Zachary Knight
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology
Ph.D., Chemistry & Chemical Biology, UCSF
B.A., Chemistry, Princeton University
Zack is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology and a member of the Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience at UCSF. His laboratory investigates the neurobiology of homeostasis, especially the neural mechanisms that govern hunger, thirst, and thermoregulation.
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 NRSA Predoctoral Fellow (2016–)
UCSF Discovery Fellow (2014–2017)
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 NRSA Predoctoral Fellow (2017–)
Genentech Foundation Predoctoral Fellow (2016–2017)
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
Former Lab Members
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