Lab Alumnae/Alumni


Postdocs

Timothy K. Horiuchi (Ph.D., California Institute of Technology). Now: Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Peter N. Steinmetz (MD/Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University). Now: Senior Scientist, NeurTex Brain Research Institute, Tempe AZ

Jens Schwarzbach (PhD, Universität Braunschweig, Germany). Now: Professor for Biomedical Imaging, University of Regensburg, Germany.

Petr Marsalek (MD/Ph.D., Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic). Now: Associate Professor, Department of Pathological Physiology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.

Hartmut Schütze (PhD, University of Gottingen, Germany), Now: Lecturer of Neurology (tenured), Otto von Guericke Universität, Magdeburg, Germany.

Derrick Parkhurst (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University). Now: President and CEO, Thirty Sixth Span Internet Technologies, Oklahoma City, OK.

Supratim Ray (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University). Now: Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Stefan Mihalas (Ph.D., California Institute of Technology). Now: Associate Researcher, Allen Institute for Brain Research, Seattle WA.

Nobuhiko Wagatsuma (PhD, Tsukuba University). Now: Tenured Lecturer, Toho University, Narita, Japan

Pierre Sacré, Now: Assistant Professor, University of Liége, Belgium.


Ph.D. Students

Derrick Parkhurst, Ph.D., Psychology. Now: President and CEO, Thirty Sixth Span Internet Technologies, Oklahoma City, OK.

Shawn Mikula, Ph.D., Neuroscience. Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo Japan. Deceased.

Arup Roy, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering. Now: Senior Director, Systems Research and Development, Second Sight Medical Products, Sylmar,CA

Edward Craft, Ph.D. Biophysics.

Yi Dong, Ph.D. Neuroscience. Now: Research Scientist, NVIDIA.

Grant Gillary, Ph.D. Neuroscience. Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton

Brian Hu, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering. Now: Research Scientist, Allen Institute for Brain Science.

Danny Jeck, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering. Now: Software Engineer, Matroid Deep Learning


MSc Students

Eugenio Culurciello, Laurea in Electrical Engineering, Now: Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University.

Hideaki Shimazaki, MSc, Neuroscience. Now: Associate Professor, Kyoto University, Japan

Daniel Millman, MSc, Neuroscience. Now: Scientist, Allen Institute for Brain Science

Simon Locke, MSc Applied and Computational Math. Now: PhD student in Mathematics, CUNY

Jiaxin Lei, MSc Biomedical Engineering.

Undergraduate Research Assistants (incomplete list; not listed before 2020)

Victoria Subritzky Katz

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Resume
Johns Hopkins University, B.S. in Computational Neuroscience 2021. Minors: Computer Science, Mathematics.
Is interested in decision-making and memory research and pursues a Ph.D. in the field.

Personal/Hobbies
Enjoys hiking, traveling, and photography

Elisa Rodriguez

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Resume:
Johns Hopkins Class of 2023, majoring in Neuroscience with a focus in Computational Neuroscience and Mathematics with a focus in Applied Mathematics. 

Personal
From Miami, FL, first-generation Cuban-American. 

Hobbies:
Running, biking, and playing flamenco guitar. 

Qinwanxian (Victoria) Liu

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Liu
A senior undergraduate majoring in Computer Science, Neuroscience, and Cognitive Science at Johns Hopkins University. Research interests include computational neuroscience and neuro-engineering, with plans to pursue a Ph.D. in the field.

Personal/hobbies
Meditation, traveling, photography, cooking, and baking

Chad Oliver

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Resume:
Johns Hopkins University: B.S. candidate in Neuroscience, expected May 2023

Personal/Hobbies:
Enjoys playing the saxophone, building Legos, reading J.R.R. Tolkien

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Chibuikem S. Iheagwaram

Resume
Undergraduate intern
Johns Hopkins Medicine Neuroscience Scholar, conducting computational analysis in Niebur lab; Harvard Hope Medical Scholar

Sophomore Biochemistry major at Fisk University, Nashville, TN (BSc exp May 2025)
Research Assistant, Nelms Dopamine Lab at Fisk University
Consortium Student at Vanderbilt University, TN
Interests: neuroscience and cardiovascular research, computational analysis, graduate school, medical school

Hobbies:
Journaling, having good conversations, learning something new, having coffee