Meet the Lab

Brenda Avila
Research Coordinator

Evelyn Chang
Research Coordinator

Steve Flores
Applications Programmer

Liv McMillan
Chief of Operations

Novelle Meza
Research Coordinator

Mithra Sathishkumar
Neuroimaging Analyst

Scotty Simmons
MRI Technologist

Derek Taylor
Director of Scientific Computing

Lisa Taylor
Neuroimaging Analyst

Nandita Tuteja
Research Coordinator

Jenna Adams, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar

Caroline Chwiesko, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar

Soyun Kim, Ph.D.
Project Scientist

Jerod Rasmussen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Yuguang (Irene) Zhao, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher

Dale Zhou, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher

Destiny Berisha
Graduate Student

Abbey Houchin
Graduate Student

Bianca Leonard
MSTP Student

Gimarie Irizarry Martínez 
Graduate Student

Deja Lee

Joshua Nguyen

Rushika Weerackoon

Adele Gilpin, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor

Marco Peters, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor

Paul Rapp, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor

Nick Tustison, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor

Grad/Postdoc Alumni

Kyeongho Byun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Incheon National University, Seoul

Luis Colon-Perez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of North Texas Health

Miranda Chappel-Farley, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh

Natalie DiProspero, Ph.D.

Sandra Gattas, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow and MSTP MS3 Scholar, UCI Health

Steven Granger, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, McLean Hospital, Harvard University

Sarah Kark, Ph.D.
Senior Digital Neuroscientist, AiCure

Stephanie Leal, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Rice University

Freddie Márquez, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California San Diego

Maria Montchal, Ph.D.
Legislative Aide for CA Assemblymember Alex Lee 25th District

Zachariah Reagh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Washington University St. Louis

Jared Roberts, M.S.
Jared passed away unexpectedly in 2016 (read more)

Rebecca Stevenson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California Berkeley

Sarah K. Tighe, M.D.
In private practice, Anchorage, AK

Jessica Yaros, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Labs

Undergraduate Alumni

Daniel Borota, M.D.
Maria Bangash, B.A.
Allen Chang, Ph.D.
Amanda Chun, B.S.
Michelle Doan, B.S.
Stephanie Doering, B.S.
Corey Fernandez, Ph.D.
Sophia Fleming-Benite, B.A.
Joanna Gamble, B.A.
Thalia Georgiou, B.S.
Navid Ghaffari, B.S.
Mariam Guirguis, B.S.
Nikki Hattamian, B.S.
Martina Hollearn, B.S.
Alisha Jamil, B.A.
Samuel Ji, D.O.
Robert Jirsaraie, B.S.
Vishali Kapoor, B.S.
Krista Kernodle, B.A.
Jennifer Kim, M.D.
Enoch Koo, B.S.
Eli Levitt, B.A.
Maria Ly, M.D., Ph.D.
Blake Miranda, B.A.
Abanoub Mikhail, B.A.
Novelle Meza, B.S.
Saum Naderi, B.S.
Natasha Ng, B.A.
Jessica Noche, M.A.
Jennifer Ocin, B.A.
Ali Ozgur, B.S.
Carlene Partow, B.A.
Vincent Perez, B.S.
Pouyan Pouresfandiari, B.S.
Diana Salama, B.A.
Faissal Sharif, B.S.
Anna Smith, B.S.
Daniel Spira, B.A.
Lea Stith, B.S.
Hung Tran, B.S.
Adam Trigui, B.A.
Matthew Tsai, M.D.
Kaitlin Vick, B.S.
Joseph Watabe, B.A.
Ayobami Ward, M.D.
Rebecca Wilder, B.A.
Amanda Woodward, B.A.