Meet Our Team

Fernando Gomez-Pinilla
Principal Investigator
The PI (Dr. Gomez-Pinilla) is the director of the graduate/undergraduate course “Neural Control of Physiological Systems” which uses principles in Integrative Physiology applied to the understanding of the function of the Autonomic Nervous System and the graduate course, “Neural Repair and Plasticity,” intended to discuss emerging concepts in the field.

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Lily Ying: Research Supervisor Bruna Fulco: Post-Doctorate Researcher Pavan Thapak: Post-Doctorate Researcher Mayuri Khandelwal: Post-Doctorate Researcher Mary Ghasemi: Master Student Junman Wang: H.S. Summer Intern Meizhu Chai: H.S. Summer Intern
Recent Alumni

Victoria P. Sánchez, Post-Doctorate Researcher

Shraddha D. Rege, Post-Doctorate Researcher

Gokul Krishna, Post-Doctorate Researcher

Rahul Agrawal, Post-Doctorate Researcher

Ethika Tyagi, Post-Doctorate Researcher

Emily Noble, Post-Doctorate Researcher

Wellington Z. Amaral, Post-Doctorate Researcher

Natosha Mercado, Post-Doctorate Researcher

Shoshanna Vaynman, Ph.D. Student and Post-Doctorate Researcher

UCLA Collaborators

Dr. Xia Yang
Dr. Alicia Izquierdo
Dr. Weizhe Hong; Dept. of Biological Chemistry
Dr. Neil Harris, Dept. of Neurosurgery
Dr. Reggie Edgerton
Dr. Roy Wollman