Courtney joined the lab in January of 2019. She received her B.S. in Neuroscience (Independent Plan of Study) from the University of Illinois and her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles. Courtney is an LSRF fellow.

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Chunyan joined the lab in October of 2021. She received her B.S. in Bioengineering from the Hefei University of Technology in China, her M.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering and her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from Cornell University.

cw674 at mit dot edu

Joanne joined the lab in April 2024. She received her B.S. in Biology from Sichuan University and her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from University of California, Riverside.

Zhaoran at mit dot edu

Cynthia joined the lab in July of 2024. She received her B.S. in Biology and Master of Neuroscience from the University of Bordeaux, France and her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.

crais at mit dot edu

Raul first joined in the lab in June 2017 as part of MSRP, and returned in February 2018 as a Visiting Scholar. He came back to the lab for graduate school from 2020-2025. He received his B.S. in Biology from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.

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Ziyu joined the lab in March of 2026. She received her B.S. in Biology, Physiology, and Neurobiology from Peking University in China and her Ph.D in Neuroscience from the University of Southern California.

ziyu1202 at mit dot edu

Gaby joined the lab in April 2022. she received her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in psychology from Florida International University in Miami, FL.

grasch at mit dot edu

Abhi joined MIT as a grad student in 2022 and joined the lab in 2024. He received his B.S. in Computer Engineering from UC San Diego in 2019 and his M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2021. Abhi is a K. Lisa Yang ICoN Graduate Student Fellow.

abiyer at mit dot edu

Rachel joined the lab in July 2025. She received her BSc in Neuroscience at UCL and MSc in Biotechnology at ETH Zurich. She is a Medical Engineering and Medical Physics PhD student at Harvard-MIT HST.

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Sydney joined the lab in July 2025 and is co-advised by Dr. Brandon Weissbourd. Prior to joining the BCS PhD program, she graduated with a B.S. in Neuroscience, B.A. in Philosophy, and a minor in Biology from Santa Clara University in 2022. She then went on to complete two years of post-baccalaureate research in the lab of Dr. Michael Tri Do at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital.

Julia joined MIT as a graduate student in the fall of 2024, then joined the lab in November 2025. She received her BA in Physics and Neuroscience from Barnard College in 2024. Julia was a recipient of the MIT Presidential Graduate Fellowship to fund her first year of graduate school.

Ellie joined the lab in 2026 and is a current student at Wellesley College studying to get their B.A. in Neuroscience.

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Abi (Zilan) joined the lab in June 2024. She earned her B.A in Neuroscience from Vassar College.

zilan662 at mit dot edu

Ece joined the lab in June 2025. She earned her B.S. in Neuroscience from Brown University.

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Ava joined the lab in June 2026. She earned her B.A. in Neuroscience and Behavior from Barnard College.

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Sara joined the lab in June 2026. She earned her B.S. in Neuroscience from Case Western Reserve University.

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Hilko joined the lab in 2024.