Bruno Lab Alumni

Sam E. Benezra
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Previous Affiliations:
University of Colorado, B.A. in Molecular Biology
New York University (Michael Long Lab), Ph.D. in Neuroscience & Physiology
Current Position:
Research Scientist at Biogen

Y. Kate Hong
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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

Amanda Kinnischtzke
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Previous affiliations:
BS in Neuroscience, University of Minnesota
PhD in Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh
Data Scientist, Forcepoint
Current position:
Data Scientist, Medtronic

Clay O. Lacefield
Postdoctoral Fellow and Associate Research Scientist
B.A., Harvard University
Ph.D., Columbia University
Current position:
Associate Research Scientist, Rene Hen Lab, Columbia University

Chris Rodgers
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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.

Wanying (Elaine) Zhang
Graduate Student / Postdoctoral Fellow
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

Christine Constantinople
Graduate student
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

Georgia Pierce
Graduate Student
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Neurobiology and Behavior
Current position:
Research Scientist, Firmenich

Rebecca 'Rikki' Rabinovich
Graduate Student
Education:
University of Cambridge, first class honours
PhD in neuroscience at Columbia
Current Position:
Postdoc with Elliot Smith/Ben Shofty, U.Utah

Alejandro Ramirez
Graduate student
Education
B.A., University of Colorado at Boulder
M.Phil., University of Cambridge
MD/PhD, Columbia University
Current position:
Postdoctoral Residency Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University

Noelia de León Reyes
Graduate Student
Visiting graduate student from Marta Nieto's lab (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)

Carl Schoonover
Graduate student
Education:
Harvard College, Cambridge BS Philosophy
ENS Paris, MA
Columbia University, New York MA
Columbia University, New York PhD
Current position:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Axel Lab, Columbia University Medical Center

Drew J Baughman
Lab Manager
Received his Masters in Creative Writing from Brooklyn College.
Masters in Biotechnology from Columbia University.
Former member of Neuwrite science writing community.

Phil Calafati
B.A. in Neuroscience, Columbia University
Research Associate at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Esther A. Greeman
Research Technician
Research Staff Assistant in the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Zuckerman Institute

Akash Khanna
Technician
B.S. in Neurobiology & Physiology, University of Maryland
Current position:
Neuroscience PhD program at Johns Hopkins University

Tim Michaels
Technician
Post-bac Certificate in Psychology, Columbia University
Current position:
PhD student in Clinical Psychology, University of Connecticut

Christina Pil
Technician
Medical Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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

Caroline Bollen
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

Nina Harano
Prospective major in Neuroscience & Behavior
Columbia University, Class of 2023

Sophey Ho
Columbia Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, 2017
Columbia College, Class of 2019
Medical Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Marissa Ilardi
B.S. in Neuroscience, Brown University
Subsequent positions:
Associate scientist, Pfizer
Doctor of Medicine, New York University

Eliana Kalman
2016-2020 B.A. Neuroscience & Behavior, Cellular Concentration
Current position:
Research Technician, Lab of Nat Heintz, Rockefeller University

Ayano Kase
Undergraduate
Student, Columbia College, Biological Sciences

Tess Lameyer
Bachelors in Neuroscience, Bowdoin College
Current position:

Heather Macomber
2018 B.S. in Biological Sciences, Columbia College
Current position:
Neuroscience PhD student in Mark Sheffield's Lab, University of Chicago

David Park
Class of 2021, Columbia University, Majoring in Neuroscience

Jason Patterson
Undergraduate
Student, FU FOUNDATN SCHL OF ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE:UGRAD, Biomedical Engineering

Gabriella Sahyoun
Undergraduate
Student, Neuroscience & Behavior, Barnard College

Isabel Stillman
B.A. in Neuroscience & Behavior with Honors, Columbia University
Medical Student, Florida Atlantic University Medical School

Lindsay Jordan
Calhoun High School, Merrick, New York
2018-present: Undergraduate at Cornell University, Biology/Pre-Med

Stormi Smith
2015 BRAINYAC Program
Present: Smith College, Major in Neuroscience