#  Alumni 

 



  [### Michelle L. Schlief, Ph.D., Psy.D.

 ](http://www.shelleyschliefphd.com/)Former Research Fellow (2006-2008)

Current position:  
Psychotherapist, private practice



 

   ![Michelle Schlief](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/schlief_michelle.jpg?itok=D3xaZV0q) 

 

 

 

  [### Shawn R. Olsen, Ph.D.

 ](http://www.alleninstitute.org/about_us/staff/shawn_olsen.html)Former Ph.D. student in neuroscience (2005-2009)  
  
Current position:  
Associate Investigator, Neural Coding Group  
[Allen Institute for Brain Science](http://www.alleninstitute.org/)



 

   ![Shawn Olsen](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/olsen_shawn.jpg?itok=AJwYXqP5) 

 

 

 

  [### Nathan W. Gouwens, Ph.D.

 ](https://alleninstitute.org/what-we-do/brain-science/about/team/staff-profiles/nathan-gouwens/)Former Ph.D. student in Neuroscience (2007-2009)  
  
Current position:  
Senior Scientist, [Modeling, Analysis, & Theory Group](http://www.alleninstitute.org/our-research/modeling-analysis-theory/)  
[Allen Institute for Brain Science](http://www.alleninstitute.org/)



 

   ![Nathan Gouwens](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/gouwens_nathan.jpg?itok=PSaa6-qF) 

 

 

 

  [### Vikas Bhandawat, Ph.D.

 ](http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Biology/vb37)Former Research Fellow (2005-2009)  
  
Current position:  
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering  
[Drexel University](https://drexel.edu/biomed/faculty/core/BhandawatVikas/)



 

   ![Vikas Bhandawat](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/bhandawat_vikas.jpg?itok=gIuKYVum) 

 

 

 

  [### Hokto Kazama, Ph.D.

 ](http://kazama.brain.riken.jp/index.php)Former Research Fellow (2006-2010)  
  
Current position:  
Team Leader  
[RIKEN Brain Science Institute](http://www.brain.riken.jp/)



 

   ![Hokto Kazama](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/kazama_hokto.jpg?itok=VuJ9lZHf) 

 

 

 

  [### Emre Yaksi, Ph.D.

 ](http://www.ntnu.edu/kavli/research/yaksi)Former Research Fellow (2007-2010)  
  
Current position:  
Professor,  
[Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience](http://www.ntnu.edu/kavli/research)



 

   ![Emre Yaksi](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/yaksi_emre.jpg?itok=O2vrGSmN) 

 

 

 

 ### Yi (Joey) Zhou, Ph.D.

Former Ph.D. Student in Neuroscience (2006-2011)  
  
Current position:  
Quantitative Researcher  
[TrexQuant Management, LLC](http://trexquant.com/)



 

   ![Yi Zhou](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/zhou_yi.jpg?itok=Q67ywB20) 

 

 

 

  [### Brendan P. Lehnert, Ph.D.

 ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanlehnert)Former Ph.D. Student in Neuroscience (2007-2012)  
  
Current position:  
Associate  
[Flagship Pioneering](https://www.flagshippioneering.com/)



 

   ![Brendan Lehnert](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/lehnert_brendan.jpg?itok=3H3ek4_o) 

 

 

 

  [### Quentin Gaudry, Ph.D.

 ](https://gaudrylab.weebly.com/)Former Research Fellow (2008-2012)  
  
Current position:  
Assistant Professor of Biology  
[University of Maryland](http://biology.umd.edu/)



 

   ![Quentin Gaudry](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/gaudry_quentin.png?itok=uIZOxqZB) 

 

 

 

  [### Katherine I. Nagel, Ph.D.

 ](http://neuro-physio.med.nyu.edu/faculty/faculty/katherine-nagel)Former Research Fellow (2008-2014)  
  
Current position:  
Associate Professor of Neuroscience  
[New York University Department of Neuroscience and Physiology](http://neuro-physio.med.nyu.edu/) / [NYU Neuroscience Institute](http://neuroscience.med.nyu.edu/)



 

   ![Katherine Nagel](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/nagel_katherine.jpg?itok=_qIYsMQm) 

 

 

 

  [### Wendy W. Liu, MD/Ph.D.

 ](https://profiles.stanford.edu/wendy-liu)Former Ph.D. student in Neuroscience (2010-2014)  
  
Current position:  
Clinical Instructor in Opthamology  
[Stanford University Hospital](https://stanfordhealthcare.org/)



 

   ![Wendy Liu](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/liu_wendy.jpg?itok=pMgcbkyR) 

 

 

 

  [### Mehmet Fisek, Ph.D.

 ](https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=MFISE91)Former Ph.D student in Neuroscience (2009-2014),  
Research Fellow (2014-2015)  
  
Current position:  
Senior Research Associate, [Hausser lab](http://www.dendrites.org/)  
University College London



 

   ![Mehmet Fisek](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/fisek_mehmet.png?itok=PoSlQwgT) 

 

 

 

  [### Elizabeth J. Hong, Ph.D.

 ](http://www.bbe.caltech.edu/content/elizabeth-j-hong)former Research Fellow (2009-2015)  
  
Current position:   
Assistant Professor of Biology and Biomedical Engineering  
[California Institute of Technology](http://www.caltech.edu/)



 

   ![Elizabeth Hong](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/hong_elizabeth.jpg?itok=nMTRqu5t) 

 

 

 

  [### Joseph S. Bell, MD/Ph.D.

 ](http://www.belllab.org/)Former Ph.D. Student in Neuroscience (2009-2015)  
  
Current position:  
Resident in Neurologic Surgery  
University of California, Los Angeles



 

   ![Joseph Bell](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/bell_joseph.jpg?itok=U760WNNs) 

 

 

 

  [### Allison E. Baker Chang, MD/Ph.D.

 ](https://connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/Profiles/display/Person/83085)Former Graduate Student in Neuroscience (2009-2015)  
  
Current position:  
Clinical Fellow in Medicine  
Brigham and Women's Hospital



 

   ![Allison Baker-Chang](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/baker-change_allison.jpg?itok=_KTH5IhA) 

 

 

 

  [### John Tuthill, Ph.D.

 ](http://faculty.washington.edu/tuthill/)Former Research Fellow (2012-2015)  
  
Current position:  
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics  
[University of Washington](http://depts.washington.edu/pbiopage/)



 

   ![John Tuthill](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/tuthill_john.jpg?itok=oK_XRfZm) 

 

 

 

  [### Tony Azevedo, Ph.D.

 ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyazevedo/)Former Research Fellow (2012-2015)  
  
Current position:  
Senior Research Fellow, Tuthill Lab  
[University of Washington ](http://depts.washington.edu/pbiopage/)



 

   ![Tony Azevedo](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/azevedo_tony.jpg?itok=HuwCyXdn) 

 

 

 

  [### Willie Tobin, Ph.D.

 ](http://www.med.uvm.edu/neuro/weston_lab/people)Former Graduate Student in Neuroscience (2011-2016)  
  
Current position:  
Co-Founder  
[Sunday Morning Mushrooms](https://www.sundaymorningmushrooms.com/)



 

   ![Willie Tobin](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/tobin_willie.jpg?itok=llvTIpkA) 

 

 

 

  [### James Jeanne, Ph.D.

 ](https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/james_jeanne/)Former Research Fellow (2012-2017)  
  
Current position:  
Associate Professor in Neuroscience  
[Yale University School of Medicine ](https://medicine.yale.edu/neuroscience/)



 

   ![James Jeanne](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/jeanne_james.jpg?itok=6U268H_R) 

 

 

 

  [### Alex Batchelor, Ph.D.

 ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/avbatchelor/)Former Graduate Student in Neuroscience (2014-2018)  
  
Current position:  
Founder & CEO  
[Pebble](https://heypebble.com/)



 

   ![Alex Batchelor](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/alexbatchelor.jpg?itok=VOney7Q1) 

 

 

 

  [### Paola Patella, Ph.D.

 ](https://www.fmi.ch/about/contact/?lastname=Patella&firstname=Paola)Former Graduate Student in Neuroscience (2014-2019)  
  
Current position:  
Postdoc  
[Iurilli lab](https://iurillilab.github.io/), Italian Institute of Technology



 

   ![Paola Patella](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/paola_picture.jpg?itok=b4aWKTkR) 

 

 

 

  [### Sasha Rayshubskiy, Ph.D.

 ](https://www2.rowland.harvard.edu/people/sasha-rayshubskiy)Former Graduate Student in Neuroscience (2014-2019)  
  
Current Position:  
Fellow  
[Rowland Institute](https://www2.rowland.harvard.edu/)



 

   ![Sasha Rayshubskiy](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/sashapic2017resized.jpg?itok=-UiRfbWb) 

 

 

 

  [### Yvette Fisher, Ph.D.

 ](https://www.fisherlab.science/)Former Research Fellow (2016-2021)

Current Position:  
Assistant Professor in Molecular and Cellular Biology  
[U.C. Berkeley](https://mcb.berkeley.edu/news-and-events/department-news/mcb-welcomes-new-faculty-yvette-fisher)



 

   ![Yvette Fisher](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/yfisher_pic.png?itok=RR3uruSY) 

 

 

 

  [### Jenny Lu, Ph.D.

 ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-lu-57806597)Former Graduate Student in Neuroscience (2016-2021)

Current Position:  
Resident Physician (Neurology)  
[Mass General Brigham](https://www.mghbwhneurology.org/)



 

   ![jenny_lu](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/jenny_lu_1.jpg?itok=HTwzDmF4) 

 

 

 

  [### Melanie Basnak, Ph.D.

 ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/melaniebasnak)Former Graduate Student in Neuroscience (2017-2022)

Current Position:  
Senior Program Manager  
[Open Philanthropy](https://coefficientgiving.org/)



 

   ![Basnak, Melanie](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/basnak_melanie.jpg?itok=69XcLvKZ) 

 

 

 

  [### Asa Barth-Maron, Ph.D.

 ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/asa-barth-maron-43355578/)Former Graduate Student in Neuroscience (2014-2022)  
  
Current Position:  
Machine Learning Scientist  
[Antares Therapeutics](https://antaresrx.com/)



 

   ![Asa Barth-Maron](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/asa.jpg?itok=dh1fIOOv) 

 

 

 

  [### Tatsuo Okubo, Ph.D.

 ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tatsuo-okubo/)Former Research Fellow (2015-2022)  
  
Current Position:  
Neural Data Scientist at [Chinese Institute for Brain Research](https://www.linkedin.com/company/chinese-institute-for-brain-research-beijing-cibr/?trk=similar-pages_result-card_full-click)



 

   ![Tatsuo Okubo](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/tatsuo_okubo.jpg?itok=bUN1lnBs) 

 

 

 

  [### Michael Marquis, Ph.D.

 ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjmarquis/)Former Graduate Student in Neuroscience (2014-2022)  
  
Current Position:  
Senior Data Scientist  
[BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee](https://www.bcbst.com/)



 

   ![Michael Marquis](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/michael_marquis.jpg?itok=8_LsSIhY) 

 

 

 

  [### Habiba Noamany, Ph.D.

 ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/habibanoamany/)Former Graduate Student in Neuroscience (2020-2023)  
  
Current position:  
Graduate Student in Neuroscience  
Prerau lab, Brigham and Women’s Hospital



 

   ![Noamany](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/habiba_noamany.jpg?itok=zxxN8NWX) 

 

 

 

  [### Elena Westeinde, Ph.D.

 ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/elena-westeinde/)Former Graduate Student in Neuroscience (2019-2024)  
  
Current position:  
Computational neuroscientist  
[Allen Institute](https://alleninstitute.org/)



 

   ![Elena Westeinde](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/elenawesteinde.jpg?itok=ivF4tGCu) 

 

 

 

  [### Alexandra Hartman, Ph.D.

 ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-kaye-hartman/)Former Graduate Student in Neuroscience (2015-2024)  
  
Current position:  
Admissions counselor  
Southern Oregon University



 

   ![Alexandra](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/hhmi_pic.jpeg?itok=AlHn-eQc) 

 

 

 

  [### Matthew Collie, Ph.D.

 ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-collie/)Former Graduate Student in Neuroscience (2019-2026)  
  
Current position:  
Postdoctoral Specialist  
Bean Lab, Harvard Medical School



 

   ![Matt Collie Photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum8421/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wilson-lab/files/collie_matt.jpeg?itok=ojsdZEud)