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)
Member, BRIDGE Center (Brain Research in Development, Genetics, and Engineering)
Team member, Lurie Autism Institute
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
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.
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
BIOL 3999, Fall 2026
CLASS of 2028
Chrismely Castro, UPenn Class of 2028 (Major: Neuroscience)
Undergraduate Researcher, Winter/Spring 2026, Summer 2026, Fall 2026
Member, Colón Addiction Team (CAT)
Ava Choi, Swarthmore College, Class of 2028 (Majors: Biochemistry and Medical Anthropology)
CRISSP Fellow, Summer 2026
Undergraduate Researcher, Fall 2026
Member Team Cognition
Maggie Hu, UPenn Class of 2028 (Major: Neuroscience)
Undergraduate Researcher, Winter/Spring 2026, Summer 2026, Fall 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, Fall 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, Fall 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, Fall 2026
Adalia Vargas, UPenn Class of 2029
Undergraduate Researcher, Winter/Spring 2026, Summer 2026, Fall 2026
Member, Colón Addiction Team (CAT)
Amin Yarahmadi, UPenn Class of 2029
Undergraduate Researcher, Winter/Spring 2026