Ryan Doan

• Thesis title: The study of Schwann cell development, maintenance, and repair using zebrafish and mice: Insights into vertebrate glial cell biology
• Advisor: Monk
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Monk Lab, OHSU

Alexandra Houser

• Thesis title: Structural characterization of δβγ epithelial sodium channels provide insight into channel assembly
• Advisor: Baconguis
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California San Diego

Jennifer Jahncke

• Thesis title: A functional role for Dystroglycan at inhibitory synapses across multiple brain regions
• Advisor: Wright
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Wright Lab, OHSU

Omar Koita

• Thesis title: Regulation of mu-opioid receptors in thalamic pathways of motivation and stress
• Advisor: Williams
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington

Katherine Lehmann

• Thesis title: New populations of neurons reveal novel mechanisms of cell death and astrocyte-dependent neurite pruning
• Advisor: Freeman
• Current/Last known position: Policy Fellow, AAAS Science & Technology

Daniel Orlin

• Thesis title: Exploring the role of mechanosensors, with a focus on TMEM63B, in somatosensory coding
• Advisor: Murthy
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH

Elizabeth Rose

• Thesis title: Alpha-synuclein modulates the repair of genomic DNA double-strand breaks in a DNA-PKcs-regulated manner
• Advisor: Unni
• Current/Last known position: Medical Science Liaison, TG Therapeutics Inc.

Sierra Smith

• Thesis title: Clathrin mediated endocytosis in Alzheimer's Disease: Using biomarkers to uncover disease mechanism
• Advisor: Saugstad
• Current/Last known position: Research Scientist, Providence Healthcare

Teresa Stackhouse

• Thesis title: Spatiotemporal gradient of reactive astrogliosis reflects diminished neurovascular coupling after stroke
• Advisor: Mishra
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, OHSU, Mishra Lab

Amelia Culp (MS)

• Thesis title: Cell type diversity in the norepinephrine signaling network
• Advisor: Mao 
• Current/Last known position: Business Data Analyst, Oregon Longitudinal Data Collaborative

Kim Mount (née Engeln)

• Thesis title: Behavioral and synaptic plasticity accompanying incubation of oxycodone craving
• Advisor: Wolf
• Current/Last known position: Project Director, Washington State Healthcare Authority

Samantha Papadakis

• Thesis title: Prenatal exposure to a western-style diet: Impacts to sensory connectivity and neuroinflammation in the context of sensory processing disorder
• Advisor: Fair
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, OHSU

Prashant Rao

• Thesis title: From brain tissue to structure: The architecture of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors from two distinct brain regions
• Advisor: Gouaux
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Calico Life Sciences

Courtney Bouchet

• Thesis title: Persistent inflammation desensitizes the Presynaptic Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor
• Advisor: Ingram
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Myers Lab, Colorado State University

Alec Condon

• Thesis title: D2 receptor plasticity and effector coupling
• Advisor: Williams
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Associate, Shen Lab, Stanford University, HHMI

Adam Filipowicz

• Thesis title: Neural and molecular mechanisms of pathogen avoidance in caenorhabditis elegans
• Advisor: Aballay
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Allard Lab, University of California, Los Angeles

Julia Halford

• Thesis title: Characterizing the mouse deafness gene BAIAP2L2
• Advisor: Barr-Gillespie
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Murthy Lab, Vollum Institute, OHSU

Alexandria Hulegaard, née Lassetter

• Thesis title: Glial support of axon maintenance requires the TGFβ receptor babo
• Advisor: Freeman
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Granato Lab, University of Pennsylvania

Mateo López Espejo

• Thesis title: Roles of integration and stimulus history in the representation of sound by the auditory cortex of ferrets
• Advisor: David
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Washington

Marc Meadows

• Thesis title: Exocytosis and endocytosis of synaptic vesicles is regulated by calcium
• Advisor: von Gersdorff
• Current/Last known position: Union Representative & Organizer, Oregon AFSCME Council 75

Alexander Nevue

• Thesis title: Molecular specializations of a songbird vocal motor region
• Advisor: Mellow
• Current/Last known position: Scientist, Arc Institute

Hannah Olson

• Thesis title: Regulation of cytoskeletal dynamics promotes proper collective cell migration
• Advisor: Nechiporuk
• Current/Last known position: Research & Development Scientist, Humanetics Corporation

Abinaya Ravisankar

• Thesis title: Study of the role and regulation of master transcription factor, rest, reveals limitations of an in vitro human aging system
• Advisor: Mandel
• Current/Last known position: Product Application, Bioinformatics & Life Sciences, TDK

Petra Richer

• Thesis title: Signaling mechanisms modulating neuron-glia interactions following axonal injury
• Advisor: Logan
• Current/Last known position: Medical Manager, Flywheel Partners

Colin Wakeham

• Thesis title: Characterization of trophoblast glycoprotein in retinal rod bipolar cells
• Advisor: Morgans
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, von Gersdorff Lab, Vollum Institute, OHSU

Sweta Adhikary (MD/PhD)

• Thesis title: Adaptations following chronic opioid treatment in the presynpatic and postsynaptic compartments of neurons
• Advisor: Williams
• Current/Last known position: Resident Physician, Children's Hospital Colorado

Kathleen Beeson

• Thesis title: Functional roles for postsynaptic α2δ-2 proteins in Purkinje cells
• Advisor: Schnell
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School

Charles Heller

• Thesis title: State-dependent representation of sound by neural population activity in auditory cortex
• Advisor: David
• Current/Last known position: Senior Data Engineer, incite.ag

John Koberstein

• Thesis title: Engineering fluorescent protein biosensors to monitor glycolytic metabolism
• Advisor: Goodman
• Current/Last known position: Bioinformatics Specialist, Janelia Research Campus, HHMI

Joseph Leffler

• Thesis title: Mapping the receptive field structure and functional connectivity of genetically identified amacrine cells in mouse retina
• Advisor: Taylor
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Sivyer Lab, OHSU

Tzu-Huai Lin

• Thesis title: A genetic approach to understanding axonal mitochondrial biology
• Advisor: Freeman
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins University

Kylie McPherson

• Thesis title: Defining physiological heterogeneity and opioid receptor regulation within the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray provides a framework to better understand descending pain modulation
• Advisor: Ingram
• Current/Last known position: Associate Director of Research, Misophonia Research Fund

Daniel Miller

• Thesis title: The role of dystroglycan in interneuron development
• Advisor: Wright
• Current/Last known position: Research Scientist, Minerva Biotechnologies

Alexandria Pincus (MD/PhD)

• Thesis title: Assessing sensory and parasympathetic contributions to airway hyperreactivity using optogenetic activation and multicolor labeling of airway neurons
• Advisor: Jacoby
• Current/Last known position: Medical Student, OHSU

Antoinette Foster

• Thesis: Exploring the transcriptional and translational profiles of cells across the oligodendrocyte lineage
• Advisor: Emery
• Current/Last known position: Director of Community Transformation, Racial Equity Center, OHSU

Erica Hanson

• Thesis: Rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM) pain modulating neurons in male and female rats with persistent pain
• Advisor: Westbrook
• Current/Last known position: Privacy Specialist, Cambia Health Solutions

Jiun-Min Hsu

• Thesis: Injury-induced inhibition of bystander neurons requires dsarm and signaling from glia
• Advisor: Freeman
• Current/Last known position: Senior Scientist, NuraBio

Emily Leff

• Thesis: Chronic morphine treatment induces heterologous alterations in acute kinase-dependent desensitization
• Advisor: Williams
• Current/Last known position: AI Trainer, Biology Domain Expert, Outlier

Danielle Mathieson (MS)

• Thesis: Examining slo regulation of astrocyte morphology and neuronal excitability
• Advisor: Freeman
• Current/Last known position: Program Director, Minds Matter Portland

Taylor Mighell

• Thesis: Discovering and interpreting genetic variation in neurological disorders
• Advisor: O'Roak
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Genomic Regulation

Leah Schwartz

• Thesis: Effects of attention and arousal on neural activity in auditory cortex
• Advisor: David
• Current/Last known position: Research Application Analyst, Knight Cancer Institute, OHSU

Kevin Burfeind (MD/PhD)

• Thesis: Infiltrating and resident myeloid cells in the central nervous system are neuroinflammatory mediators of cachexia during pancreatic cancer
• Advisor: Marks
• Current/Last known position: Anesthesiology Resident, OHSU

Brian Jones

• Thesis: Investigation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor
• Advisor: Westbrook
• Current/Last known position: Health Science Undergraduate Laboratory Coordinator, Carleton University

Cymon Kersch (MD/PhD)

• Thesis: The heterogeneous microenvironment of malignant primary and metastatic central nervous system tumors
• Advisor: Neuwelt
• Current/Last known position: Resident, Providence Internal Medicine

William Hendricks

• Thesis: Functional impacts of neurogenesis and axonal sprouting in epilepsy
• Advisor: Schnell
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Adesnik Lab, University of California, Berkeley

Lucille Moore

• Thesis: Synaptic transmission and electrical resonance in early auditory processing
• Advisor: Trussell
• Current/Last known position: Project & Technical Project Manager, Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain, University of Minnesota

Daniela Saderi

• Thesis: Modulation of neural activity in auditory cortex and midbrain by sensory and behavioral context
• Advisor: David
• Current/Last known position: Co-Founder/Director, PREreview

Matthew Simon

• Thesis: The role of AQP4 and the astrocytic endfoot in CSF-ISF exchange and brain waste clearance
• Advisor: Iliff
• Current/Last known position: Senior Scientist, Denali Therapeutics

Nathan Yoder

• Thesis: Gating and modulation of acid-sensing ion channels
• Advisor: Gouaux
• Current/Last known position: Scientific Lead in Structural Biology, LOXO@Lilly

Reena Clements

• Thesis: Dystroglycan stabilization of basement membranes regulates development of the visual system
• Advisor: Wright
• Current/Last known position: Associate Product Manager, Reperio Health
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Glynis Mattheisen

• Thesis title: G-Protein Regulation of voltage-Gated Sodium Channels by Allosteric Modulators of the Calcium-Sensing Receptor
• Advisor: Smith, Stephen
• Current/Last known position: Senior Analytics Engineer, Exscientia

Heather McConnell

• Thesis title: Ferumoxytol iron oxide nanoparticles as a magnetic resonance contrast agent in central nervous system lesions
• Advisor: Muldoon/Neuwelt
• Current/Last known position: Senior Scientific Writer, Houston Methodist

Itallia Pacentine

• Thesis title: Molecular composition and protein interactions in the mechano-electrical transduction complex of zebrafish sensory hair cells
• Advisor: Nicolson
• Current/Last known position: Computational Biologist, Knight Cancer Institute, OHSU
• Contact

Zachary Urdang (MD/PhD)

• Thesis title: Toll-like receptor four and neutrophil contributions to endotoxemia-enhanced aminoglycoside ototoxicity
• Advisor: Neuwelt
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Otolaryngology, Thomas Jefferson University

Gabe Knoll

• Thesis title: The cytokine-induced sickness response: investigations of how the central nervous system controls the biological response to disease
• Advisor: Marks
• Contact

Benjamin Murphy-Baum

• Thesis title: Inhibitory circuits generate distinct spatiotemporal receptive field properties in retinal neurons
• Advisor: Taylor
• Current/Last known position: Software Engineer, Sutter Instrument
• Contact

Nathan Nelson (MS)

• Thesis title: Developmental effects of nonuniform acetylcholine receptor expression on motor neuron and synapse morphology in larval zebrafish
• Advisor: Brehm
• Current/Last known position: Student, Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building, Port Haldlock, WA
• Contact

Benjamin Rakela

• Thesis title: Astrocytic modulation of neuronal signaling in a mouse model of Rett Syndrome
• Advisor: Brehm/Mandel
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, San Francisco

Christopher Vaaga

• Thesis title: Synaptic computations in the olfactory bulb glomerular microcircuit
• Advisor: Westbrook
• Current/Last known position: Assistant Professor, Colorado State University
• Contact

QiLiang Chen (MD/PhD)

• Thesis title: Transmission of noxious information to a brainstem pain-modulating circuit
• Advisor: Heinricher
• Current/Last known position: Instructor, Stanford

Madalynn Erb

• Thesis title: Transcriptional regulation in spinal cord motor neuron specification and motor neuron subtype development
• Advisor: Lee
• Current/Last known position: Research Scientist, Van Andel Institute
• Contact

Nora Hammack (MS)

• Thesis title: Characterization of the light response of rostral ventromedial medulla pain-modulating neurons
• Advisor: Heinricher
• Current/Last known position: Software Engineer, Healthy Together
• Contact

Gukhan Kim

• Thesis title: Synaptic localization of SK2 channels
• Advisor: Adelman
• Current/Last known position: Senior Scientist, Merck 
• Contact

Paul Kramer

• Thesis title: New roles for metabotropic glutamate receptor signaling in the physiology and pathology of dopamine neurons
• Advisor: Williams
• Current/Last known position: Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
• Contact

Hsin-Wei Lu

• Thesis title: Pre- and post-synaptic regulation of interneuron microcircuits in cerebellum-like structures
• Advisor: Trussell
• Current/Last known position: Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University, Life Sciences
• Contact

Caitlin Monaghan

• Thesis title: REST Corepressors 1/2: Balancing proliferation and differentiation in the developing nervous system
• Advisor: Mandel
• Current/Last known position: Senior Research Scientist, RNA Biology, Tevard Biosciences
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Maria Purice

• Thesis title: Molecular mechanisms of glial immune responses to neurodegeneration in the young and aged CNS
• Advisor: Logan
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Singhvi Lab, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
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Danielle Robinson

• Thesis title: The role of the myotubularin pseudophosphatase MTMR13 in myelination and disease
• Advisor: Robinson
• Current/Last known position: President & Executive Director, Code for Science & Society
• Contact

Marie Xun Wang

• Thesis title: Lysosomal abnormalities in oligodendrocytes in murine models of Krabbe Disease
• Advisor: Petryniak
• Current/Last known position: Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, Pfizer
• Contact

Courtney Williams

• Thesis title: Calcium regulation of inhibitory synaptic transmission
• Advisor: Smith
• Current/Last known position: Nursing student, Duke University

Lilly Winfree

• Thesis title: The role of protein phosphatase 4 in glial immune responses to neuronal injury
• Advisor: Logan
• Current/Last known position: Senior Product Manager, data.world

Carolina Borges-Merjane

• Thesis title: Glutamate-activated currents in unipolar brush cells
• Advisor: Trussell
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biozentrum, University of Basel
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Stephanie Gantz

• Thesis title: Leveraging the occurrence of spontaneous D2 receptor-mediated IPSCs to understand the dopamine systems
• Advisor: Williams
• Current/Last known position: Assistant Professor, University of Iowa

Alexandria Harrold

• Thesis title: Complex regulation of olig2 activity during spinal cord development
• Advisor: Lee
• Current/Last known position: Senior Medical Science Liaison, Biogen
• Contact

Jeannie Hunnicutt

• Thesis title: An investigation of input integration in the mouse basal ganglia
• Advisor: Mao
• Current/Last known position: Staff Software Engineer, Kyruus Health
• Contact

Nathan Klett

• Thesis title: GABA Transmission in the suprachiasmatic nucleus
• Advisor: Allen
• Current/Last known position: Researcher, Leiden University Medical Center
• Contact

Chia-Hsueh Lee

• Thesis title: The X-ray structure of NMDA receptor
• Advisor: Gouaux
• Current/Last known position: Assistant Member, St. Jude Children's Hospital
• Contact

Anne Logan

• Thesis title: Roles of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases and 3-phosphates in schwann cell myelination
• Advisor: Robinson
• Current/Last known position: Physician Assistant, Confluence Health
• Contact

Karen Thiebes

• Thesis title: MicroRNA function in developing spinal cord motor neurons
• Advisor: Lee
• Current/Last known position: Founder/CEO, Simplified Science Publishing 
• Contact

Biliana Veleva-Rotse

• Thesis title: Strad pseudokinases are critical in embryonic brain development and in regulating LKB1 stability
• Advisor: Barnes
• Current/Last known position: Senior Director, Fabry Global Medical and Medicines Lead, Amicus Therapeutics

Delia Chiu

• Thesis title: Investigation of three aspects of glutamate physiology
• Advisor: Jahr
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles
• Contact

Ryan Gardner

• Thesis title: The role of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans and protein tyrosine phosphatase sigma in sympathetic nerve remodeling and arrhythmia susceptibility after myocardial infarction
• Advisor: Habecker
• Current/Last known position: Senior Medical Science Liaison, Merz Therapeutics
• Contact

Karin Mullendorff

• Thesis title: Study of the master neuronal regulator REST in adult brain
• Advisor: Mandel
• Contact

Derek Musashe

• Thesis title: Insulin-like signaling regulates glial immune responses to axon degeneration in drosophila melanogaster
• Advisor: Logan
• Current/Last known position: Associate Director, Medical Science Liaison, Amicus Therapeutics
• Contact

Dominic Siler

• Thesis title: Mechanisms of microvascular dysfunction following subarachnoid hemorrhage
• Advisor: Alkayed
• Current/Last known position: Resident Physician, OHSU
• Contact

Shane Tillo

• Thesis title: An investigation of PKA phosphorylation gradients and a mechanism for their enhancement
• Advisor: Zhong

Karen Tonsfeldt

• Thesis title: GABA_a plasticity during persistent inflammation in male and female rats
• Advisor: Ingram
• Current/Last known position: Assistant Project Scientist, University of California, San Diego
• Contact

Pierre Apostolides

• Thesis title: Cellular and network mechanisms for generatin inhibition in the mouse dorsal cochlear nucleus
• Advisor: Trussell
• Current/Last known position: Assistant Professor, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan Medical School
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Robert Cargill

• Thesis title: Regulation of VEGF by TEAD4 and HIF-1α in murine oxygen-induced retinopathy
• Advisor: Appukuttan/Stout
• Current/Last known position: CEO & Co-Founder, Glionics, Inc.
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Molly Harding

• Thesis title: Regulation of cell shape during development of the nervous system
• Advisor: Nechiporuk
• Current/Last known position: AP Biology Teacher, St. Mary's Academy, Portland, OR
• Contact

Deniz Kusefoglu (MS)

• Thesis title: Long-rang thalamic projections to neocortex and basal ganglia: A model for the mesoscopic connectome
• Advisor: Mao
• Current/Last known position: Software Engineer, Vercel
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Jenna Ramaker

• Thesis title: A role for amyloid precursor proteins in regulating neuronal motility
• Advisor: Copenhaver
• Current/Last known position: OHSU Master's in Public Health student
• Contact

Isabelle Baconguis

• Thesis title: Structural plasticity and dynamic selectivity of acid-sensing ion channel- toxin complexes
• Advisor: Gouaux
• Current/Last known position: Assistant Scientist, Vollum Institute, OHSU
• Contact

Jeremy Bushman

• Thesis title: Study of a glycine hinge in ATP-sensitive potassium channels
• Advisor: Shyng 
• Current/Last known position: Co-Founder, EndoRel Biosciences

Daniel Cleary (MD/PhD)

• Thesis title: Opioid-sensitive brainstem neurons seperately modulate pain and respiration
• Advisor: Heinricher
• Current/Last known position: Neurosurgery Fellow, OHSU

Jason Deignan

• Thesis title: The subtype specific roles of SK2 and SK3 channels in dopamine neurons of the substantia nigra
• Advisor: Adelman
• Current/Last known position: Senior Account Manager, G.S.D. Associates, Inc.
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Zev Einhorn

• Thesis title: Rabconnectin3α promotes stable activity of the H+-pump on synaptic vesicles in hair cells
• Advisor: Nicolson
• Current/Last known position: Associate Director Hematology Customer & Market Insights, Bristol Myers Squibb
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Jeffrey Hubbard

• Thesis title: Two spatially and temporally distinct sources of calcium contribute to vesicle release at the zebrafish neuromuscular junction
• Advisor: Brehm
• Current/Last known position: CSO, Slice Electrophysiology, Neuroservices-Alliance
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Brian Jenkins

• Thesis title: The role of Kinesin-3 family members in dendrite-selective transport
• Advisor: Banker
• Current/Last known position: Senior Core Scientist, Advanced Light Microscopy Core, OHSU
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Aya Matsui

• Thesis title: In search of opioid sensitive GABA afferents to midbrain dopamine neurons
• Advisor: Williams
• Current/Last known position: Senior Research Associate, Gouaux Lab, OHSU
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Julia Perederiy

• Thesis title: Lesion of the perforant path triggers a biphasic neurognic response in the adult dentate gyrus
• Advisor: Westbrook
• Current/Last known position: Founder, President, OmBiome
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Kateri Spinelli

• Thesis title: Molecular characterization of hair cell metabolism and tip link damage
• Advisor: Barr-Gillespie
• Current/Last known position: Research Leader, Providence Heart Institute

Cadence True

• Thesis title: Regulation of arcuate nucleus kisspeptin/neurokinin B and gonadotropin-releasing hormone during negative energy balance
• Advisor: Smith, Susan
• Current/Last known position: Technology Collaboration Manager, OHSU
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Evan Vickers

• Thesis title: Dynamic lateral feedback inhibition in the retina
• Advisor: von Gersdorff
• Current/Last known position: Research Associate, University of Oregon
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Michael Walogorsky

• Thesis title: Self repair in a zebrafish model for slow-channel myasthenic syndrome
• Advisor: Brehm
• Current/Last known position: Chemistry, Physics, Robotics Teacher, Essex High School
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Rebecca Williams-Karnesky (MD/PhD)

• Thesis title: Epigenic changes induced by adenosine augmentation therapy prevent epileptogenesis
• Advisor: Boison
• Current/Last known position: Assistant Professor, Northwestern University

Clayton Winkler

• Thesis title: Hyaluronan and its degradation products have opposing effects on experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis pathogenesis that are dependent and independent of CD44
• Advisor: Sherman
• Current/Last known position: Staff Scientist, NIH
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Hongyu Zhao

• Thesis title: Molecular and biochemical studies of the hair bundle
• Advisor: Barr-Gillespie
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
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Amy Bruestle Packard

• Thesis title: Studies on poly-ICLC treatment as a potent neuroprotective therapy against ischemic brain injury
• Advisor: Stenzel-Poore
• Current/Last known position: Graduate Medical Education Program Manager, University of Cincinnati
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Wilmon Grant

• Thesis title: The effects of a maternal high fat diet on hepatic innervation n the nonhuman primate
• Advisor: Marks
• Current/Last known position: Global Medical Director, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Biogen

Aaron Grossberg (MD/PhD)

• Thesis title: Inflammatory regulation of hypothalamic neurons in sickness behavior
• Advisor: Marks
• Current/Last known position: Assistant Professor, Radiation Medicine, OHSU
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Melissa Hernandez

• Thesis title: The effect of ischemia on cerebellar purkinje cell GABAA receptors
• Advisor: Herson
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Salk Institute for Biological Sciences

Dustin Johnsen

• Thesis title: Cellular mechanisms of neurodegeneration and neuroprotection in the mammalian cortex
• Advisor: Murphy
• Current/Last known position: Mortgage Loan Originator, OnPoint Community Credit Union
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Sidney Kuo

• Thesis title: Inhibitory synaptic transmission in early auditory processing
• Advisor: Trussell
• Current/Last known position: Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
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Shin Lee

• Thesis title: Implications of neuropeptide Y induction in the dorsomedial hypothalamus for hyperphagia and obesity
• Advisor: Grove
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich
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Daniel Lioy-Ryan

• Thesis title: Determining the cellular basis of a neurodevelopmental disease: MeCP2 dysfunction in glia and neurons
• Advisor: Mandel
• Current/Last known position: Founder, Cats in the City

Stephen Magill (MD/PhD)

• Thesis title: Identification of microRNA-132/212 function in vivo
• Advisor: Goodman
• Current/Last known position: Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
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Marnie Preston

• Thesis title: Novel mechanisms underlying hyaluronan-mediated remyelination failure
• Advisor: Sherman
• Current/Last known position: Principal Scientist, InVivo Biosystems
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Artur Riddle (MD/PhD)

• Thesis title: Histopathological and MRI correlates of perinatal white matter injury
• Advisor: Back
• Current/Last known position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, OHSU
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Kimmy Su (MD/PhD)

• Thesis title: In vivo and in vitro characterization of the p66ShcA inactivation: Axonal and neuronal protection in the context of multiple sclerosis
• Advisor: Forte/Bourdette
• Current/Last known position: Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Washington
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Ilya Buldyrev

• Thesis title: The role of inner retinal inhibitory circuits in tuning off retinal ganglion cell output
• Advisor: Taylor
• Current/Last known position: Physical Therapist, BJC Healthcare
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Forrest Davis

• Thesis title: Altered Purkinje cell pacemaking underlies motor deficits in mouse models of cerebellar ataxia
• Advisor: Adelman

Jessica Martin

• Thesis title: BDNF in developing aortic baroreceptors & its role in the dendritic morphagenesis of neurons from the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius
• Advisor: Balkoweic
• Current/Last known position: Senior Associate, Healthcare & Life Sciences, True
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Matthew McGinley

• Thesis title: Network dynamics in olfactory cortical subregions
• Advisor: Westbrook
• Current/Last known position: Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
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Rebecca Mongeon

• Thesis title: The molecular determinants of synaptic current kinetics at zebrafish neuromuscular junctions
• Advisor: Mandel
• Current/Last known position: Principal Scientist, BioTek Instruments
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Nidia Quillinan

• Thesis title: Opioid agonists differentially engage and regulate mu opioid receptor desensitization, trafficking and recovery from desnsitization
• Advisor: Williams
• Current/Last known position: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center
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Emily Pratt (MD/PhD)

• Thesis title: Functional and structural interactions within pancreatic ATP-sensitive potassium channels
• Advisor: Shyng
• Current/Last known position: Pediatrician, Hillsboro Pediatric Clinic, LLC
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Rachel Sanchez

• Thesis title: Ovarian steroid regulation of the midbrain corticotropin releasing factor and urocortin systems in macaques
• Advisor: Bethea
• Current/Last known position: Instructor, Biological Sciences, Portland Community College
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Katherine Saylor (MS)

• Thesis title: Developmental regulation of fascin and plastin actin crosslinkers in the chicken basilar papilla
• Advisor: Barr-Gillespie
• Current/Last known position: Fellow in Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Genetics and Genomics, University of Pennsylvania
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Nicholas Vyleta

• Thesis title: Developmental regulation of fascin and plastin actin crosslinkers in the chicken basilar papilla
• Advisor: Barr-Gillespie
• Current/Last known position: Researcher, University of British Columbia
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Jill Wentzell

• Thesis title: Developmental regulation of fascin and plastin actin crosslinkers in the chicken basilar papilla
• Advisor: Barr-Gillespie
• Current/Last known position: Executive Director, Wu Tsai Neuroscience Institute, Stanford University
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Adriana Andrade Focke

• Thesis title: Excitotoxic mechanisms in the hippocampus and cerebellum during brain ischemia
• Advisor: Rossi
• Current/Last known position: Host, Ignite Media

Anna Barsukova

• Thesis title: The role of cyclophilin D in mitochondrial calcium homeostasis in adult neurons
• Advisor: Forte/Bourdette

DeAunne Denmark (MD, PhD)

• Thesis title: From QTL to QTG: Molecular and biochemical studies toward understanding the influence of a mouse chromosom 1 locus on alcohol withdrawal vulnerability
• Advisor: Buck
• Current/Last known position: Senior Director, Translational Medicine & Clinical Development, SomaLogic 
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Paul Focke

• Thesis title: Electron paramagnetic resonance measurements on the bacterial glutamate transporter homologGlt_Phin distinct states
• Advisor: Larsson
• Current/Last known position: Patent Engineer, Daimler Truck

Bernadette Grayson

• Thesis title: Early development of body-weight regulation systems in the nonhuman primate in utero effects of high-fat diet
• Advisor: Grove
• Current/Last known position: Associate Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center

Melissa Herman

• Thesis title: Control of extracellular glutamate by transporters in the CNS
• Advisor: Jahr
• Current/Last known position: Researcher, Charite Medical School, Berlin, Germany
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Yuil Kim (MD/PhD)

• Thesis title: Studies on the electrical properties of the dorsal cochlear nucleus cartwheel neurons
• Advisor: Trussell
• Current/Last known position: Medical Resident, Korea

Jennifer Petersen

• Thesis title: Trafficking of polarized membrane proteins in developing and mature hippocampal neurons
• Advisor: Banker
• Current/Last known position: Scientist, NIH
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Joyce Wondolowski

• Thesis title: Cell type selective expression of a slow AMPA/kainate EPSC in hippocampai interneurons
• Advisor: Frerking
• Current/Last known position: Physical therapist, The Balance Lab
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Duane Allen

• Thesis title: The organization and regulation of small conductance calcium activated K channel (KCNN2) multiprotein complexes
• Advisor: Adelman
• Current/Last known position: Research Assistant Professor, Biology Department, University of Minnesota, Duluth
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Joe Aslan

• Thesis title: PACS-2 integrates interorganellar communication pathways of cellular homeostasis and apoptosis
• Advisor: Thomas
• Current/Last known position: Associate Professor, Knight Cardiovascular Institute, OHSU
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William Birdsong

• Thesis title: Acid sensing ion channels: Coincident detection of ischemia by a channel-channel interaction
• Advisor: McCleskey
• Current/Last known position: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Sonja Billes

• Thesis title: Mechanism of weight loss by centrally-acting catecholaminergic drugs
• Advisor: Cowley
• Current/Last known position: Freelance Scientific Writer

Nicholas Oesch

• Thesis title: Synaptic and dendritic mechanisms mediating direction-selective signaling in the retina
• Advisor: Taylor
• Current/Last known position: Assistant Research Scientist, University of California, San Diego
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Michael Pellegrino

• Thesis title: An analysis of nerve growth factor-dependent differentiation and neurite outgrowth in the PC12 cell model system
• Advisor: Stork
• Current/Last known position: Director, US Medical Liaison Team, Merz Therapeutics
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Edmund Reese

• Thesis title: Trace amine-associated receptor 1: A novel target of methamphetamine
• Advisor: Grandy
• Current/Last known position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Physiology & Pharmacology, OHSU

Linda Ruggiero

• Thesis title: Developmental regulation of melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells and its effects on circadian function
• Advisor: Robinson
• Current/Last known position: Clinical Nurse, Penn Medicine

Tarcisco Velho

• Thesis title: The genomic response to song and the representation of complex sounds in the auditory system of zebra finches
• Advisor: Mello
• Current/Last known position: Professor, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte