Principal Investigators (PIs)
Dr. Martha Gillette Director, Neuroscience Program Professor, Cellular and Developmental Biology Expertise: Neurobiology of small circuits; cell and regenerative biology |
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Dr. Hyunjoon (Joon) Kong Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Pathology Expertise: Biomaterials and organoid engineering |
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Dr. Rashid Bashir Head, Bioengineering Grainger Distinguished Chair of Engineering Expertise: Biofabrication |
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Dr. Neal Cohen Founding Director, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute Expertise: Cognitive neuroscience of human learning & memory |
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Dr. Jonathan Sweedler Director, School of Chemical Sciences Professor, Chemistry Expertise: Analytical chemistry of neuromodulatory compounds |
Executive Committee
Dr. Martha Gillette Director, Neuroscience Program Professor, Cellular and Developmental Biology Expertise: Neurobiology of small circuits; cell and regenerative biology |
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Dr. Hyunjoon (Joon) Kong Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Pathology Expertise: Biomaterials and organoid engineering |
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Dr. Rashid Bashir Head, Bioengineering Grainger Distinguished Chair of Engineering Expertise: Biofabrication |
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Dr. Neal Cohen Founding Director, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute Expertise: Cognitive neuroscience of human learning & memory |
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Dr. Jonathan Sweedler Director, School of Chemical Sciences Professor, Chemistry Expertise: Analytical chemistry of neuromodulatory compounds |
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Dr. Brad Sutton Technical Director, Biomedical Imaging Center Abel Bliss Faculty Scholar, College of Engineering Professor, Bioengineering Expertise: Brain fMRI imaging |
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Dr. Hee Jung Chung Associate Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience Expertise: Brain plasticity/pathology |
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Dr. Deborah Leckband Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Professor, Chemistry Expertise: Biophysics |
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Dr. Daniel Llano Associate Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology; Physician/Surgeon Expertise: Computational Biology, Imaging, Neurobiology, Optogenetics, Sensory Processing |
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Dr. Justin Rhodes Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience Expertise: Genetics and Voluntary Behavior |
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Dr. Taher Saif Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering, Neuroscience Expertise: Biomechanics & Nanomechanics |
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Dr. Stephen Boppart Professor and Interim Director, IHSI Director, Center for Optical Molecular Imaging Professor and Grainger Distinguished Chair of Engineering Expertise: Optical Imaging Technologies |
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Dr. Sepideh Sadaghiani Associate Professor of Psychology and Bioengineering Expertise: Cognitive Neuroscience |
Program Evaluator
Dr. Lizanne DeStefano Associate Dean in the College of Sciences, Executive Director of CEISMC, and Professor at the School of Psychology Georgia Institute of Technology |
Program Coordinator
Dorothy Gordon MBM Program Coordinator, Administrative Assistant in Rashid Bashir's lab, 2215 Beckman Institute |
Internal Advisory Board
Dr. Tamer Basar Executive Director Illinois at Singapore Pte. Ltd. |
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Dr. Wojtek Jan Chodzko-Zajko Dean Graduate College |
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Dr. Susan Martinis Vice Chancellor for Research |
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Dr. Nadya Mason Director Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology |
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Dr. Venetria Patton Harry E. Preble Dean College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
External Advisory Board
Dr. Lili Deligianni Founder, sense4me Inc. Expertise: Biomedical Imaging |
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Dr. Elizabeth Hillman Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Columbia University Principal Investigator, Zuckerman Institute Expertise: Neuroimaging & Neurovascular Coupling |
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Dr. Robert Krencik Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Institute for Academic Medicine Houston Methodist, Weill Cornell Medical College Expertise: Neural Stem Cells, Neuroscience, Neuroregeneration |
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Dr. Todd McDevitt Senior Investigator, Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease Professor, Department of Bioengineering & Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco Investigator, Roddenberry Center for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine at Gladstone Expertise: Stem Cell Engineering, Human Tissue Models |
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Dr. Inhyun Park Associate Professor of Genetics, Yale Stem Cell Center Yale School of Medicine Expertise: Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation of Reprogramming |
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Dr. Peter So Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biological Engineering Associate Director of the Whitehead-MIT Bioimaging Center MIT Expertise: Novel Microscopy Instrumentation |
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Dr. Xinyu Zhao Jenni and Kyle Professor, The Waisman Center Department of Neuroscience University of Wisconsin-Madison Expertise: Neural Stem Cell Regulation, Neurodevelopment |
Student Leadership Council
William Baker Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
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Taylor Jorgensen Neuroscience |
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Samuel Okyem Chemistry |
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Jennifer Walters Neuroscience |