Our Team

mazzucato_cv_2024.pdf
LUCA MAZZUCATO

Principal Investigator - CV

LIA PAPADOPOULOS, PhD

Prior to beginning at Oregon, Lia completed her Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was advised by Prof. Danielle Bassett. She is interested in utilizing biophysically-motivated models to study the collective activity patterns exhibited by large neural populations, and to understand the consequences of those dynamics for neural function.

        ANANDITA DE, PhD
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IFEDAYO-EMMANUEL ADEYEFA-OLASUPO, PhD
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ANDREW LESAK
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Graduate Student (Physics)

DANIEL BURNHAM
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Graduate Student (Biology)

CONNER CARNAHAN
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Graduate Student (Physics)

        DANNY BROWN
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           Graduate Student (Biology, co-supervised with Nicki Swann)

AUDRA MCNAMEE

Research Assistant
Resident Artist working on a graphic novel on the neuroscience of psychedelics. Website.

GIACOMO BARZON
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Research Assistant
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COOKIE - Resident Theorist

Her main research interest is in songbirds, especially Blue Jays. She spends most days carefully annotating their behavior at the window.

Alumni

      MICHAEL JOHNSON

        Research Assistant -> Data Analyst
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MERAV STERN, PhD

Postdoc -> Independent Fellow, Rockefeller University

STEFANO RECANATESI, PhD

Postdoc -> Assistant Professor, Technion (Israel)

         ALIREZA TAVANFAR, PhD
         Visiting Faculty (Champalimaud)

DAVID WYRICK

Graduate Student (Biology), PhD 2022 -> Scientist at the Allen Institute for Brain Science

NICU ISTRATE

Graduate Student (Physics), PhD 2022 -> Data Scientist at Brentwood Industries

PEREGRINE PAINTER

Research Assistant
(co-supervised with the Fishbourne lab)

ZAHARA GIRONES
Postdoc
Moved on to Paul Bays lab at Cambridge University (UK)

MAHBOUBEH KHODDAM

Rotation student