Neuroscience Graduate Group Committees

2023 - 2024 Academic Year

Academic Review Committee

Group 1
Joe Kable....................................................kable@psych.upenn.edu
Sandy Maday............................................smaday@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Akiva Cohen..............................................cohena@email.chop.edu
Tom Jongens.............................................jongens@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Julie Merchant*........................................jpmerch@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Group 2

Judy Grinspan............................................grinspan@email.chop.edu
Jessica Morgan...........................................jwmorgan@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Yale Cohen...................................................ycohen@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Kelsey Nemec*............................................kelsey.nemec@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Group 3
Marc Fuccillo...............................................fuccillo@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Greg Bashaw..............................................gbashaw@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Minghong Ma (Chair)...............................minghong@pennmedicine.upenn.edu 

Nicole Rust..................................................nrust@pysch.upenn.edu
Daniel Connolly*........................................daniel.connolly@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Group 4
Marc Schmidt ............................................marcschm@sas.upenn.edu      
Michael Hart...............................................hartmic@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Wenqin Luo.................................................luow@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Evan Gallagher*.........................................evan.gallagher2@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Group 5
Josh Gold.....................................................jigold@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Mariella De Biasi.......................................marielde@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Edward Lee ................................................edward.lee@uphs.upenn.edu

Erica Korb....................................................ekorb@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Jessica Schwarz*.......................................jschwar@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

*NGG Student 

Awards Committee

Chair
Wenqin Luo................................................luow@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Members
Stewart Anderson....................................andersons3@email.chop.edu
Yun Ding.......................................................yding19@sas.upenn.edu
Sandra Maday............................................smaday@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

PhD Admissions Committee

Co-Chairs
Judy Grinspan...............................................grinspan@chop.edu
Heath Schmidt..............................................hschmidt@nursing.upenn.edu

Members

Amber Alhadeff…………………………………..amberla@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Nick Balderston.........................................nicholas.balderston@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Seema Bhatnagar .....................................bhatnagars@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Long Ding......................................................lding@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Michael Hart......................................................hartmic@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Wenqin Luo......................................................luow@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Tim Machado......................................................Timothy.Machado@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Sandra Maday ......................................................smaday@pennmedicine.upenn.edu


Xilma Ortiz Gonzalez...................................ortizgonzalez@chop.edu
David Roalf......................................................roalf@upenn.edu

David Raizen...................................................raizen@pennmedicine.upenn.edu


Yuanquan Song..............................................songy2@chop.edu

MD/PhD Admissions Committee

Chair
Ethan Goldberg .....................................................goldberge@chop.edu

Members
Elizabeth Bhoj...........................................bhoje@email.chop.edu
Alice Chen-Plotkin...................................chenplot@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Kathryn Davis............................................katedavis@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Max Kelz.....................................................max.kelz@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Bob Heuckeroth........................................hueckerothr@email.chop.edu
Aaron Alexander-Bloch..........................aaron.alexander-bloch@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Eric Marsh...................................................marshe@email.chop.edu
Guo-li Ming.................................................gming@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Jennifer Orthmann-Murphy...................jennifer.orthmann-murphy@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Richard Phillips..........................................richard.phillips@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
David Raizen..............................................raizend@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Dan Wolf.....................................................danwolf@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas.......................ahrensnicklasr@chop.edu

Ana Cristancho.........................................cristanchoa@chop.edu

Ahmara Ross...........................................ahmara.ross@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Curriculum Committee

Chair
Akiva Cohen ..............................................cohena@email.chop.edu

Lab Rotation Talks Committee

Chair
Corey McMillan..........................................mcmillac@pennmedicine.upenn.edu