McCormick Lab

From left: Carlos Mauriera, Alvaro Duque,Yuguo Yu, Robert Sachdev, Thierry Bal, David McCormick, Yousheng Shu, Bilal Haider, and Andrea Hasenstaub

David McCormick

David McCormick

Professor of Neurobiology

Carolina Oliva

Carolina Oliva

Neuroscience Graduate Student

Yuguo Yu

Yuguo Yu

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Robert Sachdev

Robert Sachdev

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Carlos Maureira

Carlos Maureira

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Flavio Frohlich

Flavio Frohlich

Posdoctoral Research Associate

Markus wolfel

Markus Wolfel

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Amanda Foust

Amanda Foust

Graduate Student

Amanda Casale

Amanda Casale

Graduate Student

Babak Tahvildari

Babak Tahvildari

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Previous Lab Members:

Postdoctoral Fellows


Hans-Christian Pape, Ph.D.

Ph.D. University Bochum, Germany

Postdoctoral Fellow 1989-1990


Anne Williamson, Ph.D.

Ph.D. University Maryland, Baltimore, 1989

Postdoctoral Fellow 1989-1991


Ary Ramoa, M.D., Ph.D.

Ph.D. University California, Berkeley

Research Associate 1993-1994


Thierry Bal, Ph.D.

Ph.D. University of Bordeaux, France, 1991

Postdoctoral Fellow 1991-1995


Marcus von Krosigk, Ph.D.

PhD. Oxford University, 1991

Postdoctoral Fellow 1991-1994


Uhnoh Kim, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Duke University, 1993

Postdoctoral Fellow 1993-1999.


Francine Trent, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Rutgers University, 1994

Postdoctoral Fellow 1994-1995


Maria Victoria Sanchez-Vives, M.D., Ph.D.

M.D., Ph.D. University of Alicante, Spain, 1992

Postdoctoral Fellow, 1995-1999.


Lionel Nowak, Ph.D.

Ph.D. University Claude Bernard, Lyon France

Fall 1995-1999.


Anita Luthi, Ph.D.

Ph.D. University of Zurich, Switzerland, 1995

Postdoctoral Fellow: 1996-2000.


Joshua Brumberg, Ph.D.

Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, 1997

Postdoctoral Fellow: 1997-2001.


Rowshanak Hashemiyoon, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Hahneman University, 1996

Postdoctoral Fellow: 1998-1999.


Pradeep Atluri, M.D., Ph.D.

M.D., Ph.D. Harvard University, 2000

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2001-2002.


Udo Kraushaar, Ph.D.

University of Freiburg, Germany, 2000.

Postdoctoral fellow: 2003-2005.


Yousheng Shu, Ph.D.

Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Brain Research Institute, 1999.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2001-2007.


Jeremy Bergsman, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Neurosience, Stanford University, 2001.

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2001-2005.


Christian Broberger, M.D., Ph.D.

Karolinska Institute, 2001.

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2001-2004.


Caitlin Aptowicz, Ph.D.

Ph.D. University of Chicago, 2004

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2004-2005.


Wen Jun Gao, M.D., Ph.D.

Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Brain

Research Institute, 1997.

Research Associate: 2004-2005.


Nadine Kabani, Ph.D. Pharmacology

Pennsylvania State University, 2003.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2003-2005.


Kristy Sundberg, Ph.D.

UCSD, 2008.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2008-2009.


Alvaro Duque, Ph.D.

Pennsylvania State University, 2003.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2006-2008.


Predoctoral Fellows


Zhong Wang

B.Sc. Peking University, 1989

Ph.D. 1989-1993


Kendall Lee

B.S. University Colorado

M.D./Ph.D. 1993-1998.


James Monckton

B.S. State University of New York, Stony Brook

Ph.D. 1996-2000.


Andrea Hasenstaub

B.S.California Institute of Technology, 2001.

Ph.D. 2001-2007.


Bilal Haider, Ph.D.

University of Illinois, 2003.

Ph.D: 2004-2009.

Lab day at the beach

Lab Picture #2(click for the full-sized version)

McCormick Lab Brain Bank

Yousheng Patches a Giant Axon!

Design Anna Bolteus