Meet the Team
Principal Investigator
Arnold R Kriegstein, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology
Postdoctoral Scholars
Guolong Zuo, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Jonathan Augustin, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Juan Moriano, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Lilian Gomes de Oliveira, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Mengyi Song, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Grad Students
Clara Siebert
PhD Candidate
Staff
Shaohui Wang
Specialist
Songcang Chen, MD
Senior Scientist
Patricia Choy
Project Manager
Lab Alumni
Graduate Students
| Dates | Name | Program or School | Role | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 - 1987 | Janet M. Shen | Neurosciences Training Program | Research Mentor | Pediatrician |
| 1985 - 1992 | Mark G. Blanton | Medical Scientist Training Program | Research Mentor | Disabled |
| 1988 - 1991 | Joseph J. LoTurco | Neurosciences Training Program | Research Mentor | Prof. of Physiology, Univ. Connecticut |
| 1994 - 1999 | Alexander Flint | Medical Scientist Training Program | Research Mentor | Neurology Fellow, UCSF |
| 1994 - 2000 | David Owens | Neurosciences Training Program | Research Mentor | Program Director, NINDS |
| 1996 - 2000 | Ryan Dammerman | Medical Scientist Training Program | Research Mentor | Sr. Consultant, Infusion Professionals |
| 1999 - 2004 | Tamily Weissman | Neurosciences Training Program | Research Mentor | Postdoc, Harvard University |
| 1999 - 2004 | Brian Clinton | Medical Scientist Training Program | Research mentor | Psychiatry Resident, Harvard |
| 2001 - 2007 | David Castaneda | Graduate Program in Physiology | Research Mentor | Biotech |
| 2002 - 2008 | Tristan Sands | Medical Scientist Training Program | Research Mentor | Assistant Professor Neurology, Columbia University |
| 2002 - 2003 | Veronica Martinez | Visiting Post-Doc | Research Mentor | Assistant Professor, UC Davis |
| 2003 - 2008 | Zaman Mirzadeh | Medical Scientist Training Program | Thesis Advisory Committee | Neurosurgery Resident, St. Joseph’s, Phoenix, AZ |
| 2003 - 2004 | Patricio Requelme | Medical Scientist Training Program | Research Mentor | Assistant Professor of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University |
| 2003 - 2007 | Florian Merkle | Neuroscience Graduate Program | Thesis Advisory Committee | Principal Investigator, Cambridge University, United Kingdom |
| 2004 - 2008 | Laura Barker | Program in Biological Sciences | Research Mentor | Strategies and Partnerships at Google X |
| 2005 - 2008 | Joel Greenwood | Neuroscience Graduate Program | Thesis Advisory Committee | Director, Neurotechnology Core, Yale University |
| 2005 - 2006 | Phiroz Tarapore | Certification Program in Biological Research | Research Mentor | Assistant Professor Neurosurgery, UCSF |
| 2004 - 2008 | Guillermo Elias | Neuroscience Graduate Program | Thesis Advisory Committee | Director of Business Development at Corvus Pharmeceuticals |
| 2004 - 2010 | Derek Southwell | Medical Scientist Training Program-Neuroscience | Thesis Advisory Committee | Neurosurgery, Resident, UCSF |
| 2005 - 2011 | Doris Wang | Medical Scientist Training Program | Research Mentor | Assistant Professor Neurosurgery, UCSF |
| 2007 - 2013 | Jan Lui | Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program | Research Mentor | Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University |
| 2009 - 2012 | Hyang Mi Moon | Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program | Thesis Advisory Committee | Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University |
| 2009 - 2014 | Bridget Lamonica | Medical Scientist Training Program | Research Mentor | Pediatrics Resident Boston Childrens Hospital |
| 2010 - 2015 | Caitlyn Gertz | Neuroscience Graduate Program | Research Mentors | Associate Regulatory Program Director, Genentech |
Postdoctoral Fellows
| Dates | Name | Research Fellow Type | Role | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 - 1983 | Trisha Suppes, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Scholar | Research Mentor | Prof. of Psychiatry, University of Texas, Southwestern |
| 1985 - 1986 | Jerry R. Schlegel, M.D. | Research Fellow | Research Mentor | Neurologist, San Raphael, CA |
| 1987 - 1989 | Paul H. Desan, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Scholar | Research Mentor | Asst. Prof. of Psychiatry, Yale University |
| 1989 - 1991 | Herman Sullivan, M.D. | Postdoctoral Scholar | Research Mentor | Neurologist, Grand Rapids, MI |
| 1991 - 1993 | Ary Ramoa, M.D, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Scholar | Research Mentor | Deceased |
| 1994 - 1995 | Leslie Boyce, M.D. | Research Fellow | Research Mentor | Professor, Pediatric Neurology, University of North Carolina |
| 1996 - 1998 | Xiaolin Liu-Jarin, M.D., Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Scholar | Research Mentor | Pathologist, Cornell University, NYC |
| 1999 - 2003 | Stephen C. Noctor, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Scholar | Research Mentor | Associate, Professor, UC Davis |
| 1999 - 2000 | Ethan A. Benardete, M.D., Ph.D. | Research Fellow | Research Mentor | Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery, SUNY, Downstate Medical Center |
| 2000 - 2001 | Alexander Flint, M.D., Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Scholar | Research Mentor | Neurointensive and Stroke Specialist, Kaiser Permanente |
| 2000 - 2004 | Lidija Ivic, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Scholar | Research Mentor | Neurology Dept., Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
| 2003 - 2008 | Veronica Martinez, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Scholar | Research Mentor | Associate Professor, UC Davis |
| 2004 - 2009 | Ashkan Javaherian, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Scholar | Research Mentor | Staff Research Scientist 3, Gladstone Institute |
| 2009 - 2011 | Jin-Wu Tsai, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Scholar | Research Mentor | Lab Leader, Genentech |
| 2007 - 2012 | David Hansen, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Scholar | Research Mentor | Lab Leader, Genentech |
| 2009 - 2012 | Xiaoqun Wang, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Scholar | Research Mentor | Professor, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| 2006 - 2013 | Corey Harwell, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Scholar | Research Mentor | Assistant Professor, Harvard University |
| 2009 - 2014 | Cory Nicholas, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Scholar | Research Mentor | Assistant Adjunct Professor UCSF, Chief Scientific Officer, Neurona Therapeutics |
| 2009 - 2016 | Lakshmi Subramanian, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Scholar | Research Mentor | |
| 2010 - 2017 | Jiadong Chen, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Scholar | Research Mentor | Assistant Professor Zhejiang University |
| 2012 - 2017 | Tomasz Nowakowski | Postdoctoral Scholar | Research Mentor | Assistant Professor UCSF |
| 2012 - 2017 | Alex Polen, Ph. D. | Postdoctoral Scholar | Research Mentor | Assistant Professor UCSF |
| 2012 - 2016 | Marina Bershteyn, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Scholar | Research Mentor | Scientist, Neurona Therapeutics |
| 2012 - 2015 | Catherine Rottkamp, MD, Ph.D. | Research Fellow | Research Mentor | Assistant Professor Clinical Pediatrics, UC Davis |
| 2014 - 2019 | Simone Mayer Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Scholar | Research Mentor | Independent Research Group Leader, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research |