Bruno Lab Alumni
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Georgia Pierce
Graduate Student
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Neurobiology and Behavior
Current position:
Research Scientist, Firmenich
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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
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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
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Noelia de León Reyes
Graduate Student
Visiting graduate student from Marta Nieto's lab (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)
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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
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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.
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Phil Calafati
B.A. in Neuroscience, Columbia University
Research Associate at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
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Esther A. Greeman
Research Technician
Research Staff Assistant in the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Zuckerman Institute
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Akash Khanna
Technician
B.S. in Neurobiology & Physiology, University of Maryland
Current position:
Neuroscience PhD program at Johns Hopkins University
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Tim Michaels
Technician
Post-bac Certificate in Psychology, Columbia University
Current position:
PhD student in Clinical Psychology, University of Connecticut
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Christina Pil
Technician
Medical Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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Meena Ardebili
Undergraduate
Class of 2019, Barnard College, majoring in Neuroscience and Urban Studies
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Caroline Bollen
Undergraduate
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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
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Nina Harano
Prospective major in Neuroscience & Behavior
Columbia University, Class of 2023
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Sophey Ho
Columbia Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, 2017
Columbia College, Class of 2019
Medical Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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Marissa Ilardi
B.S. in Neuroscience, Brown University
Subsequent positions:
Associate scientist, Pfizer
Doctor of Medicine, New York University
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Eliana Kalman
2016-2020 B.A. Neuroscience & Behavior, Cellular Concentration
Current position:
Research Technician, Lab of Nat Heintz, Rockefeller University
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Ayano Kase
Undergraduate
Student, Columbia College, Biological Sciences
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Tess Lameyer
Bachelors in Neuroscience, Bowdoin College
Current position:
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Heather Macomber
2018 B.S. in Biological Sciences, Columbia College
Current position:
Neuroscience PhD student in Mark Sheffield's Lab, University of Chicago
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David Park
Class of 2021, Columbia University, Majoring in Neuroscience
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Jason Patterson
Undergraduate
Student, FU FOUNDATN SCHL OF ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE:UGRAD, Biomedical Engineering
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Gabriella Sahyoun
Undergraduate
Student, Neuroscience & Behavior, Barnard College
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Isabel Stillman
B.A. in Neuroscience & Behavior with Honors, Columbia University
Medical Student, Florida Atlantic University Medical School
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Lindsay Jordan
Calhoun High School, Merrick, New York
2018-present: Undergraduate at Cornell University, Biology/Pre-Med
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Stormi Smith
2015 BRAINYAC Program
Present: Smith College, Major in Neuroscience