Kate M. Wassum, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator


Melissa Malvaez, Ph.D.
Project Scientist


Jackie Giovanniello, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow


Kathia Ramírez
Postdoctoral Fellow


Annalise Binette
Postdoctoral Fellow


Denisse Paredes
Postdoctoral Fellow


Ashley Crawley
Graduate student


Victoria Huley
Undergraduate Researcher


Nicholas Griffin
Research Technician


Niku Mombini
Undergraduate Researcher


Jenna Pimenta
Research Technician/TNDA Coordinator


Gabriella Vilchez
Undergraduate Researcher


Joyce Lee
Undergraduate Researcher
Julia Gonzalez 
Undergraduate Researcher
Alison Shamoony 
Undergraduate Researcher
Jalen Andrade
Undergraduate Researcher
Natalie Nguyen 
Undergraduate Researcher
Oluwadara (Dara) Aina
Undergraduate Researcher

Lab Alumni:

Kelle Nett, Gustavus Adolphus College

Alex Lamparelli

Gift Nnamdi

Chukwuebuka Oragwam, Suthana Lab Duke

Christina Feng

Keshav Patel

Anna Sias, Neurocrine biosciences

Anna Weiner

Baila Hall

Natalie Parades, UCSD

Mallika Singh

Alicia Wang

Yousif Jafar

Hanniel Uwadia

Andrea Suarez

Caitlin Goodpaster, UCLA

Alvina Liang

Sherry Wang

Lupita Valencia

James Nguyen

Wanyi Guo

Mason Andrus, OHSU

Nina Lichtenberg, NINDS

Christine Shieh- VCU

Ivett Gabriella- UC Riverside

Michael Murphy- UPENN

Venuz Greenfield- UCLA ARC

Val Collins- UCSF

Ashleigh Morse- The Behavioral Insights Team

Linnea Sepe-Forrest- NIH

Sarah MacPherson

Aimiel Cassilan

Hannah Lamping

Tara Aitken- UCSF

Seaver Stoll

Alice Wang- NIH IRP

Iris Xu

Anisa Joseph

Kay Linker- UCLA

Matt Rosenberg- USC

Maria Bautista

Clariss Limso

Thien Nghiem

Kevin Trong

Dhruv Desai, B.S.

Rick Laughlin, Ph.D.- Willamette University

Kelly Cavanaugh, M.S.

Katie McNutt, B.S.- Duke University