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Principal Investigator

Anton Maximov Anton Maximov

Assistant Professor
M.S., St-Petersburg State University
Ph.D., Institute of Cytology Russian Academy of Sciences
Phone: (858) 784-8151
email: amaximov@scripps.edu 


Research Associates

Masafumi Masafumi (Masa) Shimojo

Ph.D., Tokyo Institute of Technology
Phone: (858) 784-8171 
email: mshimojo@scripps.edu
Research interests: neuronal cargo secretion, experience-dependent synaptic plasticity. Masa is a recipient of the Japanese Society for Promotion of Science fellowship (JSPS).
JWong Julian Wong

Ph.D., Brown University
Phone: (858) 784-8171
email: jlwong@scripps.edu
Research interests: reprogramming of non-neuronal human cells into neurons, genomic and functional analysis of patient-specific human neuronal models for psychiatric diseases. Julian is a recipient of the Life Science Research Foundation fellowship (LSRF).
Simon Pieraut Simon Pieraut

Ph.D., University of Montpellier
Phone: (858) 784-8171
email: simonp@scripps.edu
Research interests: experience-dependent synaptic plasticity
Simon is a Dorris Neuroscience Fellow

Graduate Students



Richard Sando Rick Sando

Kellogg School of Science & Technology
The Scripps Research Institute
Phone: (858) 784-8171
email: sandor@scripps.edu
Research interests: experience-dependent synaptic plasticity, development of new genetic methods for inducible control of synaptic transmission

Research Intern

Shwetha Shwetha Phatarpekar

California State University, Channel Islands
Phone: (858) 784-8171
email: shwetha@scripps.edu
Research interests: reprogramming of non-neuronal human cells into neurons

Research Assistant

Nina Torabi-Rander Nina Torabi-Rander

Phone: (858) 784-8171
email: ninatr@scripps.edu
Research interests: reprogramming of non-neuronal human cells into neurons

Research Technician

CGabrelow
Chase Gabrelow

Phone: (858) 784-8171
email: ggabrelow@scripps.edu

Work-study Intern

SooEun Kim SooEun Kim

Univeristy of California, San Diego
Phone: (858) 784-8171
email: ksooeun@scripps.edu

Former Lab Members

Natasha Gunko
Natalia V. Gounko

Ph.D., University of Groningen
Current position: Staff Scientist, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore
Jep Madera Jep Madara

Ph.D. University of Connecticut
Current position: Staff Scientist, Harvard Medical School
Kristen Buono Kristen Buono

Research Intern
Current position: Medical Student, University of California at San Diego