Lab alumni

Abaz Shehu

Abaz Shehu, Honours student, 2018

Now (2019): Graduated from the University of Edinburgh

Adele Valeria

Adele Valeria, Summer student (co-supervised with Sebastian Leptihn), 2021

Now (2023): PhD student, Johns Hopkins University (US).

Adrian Trajlinek, Honours student (co-supervised with David Sterratt), 2021-2022

Now (2022): Graduated from the University of Edinburgh

Aleksandra Slawinska

Aleksandra Slawinska, MSc student (co-supervised with Joanne Murray), 2019-20

Now (2022): PhD student in Precision Medicine, University of Edinburgh

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aleksandra-slawinska-70999b131

Ayisha Mahmood

Ayisha Mahmood, Summer student, 2018

Now (2022): PhD student in Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh

Carine Candel, MSc student (co-supervised with David C. Sterratt), 2019

Now (2022): Corporate Graduate at Nationwide

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carine-candel-961953187/

Chenge (Joanna) Du, Honours student (co-supervised with Xianghua Li), 2021-2022

Now (2022): Graduated from the University of Edinburgh and Zhejiang University.

Connor Schlemmer

Connor Schlemmer, Summer student, 2019

Now (2022): Graduated from the University of Edinburgh

https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-schlemmer-6a907719b

Becky Pathirana

Dulmini Hasara (Becky) Pathirana, Summer student, Honours student, 2020-2021

Now (2022): Graduated from the University of Edinburgh

Edon Aliko, Honours student (co-supervised with David Sterratt) (2020-2021)

Now (2022): Software Engineer at Improbable

Excellence Ogunbayo

Excellence Ogunbayo, Nuffield Summer student, 2016

Now (2018): Medical student

Giorgos Rodamnakis

Giorgos Rodamnakis, MSc student, 2019

Now (2020): completing military service in Greece

Grace Chin

Grace Chin, Summer student (co-supervised with Sebastian Leptihn), 2021

Now (2022): Third-year student in Biomedical Science, University of Edinburgh and Zhejiang University, Haining (CN).

Grant Herpich

Grant Herpich, Honours student, 2018

Now (2022): Graduated from the University of Edinburgh

https://www.linkedin.com/in/grant-herpich-6b3849173/

Isla Smith

Isla Smith, Nuffield Summer student, 2017

Now (2017): Student, Galashiels Academy

James Schofield

James Schofield, Honours student, 2019

Now (2022): Assistant Auditor at UK National Audit Office

https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-a-schofield/

Jana Finzgar

Jana Finžgar, Honours student, Research assistant, 2017

Now (2020): Operations Manager at RU-FI d.o.o

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jana-fin%C5%BEgar-897b85136/

Jesús Cabrera Álvarez

Jesús Cabrera Álvarez, MSc student, 2019

Now (2022): Researcher Trainee, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES).

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesús-cabrera-álvarez-92136712a

Jing Xie

Jing Xie, MSc student (co-supervised with Emanuel Busch), 2020-2021

Now (2022): PhD student, University of Hong Kong.

Junhan Lou

Junhan (John) Lou, Visiting student, 2020

Now (2022): Graduated from the University of Edinburgh and Zhejiang University, Haining (CN).

Kadri Pajo

Kadri Pajo, Visiting MSc student, 2016

Now (2020): PhD student in Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm (SE)

https://se.linkedin.com/in/kadri-pajo-30a50555

Kyle Robertson

Kyle Robertson, Nuffield Summer student, 2018

Now (2018): Student, Wallace High School

Kyungsuk Ryu

Kyungsuk (Pierce) Ryu, Honours student, 2018

Now (2020): Military service in the Republic of Korea

https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierce-ryu-8b521b157/

Lenka Porteous, Honours student, 2021-2022

Now (2023): Nursing student, University of Edinburgh

Lewis Strachan

Lewis Strachan, Nuffield Summer student, 2017

Now (2020): BSc student in Biochemistry, University of Edinburgh

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lewis-strachan-29b306129/

Jiang Lifei

Lifei (Crystal) Jiang, Visiting student, 2019

Now (2022): PhD Student at Princeton University

Marcel Kazmierczyk

Marcel Kazmierczyk, Honours student, Summer student (co-supervised with Mayank Dutia), 2018

Now (2022): Junior Doctor, NHS

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-ka%C5%BAmierczyk-35a52761/

Marios Diamantopoulos

Marios Diamantopoulos, Msc student (co-supervised with Emanuel Busch), 2018

Now (2019): Graduated from MSc, Integrative Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh

Naima Elosegui Borras, Honours student (co-supervised with Matthias Hennig), 2020

Now (2020): MS student in Neural Systems and Computation at UZH and ETH

https://www.linkedin.com/in/naima-elosegui-borras-a19aa019a

Okuk Takon

Okuk Takon, Summer student, 2019

Now (2020): Graduated from BSc (Honours) Anatomy and Development, University of Edinburgh

Patricia Cambalova

Patricia Cambalova, Honours student, 2019

Now (2022): DPhil candidate, University of Oxford

https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricia-cambalova/

Pedro Fong, MSc student (co-supervised with David Sterratt), 2020-2022

Now (2022): Graduated from the University of Edinburgh

Richard Fitzpatrick

Richard Fitzpatrick, PhD student, 2016-2021

Now (2022): Curriculum Developer, University of Edinburgh

Sagar Arora

Sagar Arora, Msc student, 2018

Now (2018): Graduated from MSc Integrative Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sagara016/

Salvador Garcia Gonzalez

Salvador García González, MSc student (co-supervised with Dragan Gasevic), 2017

Now (2022): University Lecturer in Statistics, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

https://www.linkedin.com/in/salvador-garcia-gonzalez-6a24107a/

Sara Carrino

Sara Carrino, Visiting MSc student (co-supervised with Emanuel Busch), 2021-22

Now (2023): Research Fellow, Università di Bologna

Shudi Xu

Shudi Xu, Honours student (co-supervised with Takaki Komiyama at UCSD), 2020-2021

Now (2023): PhD student in Neuroscience, Northwestern University.

Simon Parker

Simon Parker, Summer student, 2019

Now (2022): MRes student, Cancer Bioinformatics, Imperial College London (UK)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-p-523a3190/

Siobhan Vickerstaff

Siobhan Vickerstaff, Honours student, 2020

Now (2020): Master of Public Health student, University of Edinburgh

https://www.linkedin.com/in/siobhan-vickerstaff-4801671a3

Srivatsan Rajagopalan

Srivatsan Rajagopalan, Summer student, 2019

Now (2022): Researcher, Children in All Policies 2030

https://www.linkedin.com/in/srivatsanraj

Tara O'Driscoll

Tara O'Driscoll, MSc student (co-supervised with David C. Sterratt), 2017

Now (2022): PhD student, Univeristy College London and Co-Founder of BoobyBiome

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tara-o-driscoll-884778113/

Thomas Heap

Thomas Heap, MSc student (co-supervised with David C. Sterratt), 2019

Now (2022): Research Engineer III, Smarsh

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-h-998780108

Tom Bain

Tom Bain, MSc student (co-supervised with David C. Sterratt), 2019

Now (2022): Software Engineer at Obex Technologies

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-bain

Weng Wendong

Wendong (Max) Weng, Visiting student, 2020

Now (2022): Graduate student, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN).

Wenkai Ye

Wenkai (Kevin) Ye, Visiting student, 2019

Now (2022): PhD Student, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou (CN).

Winnie Low

Winnie Low, Honours student (co-supervised with Sebastian Leptihn)

Now (2023): Associate Clinical Trial Specialist, George Clinical.

Xiaoran Xu

Xiaoran (Sheeran) Xu, MSc student (co-supervised with Emanuel Busch), 2020

Now (2022): Graduated with an MSc in Integrative Neuroscience from the University of Edinburgh.

Yan Zhong Wong

Yan Zhong Wong, MSc student (co-supervised with Emanuel Busch), 2020-2021

Now (2022): Graduated from the University of Edinburgh

Yubin Xie

Yubin Xie, MSc student, 2015-2016

Now (2022): PhD Student, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/yubin-xie-57198711a

Zale Cao

Zhehou (Zale) Cao, MSc student, 2016-2017

Now (2018): Graduated from the University of Edinburgh

Benzene Zhou

Zhuneng (Benzene) Zhou, Honours student (co-supervised with Sebastian Leptihn), 2020

Now (2020): Graduated with a BSc (Honours) in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Edinburgh and Zhejiang University

https://www.linkedin.com/in/%E7%A5%9D%E8%83%BD-%E5%91%A8-000111131