People
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David J. Freedman, Ph.D.Principal Investigator
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Alessandra SilvaLab Manager
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Kenneth Latimer, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Researcher
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Pantea Moghimi, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Researcher
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Matthew James Tilley, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Researcher
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W. Jeffrey JohnstonGraduate Student
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Christopher LuongGraduate Student
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Barbara PeysakhovichGraduate Student
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Matt RosenGraduate Student
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Oliver ZhuGraduate Student
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Rheza BudionoResearch Technician
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Samuel DavidResearch Technician
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Jack LundellResearch Technician
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Stephanie TetrickResearch Technician
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Suha ChangUndergrad Researcher
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Alex MedoffUndergrad Researcher
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Antony SimonoffUndergrad Researcher

David J. Freedman, Ph.D.
Degree: Ph.D., Systems Neuroscience
Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Chair, Graduate Program in Computational Neuroscience
The University of Chicago
Member:
Graduate Program in Computational Neuroscience
Graduate Program in Neurobiology
Grossman Institute for Neuroscience, Quantitative Biology, and Human Behavior
Email: dfreedman@uchicago.edu
Degree: B.A., Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology
Favorite language: The call of the wild
More about Alessandra: Alessandra is interested in quantifying animal behavior, specifically in non-human primates. She joins the Freedman Lab with a background in primate studies in wild, zoo, and sanctuary settings. Other passions include singing, dancing, and watching sunrises wherever she travels.
Email: aasilva@uchicago.edu
Degree: Ph.D., Neuroscience
Favorite Languages: Julia, MATLAB, C
More about Kenneth: Kenneth develops and applies statistical tools to answer questions about visual processing and decision making in the primate cortex. His work primarily focuses on characterizing spike trains recorded in the lateral intraparietal (LIP) cortex and frontal eye fields (FEF) during categorization tasks. He is interested in understanding how categorical representations in these areas depend on training history.
Email: latimerk@uchicago.edu
Website: www.kennethlatimer.com

Pantea Moghimi, Ph.D.

Matthew James Tilley, Ph.D.
Degree: Ph.D., Particle Physics
Favorite Language: Python
More about Matthew: Matthew is interested in developing biologically inspired artificial neural networks to gain both a greater understanding of them and their biological analogues. Before joining the Lab, Matthew completed his PhD investigating decays of B mesons at CERN’s LHCb experiment.
Email: mjtilley@uchicago.edu
Degree: B.S., Computer Science & Cognitive Psychology
Favorite Language: Python
Email: wjeffreyjohnston@gmail.com
Website: wj2.github.io

Christopher Luong

Barbara Peysakhovich
Degree: M.S., Behavioral Neurosciences
Favorite Language: Estonian
Email: bpeysakhovich@uchicago.edu

Matt Rosen
Degree: B.A., Computer Science
Favorite Language: Python
More about Matt: Interested in the logic of biological computations + in search of the perfect pour-over.
Email: mattrosen@uchicago.edu

Oliver Zhu
Degree: B.S., Biochemistry
Favorite Language: Classical piano music
More about Oliver: Oliver is interested in how neural mechanisms underlying categorization and decision making are employed and coordinated across multiple brain regions. He also dabbles in the dark arts of artificial neural networks and hopes that it will solve all the problems in his life. Whatever problems remain he hopes to solve with ramen and hamburgers.
Email: zhuou@uchicago.edu
Degree: B.S., Mathematics
Favorite Language: Bahasa Indonesia
Email: rheza@uchicago.edu
Website: https://rhezab.readthedocs.io/

Samuel David
Degree: B.A. candidate, Neuroscience Favorite Language: Poetry More about Sam: An original poem about recording from neurons, which also sums up Sam’s life quite well: I met It the other day; Its face was waves Its voice was rain. Email: samueldavid@uchicago.edu

Jack Lundell
Degree: B.S., Computational and Applied Mathematics
Favorite Language: RegEx
More about Jack: Interested in understanding the structure of artificial neural networks to help understand how learning functions in neuronal networks.
Email: jack.k.lundell@gmail.com

Stephanie Tetrick
Degree: B.A., Biological Sciences
Favorite Language: The coos of Stan the monkey

Suha Chang

Alex Medoff

Antony Simonoff
Degree: B.S. candidate, Neuroscience
Favorite Language: Russian
More about Antony: Antony is a Neuroscience major at UChicago, and has been working in Dr. Freedman’s lab since his first quarter there. He also plays piano and is often seen performing on campus. He hopes to apply to medical schools in a few years.
Email: asimonoff@uchicago.edu
Postdoctoral and Graduate Alumni
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Stephanie HokerLab Manager
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Yang Zhou, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Researcher
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Christopher Hauser, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Researcher
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Guilhelm Ibos, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Researcher
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Nicolas Masse, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Researcher
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Krithika Mohan, Ph.D.Graduate Student
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Xinqiang Ding, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Researcher
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Jared Clemens, Ph.D.Graduate Student
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Alex Gonzalez, Ph.D.Graduate Student
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Jillian McKee, M.D., Ph.D.Graduate Student
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Christopher Rishel, M.D., Ph.D.Graduate Student
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Arup Sarma, M.D., Ph.D.Graduate Student
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Sruthi Swaminathan, Ph.D.Graduate Student

Stephanie Hoker
Degree: B.S., Life Sciences Communication
Lab Member: 2018 – 2020
Currently: B.S. candidate, Biomedical Engineering

Yang Zhou, Ph.D.
Degree: Ph.D., Neuroscience
Currently: Peking University

Christopher Hauser, Ph.D.

Guilhelm Ibos, Ph.D.

Nicolas Masse, Ph.D.

Krithika Mohan, Ph.D.
Degree: Ph.D., Computational Neuroscience
Lab Member: 2013 – 2019
Currently: Postdoctoral Researcher, Doris Tsao’s Lab, California Institute of Technology

Xinqiang Ding, Ph.D.

Jared Clemens, Ph.D.

Alex Gonzalez, Ph.D.

Jillian McKee, M.D., Ph.D.
Degree: M.D., Ph.D., Computational Neuroscience
Lab Member: 2009 – 2014

Christopher Rishel, M.D., Ph.D.
Degree: M.D., Ph.D., Computational Neuroscience
Lab Member: 2008 – 2012

Arup Sarma, M.D., Ph.D.
Degree: M.D., Ph.D., Computational Neuroscience
Lab Member: 2010 – 2015

Sruthi Swaminathan, Ph.D.
Degree: Ph.D., Neurobiology
Lab Member: 2008 – 2012
Currently: Research Specialist, Unilever Corporation
Lab Alumni
Alex Baranski | Sam Barnett | Chris DoCampo | Jonathan “CJ” Hodnefield |
Xica Felix | Gregory Grant | Jacob Hehir | Gang Huang |
Varun Iyer | Rutwik Kharkar | Catherine Chaihyun Lee | Grace Lindsay |
Steve McClellan | Michelle Machon | Amanda Owens | Renata Poulton-Kamakura |
Maimon Rose, Ph.D. | Navaneethan Santhanam | Adam Stevenson | Patrick Stinson |
Stephanie Thomas | Arjun Venkataswamy | Sylvia Xinyu Wei | Sam Zheng |