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Jennifer Greenhall
Email:
jgreenha@ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Texas A&M University (1995), B.S. Biomedical Engineering, B.A. German Language and Literature
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Research Interests: Aging, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Gene Therapy, Genomics
Laboratory rotations: Mark Tuszynski (UCSD, Su '98) Bruce Hamilton (UCSD, Su '99), Carrolee Barlow (Salk, Fa '99)
Thesis Lab: Carrolee Barlow/Stephen Heinemann
Publications
Lee Lovejoy
Email:
llovejoy@ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Tulane University (2000), B.S.E. Bioengineering, M.S.E. Bioengineering
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Research Interests: Decoding the Neural Programming of Ballistic Saccades using Simultaneous Recordings
from Multiple Electrodes
Laboratory rotations: James Covell (UCSD, Su '01); Nick Spitzer (UCSD, Su '02); Paul Slesinger (Salk, Fa '02); Richard Krauzlis (Wi/Sp '03)
Thesis Lab: Richard Krauzlis
Publications
Marin McDonald
Email:
mamcdonald@ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University (2003), B.S. Biological Sciences
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Research Interests: Neuroscience / Neurobiology
Laboratory rotations: Stuart Lipton (Sanford-Burnham, Su '05); Patrick Lyden (UCSD, Su '06)
Thesis Lab: Lisa Boulanger
Publications: N/A
Krystal Nizar
Email:
kchiao@ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of Chicago (2004), B.A. Biological Sciences and Psychology
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Research Interests: Developmental Neurobiology
Laboratory rotations: Anirvan Ghosh (UCSD, Su '04); Binhai Zheng (UCSD, Su '05)
Thesis Lab: Gabriel Silva and Anna Devor
Publications
Joshua Theisen
Email:
jotheisen@ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of Wisconsin - Madison (2002), B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Research Interests: Regulation of Gene Expression
Laboratory rotations: James Kadonaga (UCSD, Su '03); Inder Verma (Salk, Su '04); Jim Posakony (UCSD, Su '05)
Thesis Lab: James Kadonaga
Publications
Justin Voog
Email:
jvoog@ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Minnesota State University Moorhead (2003), B.A. Biology and Chemistry
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Research Interests: Stem Cells, Developmental Biology, Regenerative Medicine
Laboratory rotations: Andrew Dillin (Salk, Su '03); Ron Evans (Salk, Su '04); Leanne Jones (Salk, Su '05)
Thesis Lab: Leanne Jones
Publications
Scott Wilke
Email:
swilke@ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington (2001), B.S. Neurobiology
Graduate Department: Neuroscience
Research Interests: Cognitive Aspects of Neuroscience
Laboratory rotations: Geoffrey Boynton (Salk, Su '04), Steve Heinemann (Salk, Su '04); Anirvan Ghosh (UCSD, Su '05)
Thesis Lab: Anirvan Ghosh
Publications