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