| Graduates of the Neuroscience Program |
Location Upon Graduating |
| Michal Ragan, Ph.D., 2025 |
Postdoc, |
| Jacob Hudobenko, PhD., 2025 |
MD Student, University of Texas Health Center at Houston, Houston, TX |
| Kevin Caro Ph.D., 2025 |
MD Student, UConn School of Medicine, Farmington, CT |
| Shifan Chen Ph.D., 2024 |
Postdoc, UConn School of Medicine, Farmington, CT |
| Annie Yao Ph.D., 2024 |
MD Student, UConn School of Medicine, Farmington, CT |
| Pearl Sutter Ph.D., 2024 |
MD Student, UConn School of Medicine, Farmington, CT |
| Qinfang Liu, 2023 |
Postdoc, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
| Jian Xing Ph.D, 2023 |
Postdoc, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
| Megan Rouillard Ph.D., 2023 |
Environmental Analyst, CT Department of Public Health |
| Marc Benoit Ph.D., 2023 |
MD Student, UConn School of Medicine, Farmington, CT |
| Sarah Palko Ph.D., 2023 |
Postdoc, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland |
| Emily Fabrizio-Stover, Ph.D., 2023 |
Postdoc, Medical University of South Carolina, Charlestown, SC |
| John Zhou Ph.D., 2023 |
Postdoc, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
| Marwa Elamin, Ph.D., 2022 |
Neurology resident, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY |
| Pengyu Zong, 2022 |
Postdoc, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
| Ramalakshmi Ramasamy Ph.D., 2022 |
Postdoc, Jackson Laboratories, Farmington, CT |
| Bruce Rheaume Ph.D., 2022 |
MD Student, UConn School of Medicine, Farmington, CT |
| Cara Hardy, Ph.D., 2021 |
Postdoc, Jackson Lab, Farmington, CT |
| Matthew Sticco, Ph.D., 2021 |
Research Biochemist, Siemens Healthineers, New York, NY |
| Robert Pijewski, Ph.D., 2021 |
Assistant Professor, Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA |
| Judy Bloom, Ph.D., 2020 |
Assistant Scientific Director, Chameleon Communications International, New York, NY |
| Brittany Knight, Ph.D., 2019 |
Director of Operations USASP; Regional Director CT Junior Science and Humanities Symposium |
| Jessica Yasko, Ph.D., 2019 |
BioLegend, MA |
| Cory Willis, Ph.D., 2019 |
Postdoc, University of Cambridge, UK |
| Alexandra Nicaise, Ph.D., 2019 |
Postdoc, University of Cambridge, UK |
| Carissa Sorensen (Sirois), Ph.D., 2018 |
Postdoctoral Research Assoc., Univ. of Wisconsin, WI |
| Rajamani Selvam, Ph.D., 2018 |
Research Fellow at the FDA, Rockville MD |
| James Fink, Ph.D., 2018 |
Senior Scientist, Cell Biology, Q-State Biosciences, Boston, MA |
| Mandakini Singh, Ph.D., 2017 |
Postdoctoral, UConn Health, Farmington, CT |
| Maegan (Gross) Watson, Ph.D., 2016 |
Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
| John Wizeman, Ph.D., 2016 |
Patent Law, Boston, MA |
| Inseyah Bagasrawala, Ph.D., 2016 |
Scientist, Biogen, Cambridge, MA |
| Richard Lieberman, Ph.D., 2015 |
Scientist, Fulcrum Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA |
| Rodney Ritzel, Ph.D., 2015 |
Postdoctoral, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD |
| Kasey Johnson, Ph.D., 2015 |
Medical Science Liaison at Hologic Inc. |
| Xi Bie, Ph.D., 2015 |
Investment Analyst Intern at Spencer Trask Ventures |
| Kyle Denton, Ph.D., 2015 |
Scientist II, ALS Institute, Cambridge, MA |
| Megan Miller, Ph.D., 2015 |
AAAS S&T Policy Fellow, US Agency for International Development (USAID) |
| Liangfang Zhao, Ph.D., 2014 |
Postdoctoral, Brandeis University, MA |
| Matthew Hammond, MBA, Ph.D., 2014 |
Senior Associate, RA Capital Management, LLC, Boston |
| Katerina Oikonomou, Ph.D., 2014 |
Postdoctoral, University of California, Los Angeles |
| Anthony Giampetruzzi, Ph.D., 2013 |
Postdoctoral, University of Massachusetts Medical School |
| Kumiko (Ijichi) Claycomb, Ph.D., 2013 |
Postdoctoral, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
| Shaina Short, Ph.D., 2013 |
Postdoctoral, University of Utah, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, UT |
| Bharti Manwani, M.D./Ph.D., 2013 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, UT Health McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX |
| Verica Milivojevic, Ph.D., 2012 |
Assistant Professor, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
| Haiying Zhan, Ph.D., 2012 |
Postdoctoral, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
| Wen-Liang Zhou, Ph.D., 2012 |
Government Defense Contractor, CT |
| Lawrence Hsieh, Ph.D., 2011 |
Associate Research Scientist in Neurosurgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
| Chad Siegel, Ph.D., 2011 |
Senior Medical Director at Healthcare Consultancy Group |
| Nicole Jackman, Ph.D., 2011 and M.D., 2013 |
Research track residency in anesthesiology, University of California, San Francisco |
| Drew Kiraly, Ph.D., 2011 and M.D., 2013 |
Physician scientist (research track) residency in Psychiatry at Mt. Sinai, NY |
| Eric Gaier, Ph.D., 2011 and M.D., 2013 |
Research track residency in ophthalmology at Mass Eye and Ear (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
| Jane Sutherland, Ph.D., 2010 |
Postdoctoral, Mannheimer Foundation, Inc |
| Ricka Messer, M.D./Ph.D., 2010 |
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics-Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado |
| Anna Moore, Ph.D., 2010 |
Assistant Professor of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA |
| Robert Claycomb, M.D./Ph.D., 2009 |
Fellow, Vascular Neurology (Stroke), Department of Neuroscience, UC San Diego, School of Medicine, CA |
| Danielle (Bousquet) Moore, Ph.D., 2009 |
Clinical Team Lead at Syneos Health, Raleigh-Durham, NC |
| Zhou Han, Ph.D., 2008 |
Senior Scientist, Stoke Therapeutics, Boston, MA |
| Joseph Cruz Madara, Ph.D., 2008 |
Postdoctoral, Scripps Institute, La Jolla, CA |
| Dori Schafer, Ph.D., 2008 |
Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School, MA |
| Vedakumar Tatavarty, Ph.D., 2008 |
Postdoctoral, Brandeis University, MA |
| Marius Ifrim, Ph.D., 2008 |
Instructor, Department of Cell Biology, Emory University, GA |
| Mark Niciu, M.D./Ph.D., 2008 |
Clinical Research Fellow at National Institute of Mental Health |
| Yuanzheng Gao, Ph.D., 2007 |
Research Associate, University of Florida, Gainsville, FL |
| Jacqueline Sobota, D.M.D./Ph.D., 2007 |
Assistant Professor, Hostra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, & Associate Program Director, North Shore-LIJ Department of Dental Medicine, Manhasset, NY |
| Birgit Fogal, Ph.D., 2007 |
Principal Scientist at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals |
| Kristian Hedstrom, Ph.D., 2007 |
Program Manager, Neurology at Adelson Medical Research Foundation |
| Mary Hamby, Ph.D., 2007 |
Research Scientist, Neuroinflammation Drug Discovery at Lundbeck, NJ |
| Yang Yang, Ph.D., 2006 |
Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston, MA |
| Jason Cromer, Ph.D., 2006 |
Director of Clinical Science at Cogstate, NY |
| Dale Fortin, Ph.D., 2006 |
Research Assistant Professor at Washington State University, Vancouver, WA |
| Lei Jin, Ph.D., 2005 |
Science Multimedia Producer, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard Medical School |
| Chana Rabiner, Ph.D., 2005 |
Vice President at SciMetrika, LLC & Founder/Director Global Health Programs |
| Jay Pathmanathan, M.D./Ph.D., 2004 |
Epileptologist, Department of Neurology, Mass General Hospital, Harvard, MA |
| Chang Xu, Ph.D., 2003 |
Associate at the Boston Consulting Group |
| Joseph Trettel, M.D./Ph.D., 2003 |
Medical Director, Neuropsychiatry, The Ayer Neuroscience Institute, Hartford Hospital, CT |
| Christopher Michael Taylor, Ph.D.,2003 |
Principal Scientist at Pfizer, Cambridge, MA |
| William D’Angelo, Ph.D., 2003 |
Engineer, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Headquarters, RI |