Alumni

Established in 1971, the Neuroscience Training Program is one of the oldest centers for excellence in Neuroscience in the country. Of the more than 275 students who have earned the Ph.D. degree, more than 85 percent have careers in biomedical sciences.

As of Fall 2023:
• 29.3% Tenure-Track Faculty
• 22.9% Biotech Industry / Scientific Research
• 11.4% MDs / Residents / Medical Students
• 6.7% Other University Faculty
• 6.4% Postdocs (within 5 years of graduation)
• 4.0% Recent Graduates / Unknown
• 3.7% Administration at NIH or other Academic Institutions
• 3.0% Science Writers
• 2.0% Attorneys / Legal Professionals
• 1.7% Retired
• 8.8% Other

wdt_ID	Name	Current or Last Known Job	Admit Term	Completed Term	Advisor
1	Aggarwal, Nakul	Recent Graduate	Fall 2018	Fall 2022	Ned Kalin
2	Agosto, Ibis	Territory/Account Manager, Northwest - at VectorBuilder	Fall 2010	Fall 2015	Gordon Mitchell
3	Al Assaf, Mroj Sulaiman	Postdoctoral Researcher and Fellow - at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Summer 2018	Spring 2021	Mary Halloran
4	Alsene, Karen M.	Director, Regulatory Strategic Writing - at AbbVie	Fall 2002	Spring 2009	Vaishali Bakshi
5	Amarreh, Ishmael	Chief, Minority Health and Workforce Diversity - at National Institute of Mental Health	Fall 2008	Spring 2013	M.E. Meyerand
6	Angstadt, James D.	Professor, Department of Biology - at Siena College	Fall 1981	Spring 1986	Antony O.W. Stretton
7	Arnoldussen, Aimee	Innovation and Commercialization Mentor, D2P - at University of Wisconsin-Madison	Summer 2001	Summer 2006	Mark S. Seidenberg
8	Bach, K. Birgit	Artist - at Birgit Bach Fine Arts	Fall 1992	Spring 1997	Gordon S. Mitchell
9	Baisley, Sarah Kathryn	Private Tutor - at HeyTutor	Fall 2008	Fall 2013	Brian Baldo Vaishali Bakshi
10	Bajjalieh, Sandra	Professor, Department of Pharmacology - at University of Washington	Fall 1983	Summer 1989	Thomas F.J. Martin
11	Baker-Herman, Tracy L.	Professor, Department of Comparative Biosciences - at University of Wisconsin-Madison	Fall 1997	Spring 2001	Gordon S. Mitchell
12	Balakrishnan, Shilpashree	Principal Data Scientist - at Applied Cognition (ended May 2023)	Spring 2008	Summer 2013	Robert A. Pearce
13	Baldwin, Anne E.	Director of Sponsored Research - at State University of New York Geneseo	Fall 1996	Summer 2001	Kelley
14	Banks, Matthew I.	Professor, Department of Anesthesiology - at University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health	Fall 1988	Fall 1992	Yin
15	Barnett, Brian Randall	Health Science Policy Analyst - at The National Institutes of Health	Fall 2016	Summer 2021	JP Yu
16	Barr, Mary Rachael	Private Tutor - at Barr Tutoring	Fall 2003	Summer 2008	Gordon S. Mitchell
17	Bartlett, Edward L.	Professor, Departments of Biological Sciences & Biomedical Engineering - at Purdue University	Fall 1993	Summer 1999	Philip H. Smith
18	Basu, Trina	Scientist II - at Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Fall 2011	Spring 2018	Avtar Roopra
19	Berman, Sara	Neurology Resident - at University of Pennsylvania Health System Penn Medicine	Fall 2014	Spring 2018	Sterling Johnson
20	Berndt, Jason	Principal Scientist - at Seagen	Fall 2000	Summer 2006	Mary C. Halloran
21	Binder, Brad M.	Professor, Departments of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology - at University of Tennessee-Knoxville	Fall 1983	Fall 1989	Bownds
22	Boileau, Andrew J.	Professor and Course Director for Neuroscience - at Saba University School of Medicine	Fall 1987	Spring 1995	Kung
23	Bomba, Ewa	Postdoctoral Fellow - at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine	Fall 2010	Fall 2016	Edwin Chapman
24	Bonini, Nancy M.	Florence R.C. Murray Professor, Department of Biology - at Unniversity of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine	Fall 1981	Fall 1987	Nelson
25	Brenowitz, Stephan D.	Deceased	Fall 1996	Summer 2001	Trussell
26	Broytman, Oleg	Associate Veterinarian - at Lake County Veterinary Clinics, PLLC	Summer 2002	Spring 2009	Malter
27	Burden, Steven J.	Professor, Departments of Neuroscience and Physiology - at New York University Medical Center	Fall 1973	Fall 1977	Antony O.W. Stretton
28	Bychowski, Meaghan	Patent Agent - at Choate Hall & Stewart LLP	Fall 2006	Summer 2012	Catherine J. Auger
29	Byne, William M.	Professor, Department of Psychiatry - at Columbia University Psychiatrist, Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health - at Columbia University & the New York State Transgender Program	Fall 1979	Summer 1985	Bleier
30	Callahan, Eileen C.	Director of Professional Development - at University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School Office	Fall 1979	Spring 1987	Haberly
31	Calvert, Peter	Professor, Departments of Nueroscience and Ophthalmology - at State University of New York Upstate Medical University	Fall 1989	Fall 1995	Bownds
32	Campbell, Megan	Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics - at Baylor College of Medicine at Texas Children's Hopsital	Fall 2006	Summer 2012	Barry Ganetzky
33	Canales,Alejandra Carina	Digital Communications Specialist - at University of California-San Francisco	Spring 2017	Spring 2022	Meyer Jackson
34	Casey, Cameron	Recent Graduate	Fall 2017	Spring 2023	Bob Pearce
35	Cavazos, Jose E.	Associate Dean for Research and Assistant Dean for MD/PhD Program - at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	Summer 1988	Summer 1993	Thomas Sutula
36	Chakrala, Anjani Sreeprada	Recent Graduate	Fall 2016	Spring 2023	Xin Huang
37	Chen, Hai	Neurologist - affiliated with George Washington University Hospital	Fall 2002	Spring 2007	Sun
38	Chen, Xinzhi (Richard)	Resident Assistant - at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center	Spring 2006	Fall 2009	Sun
39	Chevere-Colon, Ivan	Director of Fellows Programs, Cardiac Management Solutions - at ZOLL Medical Corporation	Fall 1992	Spring 2001	Antony O.W. Stretton
40	Chi, Che	Software Consultant - at Chi Technology	Fall 1972	Fall 1976	Carlson
41	Chung, Hei-Young	Unknown	Fall 1992	Fall 1997	Lyons
42	Cone, Ric Ian	Independent Sales Representative - at BioSure Contractor Sales Specialist - at Labii, Inc.	Fall 1975	Spring 1980	Goy
43	Connor, Jolien	Content Acquisition Manager - at Gentoo Labs, LLC	Fall 1996	Fall 2002	Albee Messing
44	Cruz, Joshua Rommel	Postdoctoral Researcher - at University of Wisconsin-Madison	Fall 2014	Summer 2022	Ned Kalin
45	Dash, Michael	Associate Professor, Department of Psychology - at Middlebury College	Fall 2006	Summer 2011	Chiara Cirelli
46	David, Jeannie	Senior Program Management Officer, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - at FDA Research Center	Summer 1995	Spring 1998	Trussell
47	Davis, Ralph E.	Associate Professor, Department of Biology - at Northwestern College	Summer 1978	Summer 1984	Antony O.W. Stretton
48	Delaney-Friedman, Catherine L.	Associate Director, Multiple Sclerosis Team - at Genentech	Fall 1992	Spring 1997	Albee Messing
49	Demir, Rezan	Unknown	Fall 1992	Fall 1998	Meyer B. Jackson
50	Dent, Erik	Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience - at University of Wisconsin-Madison	Fall 1996	Summer 2001	Katherine Kalil
	Name	Current or Last Known Job	Admit Term	Completed Term	Advisor