Our Team
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Zachary Jeon is an undergraduate student at Columbia University studying Applied Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science & Chemistry.
Wes Grueber is a Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, and Neuroscience, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. The main interests of the lab are in the organization and function of the somatosensory system. Dr. Grueber is an Investigator in the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute and Co-Director of the Doctoral Program in Neurobiology and Behavior. He has been the principal investigator of two NIH R25 grants aimed at early neuroscience training for undergraduates and postbaccalaureates, and is PI of an NIH T32 training grant for training in the Neurobiology and Behavior doctoral program. Dr. Grueber is Assistant Dean of Career Development and Associate Director of Biomedical Graduate Training in the Vagelos Institute of Biomedical Research Education (VIBRE).
My name is Pip. As lab mascot I aim to be a good lab citizen, put in that extra mile each day, have fun at what I do, and embrace my mistakes. I am told that if I make too few errors I am not challenging myself as lab mascot.
Dr. Nova Qi graduated from the Integrated CMBS program at Columbia. She loves Drosophila and has previously worked with Dr. Heather Broihier, studying the development of the neuromuscular junction in larvae. Currently, she is a Lecturer in Discipline in the Department of Biological Sciences and studying larval interoception in the Grueber lab.
Meley Haile is currently an undergraduate at Columbia University studying Neuroscience and Behavior on the pre-med track with a public health special concentration.
Maya Velasco is currently an undergraduate at Columbia University studying Neuroscience and Behavior with a concentration in Human Evolutionary Biology. She is studying multisensory integration in Drosophila.
Kira Nakushian is a research technician in the lab. She received her B.A. in Neuroscience and Behavior from Barnard College. Previously, she worked with Dr. Elizabeth Bauer studying learning and memory processes involved in novel exploration and valence shifting in rodents. She is excited to make the transition from rodent to Drosophila research and is broadly interested in proprioceptive sensory circuits.
Kayla Zeng is currently an undergraduate at Columbia University studying biology on the pre-med track.
Katherine is a sophomore at Barnard College majoring in Neuroscience and Behavior. She is interested in interoceptive systems