Assistant Professors/Researchers Supervised:
David Baglietto-Vargas, Ph.D. (9/15-1/20)
Interests: Risk factors in Alzheimer’s disease
Former Postdoctoral
1. Malcolm Leissring, Ph.D. (6/00 – 5/01)
Current Position: Scientist, LaFerla Lab
- Mehrdad Jannatipour, Ph.D. (4/01 – 4/02)
Current Position: Scientist, Focus Technologies, CA
- Karen L. Nowak, Ph.D. (08/01-04/03)
Current Position: Neuroscience Medical Science Liaison, Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Karah Street, Ph.D. (09/01-08/03)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Saddleback College
- Grace Stutzmann, Ph.D. (09/01 – 08/03)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Rosalind Franklin Medical School (Chicago,IL)
- Lauren Billings, Ph.D. (07/03 – 11/05)
Current Position: Scientist, Allergan Pharmaceuticals, Irvine
- Ian Smith, Ph.D. (02/03 – 02/07)
Current Position: Associate Researcher, UCI
- Salvatore Oddo, Ph.D. (06/05 – 06/08)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Texas HSC, San Antonio
- Anna Parachikova, Ph.D. (01/07-07/08)
Current Position: Head of Cognition/Neurodegeneration Group, Psychogenics (NY)
- Kristine Freude, Ph. D. (08/08- 07/11)
Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen
- Masashi Kitazawa, Ph.D. (02/03 – 01/12)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, UCI
- Carlos Rodriguez-Ortiz, Ph.D. (01/10- 02/12)
Current Position: Assistant Project Scientist, UCI
13. Jack Reidling, Ph.D. (2/10 – 4/12)
Current Position: Project Scientist, UCI
14. Hilda Martinez-Coria, D.V.M., Ph.D. (08/06- 06/12)
Current Position: Professor, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
15. C. Walls, Ph.D. (6/09-06/12)
Current Position: Physician Assistant,
16. Kim Green, Ph. D. (08/03- 08/12)
Current Position: Professor, UCI
17. Mathew Blurton-Jones, Ph.D. (08/05- 08/13)
Current Position: Professor, UCI
18. Rahasson Ager, Ph. D. (02/10 – 09/15)
Current Position: Science Communications Associate, UCI
19. Alessandra Martini, Ph.D. (6/15-6/19)
Current Position: Associate Project Scientist, UCI
20. Laura Trujillo-Estrada Ph.D. (3/16-10/19)
Current Position: Professor, University of Malaga
21. Stefania Forner, Ph.D. (6/15-present)
Graduate Students Supervised
1.Malcolm A. Leissring (1996-2000), awarded Ph.D. June 2000
Dissertation: Modulation of Calcium Signaling by Alzheimer’s Presenilin
Mutations
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
2. Michael C. Sugarman (1997-2002), awarded Ph.D. June 2002
Dissertation: Transgenic Mouse Model of Inclusion Body Myositis
Current Position: Research Scientist, Diagnostic BioSystems
3. Yama Akbari (1999-2005), awarded Ph.D January 2005
Dissertation: Modulation of ß-amyloid Production through Calcium Signaling
Alterations
Current Position: Neurology Resident, UCLA
4. Salvatore Oddo (2002-2005), awarded Ph.D. June 2005
Dissertation: Aß and Tau Interactions in a Transgenic Model of Alzheimer’s
Disease
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antoni
5. Bert Tseng (2001-2006), awarded Ph.D. May 2006
Dissertation: Aß Mediated Dysfunction of the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System Facilitates the Pathological Accumulation of Alzheimer Disease Proteins Aß and Tau
Current Position: Medical Resident, UC Irvine
6. Tritia R. Yamasaki (2002-2007), awarded Ph.D May 2007
Dissertation: Neural Stem Cells Improve Cognition in an Inducible Mouse Model of Neuronal Loss
Current Position: Neurology Resident, UCLA
7. Lani Clinton, Ph.D. student (2004 – 2007), awarded Ph.D. June 2007
Dissertation: Synergistic Interactions among Aß, Tau, and a-synuclein: Acceleration of Neuropathology and Cognitive Decline
Current Position: Medical Student, University of Hawaii
8. Debbie Morrissette, Ph.D. student (2003-2009), awarded Ph.D. June 2009
Dissertation: Effects of mouse genetic background strain on Alzheimer-like pathology and behavior in the 3xTg-AD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease
Current Position: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Cal State University, San Marcos
9. Michael Sy, M.D./Ph.D. student (2002-2009), awarded Ph.D. June 2009
Dissertation: Chronic inflammation induces tau phosphorylation and cognitive impairments in the 3xTg-AD mouse model
Current Position: Medical Student, UC Irvine
10. Maya Koike, Ph.D. (2006-2010), awarded Ph.D. December 2010
Dissertation: Cerebral hypoperfusion and Alzheimer’s disease: studies in mouse models
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Irvine, Kim Green lab
11. Kara Neeley, Ph. D. (2008-2011), awarded Ph. D. November 2011
Dissertation: Alzheimer’s associated protein presenilin is necessary for efficient autophagy
Current position: Veterinary School, Tufts
12. Kris Myczek, Ph.D. (2007-2012), awarded Ph.D. December 2012
Dissertation: The Impact of Hippocampal Neuronal Loss on Adult Neurogenesis
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University
13. Dustin Schilling, Ph. D. (2012- 2013), awarded Ph. D. April 2013
Dissertation: Determining the Mechanism and Contribution of Exaggerated Intracellular Calcium Signaling to Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis In Vivo
14. Nicholas Castello, Ph. D. (2008-2013), awarded Ph.D. April 2013
Dissertation: Modulating structural plasticity to improve Alzheimer disease-related functional deficits
Current Position: Market Planning Manager at Genentec
15. Meredith Chabrier, Ph.D. (2009-2014), awarded Ph.D.
Dissertation: Dynamics of amyloid-beta, wild-type tau and synaptic pathology in Alzheimer’s disease.
Master’s Students:
Libby Weber (1996-1998)
Steven Hinton (1998-2000)