Principal Investigator

Albert La Spada, MD, PhD, FACMGG

Distinguished Professor | Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Neurology, and Biological Chemistry
Associate Dean for Research
Director, UCI Institute for Neurotherapeutics
Vice Chair, Dept. of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Vice Chair, Dept. of Neurology
University of California Irvine School of Medicine

alaspada@hs.uci.edu

Lab Members

Eric Arnold, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Focus area: ALS
farnold@hs.uci.edu

Luke Bartelt, BS
Graduate Student
Focus area: SCA7
luke.bartelt@duke.edu

Antonio Beltran, BS
Colony Manager
atbeltra@hs.uci.edu

 

Craig Bennett, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor
Focus area: ALS
craiglb@uci.edu

Byeonggu Cha, BS
Lab Assistant
Focus area: Autophagy
byeonggc@hs.uci.edu

Rubic's Cube
Rubic's Cube

Michael Colwin, BS
Lab Assistant
Focus area: ALS
mcolwin@hs.uci.edu

Jacob Deyell, BS
Graduate Student
Focus area: AD & Microglia
jdeyell@uci.edu

Madhy Garcia Garcia, BS
Graduate Student
Focus area: AD & Microglia
marthmg1@uci.edu

Rubic's Cube
Rubic's Cube

Yunzi Gou, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Focus area: ALS, Microglia
yunzig@hs.uci.edu

Anastasia Gromova, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Focus area: SBMA, AD
agromova@uci.edu

Rubic's Cube
Rubic's Cube

Ravinder Gulia, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Focus area: HD, AD
guliar@hs.uci.edu

Rubic's Cube
Rubic's Cube

Nolan Huck, BS
Graduate Student
Focus area: SCA7
nahuck@hs.uci.edu

Fabiana Longo, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Focus area: SCA7
flongo@hs.uci.edu

David Luong, BS
Graduate Student
Focus area: SBMA
dtluong2@hs.uci.edu

Sneha Menon, BS
Graduate Student
Focus area: ALS
samenon@uci.edu

Rubic's Cube
Rubic's Cube

Julien Philippe, PhD
Assistant Project Scientist
Focus area: SCA7
philippj@hs.uci.edu

Jin-Sung Park, MD, PhD
Visiting Scholar
Focus area: SBMA
jinsunp1@hs.uci.edu

Tiffany Quach, BS
Lab Assistant
Focus area: HD, AD
quachtt@uci.edu

Kevin Sanchez, BS
Graduate Student
Focus area: ALS
kosanche@uci.edu

Nima Shajarian, MS
Graduate Student
Focus area: AD
nshajari@uci.edu

Rubic's Cube
Rubic's Cube

Wen Chuan (Amy) Shen, PhD
Assistant Project Scientist
Focus area: Autophagy
wenchuan.shen@uci.edu

Rubic's Cube
Rubic's Cube

Cameron Stockford, BA
Lab Assistant
Focus area: ALS
cstockfo@hs.uci.edu

Linda Stroud, PhD
Lab Manager
lstroud@hs.uci.edu

Alumni

Rubic's Cube
Rubic's Cube

Sebastian Michels, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow
ALS
2021-2024

Rubic's Cube
Rubic's Cube

Urmimala Raychaudhuri, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
AD & Microglia
2020-2024

Rubic's Cube
Rubic's Cube

Mary Rose Branch, PhD
Graduate Student
Autophagy
2019-2023

Rubic's Cube
Rubic's Cube

Joshua Macopson-Jones, PhD
Graduate Student
SCA7
2018-2022

Rubic's Cube
Rubic's Cube

Chenchen Niu, MD, PhD
Asst. Project Scientist
SCA7: 2012-2018
ALS: 2020-2022