People

Zachary Knight

Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology

Ph.D., Chemistry & Chemical Biology, UCSF
B.A., Chemistry, Princeton University

Chan Lek Tan

Postdoc

Ph.D., Neuroscience, Rockefeller University
B.A., Natural Sciences (Biochemistry), University of Cambridge

Chan was formerly a graduate student in Paul Greengard's lab at Rockefeller.

chanlek.tan[at]ucsf.edu

Jake Carlson

Postdoc

Ph.D., Chemical Biology, Harvard University
B.S., Biochemistry, Biology, University of Michigan

Life Sciences Research Foundation Lilly Fellow (2015–)

Jake was formerly a postdoc in Gary Ruvkun's lab at Harvard.

jacob.carlson[at]ucsf.edu

Lisa Beutler

Postdoc

M.D., University of Washington
Ph.D., Genome Sciences, University of Washington
B.S., Genetics, University of California – Davis

Lisa is currently a clinical fellow in endocrinology at UCSF and was formerly a graduate student in Richard Palmiter's lab at UW.

lisa.beutler[at]ucsf.edu

Ling Bai

Postdoc

Ph.D., Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University
B.S., Biology, Tsinghua University

Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund Fellow (2017–)

Ling was formerly a graduate student in David Ginty's lab at Johns Hopkins and Harvard.

ling.bai[at]ucsf.edu

Oliver Miller

Postdoc

Ph.D., Neuroscience, Tulane University
B.A., Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology, Neuroscience, University of California – Santa Cruz

Oliver was formerly a graduate student in Benjamin Hall's lab at Tulane and Roche.

oliver.miller[at]ucsf.edu

David Leib

Graduate Student, UCSF Neuroscience Program

B.A., Chemistry, German, Northwestern University

NIH F31/NRSA Predoctoral Fellow (2016–)
UCSF Discovery Fellow (2014–)
ARCS Foundation Scholar (2014–2015)

david.leib[at]ucsf.edu

Tzu-Wei (David) Kuo

Graduate Student, UCSF Neuroscience Program

M.S., Neuroscience, National Yang-Ming University
M.D., National Taiwan University

Taiwan Ministry of Education Study Abroad Fellow (2014–2016)

tzu-wei.kuo[at]ucsf.edu

Yiming Chen

Graduate Student, UCSF Neuroscience Program

B.S., Biology, University of Wisconsin – Madison

HHMI International Student Research Fellow (2015–)

yiming.chen[at]ucsf.edu

Chris Zimmerman

Graduate Student, UCSF Neuroscience Program

B.S., Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh
B.S.E., Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh

NIH F31/NRSA Predoctoral Fellow (2017–)
Genentech Foundation Predoctoral Fellow (2016–)
UCSF Discovery Fellow (2015–)
NSF Graduate Research Fellow (2013–2016)

chris.zimmerman[at]ucsf.edu

Erica Huey

Specialist

B.A., Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California – Berkeley
B.A., Public Health, University of California – Berkeley

Erica was formerly an undergrad in Mu-ming Poo's lab at UC Berkeley.

erica.huey[at]ucsf.edu

Seonghyun (Jamie) Ahn

Specialist

B.S., Neurobiology, University of California – Davis

Jamie was formerly an undergrad in Diasynou Fioravante's lab at UC Davis.

seonghyun.ahn[at]ucsf.edu

Rachel Essner

Specialist

B.A., Biology, Williams College

Rachel was formerly an undergrad in Matt Carter's lab at Williams.

rachel.essner[at]ucsf.edu

Michelle Zhang, Specialist, 2016–2017

Ailar Poormoghaddam, Specialist, 2016–2017

Yen-Chu Lin, Specialist, 2014–2016

Elizabeth Cooke, Specialist, 2014–2016

Gwendolyn Daly, Specialist, 2015–2016

Dina Faddah, Postdoc, 2014–2016

Daniel Estandian, Specialist, 2013–2015

Colleen Mosley, Specialist, 2012–2014