gunner* | 2021 | Dori Schafer | 86 |
| Devyn Oliver* | 2021 | Mike Francis | 85 |
| Jeremy Florman | 2020 | Mark Alkema | 84 |
| Yen-Chen (Nora) Lin | 2020 | Daryl Bosco | 83 |
| Erica Mondo | 2020 | Dori Schafer | 82 |
| Ciearra Smith | 2020 | David Weaver | 81 |
| Rita Fagan | 2020 | Haley Melikian | 80 |
| Harleen Saini ** | 2019 | Melissa Moore | 79 |
| Zachary Kennedy | 2019 | Wen Xue & Robert Brown | 78 |
| Steven DeGroot | 2019 | Andrew Tapper | 77 |
| Kendra Ruppell | 2019 | Yang Xiang | 76 |
| Alison Philbrook* | 2018 | Michael Francis | 75 |
| Carolyn Sweeney* | 2018 | Haley Melikian | 74 |
| Wenjie Mao | 2018 | Kensuke Futai | 73 |
| Sukhee Cho | 2018 | Marc Freeman | 72 |
| Jonathan Farley | 2018 | Marc Freeman | 71 |
| Kelly Limoncelli | 2017 | Melissa Moore | 70 |
| Pallavi Lamba | 2017 | Patrick Emery | 69 |
| Yung-Chi Huang | 2017 | Mark Alkema | 68 |
| Thomas Burdett | 2017 | Marc Freeman | 67 |
| Ting-Hao Huang | 2017 | Carlos Lois | 66 |
| Sijia Wu | 2017 | Haley Melikian | 65 |
| Navonil Banerjee | 2017 | Michael Francis | 64 |
| Melissa Guildford Derner* | 2017 | Andrew Tapper | 63 |
| Yihang Li | 2016 | Vivian Budnik | 62 |
| Cassandra Blanchette | 2016 | Claire Bénard | 61 |
| Vahbiz Jokhi | 2016 | Vivian Budnik | 60 |
| Jennifer Ngolab* | 2016 | Paul Gardner & Andrew Tapper | 59 |
| Xueyan (Alice) Pang | 2015 | Paul Gardner & Andrew Tapper | 58 |
| Anagha Khandekar | 2015 | Claire Bénard | 57 |
| Allie Muthukumar | 2015 | Marc Freeman | 56 |
| Christopher Clark | 2014 | Mark Alkema | 55 |
| Belinda Barbagallo* | 2014 | Michael Francis | 54 |
| Ozge Tasdemir-Yilmaz | 2014 | Marc Freeman | 53 |
| Lindsey Soll | 2014 | Andrew Tapper | 52 |
| Jinli Ling | 2013 | Patrick Emery | 51 |
| Luke Gabriel | 2013 | Haley Melikian | 50 |
| Jeannette M. Osterloh | 2013 | Marc Freeman | 49 |
| Christopher Burke | 2013 | Scott Waddell | 48 |
| Zhifeng Liang | 2013 | Nanyin Zhang | 47 |
| Jennifer Pirri | 2013 | Mark Alkema | 46 |
| Kimberly Kerr | 2012 | Marc Freeman | 45 |
| Ceren Korkut | 2012 | Vivian Budnik | 44 |
| Hilary Ann (Prescott) Petrash | 2012 | Michael Francis | 43 |
| Edith Pfister | 2012 | Neil Aronin & Phillip Zamore | 42 |
| Jennifer Ziegenfuss | 2012 | Marc Freeman | 41 |
| Paola Perrat | 2012 | Scott Waddell | 40 |
| Yuly Fuentes-Medel | 2012 | Vivian Budnik & Marc Freeman | 39 |
| Johnna Doherty | 2012 | Marc Freeman | 38 |
| Alex Koon | 2011 | Vivian Budnik | 37 |
| Sue-Wei Lin | 2011 | Tzumin Lee | 36 |
| Ma. Reina Improgo | 2011 | Paul Gardner | 35 |
| Jamie Donnelly | 2011 | Mark Alkema | 34 |
| Jennifer Broderick | 2011 | Neil Aronin & Phillip Zamore | 33 |
| Linzy Hendrickson* | 2011 | Andrew Tapper | 32 |
| Michelle Avery | 2010 | Marc Freeman | 31 |
| Peiyi Guo | 2010 | Hong-Sheng Li | 30 |
| Lei Shi | 2010 | Tzumin Lee | 29 |
| Jason Lefkowitz | 2010 | John V. Walsh, Jr. | 28 |
| Lina Ni | 2010 | Hong-Sheng Li | 27 |
| Shamik DasGupta | 2009 | Scott Waddell | 26 |
| Preethi Ramachandran | 2009 | Vivian Budnik | 25 |
| Quan Yuan | 2009 | Steven M. Reppert | 24 |
| Michael Krashes* | 2009 | Scott Waddell | 23 |
| Yan Jiang | 2009 | Schahram Akbarian | 22 |
| Nikolaos Mellios | 2009 | Schahram Akbarian | 21 |
| Patricia Wynne* | 2008 | Steven N. Treistman | 20 |
| Shun-Jen (Jacob) Yang | 2008 | Tzumin Lee | 19 |
| Tora Mitra-Ganguli | 2008 | Ann Rittenhouse | 18 |
| James (Jay) McNally* | 2008 | Jose Lemos | 17 |
| Hsien-Sung Huang | 2008 | Schahram Akbarian | 16 |
| Cristina Velazquez-Marrero | 2008 | Jose Lemos | 15 |
| Bulent Ataman | 2008 | Vivian Budnik | 14 |
| Frederick (Al) Schroeder | 2008 | Schahram Akbarian | 13 |
| Alejandro Murad | 2007 | Patrick Emery | 12 |
| Mandy L. Roberts-Crowley | 2007 | Ann Rittenhouse | 11 |
| Sen-Lin Lai | 2007 | Tzumin Lee | 10 |
| John Heneghan | 2007 | Ann R. Rittenhouse | 9 |
| Alex Keene* | 2006 | Scott Waddell | 8 |
| James Ashley | 2006 | Vivian Budnik | 7 |
| Karl F. Schmidt | 2006 | Craig F. Ferris | 6 |
| Paula L. Feinberg-Zadek | 2005 | Steven N. Treistman | 5 |
| Keith Tully* | 2004 | Steven N. Treistman | 4 |
| John J. Crowley* | 2003 | Steven N. Treistman | 3 |
| Nikolaos Vlachakis | 2002 | Charles G. Sagerstrom | 2 |
| Thomas K. Knott* | 2001 | Steven N. Treistman | 1 |
*Recipient of an NIH individual Predoctoral Fellowship (NRSA/F31)
** Recipient of an HHMI International Student Fellowship
*** Recipient of an HHMI Gilliam Graduate Fellowship
# Recipient of Weintraub Graduate Student Award
MD/PhD GRADUATES
Note: effective 2016, MD/PhD students are no longer affiliated with a second program
| STUDENT | YEAR OF DEGREE | MENTOR |
| Ania Busza* | 2009 | Patrick Emery |
| Thomas Flood# | 2013 | Motojiro Yoshihara |
| Elizabeth Yu | 2013 | David R. Weaver |
| Caroline Connor | 2013 | Schahram Akbarian |
| Jennifer MacDonald | 2014 | Marc Freeman |
| Joanna Chaurette | 2015 | Neil Aronin |
* Recipient of NIH individual predoctoral fellowship (NRSA)
# 2008 recipient, National Science Foundation Fellowship Grant, EAPSI program in Japan