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Zachary Knight UCSF

Zachary Knight

Professor, Department of Physiology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

PhD, Chemistry & Chemical Biology, UCSF
BA, Chemistry, Princeton University

Zack's laboratory investigates the neurobiology of homeostasis, especially the neural mechanisms that govern hunger, thirst, and thermoregulation.

zachary.knight[at]ucsf.edu

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Linda Toschi-Chambers

Executive Assistant 

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Sophia Laskaris

Lab Manager, Website manager

BS, Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts Boston

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Brooke Jarvie

Postdoctoral Scholar

PhD, Neuroscience, University of Washington
BS, Biomedical Science, Colorado State University

NIH National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellow (2020–)

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Shenliang Yu

Postdoctoral Scholar

PhD, Cell Biology, Yale University
BS, Biological Sciences, Fudan University

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Sandler Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research (PBBR) Postdoctoral Independent Research Award recipient

 

 

 

Jonathan (JP) Riggle

Postdoctoral Scholar

PhD, Integrative Neuroscience, University of Chicago
BA, Neuroscience, University of Virginia

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Alejandro Lopez

Postdoctoral Scholar, Gastroenterology Fellow

MD, Weill Cornell Medicine 

PhD, Biological Sciences, Rockefeller University

BS, Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

 

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Heeun Jang

Postdoctoral Fellow, joint with Garrison lab

PhD, Biological Sciences, Rockefeller University
BS, Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology

NIH National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellow (2019–)

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James Grove

Graduate Student, UCSF Neuroscience Program

BA, Linguistics, University of Chicago

NIH National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellow (2020–)

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Truong Ly

Graduate Student, UCSF Neuroscience Program

BS, UCLA, Integrative Biology and Physiology
MS, UCLA, Integrative Biology and Physiology

NIH National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellow (2023–)

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Zhengya Liu

Graduate Student, UCSF Neuroscience Program

BS, Nanjing University, Biology
MS, McGill University, Neuroscience

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Naz Dundar

Graduate Student, UCSF Neuroscience Program

BA, Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
BA, Psychology, University of California, Berkeley

BIF PhD Fellow (2023–)
UCSF Discovery Fellow (2023–)


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Anagh Sinha Ravi

Graduate Student, UCSF Neuroscience Program

BA, Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley

NSF Graduate Research Fellow (2023–)

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Anna Hakimi 

Graduate Student, UCSF Neuroscience Program

BS, Neurobiology, University of California San Diego

MS, Biology, University of California San Diego

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Xinyang Yi 

Graduate Student, UCSF Neuroscience Program

BS, Biological Sciences, Peking University

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Nikos Chatziris

Assistant Specialist

BS, Psychology, University of Crete
MS, Neuroscience, University of Crete

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Jingkun Zhang

Visiting Scholar

M.D., Peking University

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Jaewon Choi

Research Technician

BA, Psychology, University of California, Berkeley

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Rhea Nanavati

Research Technician

Student, University of California, Berkeley

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Mo Mao

Research Technician

Student, University of California, Berkeley

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