MEMBERS

     Please find here all current members of the lab. Detailed CVs of personnel may be accessed by clicking on the respective text.

Principal Investigator

Attila is the PI. He enjoys herding cats, reading reviewers’ comments and summary statements.

Attila Losonczy

M.D. PH.D.

Associate Research Scientists

Dr. Terada performs in vivo axonal/dendritic two-photon imaging with electrophysiology to uncover synaptic ensembles for somatic signals during hippocampal memory reactivation.

Satoshi Terada

PH.D.

Dr. Herrlinger studies circuit deficits in a mouse model for Schizophrenia. Her work leverages her molecular biology and neurodevelopmental expertise to marry gene expression with circuit dynamics. Co-advised by Professor Joseph Gogos

Stephanie Herrlinger

PH.D.

Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr.Kong studies the spatiotemporal dynamics of hippocampal synaptic plasticity at a circuit level to uncover how the hippocampal network flexibly processes episodic memories.

Eunji Kong

PH.D.

Dr. Yong is interested in identifying physiological and genetic markers that could predict representational drift in the hippocampus.

Hyun Choong Yong

PH.D.

Dr. Xin is interested in how structured information is encoded within the hippocampal formation, and how that information is finally transformed into memory.

Yu Xin

PH.D.

Dr. Voitov investigates the role of parallel excitatory and inhibitory feedback circuits within hippocampus CA3, and the mechanisms by which single cells can control their functional embedding within network computations

Ivan Voitov

PH.D.

Dr. Noguchi studies how hippocampal circuits extract and store essential information in a contextual manner by performing two-photon imaging and electrophysiological recordings at the subcellular level.

Asako Noguchi

PH.D.

Dr. Spivak explores the neural interplay between the cerebellum and the hippocampus in the context of spatial navigation. Co-advised by Professor Nathaniel Sawtell.

Lidor Spivak

PH.D.

Dr. Bounds is interested in how circuits in the hippocampus flexibly form and maintain associations to support learned behaviors. Co-advised by Professor Stefano Fusi.

Hayley Bounds

PH.D.

Doctoral Students

Kevin is interested in defining plasticity rules guiding synaptic weight updates and examining how those rules are molecularly implemented on a single neuron level. Co-advised by Professor Franck Polleux.

Kevin Gonzalez

Bovey is interested in the catecholamine inputs to the hippocampus and possible perturbations in a genetic mouse model of schizophrenia. Co-advised by Professor Joseph Gogos.

Bovey Rao

Abhi is investigating how CA1 microcircuit organization dictates the computational abilities and behavioral outputs of the hippocampus. Co-advised by Professor Stefano Fusi.

Abhishek Shah

Tibby studies the molecular mechanisms that enable new neurons to integrate into the hippocampus. Co-advised by Professor Stavros Lomvardas.

Tiberiu Mihaila

Carl is interested in studying the plasticity rules of CA1 pyramidal cells through multiple-level analyses.

Carl Shi

Margaret studies gene expression and in vivo patterns of neural activity in the hippocampus by combining two-photon microscopy and spatial transcriptomics to analyze neurons post-hoc based on their transcriptomic profiles. Co-advised by Professor Erdem Varol.

Margaret Conde Paredes

Optical Engineer

Dr. Reynolds is responsible for maintaining, optimizing, developing, and documenting the multi-photon microscopy systems used in the lab.

Luke Reynolds, Ph.D.

Laboratory Manager

Andrea is responsible for the oversight of administrative and financial functions. These include overall lab management to ensure compliance, grants development and administration of budgets.

Andrea Rosado

Staff
Associate

George is responsible for server administration and software development. He is involved with the development and maintenance of experimental rigs and assists lab researchers on projects.

George Zakka

Laboratory Technician

Caroline will be responsible for maintaining basic laboratory functions such as animal husbandry and genotyping.

Caroline Wilson

Research Technician

Cliodhna will develop tools and analysis pipelines to combine in vivo neural activity and spatial transcriptomics imaging.

Cliodhna O'Toole

Post-Bacs/Undergraduate Students/Research Assistants

Atheer investigates the generation of sequences within the CA3 region of the hippocampus using two-photon imaging and optogenetic stimulation techniques in mice while they learn to navigate spatial environments.

Atheer Musad

CADRE Postbaccalaureate Fellow
Advised by Dr. Ivan Voitav

Charan investigates the evolution of neural dynamics at multiple time scales and is developing tools to efficiently explore and manipulate these dynamics in the hippocampus.

Charan Santhirasegaran

Advised by Dr. Ivan Voitav

Brynn Sanner

Advised by Carl Shi and Bovey Rao

Angel Xie

Advised by Carl Shi and Bovey Rao