Group Members

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Principal Investigator
Post-docs
Graduate Students
Staff
Research Professionals
Undergrads
Alumni

Principal Investigator

Karl Deisseroth

Post-docs

Claire Bedbrook
Postdoctoral Fellow
Stefano Cestellos Blanco
Postdoctoral Fellow
Lindsay Cameron
Postdoctoral Fellow
Yiming Chen
Postdoctoral Fellow
Antonia Drinnenberg
Postdoctoral Fellow
Theodore Ho
Postdoctoral Fellow
Josh Jennings
Postdoctoral Fellow
YoungJu Jo
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mengyu Liu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Sam Vesuna
Postdoctoral Fellow
Yu Wang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Wendy Wenderski
Postdoctoral Fellow
Alex White
Postdoctoral Fellow
Tomomi Yoshida
Postdoctoral Fellow

Graduate Students

Lucas Encarnacion-Rivera
Graduate Student
John Kochalka
Graduate Student
Aviv Korman
Graduate Student
Chelsea Li
Graduate Student
David Li
Graduate Student
Tony Liu
Graduate Student
Kang Yong Loh
Graduate Student
Joseph Noh
Graduate Student
Morgan Phillips
Graduate Student
Jackson Powell
Graduate Student
Misha Raffiee
Graduate Student
Kaiwen Sheng
Graduate Student
Valerie Tsai
Graduate Student

Staff

Nadya Andini
Molecular and Cellular Technology Manager
Carolina Cardoso
Program Associate
Adelaida Chibukhchyan
Lab Manager, Clark
Cynthia Delacruz
Executive Director of Operations, Human Neural Circuitry and CNC Programs
Nicole Flordeliza
Co-Lab Manager, CNC
Melissa Hernandez
Co-Lab Manager, CNC
Emily Kuo
Machine Learning Engineer
Connie Lee
Research & Finance Manager
Maisie Lo
Laboratory and Education Manager
Ki Eun Pyo
Molecular and Cellular Technology Manager
Sean Quirin, PhD
Asst. Professor (Research)
Talia Weiss
Software/Hardware Systems Engineer
Matthew Wright
Asst. Professor

Research Professionals

Barsin Eshaghi
Research Professional
Chandan Kadur
Research Professional
Jayanth Kairamkonda
Research Coordinator
Yuqi Liu
Research Professional
Vishal Mehta
Research Professional
Soraya Miremadi
Research Coordinator
Joshua Edward Moon
Research Professional
Alice Truong
Research Professional

Undergrads

Jaeah Kim
Undergraduate Student
Pelagia Martin
Undergraduate Student
Melissa Nguyen
Undergraduate Student
Jessica Wagner
Undergraduate Student

Alumni

Avishek Adhikari
Post-doc -2017
Raag Airan
Graduate student 2005-2009
William Allen
Graduate Student 2013-2019
Debha Amatya
Undergrad 2013-2014
Aaron Andalman
Post-doc -2021
Polina Anikeeva
Post-doc 2008-2010
Alex Aravanis
Postdoc 2006-2007
Andre Berndt
Post-doc -2017
Hannah Bernstein
Undergrad 2007-2010
Ed Boyden
Postdoc 2006-2007
Susanna Bradbury
Undergrad 2017-2022
Matt Brodsky
Undergrad 2009-2010
Vanessa Burns
Graduate Student 2011-2016
Eamon Byrne
Post-doc 2019-2023
Ritchie Chen
Post-doc 2019-2023
Zhiqiang Chen
Research Professional 2008-2012
Kwanghun Chung
Post-doc -2013
Arjay Cordero
Research Professional -2025
Myriam Cordey
Postdoc 2005-2006
Ailey Crow
Staff -2021
Tom Davidson
Post-doc -2015
Ilka Diester
Post-doc 2008-2011
Jiayi Dou
Post-doc -2023
Remy Durand
Grad Student 2007-2011
Kathryn Evans
Research Professional 2014-2018
Linlin Fan
Post-doc 2019-2023
Lief Fenno
Post-doc -2022
Emily Ferenczi
Graduate Student -2015
Joel Finkelstein
Research Professional 2009-2011
Angie Garbino
Research Professional -2023
Yuqing Gong
M.S. -2006
Werapong (joe) Goo
Graduate Student -2014
Felicity Gore
Post-doc -2023
Inbal Goshen
Post-doc 2008-2012
Viviana Gradinaru
Graduate Student 2006-2010
Logan Grosenick
Graduate Student -2015
Lisa Gunaydin
Grad Student -2013
Cathy Han
M.S. -2007
Alice Shi On Hong
Research Professional 2014-2015
Brian Hsueh
Graduate Student 2014-2021
Minsuk Hyun
Undergrad -2013
Masatoshi Inoue
Post-doc -2023
Anna Jaffe
Undergrad -2017
Paul Kalanithi
Post-doc -2015
Sandhiya Kalyanasundaram
Research Professional 2010-2012
Ellora Karmarker
Undergrad 2005-2007
Isaac Kauvar
Postdoctoral Fellow
Christina Kim
Post-doc -2021
Ellie Kim
Research Professional -2023
Francesca Kim
Undergrad 2019-2022
Sung-yon Kim
Graduate student -2013
Yoon Seok Kim
Postdoctoral Fellow -2025
I-Ping (Sophia) Lee
Research Professional 2016-2018
Jin Hung Lee
Post-doc 2007-2009
Soo Yeun Lee
Post-doc -2017
Chris Lee-messer
Post-doc 2009-2012
Talia Lerner
Post-doc -2017
Anselm Levskaya
Post-doc 2009-2011
David Lin
Post-doc 2010-2012
Conor Liston
Post-doctorate -2014
Matthew Lovett-Barron
Post-doc -2020
Tim Machado
Post-doc 2018-2022
James Marshel
Post-doc -2023
Joanna Mattis
Graduate Student -2014
Leslie Meltzer
Grad Student 2004-2008
Julie Mirzabekov
Research Professional -2013
Anish Mitra
Postdoctoral Fellow -2024
Murtaza Mogri
Grad Student 2006-2011
Leili Mortazavi
Graduate Student -2025
Rachana Mudipalli
Undergrad 2019-2022
Emily Nguyen
Research Professional -2024
Dan O'Shea
Postdoctoral Fellow -2025
Kristin Overton
Staff -2021
Sally Pak
Staff -2023
Vicki Parente
B.S. -2007
Ramin Pashaie
Post-doc 2007-2009
Sneha Patel
Research Professional -2021
Kishandra Anne Patron
Research Professional -2024
Marija Pavlovic
Graduate Student -2025
Jeanne T. Paz
Research Associate 2013-2014
Chelsey Perry
Research Professional -2014
Evan Perry
Research Professional -2024
Nandini Pichamoorthy
Research Professional -2019
Rohit Prakash
Graduate student -2012
Cephra Raja
Staff -2024
Priya Rajasethupathy
Post-doc 2013-2017
Charu Ramakrishnan
Staff -2023
Sawyer Randles
Research Professional -2021
Ethan Richman
Graduate Student -2024
Chris Roat
Staff 2019-2022
Mani Roy
Scientist 2005-2007
Handhini Santhanam
M.S. -2007
Bret Schneider
Staff Scientist 2006-2010
Aslihan Selimbeyoglu
Graduate Student -2016
Thanh-Nga Shenoy
Undergraduate Student -2025
Jenny Shi
Undergraduate Student
Carrie Shilyansky
Postdoctoral Fellow
Vikaas Sohal
Post-doc 2006-2010
Ryan Squire
Grad Student 2008-2012
Albrecht Stroh
Postdoc 2006-2007
Haley Swanson
Research Professional -2014
Emily Sylwestrak
Post-doc -2019
Longzhi Tan
Post-doc 2019-2022
Daniel Tang
Undergrad -2021
Kim Thompson
Post-doc 2007-2012
Rebecca Tien
Research Professional -2022
Ariane Tom
Graduate student 2013-2017
Raju Tomer
Post-doc 2013-2017
Chris Towne
Post-doc 2010-2012
Hsing-chen Tsai
Graduate student 2006-2010
Kay Tye
Post-doc 2008-2011
Jonathan Tyson
Postdoctoral Fellow -2023
Amanda Urke
Research Professional -2020
Ragu Vijaykumar
Graduate student 2006-2010
Jenelle Wallace
Undergrad -2013
Ai-Chi Wang
Research Professional -2018
Huiliang (Evan) Wang
Post-doc -2021
Liping Wang
Post-doc 2005-2007
Nancy Wang
Research Professional 2011-2012
Peter Wang
Post-doc -2024
Xiao Wang
Post-doc 2015-2019
Melissa Warden
Post-doc -2014
Celestine Wenardy
Undergraduate Student -2025
Ilana Witten
Post-doc 2008-2012
Raghu Yabaluri
M.S., -2005
Samuel Yang
Graduate student 2011-2016
Li Ye
Post-doc -2019
Ofer Yizhar
Post-doc 2008-2011
Elle Yuen
Research Professional -2025
Kelly Zalocusky
Graduate Student 2010-2016
Hosniya Zarabi
Undergrad 2008-2010
Anqi Zhang
Post-doc -2025
Feng Zhang
Graduate student 2004-2009
Michael Zhu Chen
Undergrad -2021