Our Team

Scientists

Greg Appelbaum
Professor
Department of Psychiatry 
Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, 2004
B.A. Emory University, 1995
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Jordan Kohn 
Research Scientist
Ph.D. Emory University, 2016
B.A. Reed College, 2009
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Tong Lin
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. Brandeis University 2026
B.S. Centre College, 2018  
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Clinician Scientists

Cory Weissman
Associate Professor and Medical Director of Interventional Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry 
M.D. / Ph.D. University of Toronto XX 
B.S. XX
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Justin Fortune Creeden
Research-Track Psychiatry Resident
M.D. / Ph.D. University of Toledo, Ohio, 2024
B.S. University of Michigan, 2014​
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PhD and Masters Students

Emma Boyd
Ph.D. Student, Neuroscience Graduate Program
B.S. Tufts University 2016 (BioPsychology)
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Noah Stapper (Co-mentored with Dr. Cory Weissman)
Ph.D Student, Clinical Psychology Joint Doctoral Program (UCSD/SDSU)
M.S. University of Edinburgh, 2021
B.S. University College Utrecht, 2020
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Katie Rodriguez
Ph.D Student, Clinical Psychology Joint Doctoral Program (UCSD/SDSU)
M.A. California State University San Marcos, 2022
B.A. California State University San Marcos, 2020
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​Can Ozger
Ph.D Student, Neuroscience Graduate Program
B.S. Ramapo College of New Jersey
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Eva Wiener (Co-mentored with Dr. Jeff Daskalakis)
Ph.D Student, Clinical Psychology Joint Doctoral Program (UCSD/SDSU)
​B.A. Colgate University, 2023
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Diana Freeman
2nd year Masters Student, Halıcıoğlu Data Sciences Institute
​B.S. University of California, San Diego
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Cater Taffe
1st year Masters Student, Halıcıoğlu Data Sciences Institute
​B.S. University of California, Santa Barbara, 2023
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Clinical Research Coordinators

Vy Nguyen
Clinical Research Coordinator, MAP Neuro + Interventional Psychiatry Program
B.A. UCSD, 2022
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Undergraduate Students

Chloe Klein
4th Year Clinical Psychology Major
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Henry Goodson
3rd Year Clinical Psychology Major

Linnea Smith
​3rd Year Neurobiology Major

Holly Roberts
2rd Year Psychology Major

Anugyan Sharma
4th Year Bioengineering Major

Hayes Cho
3rd Year Molecular and Cell Biology Major

Lab Alumni (with LinkedIn profiles where available)

Former Postdoctoral Fellows

• Sicong Liu (Associate Professor, South China Normal University)
• Lysianne Beynel (NIMH... moving to Associate Professor at Arizona State University July 2026)
• Olga Lucia Gamboa Arana
• Lingling Wang 
• Tarik Bel-Bahar

Former Research Scientists

• Yinming Sun

Former Resident Trainees

• Jonathan R. Young (Clinical Faculty, Duke University Psychiatry and Durham VA)

Former Graduate Students

• Dr. Louise Stolz (PhD 2025)
• Dr. Lindsay Benster (PhD 2025)
• Dr. Jillian Clements (PhD 2019)

Former Research Coordinators

• Eva Wiener (current JDP PhD student) 
• Liam Lochhead
• Katie Rodriguez (current JDP PhD student)
• Hadley Daniels
• Felix Anguilo
• Caroline Huang
• Eleanor Wood
• Susan Hilbig
• Hannah Palmer
• Courtney Crowell
• Connor Hile 
• Alex Brito
• Duy Nguyen 
• Lauren Hughes 
• Kristina Krasich 

Former Undergraduate Students

• Sarah Phan
  
• Vidhi Oswal
• Aashi Patel
• Vanessa Tello
• Rodeen Ahghari
• Erin Wilbanks
• Leo Feng
• Ted (Zeyu) Feng
• Jaden Huynh
• Tianli Jiang
• Shelby Brunenieks
• ​Jordan Baker
• Jessica Ho
• Ashwin Subramaniam
• JT Galla
• Charlotte Johnson
• Edem Asamoa
• Rachel Donaldson
• Angikar Ghosal
• Maria Naclario
• Erikson Nichols
• Joyce Wang 
• Amanda Watts
• Wesley Lim 
• Elayna Kirsch 
• Eliza Gentzler
• Floyd Wilks Jr. 
• Clara Colombatto
• Gabriela Asturias 
• Ben Ramger
• Annie Apple
• Yvonne Lu
• Laura Holton
• Garland Austin
• Natasha Sakraney
• Rajan Khanna
• Kelly Vittetoe

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