Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Associates

Kyle Baumbauer: Ph.D., Kent State University (2005); Postdoctoral Associate, Neurobiology; Laboratory: Dr. H. Richard Koerber; Address: E1440 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower; Phone: 412-648-9086; Fax: 412-383-8663; Email: kyleb@pitt.edu; Focus: Injury and inflammation-induced plasticity
Deanne Buffalari: Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (2006); Research Associate, Neuroscience; Laboratory: Dr. Linda Rinaman; Address: A210 Langley Hall; Phone: 412-624-8384; Fax: 412-624-9198; Email: deanne@pitt.edu; Focus: Neural circuits underlying the interactions of stress and drug abuse
Allison Curley: Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (2011); Postdoctoral Associate, Psychiatry; Laboratory: Dr. David Lewis; Address: W1606 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower; Phone: 412-624-9909; Fax: 412-624-9910; Email: aac31@pitt.edu; Focus: Role of prefrontal cortex interneuron alterations in the cognitive dysfunction of schizophrenia
Nicole Edgar: Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (2011); Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychiatry; Laboratory: Dr. Colleen McClung; Address: 233 Bridgeside Point II; Phone: 412-651-5519; Fax: 412-624-5280; Email: nie2@pitt.edu; Focus: The role of circadian genes in major depressive disorder
Elisabet Garcia Pino: Ph.D., University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain (2009); Postdoctoral Associate, Otolaryngology; Laboratory: Dr. Karl Kandler; Address: 100 Eye & Ear Institute; Phone: 412-605-3979; Fax: 412-647-0108; Email: elg47@pitt.edu; Focus: How neuronal circuits are established and modified during brain development using auditory brainstem as a model
Andrea Gillman: Ph.D., Indiana University (2010); Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychiatry; Laboratory: Dr. Colleen McClung; Address: 223 Bridgeside Point II; Phone: 412-624-5519; Fax: 412-624-5280; Email: gillmang@upmc.edu; Focus: The ability of drugs of abuse to entrain circadian rhythms
Jill Glausier: Ph.D., Emory University (2008); Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychiatry; Laboratory: Dr. David Lewis; Address: W1606 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower; Phone: 412-624-9909; Fax: 412-624-9910; Email: glausierjr@upmc.edu; Focus: Understanding the alterations in parvalbumin basket cell signaling in schizophrenia
Yunbok Kim: Ph.D., Ajou University, Korea (2004); Research Associate, Neuroscience; Laboratory: Dr. Bita Moghaddam; Address: 301 Life Science Annex; Phone: 412-624-0132; Fax: 412-624-9198; Email: yuk19@pitt.edu; Focus: Responses of VTA dopamine neurons during classical conditioning.
Harold T. Kyriazi: Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (1984); Research Associate, Neurobiology; Laboratory: Dr. Daniel Simons; Address: E1407 Biomedical Science Tower; Phone: 412-648-9443; Fax: 412-648-1441; Email: htk+@pitt.edu; Focus: Computational modeling of somatosensory information processing in the rat whisker/barrel system, focused mostly on cortical layer 4.
Jun-Ho La: Ph.D., Seoul National University (2004); Postdoctoral Associate, Anesthesiology (PCPR); Laboratory: Dr. Gerald Gebhart; Address: W1402 Biomedical Science Tower; Phone: 412-648-8123; Fax: 412-648-8123; Email: laj@upmc.edu; Focus: Study the role of two-pore domain potassium channels in visceral nociception.
Mads Breum Larsen: Ph.D., University of Aarhus, Denmark (2003); Postdoctoral Associate, Neurobiology; Laboratory: Dr. Susan Amara; Address: 6068 Biomedical Science Tower-3; Phone: 412-648-9748; Fax: 412-383-5267; Email: mbl6@pitt.edu; Focus: The structure and trafficking of monoaminergic neurotransmitter transporters.
Zheng Liu: Ph.D., Fudan University (2009); Postdoctoral Scholar, Neurobiology; Laboratory: Dr. Rebecca Seal; Address: 6068 Biomedical Science Tower 3; Phone:; Fax:; Email: zhengliu@pitt.edu; Focus:
Adria Martig: Ph.D., University of Washington (2010); Postdoctoral Associate, Neuroscience; Laboratory: Dr. Bita Moghaddam; Address: A210 Langley Hall; Phone: 412-624-4537; Fax: 412-624-9198; Email: martiga@pitt.edu; Focus: Endocannabinoid regulation of neural correlates underlying cognition.
Angus McMorland: Ph.D., University of Auckland (2009); Postdoctoral Associate, Neurobiology; Laboratory: Dr. Andrew Schwartz; Address: Rm 245, 3025 East Carson St., Pittsburgh, PA 15203; Phone: 412-383-9060; Fax: 412-383-5460; Email: amcmorl@gmail.com; Focus: Angus has two research hats: (1) understanding dynamic complexity in motor cortical firing rates and (2) developing neuroprosthetic control of grasping.
Jason Middleton: Ph.D., University of Ottawa, Canada (2007); Postdoctoral Associate, Otolaryngology; Laboratory: Dr. Thanos Tzounopoulos; Address: 10027 Biomedical Science Tower 3; Phone: 412-383-8625; Fax: 412-647-0108; Email: jmiddlet@pitt.edu; Focus: Microcircuit architecture of top-down neurons in the auditory cortex
Patrick Murray: Ph.D., University of Georgia (2010); Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychiatry; Laboratory: Dr. Robert Sweet; Address: W1654 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower; Phone: 412-624-4391; Fax: 412-624-9910; Email: murrayps@upmc.edu; Focus: Dendritic spine loss and synaptic vulnerability in Alzheimer disease with psychosis
Tuan Nguyen: Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (2005); Postdoctoral Associate, Otolaryngology; Laboratory: Dr. Karl Kandler; Address: 101 Eye & Ear Institute; Phone: 412-605-3979; Fax: 412-647-0108; Email: atn@pitt.edu; Focus: How neuronal circuits are established and modified during brain development.
Angela Ozburn: Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin (2009); Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychiatry; Laboratory: Dr. Colleen McClung; Address: 233 Bridgeside Point II; Phone: 412-624-5519; Fax: 412-624-5280; Email: ozburnar@upmc.edu; Focus: The role of circadian genes in addiction
Benjamin Pasquereau: Ph.D., University of Bordeaux (2007); Postdoctoral Associate, Systems Neuroscience Institute; Laboratory: Dr. Robert Turner; Address: 3501 Biomedical Science Tower-3; Phone: 412-383-9961; Fax: 412-383-9061; Email: benp@pitt.edu; Focus: Physiology and pathophysiology of the basal ganglia.
Alexander Poplawsky: Ph.D., Emory University (2011); Postdoctoral Associate, Radiology; Laboratory: Dr. Seong-Gi Kim; Address: 155 McGowan Inst. for Regenerative Med. Bldg.; Phone: 412-383-6696; Fax:; Email: ajp94@pitt.edu; Focus: Direct detection of neural magnetic fields with magnetic resonance technology.
Mariane Seney: Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst (2009); Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychiatry; Laboratory: Dr. Etienne Sibille; Address: Bridgeside Point II, Suite 233; Phone: 412-383-7167; Fax: 412-624-5280; Email: seneyml@upmc.edu; Focus: Using animal models to understand mechanisms underlying sex differences in major depression
Suzanne Underhill: Ph.D., Washington University (2002); Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurobiology; Laboratory: Dr. Susan Amara; Address: 6068 bay 2b; Phone: 412-383-7431; Fax: 412-383-5267; Email: smunderhill@yahoo.com; Focus: glutamate transporters
Victor Van Laar: Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (2008); Postdoctoral Associate, Neurology; Laboratory: Dr. Sarah Berman; Address: 7045-8A, Biomedical Science Tower 3; Phone: 412-383-5870; Fax: 412-648-7029; Email: vanlaarvs@upmc.edu; Focus: Studying the role of mitochondrial dynamics in the development and progression of neurodegenerative disease.
Catherine Weisz: Ph.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2011); Postdoctoral Scholar, Otolaryngology; Laboratory: Dr. Karl Kandler; Address: 10027 Biomedical Science Tower 3; Phone: 412-624-8636; Fax: 412-647-0108; Email: cjw52@pitt.edu; Focus: The development of inhibitory inputs to auditory brainstem neurons using electrophysiology and imaging techniques