PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS

 
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JILL K. LEUTGEB

WALTER F. HEILIGENBERG PROFESSOR OF NEUROETHOLOGY
PROFESSOR OF NEUROBIOLOGY

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STEFAN LEUTGEB

PROFESSOR OF NEUROBIOLOGY,
SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

 
 

POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS

 
MENGNI WANG, Ph.D.
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

Project:

I'm interested in understanding neural circuit level mechanism during learning and memory in the hippocampus.

LI YUAN, Ph.D.
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

Project:

Understanding how neuronal activity patterns of the entorhinal cortex support working memory.

 
 

GRADUATE STUDENTS

 
DEBORAH CHEN
MASTER'S STUDENT

Project:

Investigating the role of theta-related spike timing for spatial working memory.

Degree:

- Major: B.S. Human Biology, UCSD, 2023
- Minor: Cognitive Science

MARIA PERONA FJELDSTAD
VISITING PhD CANDIDATE
University of Oslo

Degrees:

- M.Sc.: Integrative Neuroscience, The University of Edinburgh, 2018
- B.S.(Hons): Biomedical Science, The University of Edinburgh, 2017

SELENA GONZALEZ
PhD CANDIDATE

Project:

Control of circuit computations for voluntary and cue-guided movement initiation by dopamine

Degree:

- B.S. Neuroscience, UCLA, 2017

Awards:

-NINDS Diversity Supplement Award: 06/01/2023 - 05/31/2025

 
 
SNEHA PATEL
PhD CANDIDATE

Project:

Respiration-related oscillations as a mechanism for the modulation of working memory.

Degree:

- B.S. Biology & Psychology, UCSD, 2018

Awards:

-Cum Laude, 2018

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YUHAN ZHANG
PhD CANDIDATE

Project:

Sharpwave ripple detection and disruption: causal role of CA3 sharpwave ripple activity

Degree:

- Major: B.S. Physiology and Neuroscience, UCSD, 2020
- Minor: Computer Science

Awards:

-Cum Laude, 2020

 
 

STAFF

 
MIA ANDERSON
LAB MANAGER / WEBSITE ADMINISTRATOR

Degree:

- B.S. Biological Sciences, Drexel University, 2018
- M.S. Marine Biology, James Cook University, 2020

 
 

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS

 
HANI ELHANAFY
UNDERGRADUATE
B.S. Neurobiology, 2024
SANIYA HARLALKA
UNDERGRADUATE
B.S. Neurobiology, 2027
ERIN LI
UNDERGRADUATE
B.S. Neurobiology, 2024
HENRY LI
UNDERGRADUATE
B.S. Neurobiology
& Minor in Computer Science, 2024
 
 
MAY WANG
UNDERGRADUATE
B.S. Neurobiology
& Applied Mathematics, 2024
CALVIN XIAO
UNDERGRADUATE
B.S. Neurobiology
& Clinical Psychology, 2025
JUNHAO ZHU
UNDERGRADUATE
B.S. Neurobiology, 2025
 
 

LAB ALUMNI

 

Graduate Students

SIA AHMADI

Geoffery Diehl

Emily Mankin

Clare r. quirk

LORENZO RAGAZZI

Magda Schlesiger-MacLaren

FraseR Sparks (NSERC CREATE)

TRISTAN STÖBER

IPSHITA ZUTSHI

Master’s Students

yu-ling an

NAOMIE DEVICO MARCIANO

kshitij gaur

yudi hu

Ernie Hwaun

aMEEN KHAN

vicky lam

Andrew Liang

Rina V. Patel

Ario Ramezani

brandon taylor

ADEH VARTANIAN

Jesper Vernooij

Morgan Wright

STAFF

Brittney Boublil

Gecelle De Guia

Macayla Donegan

JOSE F. FIGUEROA

MAYLIN L. FU

Olivia Hon

crystal hsu

mARINA A. JARAMILLO

Dylan D. Le

MAX M. LEDAKIS

Christopher K. Luong

Anna-Lena Schlenner

Antonia Shonwald

RACHEL E. SIRETSKIY

Gabrielle J.M. Suarez

Thao T. Tang

Mandy Wong

WEB DEVELOPER

MAYLIN L. FU

 
 


Undergraduate sTUDENTS

Stefany Acosta, Vineeth Alluri, Mahita Appalaraju, Manpreet Bangian, Nishdallyh Beltran-Raygoza, Rajvr Brar, Melissande Bry, Jonathan Cheung, Nick Corson, John Cressey, Sahab Danesh, Julianne Davis, Luca Debs, Katherine DeLoach, Qiwei Dong, Priscilla Ee, Talia Elliott, Danielle Esteban, Rodrigo Estrella, Farah Farouq, Alesha Foster, Melissa Galinato, Amanda Gerber, Shea Gluhm, Alexandra Goetz, Tatyana Goldring, Nailea Gonzalez, Alan Hirales, Tiffany L. Huynh, Christopher Hyde, Maria Josic, Mika Kamimura, Aaron Knappe, Scott Kooiman, Raafat Kuk, Ellen Lee, Ashley Linder, Stanley Liu, Stephanie Lum, Mallory Martinez, Anelah McGinness, Caitlin Miller, David Moller, Gautam Narayan, Kimia Nourmahnad, Darian Parsey, Ashay Patel, Lindsay Piper, Abigail Sanque, Amirsalar Shekarkhar, Begum Slayyeh, Bradley Steuble, Aneesh Swamy, Lulu Tong, Carolyn Vu, Johnny Wu, Vesta Yazdani, Hongzhe Yu, David Zimmerman