Mong Fellows

Mong Fellows 2023-2024

Neural mechanisms of social communication in parrots

Toni Liu and Caleb Jones

Engineering optical methods to quantify synaptic vesicle dynamics in C. elegans

Derek Wei and Ling-Ting Huang

Mong Fellows 2022-2023

Predictive detection and real-time optogenetic silencing of pathological epileptiform discharges in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease

Laura Berkowitz and Ryan Harvey

Developing a wireless system to record neural activity of mice in the wild

Can Liu and Caleb C. Vogt

Decoding hippocampus-hypothalamus axis using dual GRIN lens multiphoton microendoscopy

Anna Gruzdeva and Shitong Zhao

Mong Fellows 2020-2022

Changwoo Seo

3P Imaging of Nucleus Solitary Tract (NST) to study neural population dynamics during food ingestion

Supervised by: Nilay Yapici and Chris Xu

Aria Henderson

A microfluidic glymphatics-on-chip to decipher transport mechanisms of endogenously produced proteins in brain tissues

Supervised by: Nozomi Nishimura and Esak Lee

Nancy Ruiz

Measuring blood flow in the hippocampus of Alzheimer’s disease mouse models with an adaptive excitation source (AES)

Supervised by: Chris Xu and Chris Schaffer

Yanxin Ji

Intelligent Deep Optical Stimulators (IDOS)

Supervised by: Paul McEuen and Aloysha Molnar

Aaron Mok

3P Imaging of Nucleus Solitary Tract (NST) to study neural population dynamics during food ingestion

Supervised by: Nilay Yapici and Chris Xu

Chris Brunkhorst

A microfluidic glymphatics-on-chip to decipher transport mechanisms of endogenously produced proteins in brain tissues

Supervised by: Nozomi Nishimura and Esak Lee

Bo Li

Measuring blood flow in the hippocampus of Alzheimer’s disease mouse models with an adaptive excitation source (AES)

Supervised by: Chris Xu and Chris Schaffer

Andrea Roeser

Neural mechanisms of social communication in parrots

Supervised by: Jesse Goldberg and Itai Cohen

Rose Tatarsky

Supervised by: Chris Xu and Andrew Bass

Xusan Yang

Measuring blood flow in the hippocampus of Alzheimer’s disease mouse models with an adaptive excitation source (AES)

Supervised by: Chris Xu and Chris Schaffer

Han Keng Teoh

Neural mechanisms of social communication in parrots

Supervised by: Jesse Goldberg and Itai Cohen

Najva Akbari

Supervised by: Chris Xu and Andrew Bass

Devesh Khilwani

Intelligent Deep Optical Stimulators (IDOS)

Supervised by: Paul McEuen and Aloysha Molnar

2019-2020 Fellows

Ajinkya Dahake

Spatiotemporal mapping of neuronal microenvironment and physiology to understand signal transduction

Supervised by: Robert A. Raguso

Piyush Jain

Spatiotemporal mapping of neuronal microenvironment and physiology to understand signal transduction

Supervised by: Abraham D. Stroock

Logan G. Wright

Learning and the dynamical complexity of biological neural networks

Lab Heads: Chris Xu, Peter McMahon

Tianyu Wang

Learning and the dynamical complexity of biological neural networks

Lab Heads: Chris Xu, Peter McMahon

2018-2019 Fellows

Mong Fellows 2017-2018

Akash Guru

Chunyan Wu

David Sinefeld

Dawnis Chow

Mengran Wang

Michael Reynolds

Priya Balasubramanian

Ryan Post

Sam Whitehead

Teja Bollu

Yi-Yun Ho

Yu-Ting Cheng