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\nEric Yttri, Ph.D.<\/h1>\n

Principal Investigator, Eberly Family Development Chair<\/em><\/p>\n

Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
\nPh.D., Neuroscience, Washington University in St. Louis
\nB.S., Neuroscience, College of William and Mary<\/p>\n

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\"\" Paul Middlebrooks, Ph.D.<\/h1>\n

Special Faculty Research Associate\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
\nB.S., Molecular Biology, University of Texas<\/p>\n

Brain Inspired<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Sanchita Ghosh, Ph.D.<\/h1>\n

Laboratory Manager, Research Associate\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Ph.D., Molecular Biology (Blood Coagulation & Diabetes)
\nOtto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany<\/p>\n

B.S., Biology, Brandeis University<\/p>\n

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\"\"Aden Eagle<\/h1>\n

Ph.D. Candidate in Neural Computation<\/em><\/p>\n

B.S., Biological and Physical Sciences, Florida Atlantic University<\/p>\n

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\"\"Kevin Wright<\/h1>\n

Ph.D. Student in Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

B.S., Neuroscience, University of California, Los Angeles<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/h1>\n

Runcheng Li<\/span><\/p>\n

BME Masters Student<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"Anika Gullapalli<\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Brayden Kohler<\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"Vaishnavi Komera<\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/h1>\n

Patrick Monahan<\/span><\/p>\n

Undergraduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

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Alumni<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Matt Geramita, M.D. Ph.D.<\/h1>\n

Postdoctoral Fellow, now Assistant Professor at University of Pittsburgh<\/em><\/p>\n

Mark A Nicholas<\/h1>\n

Ph.D. Candidate, now Postdoc at Janelia Research Campus<\/em><\/p>\n

Personal Bio<\/a>
\nPersonal Site<\/a><\/p>\n

Julia Badyna, Ph.D.<\/h1>\n

Ph.D. Candidate, now Consultant at Boston Consulting Group\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Personal Bio<\/a><\/p>\n

Alex Hodge, Ph.D.<\/h1>\n

Ph.D. Candidate, now Postdoc at University of Michigan\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Personal Bio<\/a><\/p>\n

Alex Hsu, Ph.D.<\/h1>\n

Ph.D. Candidate, now Senior Data Scientist at Huntington National Bank<\/em><\/p>\n

Personal Bio<\/a><\/p>\n

Macie Hakim<\/h1>\n

Rotating M.D.\/Ph.D. Student, University of Pittsburgh\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Grayson Matthew<\/h1>\n

Rotating Ph.D. Student in Neural Computation<\/em><\/p>\n

Christa Michel<\/h1>\n

Rotating Ph.D. Student in Systems Neuroscience, Rales Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n

Hailey Gordon<\/h1>\n

Masters student, now Executive director, STEM Pathways – Boston University<\/em><\/p>\n

Nahom Mossazghi<\/h1>\n

Masters student, now Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University<\/em><\/p>\n

Andrew Buzza<\/h1>\n

Masters Student, now Ph.D. student at Case Western Reserve University<\/em><\/p>\n

Kevin Wang<\/h1>\n

Masters Student in Biomedical Engineering\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Darrick Lo<\/h1>\n

Masters Student in Biomedical Engineering\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

KayCei Moton-Melancon<\/h1>\n

Post-Baccalaureate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Ali Petrisek<\/h1>\n

Lab Manager<\/em><\/p>\n

Zhongyuan ‘Conan’ Zhai<\/h1>\n

Research Assistant, now ECE Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech<\/em><\/p>\n

Personal Bio<\/a><\/p>\n

Parley Belsey<\/h1>\n

Research Associate, now Program manager at University of Washington<\/em><\/p>\n

Alexandra Paz Staig<\/h1>\n

Lab manager<\/em><\/p>\n

Jean Namgoong<\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Student and Lab Manager, now M.D. student at Georgetown University<\/em><\/p>\n

Eleanor Ickes<\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Alex Masse<\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Vikram Mani<\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Michaelina O’Rourke<\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Molly Nakpairat<\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Katherine Reinhart<\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Molly Abramson<\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Colette Lee<\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Mckenna Brown<\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Ali Shively<\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Anna Cappella<\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Alan Lai<\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Student, now Ph.D. student at New York University<\/em><\/p>\n

Meera Manoj Krishna<\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Student, now Ph.D. student at Wisconsin University<\/em><\/p>\n

Kanika Seth<\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Arula Ratnakar<\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Student, now PhD student at Boston University<\/em><\/p>\n

Alyssa Brandt<\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Student, now Software Engineer II at Microsoft<\/em><\/p>\n

Linhong Lexie Li<\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Student, now Analytics Consultant at McKinsey & Company<\/em><\/p>\n

Virginia Zara Walker White<\/h1>\n

Research Intern<\/em><\/p>\n

Hana Song<\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Student, now Research Consultant at ICON PLC<\/em><\/p>\n

Vijeeth Guggilla<\/h1>\n

Undergraduate Student, now M.D. Ph.D. candidate at Northwestern University<\/em><\/p>\n

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