The Center for Neuroscience is home to premier graduate training in neuroscience. Graduate students come from a wide array disciplines, ranging from psychology and physics to biochemistry and human development.
We congratulate the following graduates:
Darlene Archer, Ph.D., Neuroscience Graduate Group
Darlene studied "ON-OFF Asymmetries in Contrast Gain and Spatial Integration in the Macaque LGN," and her mentor was Marty Usrey. Darlene is currently a postdoctoral researcher at SUNY College of Optometry in New York, New York.
Robin Goodrich, PhD, Psychology Graduate Group
Robin's work focused on "Characterizing the Nature of the Dual Processes Underlying Perception and Working Memory," and her mentor was Andy Yonelinas. Robin is in the process of interviewing to become a Human Factors Scientist at the Austin, TX office of Exponent, a leading engineering and scientific consulting firm.
Jalina Graham, PhD, Neuroscience Graduate Group
In her graduate work with mentor Brian Wiltgen, Jalina found that "Stimulating the Direct Hippocampus Projection to the Amygdalia Impairs Contextual Fear Memory Retrieval." Jalina is in the process of choosing a post-doctoral lab - one more interview to go!
Jamie Krueger, PhD, Neuroscience Graduate Group
Jamie found that "Memory Retrieval for Context Fear is Disrupted by Increases, but not Decreases in Hippocampal Activity” while working in mentor Brian Wiltgen's lab. Jamie is looking forward to a postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. Susan Sangha at Purdue University where she will be doing in-vivo recordings investigating the integration of fear, safety and reward circuits.
Tyler Manning, PhD, Neuroscience Graduate Group
Tyler's thesis work was on "Pursuit Compensation Mechanisms in Heading Perception” in mentor Ken Britten's lab. Tyler will be transitioning to a postdoctoral research position and is currently meeting with potential mentors.
Katy Pannoni, PhD, Neuroscience Graduate Group
Katy studied the "Application of Connectomics to Understand Synaptic Input to Space-Specific Neurons in the Barn Owl Midbrain." Her mento was Will DeBello. Katy is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute. She is studying changes in CA2 hippocampal neurons induced by social behaviors.
Deepa Ramamurthy, PhD, Neuroscience Graduate Group
Deepa's work in the lab of mentor Leah Krubitzer focused on the "Effects of Early Vision Loss on Neural Coding of Tactile Stimuli." Deepa is a postdoctoral scholar with Dr. Dan Feldman at the University of California, Berkeley, in the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute. She is interested in the link between circuits for attention and learning and is investigating the role of selective attention in gating cortical map plasticity.
Dan Sanculi, PhD, Neuroscience Graduate Group
Dan's thesis work was on the "Development of a Connectomics Pipeline to Understanding the Neural Substrates of Learning in the Barn Owl." His mentor was Will DeBello. Danny is continuing his research in the DeBello lab as a postdoctoral researcher.
Grant Shields, PhD, Psychology Graduate Group
Grant's work focused on "Examining the effects of acute stress on executive functions." His mentor was Andy Yonelinas. Grant will be a postdoctoral researcher with Drs. Amanda Guyer and Camelia Hostinar at UC Davis.