Ryota Matsuoka, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator (PI)
B.S. (Pharmacology): Tohoku University, Japan
Ph.D. (Neuroscience): Johns Hopkins University
Postdoctoral: UCSF and Max Planck Institute
Email: matsuor@ccf.org
Luke Buck
Research Technician
B.A. (Biochemistry): Oberlin College
This Lab: 06/2021 – Present
Email: buckl3@ccf.org
Olivia Card
Research Technician
B.S. (Biology): State University of New York at Geneseo
M.A. (Evolution and environmental biology): Columbia University
This Lab: 11/2021 – Present
Email: cardo2@ccf.org
Isha Goel, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
B.S. (Biological Sciences): Birla Institute of Tech. and Science
M.S. (Medical Biotechnology): Indian Institute of Technology
Ph.D. (Bioengineering): The University of Tokyo, Japan
This Lab: 10/2022 – Present
Email: goeli@ccf.org
Olena Zyga
Research Technologist
B.A. (Psychology): Case Western Reserve University
Ph.D. (Psychology): Case Western Reserve University
This Lab: 04/2023 –
Email: zygao3@ccf.org
Alyssa Storm
Undergraduate Research Student
Expected B.S. (Neuroscience): Case Western Reserve Univ.
This Lab: 08/2022 – Present
Email: storma2@ccf.org
Jun Xiong Leong
Undergraduate Research Student
Expected B.S. (Biology): Case Western Reserve Univ.
This Lab: 08/2022 – Present
Email: leongj@ccf.org
Vani Thakur
Undergraduate Research Student
Expected B.S. (Neuroscience): Case Western Reserve Univ.
This Lab: 01/2023 –
Email: thakurv@ccf.org
Mandy Lam
Undergraduate Research Student
Expected B.S. (Biology): Case Western Reserve Univ.
This Lab: 01/2023 –
Email: lamm2@ccf.org
Najeong (Emmeline) Kim
Undergraduate Research Student
Expected B.S. (Chemistry): Case Western Reserve Univ.
This Lab: 04/2023 –
Email: kime9@ccf.org
Lab Alumni
Luyi (Amber) Wang
Undergraduate Research Student
Expected B.S. (Neuroscience): Case Western Reserve Univ.
This Lab: 07/2022 – 08/2022
Current: Undergraduate student, Univ. of Southern California
Nihal Paidipelly
Undergraduate Research Student
B.A. (Chemistry): Case Western Reserve Univ.
This Lab: 08/2021 – 05/2022
Rachael Quick
Research Technologist
B.A. (Biology): Ohio Wesleyan University
This Lab: 07/2018 – 01/2022
Current: Associate Scientist, STERIS
Sweta Parab, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
B.S. (Microbiology): University of Mumbai, India
Ph.D. (Biochemistry): University of Mumbai, India
This Lab: 11/2018 – 10/2021
Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, Lerner Research Institute
William Horrigan
Ph.D. Graduate Student (Rotation)
B.S. (Human Biology): Michigan State University
This Lab: 08/2021 – 10/2021
Current: Ph.D. graduate student, Lerner Research Institute
Zane Tolbert
Research Technician
B.S. (Biochemistry): Walsh University
This Lab: 02/2021 – 04/2021
Current: Graduate student, Clemson University
Erin Sullivan
Medical Student
B.S. (Biology): University of Notre Dame
This Lab: 07/2020 – 09/2020
Current: Medical student, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of
Medicine, Case Western Reserve Univ.
Maeve Salm
Undergraduate Research Student
B.S. (Biochemistry): Case Western Reserve Univ.
This Lab: 07/2019 – 07/2020
Current: Graduate student, Duke University
Keerti Vajrala
Undergraduate Research Student
B.S. (Bioengineering): Case Western Reserve Univ.
This Lab: 02/2019 – 05/2020
Current: Medical student, Kansas City University
School of Medicine
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