Name: Ty Abel
Institution: Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University
Current Position: Assistant Professor

Dissertation Year: 1999
Advisor: Naomi Rance
Title: Gonadal Steroids, Reproductive Aging and the Primate Hypothalamus

Name: Pamela Banta-Lavenex
Institution: Department of Medicine/Physiology, University of Fribourg
Current Position: Assistant Professor

Dissertation Year: 1998
Advisor: Lynn Nadel
Title: Neuroethology of Acquired English and Conspecific Vocalizations in the Budgerigar (Melopsittacus Undulatus)

Name: Daniela Boassa
Institution: University of California, San Diego
Current Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 2004
Advisor: Andrea Yool
Title: Functional Properties of Aquaporin-1 Ion Channels in Choriod Plexus

Name: Mark Bower
Institution: Stanford University
Current Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 2003
Advisor: Bruce McNaughton
Title: The Neural Basis Of Trajectory Computations In Rodent Posterior Parietal Cortex And Hippocampus

Name: Lori Buhlman
Institution: Barrow Neurological Institute
Current Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 2007
Advisor: Ronald Lukas
Title: Heterologous Expression of a6*-Nicotonic Acetylcholine Receptors and the Natural Distribution of a6 Subunits

Name: Holly Campbell
Institution: Neurological Science Institute, Oregon Health & Science Institute
Current Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 2000
Advisor: Nicholas Strausfeld
Title: Spatially-Invariant Discrimination of Visual Pattern Orientation in the Blow Fly, Phaenicia sericata

Name: Justin Cetas
Institution: Oregon Health & Science University
Current Position: Intern, General Surgery

Dissertation Year: 2000
Advisor: Nathaniel McMullen
Title: Neuronal Architecture and Functional Organization of Rabbit Auditory Thalamus

Name: Audrey Clinton
Institution: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Current Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 1998
Advisor: Nicholas Strausfeld
Title: Innervation Patterns of Metathoracic Leg Muscles in the Grasshopper, Barytettix psolus, and Their Significance in Posture, Locomotion, and Muscle Maintenance

Name: Stephen Danzer
Institution: University of Cincinnati
Current Position: Assistant Professor

Dissertation Year: 1998
Advisor: Naomi Rance
Title: Steroid Hormone Regulation of Neurons in the Hypothalamic Arcuate Nucleus

Name: Davide Dulcis
Institution: Neurobiology Section, University of California, San Diego
Current Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 2004
Advisor: Richard Levine
Title: The Drosophila and Manduca Hearts as Models for Studying the Role of Innervation in Cardiac Function.

Name: Becky Farley
Institution: Department of Physiology, University of Arizona
Current Position: Research Assistant Professor

Dissertation Year: 1999
Advisor: Jeannette Hoit
Title: Trunk Muscle Activity During the Simultaneous Performance of Two Voluntary Tasks:  A Trunk Task and a Pulsed Expiration Task

Name: Cynthia Gentry
Institution: Division of Neurochemistry, Barrow Neurological Institute
Current Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 2002
Advisor: Ronald Lukas
Title: Effects of Chronic Ligand Exposure on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors

Name: Jason Gerrard
Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital
Current Position: Neurology Resident

Dissertation Year: 2002
Advisor: Carol Barnes
Title: Reactivation of Hippocampal Ensemble Activity Patterns in the Aging Rat:  Insights into Memory Consolidation Within the Aged Brain

Name: Katalin Gothard
Institution: Department of Physiology, University of Arizona
Current Position: Assistant Professor

Dissertation Year: 1996
Advisor: Bruce McNaughton
Title: Multiple Maps and Multiple Reference Frames in the Hippocampal Representation of Space

Name: Brian Hawkins
Institution: NIH
Current Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 2004
Advisor: Thomas Davis
Title: Nicotinic Modulation of Cerebral Microvascular Permeability

Name: Thomas Heinbockel
Institution: Department of Anatomy, Howard University
Current Position: Assistant Professor

Dissertation Year: 1997
Advisor: John Hildebrand
Title: Functional Organization of Male-Specific Olfactory Glomeruli in the Sphinx Moth, Manduca sexta

Name: David Herman
Institution: Department of Anesthesiology
Current Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 2006
Advisor: Todd Vanderah
Title: Cholecystokinin in the Rostral Ventromedial Medulla in Models of Neuropathic Pain and Morphine Administration

Name: Sharon Hesterlee
Institution: Muscular Dystrophy Association
Current Position: Director of Research Development

Dissertation Year: 1999
Advisor: Richard Levine
Title: Identification and Characterization of a Novel Target for Eclosion Hormone in the Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca sexta

Name: Kari Hoffman
Institution: Department of Psychology , York University
Current Position: Assistant Professor

Dissertation Year: 2003
Advisor: Bruce McNaughton
Title: Coordinated Memory Trace Reactivation Across Distributed Neural Ensembles in Primate Neocortex

Name: Taryn Jackson
Institution: Invitrogen, Seattle, WA
Current Position: Techincal Support

Dissertation Year: 2005
Advisor: Mani Ramaswami
Title: Molecular and Genetic Analysis of Synaptic Signaling in Drosphila: The Ik6 Gene Functions Downstream of ERK to Regulate Synaptic Growth

Name: Megumi Kaneko
Institution: Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco
Current Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 2003
Advisor: Alan Nighorn
Title: Cloning and Characterization of an Eph Receptor and its Ligand Ephrin in the Developing Primary Olfactory Pathway of the Moth Manduca sexta

Name: Susy Kim
Institution: Department of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Current Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 2007
Advisor: Mani Ramaswami
Title: Presynaptic substrates mediating Fos and Jun dependent plasticity at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction

Name: Hemant Kudrimoti
Institution: Department of Neurology, University of Arizona
Current Position: Assistant Professor

Dissertation Year: 1999
Advisor: Bruce McNaughton
Title: Reactivation of Hippocampal Cell Assemblies: Effects of Behavioral State, Experience and EEG Dynamics

Name: David Lent
Institution: School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, UK
Current Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 2006
Advisor: Nicholas Strausfeld
Title: Learning and Memory and Supporting Neural Architecture in the Cockroach, Periplaneta Americana

Name: Lisa Marriott
Institution: Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Current Position: Program Director

Dissertation Year: 2004
Advisor: Gary Wenk
Title: Gonadal hormone modulation of chronic neuroinflammation

Name: Stephen Matheson
Institution: Department of Biology, Calvin College
Current Position: Associate Professor

Dissertation Year: 1996
Advisor: Richard Levine
Title: Effects of Ecdysteroid on the Structure and Function of Growth Cones of Identified Insect Motor Neurons

Name: Tara McIsaac
Institution: Department of Kinesiology, Arizona State University
Current Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 2006
Advisor: Andrew Fuglevand
Title: Neural Mechanisms Underlying Muscle Synergies Involved in the Control of the Human Hand

Name: Melinda Mesaros

Dissertation Year: 1995
Advisor: David Morton
Title: Identification and Characterization of Steroid Regulated Genes in Manduca Sexta CNS

Name: Julie Miller
Institution: Department of Physiology, University of California, Las Angelus
Current Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 2005
Advisor: Richard Levine
Title: Wandering Behavior in Manduca Sexta: Investigating Steroid Hormone Effects on Neural circuits for Locomotor Behavior.

Name: Christopher Nicholas
Institution: Program in Cognitive Science, University of Arizona
Current Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 2001
Advisor: Thomas Bever
Title: Matchmaking: Sex, Conflict, and the Cerebral Hemispheres

Name: Galya Orr
Institution: William R. Riley Environmental Molecular Science Labratory
Current Position: Senior Reseach Scientist

Dissertation Year: 2002
Advisor: Carol Barnes
Title: Modulation of Synaptic Plasticity by the Theta Rhythm and Structure Function Relationships in a Single Ion Channel

Name: Marsha Penner
Institution: Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, University of Arizona
Current Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 2008
Advisor: Carol Barnes
Title: Subregion Specific Changes in Immediate-Early Genes Within the Aged Hippocampus

Name: Joel Rawson
Institution: University of California, San Francisco
Current Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 2004
Advisor: Scott Selleck
Title: Development of the Drosophila Nervous System: Roles for TGF-B signaling and the glypican Dally Like

Name: Ephron Rosenzweig
Institution: University of California, San Diego
Current Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 2002
Advisor: Carol Barnes
Title: Age-related Changes in Hippocampal Map Realignment

Name: Tatiana Sandoval- Guzman
Institution: Karolinska Institute
Current Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 2003
Advisor: Naomi Rance
Title: Neurokinin B and the Hypothalamic Regulation

Name: Katherine Schroeder
Institution: Barrow Neurological Institute
Current Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 1998
Advisor: Herman Gordon
Title: Antagonistic Actions of Agrin on the Clustering of Acetylcholine Receptors

Name: Katja Selchow
Position: Airline Pilot

Dissertation Year: 1998
Advisor: John Hildebrand
Title: Processing of Plant-Associated Odors By A Subset of Projection Neurons in the Antennal Lobe of the Female Moth, Manduca Sexta

Name: Jiemin Shen

Dissertation Year: 1996
Advisor: Carol Barnes
Title: The Aging Hippocampsus: Neural Mechanisms Underlying Learning and Memory Deficits in Old Rats

Name: William Skaggs
Institution: California National Primate Research Center
Current Position: Associate Research Scientist

Dissertation Year: 1995
Advisor: Bruce McNaughton
Title: Relations Between the Theta Rhythm and Activity Patterns of Hippocampal Neurons

Name: Kevin Spitler
Institution: University of Arizona
Current Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 2007
Advisor: Katalin Gothard
Title: The Role of the Monkey Amygdala in the Autonomic Expression of Emotion

Name: Daniel Stimson
Institution: NINDS
Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 1999
Advisor: Mani Ramaswami
Title: Products of the Drosophila Stoned Gene Regulate Synaptic Vesicle Cycling and Synaptic Plasticity

Name: Dawn Tamarkin
Institution: Springfield Technical Community College
Current Position: Associate Professor

Dissertation Year: 1993
Advisor: Richard Levine
Title: The Structure, Function, and Metamorphic Reorganization of the Abdominal Stretch Receptor Organ in Manduca sexta

Name: Lauren Willard
Institution: Neuroscience Department, Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals
Current Position: Associate Director

Dissertation Year: 1999
Advisor: Gary Wenk
Title: Pathological and Biochemical Consequences of Chronic Neuroinflammation in the Basal Forebrain: An Investigation of the Mechanisms Underlying Neuroprotection

Name: Caroline Wilson
Institution: University of Hawaii
Current Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 2006
Advisor: Alan Nighorn
Title: Just Say NO: And examination of the function of Nitric oxide in Manduca sexta olfaction

Name: Michelle Withers
Institution: Department of Biology, West Virginia University
Current Position: Assistant Professor

Dissertation Year: 1995
Advisor: Paul St. John
Title: Regulation of Glycine Receptors by Embryonic Rat Spinal Cord Neurons During Development In Vitro

Name: Zhiyong Yang
Institution: University of Texas, Austin
Current Position: Postdoc

Dissertation Year: 2004
Advisor: Carol Barnes
Title: Glutamafergic contributions to hippocampal fuction in senescent rats

Name: Colin Zappone
Institution: Department of Pharmacology, University of Arizona
Current Position: Assistant Research Scientist

Dissertation Year: 2004
Advisor: Robert Sloviter
Title: Hippocampal Association and Commissural Pathways; Anatomical and Electrophysiological Studies in the Rat