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Last Name: Ahmadian
First Name: Yashar
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2013-2015
Advisor (s): Abbott, Miller, Paninski
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Oregon

Last Name: Ames
First Name: Katherine C.
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2014-2019
Advisor (s): Churchland
Current Position: Senior Application Scientist, LifeCanvas Technologies

Last Name: Archer
First Name: Evan
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2014-2016
Advisor (s): Cunningham, Paninski
Current Position: Senior Research Scientist, Sony AI

Last Name: Babadi
First Name: Baktash
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2007-2011
Advisor (s): Abbott
Current Position: Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital

Last Name: Badel
First Name: Laurent
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2009-2010
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: EMEA Data Scientist, Eaton

Last Name: Barak
First Name: Omri
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2009-2012
Advisor (s): Abbott, Fusi
Current Position: Principal Investigator, Technion

Last Name: Batty
First Name: Eleanor
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2015-2020
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: Curriculum Developer, Harvard University

Last Name: Benna
First Name: Marcus
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Associate Research Scientist
Years Active: 2012-2020
Advisor (s): Fusi
Current Position: Assistant Professor, UC San Diego

Last Name: Buesing
First Name: Lars
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2013-2015
Advisor (s): Cunningham, Paninski
Current Position: Research Scientist, DeepMind (Google)

Last Name: Calabrese
First Name: Ana
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2008-2014
Advisor (s): Paninski, Abbott, Woolley
Current Position: Founder, The Clay Lab

Last Name: Carlson
First Name: David
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2015-2016
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Duke

Last Name: Chen
First Name: Shizhe
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2016-2018
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: Assistant Professor, UC Davis

Last Name: Cimenser
First Name: Aylin
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2004-2007
Advisor (s): Miller
Current Position: Research Scientist, Boston University

Last Name: Clopath
First Name: Claudia
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active
Advisor (s): Abbott
Current Position: Professor, Imperial College London

Last Name: Cueva
First Name: Chris
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2012-2018
Advisor (s): Fusi
Current Position: Postdoc, Columbia University

Last Name: DeCostanzo
First Name: Anthony
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2008-2012
Advisor (s): Fusi
Current Position: Director of Products, Ascent Robotics

Last Name: Dempsey
First Name: Conor
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2012-2018
Advisor (s): Abbott, Sawtell
Current Position

Last Name: Deng
First Name: Xinyi
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2016-2019
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Beijing University of Technology

Last Name: DePasquale
First Name: Brian
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2010-2016
Advisor (s): Abbott
Current Position: Postdoc, Princeton University

Last Name: Eisele
First Name: Michael
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2005-2008
Advisor (s): Miller
Current Position

Last Name: Elsayed
First Name: Gamaleldin
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2013-2017
Advisor (s): Cunningham, Churchland
Current Position: Research Scientist, Google Brain Mountain View

Last Name: Escola
First Name: Sean
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2005-2009
Advisor (s): Abbott, Paninski
Current Position: Assistant Professor, CU Medical Center

Last Name: Fontolan
First Name: Lorenzo
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2009-2011
Advisor (s): Fusi
Current Position: Associate, Janelia Research Campus

Last Name: Friedrich
First Name: Johannes
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2015-2017
Advisor (s): Paninski, Cunningham
Current Position: Associate Research Scientist, Flatiron Institute

Last Name: Fu
First Name: Yao
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2018-2020
Advisor (s): Cunningham
Current Position: Research Intern, Alibaba Group

Last Name: Fumarola
First Name: Francesco
Position at CTN: Grad Student

Postdoc
Years Active: 2011-2012;
2017- 2018
2018-2019
Advisor (s): Miller
Current Position: Postdoc, RIKEN Center for Brain Science

Last Name: Ganem
First Name: Gabriel L.
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2016-2019
Advisor (s): Cunningham
Current Position

Last Name: Ganguli
First Name: Surya
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2007-2008
Advisor (s): Miller
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Stanford University

Last Name: Gao
First Name: Yuanjun
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2014-2017
Advisor (s): Cunningham
Current Position

Last Name: George
First Name: Meena
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2005-2008
Advisor (s): Abbott, Siegelbaum
Current Position: Ophthalmologist & VitreoRetinal Surgeon, University of Illinois

Last Name: Gilboa
First Name: Dar
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2015-2020
Advisor (s): Wright
Current Position

Last Name: Grosenick
First Name: Logan
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2015-2020
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: Chief Science Officer, Responsive AI

Last Name: Hernandez
First Name: Daniel
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2016-2019
Advisor (s): Cunningham, Paninski
Current Position: Google Brain AI Resident, Google

Last Name: Huys
First Name: Quentin
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2007-2008
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: Clinical Associate Professor, University College London

Last Name: Iigaya
First Name: Kiyohito
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active
Advisor (s): Fusi
Current Position: Postdoc, Caltech

Last Name: Ingrosso
First Name: Alessandro
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2016-2020
Advisor (s): Abbott
Current Position: Postdoc, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)

Last Name: Itskov
First Name: Vladimir
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2006-2009
Advisor (s): Abbott
Current Position: Associate Professor, PennState

Last Name: Jercog
First Name: Pablo
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2008-2013
Advisor (s): Abbott
Current Position: Principal Investigator, BARCCSYN

Last Name: Kaifosh
First Name: Patrick
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2011-2015
Advisor (s): Abbott, Losonczy
Current Position: Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer, CTRL-Labs (Facebook)

Last Name: Kato
First Name: Saul
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2007-2013
Advisor (s): Abbott
Current Position: Assistant Professor, UC San Francisco

Last Name: Kennedy
First Name: Ann K.
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2010-2014
Advisor (s): Abbott
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Northwestern University

Last Name: Kulkarni
First Name: Jayant
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2005-2008
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: Co-Founder & CEO, Quartzy

Last Name: Kushnir
First Name: Lyudmila
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2012-2016
Advisor (s): Fusi
Current Position: Postdoc, École normale supérieure

Last Name: Lalazar
First Name: Hagai
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2012-2017
Advisor (s): Abbott
Current Position: Co-Founder & CEO, Stealth Mode Startup Company

Last Name: Lara
First Name: Antonio H.
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2012-2016
Advisor (s): Paninski, Churchland, Cunningham
Current Position: Director, Kernel

Last Name: Lewi
First Name: Jeremy
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2005-2010
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: Software Engineer, Google

Last Name: Linderman
First Name: Scott
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2016-2019
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Stanford University

Last Name: Lindsay
First Name: Grace
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Postdoc
Years Active: 2012-2017 2018-2019
Advisor (s): Miller
Current Position: Research Fellow, Gatsby & Sainsbury Wellcome Centre

Last Name: Liou
First Name: Jyun-You
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2013-2017
Advisor (s): Abbott
Current Position: Anesthesiology Resident Physician, New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center

Last Name: Litwin-Kumar
First Name: Ashok
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2014-2018
Advisor (s): Abbott
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Columbia University

Last Name: Luo
First Name: Sean
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2003-2010
Advisor (s): Abbott
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Columbia University

Last Name: Machado
First Name: Tim
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2009-2015
Advisor (s): Paninski, Jessell
Current Position: AP Giannini Fellow, Stanford University

Last Name: Marti
First Name: Daniel O.
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2011-2013
Advisor (s): Fusi
Current Position: Applied Scientist, Amazon

Last Name: Mena
First Name: Gonzalo
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Postdoc
Years Active: 2013-2018 2018
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: HDSI Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University

Last Name: Merel
First Name: Joshua
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2012-2016
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: Senior Research Scientist, DeepMind (Google)

Last Name: Miller
First Name: Andy
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2018-2019
Advisor (s): Cunningham, Paninski
Current Position: Research Scientist, Apple

Last Name: Mishchenko
First Name: Yuriy
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2008-2010
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: Senior Research Scientist, Alexa Speech

Last Name: Mitelut
First Name: Catalin
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2018-2020
Advisor (s): Paninski, Costa
Current Position: Postdoc, New York University

Last Name: Moezzi
First Name: Bahar
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active
Advisor (s): Fusi
Current Position: Research Officer, The University of Adelaide

Last Name: Monaco
First Name: Joseph D.
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2005-2009
Advisor (s): Abbott
Current Position: Research Associate Faculty Scientist, Johns Hopkins University

Last Name: Moskovitz
First Name: Theo
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Research Assistant
Years Active: 2017-2019 2019
Advisor (s): Abbott
Current Position: PhD Student, Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit

Last Name: Muller
First Name: Salomon
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2013-2020
Advisor (s): Abbott, Sawtell
Current Position: Postdoc, Columbia University

Last Name: Murphy
First Name: Brendan
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Postdoc
Years Active: 2001-2007 2007-2009
Advisor (s): Miller
Current Position: Head of Promotions & Partnerships, Amazon Studios

Last Name: Murray
First Name: James
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2016-2020
Advisor (s): Escola, Abbott
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Oregon

Last Name: Nikitchenko
First Name: Maxim
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2007-2013
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: Postdoc, Duke University School of Medicine

Last Name: Obeid
First Name: Dina
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2012-2017
Advisor (s): Miller
Current Position: Research Associate, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Last Name: Ostojic
First Name: Srdjan
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2009-2012
Advisor (s): Abbott, Fusi
Current Position: Faculty & Team Leader, École normale supérieure

Last Name: Pfau
First Name: David
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2008-2014
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: Senior Research Scientist, DeepMind (Google)

Last Name: Pianto
First Name: Donald M.
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2013-2014
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Universidade de Brasília

Last Name: Pitkow
First Name: Xaq
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2007-2010
Advisor (s): Abbott, Miller
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine

Last Name: Pnevmatikakis
First Name: Eftychios
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2010-2014
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: Research Scientist, Simons Foundation

Last Name: Rahnama
First Name: Kamiar
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2006-2011
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Baruch College

Last Name: Rajan
First Name: Kanaka
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2005-2009
Advisor (s): Abbott
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Last Name: Ramirez
First Name: Alejandro
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2010-2013
Advisor (s): Bruno, Miller, Paninski
Current Position: Psychiatrist & Neuroscientist, Columbia University

Last Name: Ramirez
First Name: Alexandro
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2009-2012
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position

Last Name: Razaghi
First Name: Hooshmand
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2016-2019
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position

Last Name: Rigotti
First Name: Mattia
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Postdoc
Years Active: 2006-2010 2010-2013
Advisor (s): Fusi
Current Position: Researcher, IBM Research AI

Last Name: Romani
First Name: Sandro
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2011-2014
Advisor (s): Abbott, Fusi
Current Position: Group Leader, Janelia Research Campus

Last Name: Roxin
First Name: Alex
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2008-2010
Advisor (s): Fusi
Current Position: Principal Investigator, Centre de Recerca Matemàtica

Last Name: Rubin
First Name: Daniel
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2007-2011
Advisor (s): Miller
Current Position: Clinical Fellow, Harvard Catalyst

Last Name: Rubin
First Name: Daniel Ben-Dayan
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2007-2010
Advisor (s): Fusi
Current Position: Senior Research Scientist, Intel Labs

Last Name: Rubin
First Name: Ran
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2014-2019
Advisor (s): Abbott
Current Position: Research Scientist, Facebook

Last Name: Russo
First Name: Abigail
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2013-2019
Advisor (s): Abbott, Churchland
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton Neuroscience Institute

Last Name: Saxena
First Name: Shreya
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2017-2020
Advisor (s): Cunningham, Paninski
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Florida

Last Name: Schaffer
First Name: Evan
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Associate Research Scientist
Years Active: 2006-2011
Advisor (s): Abbott, Axel
Current Position: Postdoc, Columbia University

Last Name: Seely
First Name: Jeffrey S.
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2011-2017
Advisor (s): Abbott, Churchland
Current Position: Research Scientist, Facebook Reality Labs

Last Name: Smith
First Name: Carl
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2010-2016
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: Senior Principal Software Engineer, Oracle

Last Name: Soudry
First Name: Daniel
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2014-2017
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: Assistant Professor & Taub Fellow, Technion

Last Name: Stefanini
First Name: Fabio
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2014-2020
Advisor (s): Fusi
Current Position: Research Assistant, CTRL-labs

Last Name: Stern
First Name: Merav
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2011-2017
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: Research Associate, University of Washington

Last Name: Stinson
First Name: Patrick
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2013-2019
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: Postdoc, Kriegeskorte Lab

Last Name: Sümbül
First Name: Uygar
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2014-2017
Advisor (s): Paninski, Cunningham
Current Position: Assistant Investigator, Allen Institute for Brain Science

Last Name: Sun
First Name: Ruoxi
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2015-2019
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: AI Resident, Google Research

Last Name: Sussillo
First Name: David
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2006-2009
Advisor (s): Abbott
Current Position: Research Scientist, Google Brain

Last Name: Tchumatchenko
First Name: Tatjana
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2011-2013
Advisor (s): Abbott
Current Position: Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research

Last Name: Toyoizumi
First Name: Taro
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2006-2010
Advisor (s): Abbott, Miller
Current Position: Team Leader, RIKEN Center for Brain Science

Last Name: Vidne
First Name: Michael
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2008-2011
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: CEO, Novellus

Last Name: Vogels
First Name: Tim
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2002-2007
Advisor (s): Abbott
Current Position: Sir Henry Dale Fellow & Associate Professor, Oxford University

Last Name: Wang
First Name: Peter Yiliu
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Postdoc
Years Active: 2012-2018 2019-2020
Advisor (s): Abbott, Axel
Current Position: Facebook

Last Name: Wang
First Name: Yueqi
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2019
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: Software Engineer, Google

Last Name: Wayne
First Name: Greg
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2008-2013
Advisor (s): Abbott
Current Position: Research Scientist, DeepMind (Google)

Last Name: Wei
First Name: Xuexin
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2016-2020
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Texas

Last Name: Zhang
First Name: Wujie
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2011-2016
Advisor (s): Miller
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley

Last Name: Zhou
First Name: Pengcheng
Position at CTN: Postdoc
Years Active: 2017-2020
Advisor (s): Paninski
Current Position

Last Name: Ziskind
First Name: Avi
Position at CTN: Grad Student
Years Active: 2008-2013
Advisor (s): Miller
Current Position: Senior Research Development Scientist, SRI International

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