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Eisch Lab Leadership
Eisch Lab Leadership
Amelia J. Eisch, PhD
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Professor of Neuroscience, The University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine (PennMed)
Eisch Lab Director
Leader, Team Cognition
Current Postdoctoral and Graduate Trainees and Research Staff
Current Postdoctoral and Graduate Trainees and Research Staff
Niser A. Babiker, UChicago Class of 2023 (Major: Neuroscience)
Feb 2024: EL Research Technician
Member of Team Cognition
Overall project: Lateral entorhinal cortex fan cell activity during encoding and retrieval of behavioral pattern separation
August 2026: Matriculating into University of Minnesota's Graduate Program in Neuroscience!
Lorianna M. Colón, PhD
Sept 2021: EL Postdoctoral Fellow
2021-2024: CHOP Postdoctoral Diversity Fellow (check out her spotlight!)
Leader of Colón Addiction Team (CAT)
Project: Early life sex differences in limbic and reward circuitry
*AWARDED* Burroughs Wellcome Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program (PDEP), 2024
*AWARDED* NIH/NIDA Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (NRSA F32), 2025
Claire Dao, Occidental College BA, biochemistry
June 2026: Eisch Lab PennPREP Fellow
Member, Team Cognition
Alec W. Gibson, MD PhD
PennMed Neurology Resident
Jan 2026: EL Postdoctoral Fellow
Project: The roles of serotonergic projections to the lateral entorhinal cortex in pattern separation
Leader of 5HTeam
*AWARDED* NIH R25/UE5: Administrative Supplement for the NINDS Research Education Program for Residents and Fellows in Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuropathology, Neuroradiology and Emergency Medicine, start date July 1, 2025
Sage Leland, UPenn Class of 2026, University Scholars, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (Major: Bioengineering, Minor: Computer Science)
Overall Project: Alterations in dentate gyrus neurogenesis in a mouse model of a genetic epilepsy
Daily EL Mentor: Sanghee Yun
Volunteer, Summer 2022, Summer 2023
Undergraduate Researcher, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Summer 2024
Undergraduate Researcher (BE 4900), 2024-2025 academic year
Undergraduate Researcher, Summer 2025, 2025-2026 academic year
**AWARDED** 2026 Penn CURF Rose Award!
Summer 2026: Research Assistant to Eisch and Zderic Labs on our brain-bladder collaboration
Special Eisch Lab Colleagues (SELC)
Special Eisch Lab Colleagues (SELC)
Frederico C. Kiffer, PhD
July 2019: Postdoctoral Fellow
July 2024: CHOP Staff Scientist
2019-2024: CHOP Postdoctoral Diversity Fellow (check out his cornerstone piece!)
2025: SELC, Behavioral Phenotype Lead @ Talmo Lab
2026: NASA Contractor
Past support: TRISH/NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship
Project: Effects of galactic cosmic radiation on translationally-relevant cognitive behaviors and response to social stress
Sanghee Yun, PhD
Assistant Professor Anesthesiology and Critical Care, CHOP
2016-2025: Eisch Lab Assistant Director
2026: Director, BEAMS (Behavioral Evaluation of Advanced Model Systems) at BRIDGE (Behavioral Research in Development Genetics and Engineering)
Sanghee Yun, PhD
Current Eisch Lab Graduate Rotation Students
Current Eisch Lab Graduate Rotation Students
Accepting Penn Biomedical Graduate Students rotation students for 2026-2027. Send a .pdf of your CV (no page limit) to eisch@upenn.edu to start the conversation with Dr. Eisch.
Current Eisch Lab Undergraduate Students
Current Eisch Lab Undergraduate Students
(ordered by class year and last name)
(ordered by class year and last name)
CLASS of 2027
Nataley Kim, UPenn Class of 2027 (Major: Health and Societies)
Overall Project: Fentanyl conditioned place preference in male mice: machine-learning (SLEAP) based assessment of mouse movement
Daily EL Mentor: Lori Colón
Member, Colón Addiction Team
Volunteer, Winter/Spring 2025
CLASS of 2028
Chrismely Castro, UPenn Class of 2028 (Major: Neuroscience)
Undergraduate Researcher, Winter/Spring 2026, Summer 2026
Member, Colón Addiction Team (CAT)
Ava Choi, Swarthmore College, Class of 2028 (Majors: Biochemistry and Medical Anthropology)
CRISSP Fellow, Summer 2026
Member Team Cognition
Maggie Hu, UPenn Class of 2028 (Major: Neuroscience)
Undergraduate Researcher, Winter/Spring 2026, Summer 2026
Member 5HTeam
Bella No, UPenn School of Nursing Class of 2028, (Major: Neuroscience, Minor: Health Care Management)
Undergraduate Researcher, Winter/Spring 2026, Summer 2026
Member 5HTeam
CLASS of 2029
Samantha Dasika, UPenn Class of 2029
Undergraduate Researcher, Summer 2026
Charlotte Knott, UPenn Class of 2029
Undergraduate Researcher, Winter/Spring 2026, Summer 2026
Member, Colón Addiction Team (CAT)
Katherine Lee, UPenn Class of 2029
Daily Mentor: Alec Gibson, MD PhD
Undergraduate Researcher, Winter/Spring 2026, Summer 2026
**AWARDED** 2026 Penn CURF Frances Velay Fellowship!
Member 5HTeam
Tim Samba, UPenn Class of 2029
Undergraduate Researcher, Winter/Spring 2026, Summer 2026
Adalia Vargas, UPenn Class of 2029
Undergraduate Researcher, Winter/Spring 2026, Summer 2026
Member, Colón Addiction Team (CAT)
Amin Yarahmadi, UPenn Class of 2029
Undergraduate Researcher, Winter/Spring 2026
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