Supported Researchers

J. Douglas Tan Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

In honor of J. Douglas Tan, these fellowships support postdocs for up to two years of research on autism.

Ying Jiang

Postdoctoral Fellow, Jasanoff Lab

Ying Jiang works on development and application of neural circuit-specific imaging tools for functional MRI to understand the brain circuits for face processing in primates.

Di Sang

Postdoctoral Fellow, Feng Lab

Di Sang is developing new pharmacological and genetic therapeutic approaches for autistic spectrum disorder with animal models.

Chaoyi Zhang

Postdoctoral Fellow, Feng Lab

Chaoyi Zhang is advancing the application of brain imaging techniques in behaving marmoset and mouse models of ASD, enabling cross-species comparisons of neural dynamics underlying social and cognitive behaviors, as well as responses to medical interventions.

Y. Eva Tan Fellowship Program

In honor of Y. Eva Tan, these fellowships support graduate students or postdocs for up to two years of research and development in molecular therapeutics.

Shahar Bracha

Postdoctoral Fellow, Boyden Lab

Shahar Bracha is engineering molecular tools for recording brain activity and analyzing neural coding in different states of behavior and ASD models.

Kayla Kroning

Postdoctoral Fellow, Wang Lab

Kayla Kroning is focused on engineering new genetically encoded tools to trace neural circuitry and to activate or deactivate specific neural circuits for therapeutic purposes.

Nagina Mangal

Postdoctoral Fellow, Graybiel Lab

Nagina Mangal uses genetic engineering in animal models to study striatal circuits of the basal ganglia.

Keisuke Nagao

Graduate Fellow, Anikeeva Lab

Keisuke Nagao develops novel strategies for the systemic delivery of gene-editing tools to animal models via a chemical approach.

Chunyan Wu

Postdoctoral Fellow, Harnett Lab

Chunyan Wu is advancing and employing multiphoton microscopy techniques for in vivo imaging with a particular emphasis on investigating dendritic computation within the mouse cortex.

Brain-Body Center Fellowship Program

The K. Lisa Yang Brain-Body Center offers two years of support for graduate students or postdoctoral researchers investigating neurobiological mechanisms and therapies that interlink a healthy mind and healthy body, including gut-brain interactions, aging, pain and acupuncture.

Annesya Banerjee

Graduate Fellow, McDermott Lab

Annesya Banerjee develops computational models of cochlear implant-mediated hearing perception with the long-term goal of guiding the development of improved stimulation strategies for cochlear implants.

Yubin Cai

Graduate Fellow, Traverso Lab

Yubin Cai’s research leverages expertise to explore the intricate mechanisms of gut-brain communication and evaluate the effects of gastric electrical stimulation (GES) on brain health and behavior.

Kyla Nichols

Postdoctoral Fellow, Ribbeck Lab

Kyla Nichols aims to uncover how mucus facilitates estrogen metabolism and availability by the gut microbiome and how this could influence sex-based differences seen in mental health disorders via the gut-brain axis.

Jillianne Wisnewski

Graduate Fellow, Moura Silva Lab

Jillianne Wisnewski examines how macrophages bridge communication between the brain and adipose tissue in order to control systemic metabolism.

Center for Bionics Fellowship Program

The K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics provides fellowships for graduate students developing novel neural-mechanical interfaces for control of bionic limbs.

Christina Meyer

Graduate Fellow, Herr Lab

Christina Meyer is focused on the design of a modular, piecewise system of elastic spring elements to construct a variety of assistive walking devices.

Francesca Riccio-Ackerman

Graduate Fellow, Herr Lab

Francesca Riccio-Ackerman is working to improve the future of healthcare for people with disabilities globally—from the U.S. to Sierra Leone— by strengthening prosthetic and orthotic sectors through innovation in policy, economics, engineering and design.

ICoN Center Fellowship Program

The K. Lisa Yang Integrative Computational Neuroscience Center offers two year fellowships for graduate students and postdocs to work collaboratively across neuroscience disciplines and develop computational models based on data acquired from molecular, physiological, imaging and behavioral experiments.

Fabio Catania

Postdoctoral Fellow, Ghosh, Gabrieli, and Seethapathi Labs

Fabio Catania focuses on understanding the behaviors and communication patterns of autistic people through the lens of human-robot interaction.

Antoine De Comite

Postdoctoral Fellow, Feng and Seethapathi Labs

Antoine De Comite aims at developing comparative models of naturalistic motor control across species and populations.

Lakshmi Govindarajan

Postdoctoral Fellow, McDermott and Fiete Labs

Lakshmi Govindarajan’s research draws from modern statistical tools to provide computational accounts of the interface between perceptual and cognitive processes in biological systems.

Abhiram Iyer

Graduate Fellow, DiCarlo, Fiete, and Harnett Labs

Abhiram Iyer works on computational models of neocortical microcircuits and dendrites to construct more biologically plausible learning rules as an alternative to traditional deep learning.

Hope Kean

Graduate Fellow, Fedorenko Lab

Hope Kean studies the neural underpinnings of domain-general reasoning the human brain.

Maedbh King

Postdoctoral Fellow, Ghosh and Gabrieli Labs

Maedbh King focuses on building computational models that integrate biological and behavioral information to develop risk predictors of neuropsychiatric disorders.

Dan Mitropolsky

Postdoctoral Fellow, Miller and Poggio Labs

Dan Mitropolsky will continue developing a theoretical computer science approach to understanding the brain: defining and studying minimalistic models based off the simplest assumptions from neuroscience, and in particular thinking about what are the necessary assumptions to make language and learning possible.

Setayesh Radkani

Graduate Fellow, Saxe Lab

Setayesh Radkani develops computational models of social and moral learning in adults and children.

Greta Tuckute

Graduate Fellow, Fedorenko Lab

Greta Tuckute studies how language is processed in the human brain and how the representations learned by humans compare to those of artificial neural networks.

Suleman Zaidi

Graduate Fellow, DiCarlo Lab

Suleman Zaidi is testing the ability of multi-electrode electrical microstimulation in the inferior temporal cortex of rhesus macaques to causally control object category perception, using electrophysiology and topographical deep neural network-based models of the ventral visual stream.

Hao Zheng

Postdoctoral Fellow, Fiete and Wang Labs

Yang Postbaccalaureate Scholar Program

This program provides two years of paid laboratory experience, mentorship and education to prepare recent college graduates, from backgrounds underrepresented in neuroscience, for applications to top graduate and medical schools.