People
  • Samuel J. Pleasure, MD/PhD

    Glenn W. Johnson, Jr. Memorial Endowed Chair
    Professor, Department of Neurology, UCSF
    Neuroscience, Tetrad, DSCB Graduate Programs
    Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research
    Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience

    Sandler Neurosciences Center, Box 3206
    675 Nelson Rising Lane, Room 214
    San Francisco, CA 94158
    Phone (Office) 415-502-5683
    Phone (Lab) 415-514-4949
    Fax 415-502-7168
    [email protected]

  • Andoni
    Andoni I. Asencor, BA

    Neuroscience Ph.D. Candidate

    Fondazione Dompé Scholar (2024-2027)
    ARCS Foundation Scholar (2024-2026)
    SfN NSP Fellow (2024-2026)
    MBL SPINES Fellow (2024)
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  • Anjali
    Anjali Sharma

    UC Berkeley Undergraduate Student

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  • Arren
    Arren Ramsey, BA

    Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. Student

    NSF GRFP Honorable Mention (2025)
    Matilda Edlund Fellowship (2024-2025)
    IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience ECTP (2023)
    [email protected]

  • Holder
    Britta Lindquist, MD/PhD

    Assistant Clinical Professor

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  • Daniela
    Daniela Moura, PhD

    Specialist

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  • Debanjana
    Debanjana Chakravarty, PhD

    Postdoctoral Fellow

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  • Elaine
    Elaine Guo

    UCSD Undergraduate Student

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  • Greer
    Greer Waldrop, MD

    Clinical Fellow

    Sarcoidosis Research Foundation Fellow
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  • Iris
    Iris Tilton, BA

    Staff Research Associate

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  • Jing Zhou
    Jing Zhou, PhD

    Assistant Researcher

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  • LauraCocas
    Laura Cocas, PhD

    Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCSF

    Associate Professor, Santa Clara University
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  • Holder
    Marius Suarez

    SFSU Undergraduate Student

    SFSU CIRM COMPASS IPSCS Scholar
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  • Melody
    Melody Lun, MD/PhD

    Adjunct Instructor, Neonatology

    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Pediatric Scientist Development Program (2022-2025)
    American Academy of Pediatrics/American Pediatric Society Scholar
    [email protected]

  •  Nazia
    Nazia Islam

    UC Berkeley Undergraduate Student

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  • Sarina
    Sarina Ehteshamzadeh Ganjbakhsh, MS

    TETRAD Ph.D. Student

    Fondazione Dompé Scholar (2025-2028)
    Samsung Scholarship (2020-2022)
    [email protected]

  • ThomasNgo
    Thomas Ngo, BA

    Associate Specialist

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  • TrungHuynh
    Trung Huynh, BA

    Lab Manager

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  • Varsha
    Varsha Ravi, BS

    Junior Specialist

    UCSF PREP Scholar (2025-2026)
    [email protected]

Alumni

Jessica Arela – Undergraduate Student

Carmen Avilés – Staff Research Associate

Anil Bagri, MD/PhD – Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow

Christopher Bartley, MD/PhD – Clinical and Postdoctoral Fellow

Omri Berger – Medical Student/Doris Duke Fellow

Ethan Bodle – MD Student

Elizabeth Buchen – Neuroscience Graduate Student

PeiXi (Endi) Chen, MS – Associate Specialist

Youngshik Choe, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow

Laura Cocas, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow

Jennifer Freese, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow

Gloria Fernandez Garcia – PhD Student

Wei Guan, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow

Szu-Min Han – Staff Research Associate

Xiaoping He, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow

Jonathan Hecht, MD/PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow

Carrie Horn – Staff Research Associate

Anthony S. Kim – MD Student

Abe Langseth, PhD – PhD Student

Guangnan Li, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow

Yong Lin, MD - Visiting Professor

Roeben Munji, PhD – PhD Student

Hui Xuan Ng, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow

Hirofumi Noguchi, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow

Mercedes Paredes – MD/PhD Student

Darya Pino, PhD – PhD Student

Christine Pozniak, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow

Julie Siegenthaler, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow

Baouyen Tran, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow

Rebecca Wolsky – Staff Research Assistant

Ni-Chi Wu – Staff Research Associate

Odessa Yabut, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow

Keejung Yoon, PhD - Visiting Professor

Kostantinos Zarbalis, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow

Chunjie Zhao, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow

Chengji Zhou, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow