Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Sam E.Benezra

Previous Affiliations:

University of Colorado, B.A. in Molecular Biology

New York University (Michael Long Lab), Ph.D. in Neuroscience & Physiology

Current Position: 

Senior Scientist at Biogen

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Y. Kate Hong

Previous Affiliations:

Brown University, Sc.B, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Fulbright Scholar
Harvard University, Ph.D., Neuroscience

Current Position:

Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Amanda Kinnischtzke

Previous affiliations:

BS in Neuroscience, University of Minnesota

PhD in Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh

Data Scientist, Forcepoint

Current position:

Senior AI/Data Science Manager at Medtronic

Postdoctoral Fellow and Associate Research Scientist

Clay O. Lacefield

B.A., Harvard University

Ph.D., Columbia University

Current position:

Associate Research Scientist, Rene Hen Lab, Columbia University

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Chris Rodgers

Previous Affiliations:

University of California - Berkeley

McGill University in Montreal

Current position:

Assistant Professor, Emory University.

For more information on past and present research, see Chris's personal website.

Graduate Student / Postdoctoral Fellow

Wanying (Elaine) Zhang

Education:

University of California, San Diego BS Neuroscience

Columbia University, New York PhD Neurobiology and Behavior

Previous affiliations:

Editor, BioMed Central

Data Scientist, Metis

Current position:

Senior Data Scientist, GoPro

Graduate student

Christine Constantinople

Education:

New York University, New York BS 

Columbia University, New York PhD 

Subsequent:

Postdoctoral fellow, Tank lab & Brody lab, Princeton University

Assistant Professor of Neural Science, New York University

Graduate Student

Georgia Pierce

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Neurobiology and Behavior

Current position:

Data Scientist at Firmenich

Graduate student

Rebecca 'Rikki' Rabinovich

Education:

University of Cambridge, first class honours

PhD in neuroscience at Columbia

Current Position:

Postdoc with Elliot Smith/Ben Shofty, U.Utah

Graduate student

Alejandro Ramirez

Education

B.A., University of Colorado at Boulder

M.Phil., University of Cambridge

MD/PhD, Columbia University

Current position:

Principal Scientist & Clinical Director at Merck

Graduate student

Noelia de León Reyes

Visiting graduate student from Marta Nieto's lab (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)

Current position:

Postdoc with Felix Leroy

Graduate student

Carl Schoonover

Education:

Harvard College, Cambridge BS Philosophy

ENS Paris, MA

Columbia University, New York MA

Columbia University, New York PhD

Current position:

Senior Scientist at Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics

Lab Manager

Drew J Baughman

Received his Masters in Creative Writing from Brooklyn College.

Masters in Biotechnology from Columbia University.

Former member of Neuwrite science writing community.

Technician

Phil Calafati

B.A. in Neuroscience, Columbia University

Current position:
Principal Scientist, Eli Lilly and Company

Research Technician

Esther A. Greeman

Current Position: 

Research Program Coordinator at Columbia University

Technician

Akash Khanna

B.S. in Neurobiology & Physiology, University of Maryland

PhD in neuroscience, Johns Hopkins

Current position:

AI Solution Engineer at HP

Technician

Tim Michaels

Post-bac Certificate in Psychology, Columbia University

PhD student in Clinical Psychology, University of Connecticut

Current position:

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Zucker School of Medicine

Technician

Christina Pil

Medical Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Undergraduate

Meena Ardebili

Class of 2019, Barnard College, majoring in Neuroscience and Urban Studies

Undergraduate

Caroline Bollen

​Intern, Biology and Physics Undergrad from Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Current Position:

Postdoctoral researcher at TU Delft

Undergraduate

Jacob Dahan

B.S. Neuroscience & Behavior, Biomedical Engineering

Columbia University, Class of 2021

2021 Fulbright Scholarship
2021 Bridges & Sturtevant Prize for his work on texture discrimination
2021 Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society

Current Position:

​Software Development Engineer at AWS

Undergraduate

Nina Harano

BS Neuroscience & Behavior

Columbia University, Class of 2023
Currently:
Neuroscience PhD student, NYU

Undergraduate

Ariel Chen

Visiting Undergraduate in Neuroscience at St Peter's College

B.S. William-Jewell College, Molecular Biology

Undergraduate

Sophey Ho

Columbia Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, 2017

BA Neuroscience & Behavior, Columbia College, Class of 2019

MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Currently:

Resident Physician, Mt Sinai Hospital

Undergraduate

Marissa Ilardi

B.S. in Neuroscience, Brown University

Subsequent positions:
Associate scientist, Pfizer
Doctor of Medicine, New York University

Undergraduate

Eliana Kalman

2016-2020 B.A. Neuroscience & Behavior, Cellular Concentration

Current position:

PA student, Yale School of Medicine

Undergraduate

Ayano Kase

Student, Columbia College, Biological Sciences

Undergraduate

Tess Lameyer

Bachelors in Neuroscience, Bowdoin College

Current position:

Research Assistant, Tianyi Mao's Lab, Vollum Institute

Undergraduate

Heather Macomber (Ratigan)

2018 B.S. in Biological Sciences, Columbia College

PhD in Neuroscience, University of Chicago

Currently:

Senior Life Sciences Consultant, Simon-Kucher

Undergraduate

David Park

Class of 2021, Columbia University, Majoring in Neuroscience 

Undergraduate

Jason Patterson

Student, Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University

Undergraduate

Gabriella Sahyoun

Student, Neuroscience & Behavior, Barnard College

Subsequent positions:

Research Associate, Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene

MD/PhD student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Undergraduate

Isabel Stillman

B.A. in Neuroscience & Behavior with Honors, Columbia University

Medical Student, Florida Atlantic University Medical School

High School Student

Lindsay Jordan

Calhoun High School, Merrick, New York

BS Pre-Med, Cornell University

Currently:

M.D. Candidate at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

High School Student

Stormi Smith

2015 BRAINYAC Program

BA in Neuroscience, Smith College

Current position:

Clinical Project Coordinator, Memorial Sloan Kettering