Graduate students(selected):

1. Michael Tanowitz, PhD in Pharmacology 2000, University of Virginia. Thesis: Synaptic roles of tyrosine phosphatases.Current Position: Director, Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
2. Sandra Won, PhD in Neuroscience, University of Virginia (2000). Thesis: Neuregulin signaling at synapses.Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow in Craig Garner’s lab, Stanford University.
3. Qiang Wang, PhD in Neurobiology 2004. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama. Thesis: Mechanisms of AChR clustering at the neuromuscular junction.Current Position: Associate Professor, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
4. Clem Dobbins, PhD in Neurobiology 2007, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama. Thesis: The rapsyn-α-actinin interaction.Current Position: Research Associate, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
5. Annie Ting, PhD in Neuroscience (2010), Medical College of Geogia, Augusta, Geogia.Current Position: Scientific Officer (Research Funding), Innovation and Technology Commission, The Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Zone, China.
6. Arnab Barik, PhD in Neurosceince (2014), Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia. Current Position: Assistant Professor and India Alliance Intermediate Fellow, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
7. Ryan Bates, PhD in Neuroscience (2014), Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia.Current Position: Medical Student, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savanah, Georgia.
8. Jonathan Bean, PhD in Neuroscience (2015), Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia.Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
9. Arupama Sathyamurthy, PhD in Neurocience (2015), Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia.Current Position: Ramalingaswamy Fellow and IBRO Return Home Fellow, Center for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
10. Dwight Figueiredo, PhD in Neuroscience (2016), Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia.Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
11. Thiri Lin, PhD in Neuroscience (2017), Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia.Current Position: Medical student at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
12. Kai Zhao, PhD in Neuroscience (2018), Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia.Current Position: Staff Scientist, Eastern China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
13. Hongsheng Wang, PhD in Neurosciences (2019).Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Bachelor of Pharmacy (2009), Yantai University; MS in Pharmacology (2013), Yantai University, Shandong, China. Current Position: Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Songjiang Research Institute, Shanghai, China.
14. Zhaoqi Dong, PhD in Neurosciences (2020). Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.Bachelor of Science (2013), Jiangnan University, School of Pharmacy, Jiangsu, China. Current Position: Associate Professor, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
15. Heath Robinson, PhD in Neurosciences (2021)Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Postdoctoral Fellows(selected):

16. Jutong Si(12/1995 – 12/1999), Ph.D. in Virology, Wuhan University, China. Current Position: Research Associate at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
17. Quansheng Du(1998 – 1999), Ph.D. in Virology, Wuhan University, China. Current Position: Associate Professor at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia
18. Yang-Zhong Huang(2000 – 2004), PhD in Molecular Neurobiology, Center of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. Current Position: Staff Scientist, Duke University.
19. Zhenge Luo(1/2000 – 5/2003), Ph.D. in Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Beijing. Current Position: Professor and Associate Dean, College of Life Science, Shanghai University of Technology.
20. Ren Lai(2002 – 2003), Ph.D. in Animal Sciences. Current Position: Investigator, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
21. Xiao-qun Wang(5/2006 – 1/2007), Ph.D. in Plant Biology. Current Position: Investigator, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
22. Ran-sook Woo(6/2004 – 1/2007), Ph.D. in Pharmacology. Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Eulji University, 143-5, Yongdu-dong, Jung-gu, Daejeon, 301-832, Korea
23. Penggao Dai(5/2004 – 1/2007), PhD in Bioengineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Current Position: Professor, Northwest University, Xi’an, China
24. Xian-ping Dong(6/2003 – 1/2007), Ph.D. in Neurobiology. Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
25. Chang-hoon Kim(3/2002 – 10/2006), Ph.D. in Plant Biology. Current Position: Assistant Professor, CHA Medical University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
26. Tian-ming Gao(5/2005 – 4/2006), PhD in Neurobiology, Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou. Current Position: Vice President, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
27. Xiao-ming Li(5/2005 – 6/2008), PhD in Neurobiology (2003), Southern Medical University. Current Position: Vice President, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
28. Ezekiel Carpenter-Hyland(5/2006 – 1/2008). Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina. Current Position: Staff Scientist at Morehouse School of Medicine.
29. Shiwen Luo(8/2005 – 5/2009), PhD in Molecular Biology. Current Position: Professor and Dean, Jiangxi Medical University, Nanchang Univeristy, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
30. Lei Wen(4/2008 – 7/2009), PhD in Neuropharmacology (2005), Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, China. Current Position: Professor, Amoy University, Amoy, China
31. Huayi Bai(10/2009 – 5/2010), PhD in Neurobiology (2008), Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. Current Position: Professor, Yunnan Agriculture University.
32. Xinhong Zhu(2/2009 – 8/2010), MD (1991) Henan Traditional Chinese Medicine Academy; PhD in Neurobiology (2005), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. Current Position: Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Neurobiology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
33. Xiaoyu Hou(10/2009 – 7/2010), PhD in Neuropharmacology (2003), Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. Current Position: Professor, School of Life Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
34. Yanmei Tao(8/2005 – 1/2012, postdoctoral fellow), PhD in Neuroscience (2005), Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. Current Position: Professor, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
35. Haitao Wu(10/2008 – 9/2012) PhD in Cell Biology (2007), Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. Current Position: Professor, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
36. Yisheng Lv(9/2008 – 8/2013) PhD in Neurobiology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Current Position: Professor, Department of Physiology, Tonji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
37. Bin Zhang(11/2003 – 10/2013) PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2002), Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. Current Position: Professor, Department of Physiology, Tonji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
38. Seon-Myung Kim(9/2012-12/2013), PhD in Life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, Korea. Current Position: Deputy General Manager in R&D center in AnyGen Co. Ltd., South Korea.
39. Dongmin Yin(9/2008 – 7/2014), PhD in Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience (2008), Peking University, Beijing, China. Current Position: Professor, Institute of Brain Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
40. Yongjun Chen(10/2008-12/2014), PhD in Neurobiology (2008), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. Current Position: Professor and Director, Shandong university of traditional Chinese medicine, Shandong.
41. Xinchun Ye(12/2013 – 3/2015), PhD in Neurology (2011), School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. Current Position: Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
42. Chengyong Shen(12/2008 – 6/2015), PhD in Biochemistry and Cell Biology (2008), Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. Current Position: Professor, Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
43. Xiangdong Sun(7/2014 – 5/2017), PhD in Neurobiology (2014), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. Current Position: Professor, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
44. Yao Tian(11/2015 – 10/2016), PhD in Genetics, Southeast University, Nanjing, China. Current Position: Associate Investigator, Southeast University.
45. Yanan Wang(10/2015 – 9/2017), PhD in Neurobiology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. Current Position: Associate Professor, Southeast University.
46. Lei Li(9/2013 – 12/2017), PhD in Cell Biology (2013), Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. Current Position: Assistant Professor, Shanghai University of Technology.
47. Ran Wang(5/2017 – 2/2018), PhD in Brain Research, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences. Current Position: Associate Professor, Hebei Medical University.
48. Rangjuan Cao(12/2017-12/2019), PhD in Cell Biology (6/2014), Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China. Current Position: Associate Professor, Affiliated Hospital, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China.
49. Nannan Gao(11/2017 – 11/2020), PhD in Biochemistry and Cell Biology (2017), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. Current Position: Research Associate, the Cleveland Clinic.
50. Hongsheng Zhang(1/2015 – 1/2020), PhD in Cell Biology (2014), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China. Current Position: Associate Professor, Ximen University.
51. Lei Zhang(2/2016 – 3/2020), PhD in Neuroscience, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Current Position: Associate Professor, Fudan University
52. Guanglin Xing(11/2015 – 11/2021), PhD in Genetics, Southeast University, Nanjing, China. Current Position: Professor, Southeast University.
53. Hongsheng Wang(5/2020 – 1/2024), PhD in Neurosciences. Case Western Reserve University. Current Position: Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Songjiang Research Institute, Shanghai, China.
54. Zhaoqi Dong(9/2020 – 8/2021), PhD in Neuroscience, Case Western Reserve University. Current Position: Associate Professor, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.