Meet the Team
Principal Investigator
Dr. Leslie Thompson, PhD
Donald Bren Professor
Associate Professor
Dr. Joan Steffan, PhD
Project Scientists
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Devon Frances Pendlebury, PhD
UCI Neurobiology & Behavior
Dr. Zhuoxing Wu, MD PhD
UCI Biological Chemistry
Dr. Thai B. Nguyen, PhD
UCI Neurobiology & Behavior
Dr. Sima Chokr, Ph.D.
UCI Neurobiology & Behavior
PhD Graduate Students
Jennifer Stocksdale
UCI Neurobiology & Behavior
Mara Burns
UCI Neurobiology & Behavior
Jharrayne McKnight
UCI Neurobiology & Behavior
Marie C Schulte-Bisping
UCI Neurobiology & Behavior
Nicolette McClure
UCI Neurobiology & Behavior
Joey Wong
UCI Biological Chemistry
Project Manager
Research Associates
Interns
Leanne Ho
UCI Neurobiology & Behavior
Navnit Kaur
UCI COMPASS Scholar
Khloe Truong
CSU Long Beach CIRM scholar
Alumni
Dr. Eva Morozko, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
New York University
Dr. Isabella Sanchez, PhD
Medical Student
UC Irvine
Dr. Josesph Ochaba, PhD
Senior Scientist
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
Andrea Reyes-Ortiz, PhD
Manager, gRED Portfolio Strategy & Planning, Genentech
Gianna Fote, PhD
Neurosurgery Resident
UC Irvine
Marketta Kachemov, PhD
UCI Neurobiology & Behavior
Katerina Faye Beck
Galt Grotke
Julia Kulchytska