Lab Members

Meet the Team

Principal Investigator

Dr. Leslie Thompson, PhD

Donald Bren and Chancellor’s Professor

Associate Professor

Dr. Joan Steffan, PhD

Project Scientists

Dr. Jack Reidling, PhD

Dr. Ryan Lim, PhD

Dr. Jenny Wu, PhD

Dr. Lisa Salazar, PhD

Dr. Charlene Smith, PhD

Dr. Sarah Hernandez, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Devon Frances Pendlebury, PhD

Dr. Zhuoxing Wu, MD PhD

Dr. Thai B. Nguyen, PhD
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
Biological Chemistry

Project Manager

Yuna Muyshondt, MPH

Research Associates

Alice Lau, MSc

Keona Wang, MSc

Ricardo Miramontes

Amber Rose Keith

Interns

Galt Grotke

Julia Kulchytska

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

Dr. Emily Sontag, PhD
Assistant Professor
Marquette University



Project Scientist
Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Andrea Reyes-Ortiz, PhD
Manager, gRED Portfolio Strategy & Planning, Genentech

Gianna Fote, PhD
Medical Student
UC Irvine

Iliana Herrera

Marketta Kachemov, PhD
UCI Neurobiology & Behavior

Katerina Faye Beck