People

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

 

 

Sophia Laskaris

Lab Manager

BS, Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts Boston

sophia.laskaris[at]ucsf.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Brooke Jarvie

Postdoc

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

NIH National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellow (2020–)

brooke.jarvie[at]ucsf.edu

 

 

 

Claire Gizowski

Postdoc

PhD, Neuroscience, McGill University
BS, Neuroscience, University of Alberta

Human Frontier Science Program Postdoctoral Fellow (2019–)

claire.gizowski[at]ucsf.edu

 

 

 

Shenliang Yu

Postdoc

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

shenliang.yu[at]ucsf.edu

 

 

 

 

Aphroditi (Didi) Mamaligas

Postdoc

PhD, Case Western Reserve University, Neuroscience
BA, Case Western Reserve University, Psychology
BA, Case Western Reserve University, Chemistry

NIH National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellow (2020–)

aphroditi.mamaligas[at]ucsf.edu

 

 

Jonathan (JP) Riggle

Postdoc

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

jonathan.riggle[at]ucsf.edu

 

 

 

 

Tara Aitken

Graduate Student, UCSF Neuroscience Program

BS, Neuroscience, University of California, Los Angeles

NIH National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellow (2021–)
UCSF Discovery Fellow (2019–)

tara.aitken[at]ucsf.edu

 

 

 

James Grove

Graduate Student, UCSF Neuroscience Program

BA, Linguistics, University of Chicago

NIH National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellow (2020–)

james.grove[at]ucsf.edu

 

 

 

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–)

truong.ly[at]ucsf.edu

 

 

 

         Zhengya Liu

Graduate Student, UCSF Neuroscience Program

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

zhengya.liu[at]ucsf.edu

 

 

 

 

Naz Dundar

Graduate Student, UCSF Neuroscience Program

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

naz.dundar[at]ucsf.edu

 

 

 

 

Anagh Sinha Ravi

Graduate Student, UCSF Neuroscience Program

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

NSF Graduate Research Fellow (2023–)

anagh.ravi[at]ucsf.edu

 

 

 

Jun (Joseph) Oh

Medical Student, UCSF School of Medicine

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

junyeop.oh[at]ucsf.edu

 

 

 

 

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–)

heeun.jang[at]ucsf.edu

 

 

Ike Ogbonna

MSTP Candidate, UCSF School of Medicine

BA, Neuroscience and Behavior, Columbia University

ike.ogbonna[at]ucsf.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jaewon Choi

Specialist

jaewon.choi[at]ucsf.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Rhea Nanavati

Specialist

rhea.nanavati[at]ucsf.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grace Lee

Research Technician

BS, Neuroscience, Duke University

grace.lee5[at]ucsf.edu