Little Lab: People

Our team is an interdisciplinary mix of neurologists, engineers, PhD candidates, postdoctoral scholars and clinical research coordinators who all have an interest in the brain and its functionalities!

The Little Lab is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, inclusive, safe, and positive lab climate. 

Simon J. Little
MBBS, MRCP, PhD, Principal Investigator

Sarah Wang
PhD, CCRP, Clinical Research Manager

Colin Hoy
PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar

Fahim Anjum
PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar

Jinxiao Zhang
PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar

Elena Pegolo
PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar

Stephanie Brener
PhD Student in BioEngineering

Pria Daniel
PhD Candidate in Psychology

Jiaang Yao (co-mentored with Starr lab)
PhD Candidate in BioEngineering

Clay Smyth (co-mentored with Starr lab)
PhD Candidate in BioEngineering

Daryl Lawrence (co-mentored with Starr lab)
PhD Candidate in BioEngineering

Karena Balagula
BA, Junior Specialist

Jiyeon Suh
BA, Clinical Research Coordinator

 

 

 

We also collaborate very closely with Dr. Philip Starr and the Starr lab including co-mentoring of students and projects: https://starrlab.ucsf.edu/


Little Lab: Alumni

Lucia Ricciardi
MD, PhD, Visiting Scholar

Guy Avraham
PhD, UCSF Affiliate

Bart Swinnen
PhD, MD, Postdoctoral Scholar

Elena Ubeda Matzilevich
MD, Clinical Research Coordinator

Julia Sun
BA, Clinical Research Coordinator

Shravanan Ravi
BS, Clinical Research Coordinator

Christina Merrick
PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar

Tanner Dixon
PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar