Our Team
Principal Investigator
Post-Doctorates
Seetha Krishnan Ph.D.
Ph.D. National University of Singapore
I study the hippocampus spatial map to understand how memory of a context learnt under motivation differs from that learnt under threat.
Antoine Madar
Ph.D.
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison
I study the computations performed by the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus on its cortical inputs and how they support episodic memory.
Douglas Goodsmith Ph.D.
Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
I study how coordination and communication between mossy cells and granule cells in the dentate gyrus support the formation and retrieval of episodic memory.
Graduate Students
Ariana Tortolani
CNS
BSc. Boston University
Investigating the influence of Mossy cells in the dentate gyrus on CA3 neural dynamics during learning.
Bryan Garcia
BSc. University of Central Florida
Investigating memory dynamics in dentate gyrus using 2-photon imaging and engram tagging methods.
Yizhi (Cherry) Wang
BSc. MIT
Investigating how thalamic inputs interact with and modulate interneurons in CA1 to suppress fear memories.
Anqi Jiang
B.A. Macalester College
I study the functional differences between the hemispheres in CA1 and CA3.
Julliana Ramirez-Matias
BSc. University of Michigan
Undergraduate Students
Valerie Barreto
University of Chicago
Working with Heather
Anthony James Jr.
University of Chicago
Working with Chad
Will Carson
University of Chicago
Working with Doug and Antoine
Stacia Konow
University of Chicago
Working with Seetha
Alumni
Post-doctorates
Joe DiPietro - Currently working at Nikon as a Senior Biosystems Applications Manager
Graduate students
Can Dong - PhD in Neuroscience- currently a postdoc in Lisa Giocomo’s lab at Stanford
Chad Heer - PhD in Neuroscience - currently a postdoc in Toshihide Hige’s lab at UNC and a Spire Fellow
Yuhung Chiu - PhD in Physics
Heather Ratigan - PhD in Neuroscience
Undergraduates
Denisse morales-rodriguez - currently at UC-San francisco pursuing her MD-PhD
Sophia vann-adibe
Shai Smith
Roma shah
Mohamed Fawaz
Zinnia Saha
Phoebe Cao
Reilly McClanahan
Lab Technicians
Chery Cherian - Currently at UChicago pursuing his Ph.D. in Neuroscience with Dr. John Maunsell
Madeline Klinger - Currently at UC-Berkeley pursuing her Ph.D. in Neuroscience
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