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Maggie Donohue
Senior Research Associate
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Mauricio Oliveira
Post-Doctoral Fellow
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Muhaned Mohamed
MD/PhD student
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Prerana Shrestha
Visiting Faculty
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Ela Golhan
Lab Manager
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Jessica Alapin
Post-Doctoral Fellow
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Drew Adler
MD/PhD student
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Harrison Evans
Post-Doctoral Fellow
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Vaish Shankar
Post-Doctoral Fellow
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Wendy Liu
Ph.D Student
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Keylin Banegas-Morales
Undergraduate Student
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Nishika Navrange
Undergraduate Student
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Emily Lu
Undergraduate Student
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Astra Yu
Undergraduate Student
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Carson Schultz
Undergraduate Student
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Ilene Tisnovsky
Undergraduate Student
Meet the Members
Lab Alumni
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Eric Norman, University of Pittsburgh (Ph.D. 2001); Present position: Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program. Consultant, BioHealth Innovation, Rockville, MD
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Jessica Banko, Baylor College of Medicine (Ph.D. 2005); Present position: Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine and Director of Research Services, University of South Florida College of Medicine
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Kenneth Kishida, Baylor College of Medicine (Ph.D. 2006); Present position: Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
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Daoying Hu, Baylor College of Medicine (Ph.D. 2006); Present position: Feasibility Manager, Quintiles Pharmaceuticals, Durham, NC
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Marcia Antion, Baylor College of Medicine (Ph.D. 2007); Present position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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Edda Thiels, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, 1995-1996; Research Assistant Professor, 1996-2001, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh; Present position: Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Program Director, National Science Foundation
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Lauren Knapp, Ph.D. student (2000). Currently Vice President and General Counsel, North Americas Generic IP, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Horsham, PA
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Joo In Jung, New York University (M.S. 2010); Present position: Ph.D. student, University of Florida
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Kiriana Cowansage, New York University (Ph.D. 2010; co-mentored with Dr. Joseph LeDoux); Present position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute
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Mimi Trinh, New York University (Ph.D. 2011); Present position: Alliantgroup, Houston, TX Joseph Pick, New York University (Ph.D. 2012); Present position: Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Biochemistry, New York University Langone Medical Center
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Li Wang, New York University (M.S. 2012); Present position: Research Assistant, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center
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Milad Afrasiabi, New York University (M.S. 2013); Present position: Ph.D. student, Rutgers University
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Heather Bowling, New York University School of Medicine (Ph.D. 2014; co-mentor with Dr. Moses Chao)
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Pedro Herrero Vidal, New York University (M.S. 2017); Present position: Ph.D. student, New York University
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Zhe Shang, New York University (M.S. 2018); Present position: Research Assistant, Zhejiang University
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Ulrike Kemmerling, Ph.D. student, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile (2004)
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Pablo Munoz, Ph.D. student, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile (2005)
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Maayan Merhav Ph.D. student, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel (2005)
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Silvia De Rubeis, Ph.D. student, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (2010)
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Emily Johansson, Ph.D. student, Instituto De Investigaciones Biomedicas De Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (2010)
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Francesco Longo, Ph.D. student, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy (2014-2015)
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Mauricio Martins Oliveira, Ph.D. student, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2017)
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Federica Albanese, M.A. student, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy (2017-2018)
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Mathijs van der Lei, MSc student, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands (2019)
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Edda Thiels, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, 1995-1996; Research Assistant Professor, 1996-2001, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh; Present position: Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Program Director, National Science Foundation
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Nutan Kolluri, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2000-2001, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh; Present position: Research Associate, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India
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Heather Bowling, New York University School of Medicine (Ph.D. 2014; co-mentor with Dr. Moses Chao)
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Maria Tejada-Simon, Ph.D. Instructor 2001-2005, Assistant Professor, 2005-2006, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine Present position: Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston
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Faridis Serrano, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow 2001-2006, Instructor, 2006; Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine; Present position: Assistant Professor, Congenital Heart Surgery Division, Baylor College of Medicine & Texas Children’s Hospital
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Lingfei Hou, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow 2002-2006, Instructor 2006-2007, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine; Assistant Research Scientist 2007, Center for Neural Science, New York University; Present position: Research Assistant Professor, Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Charles Hoeffer, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow 2004-2006, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine; Assistant Research Scientist 2006-2010, Center for Neural Science, New York University; Present position: Assistant Professor, Institute for Behavioral Genetics, Department of Integrated Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder
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Cynthia Massaad, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow 2005-2006, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine; Present position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Valencia College
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Marianna Muranyi, Assistant Research Scientist 2006-2007, Center for Neural Science, New York University; Present position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii
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Itzamarie Chévere-Torres, Assistant Research Scientist 2007-2011, Center for Neural Science, New York University; Present position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University
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Hanoch Kaphzan, Assistant Research Scientist 2007-2011, Center for Neural Science, New York University; Present position: Senior Lecturer, Department of Neurobiology and Ethology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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Emanuela Santini, Postdoctoral Fellow 2009-2016, Center for Neural Science, New York University; Present position: Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University
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Tao Ma, Postdoctoral Fellow 2010-2014, Center for Neural Science, New York University; Present position: Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine – Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
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Andrew Varga, Independent Investigator 2012-2016, Center for Neural Science, New York University; Present position: Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Kathryn Turner, Postdoctoral Fellow 2013-2014, Center for Neural Science, New York University; Present position: Associate Editor, Millennium Medical Publishing
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Kathryn Schierberl, Postdoctoral Fellow 2014, Center for Neural Science, New York University; Present position: Medical Writer, BGB Group
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Aditi Bhattacharya, Postdoctoral Fellow 2010-2015, Center for Neural Science, New York University; Present position: Independent Investigator/Group Leader, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), Bangalore, India
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Linnaea Ostroff, Independent Investigator 2016-2017, Center for Neural Science, New York University; Present position: Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut
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Thu Huynh, New York University (Ph.D. 2015); Present position: Postdoctoral fellow, Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College
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Anna Vorobyeva, Postdoctoral Fellow 2014-2018, Center for Neural Science, New York University; Present position: Biotechnology Equity Research Associate, ROTH Capital Partners
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Francesco Longo, Postdoctoral Fellow 2015-2019, Center for Neural Science, New York University; Present position: Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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Heather Bowling Postdoctoral Fellow 2014-2020, Center for Neural Science, New York University
Eric Klann

Professor & Director, Center for Neural Science, NYU
Principle Investigator
Ph.D. Commonwealth University B.S Gannon University
Education and Training
- 1980-1984
B.S. Chemistry, Gannon University, Erie, PA
- 1984-1989
Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Medical College of Vriginia/Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA - 1989-1994
Postdoctoral fellow
Department of Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Positions
- 1994 – 2000
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
- 2000 – 2001
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
- 2001 – 2005
Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
- 2005 – 2006
Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
- 2006 – 2016
Professor, Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY
- 2012 – 2013
Visiting Scientist, Shonan Research Center, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Fujisawa, Japan
- 2016 – present
Professor and Director, Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY
Honors and Awards
- 1989
National Institute of Mental Health Training Grant
- 1989-1991
American Society for Neurochemistry Young Investigator Travel Award
- 1991-1993
National Institutes of Health National Research Service Award
- 1993
American Society for Neurochemistry Young Investigator Travel Award
- 1993-1994
National Institutes of Health National Research Service Award
- 1995-2000
National Institutes of Health First Award
- 1998-1999
Co-President, Pittsburgh Chapter of Society for Neuroscience
- 1999
Austria Ministry of Science Young Investigator Travel Award
- 1997-2000
Review Panel Member, Protective Agents in Neural Cell Dysfunction, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
- 2001
International Society for Neurochemistry Young Investigator Award
- 2003-2004
Cynthia and George Mitchell Dementia Research Award
- 2004
Basic Health Sciences Outstanding Alumnus Award, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University
- 2008-2009
Chair, Neural Oxidative Metabolism and Death Study Section (NOMD), National Institutes of Health
- 2009
Morosky College of Health Professions and Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award, Gannon University
- 2010 – 2012
College of CSR Reviewers, National Institutes of Health
- 2012 – 2015
President, Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society
- 2013
Brain & Behavior Foundation NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Award
- 2013
Fellow, American Association Fro the Advancement of Science
- 2014
Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- 2017
Butler High School (Pennsylvania) Distinguished Graduate Award