Janusonis Lab

Principal Investigator

Dr. Skirmantas Janusonis

Skirmantas Janusonis, Ph.D.
Professor (Neuroscience)

Psychology East, Room 2827
E-mail: janusonis@ucsb.edu
Phone: 805-893-6032

Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience (postdoctoral research)
University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Ph.D. in Neuroscience and Behavior)
Vilnius University, Lithuania (B.S./M.S. in Biology)

Core Faculty: UCSB Neuroscience Research Institute
Core Faculty: UCSB Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Dynamical Neuroscience
Member of the UCSB California NanoSystems Institute
Member of the Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
Member of the Organization for Computational Neurosciences (OCNS)
Member of the International Society for Serotonin Research

Ph.D. Students

Justin Haiman

Justin Haiman
B.Sc.
Ph.D. candidate

Undergraduate Researchers

Emilija Ledakaite

Emilija Ledakaite
(2023-)

Corrine Arquette

Corrine Arquette
(2024-)

Mariam Nawaz

Mariam Nawaz
(2024-)

Ph.D. Alumni

Angela Chen

Dr. Angela Chen
Ph.D. (2014)

Kasie Mays

Dr. Kasie Mays
Ph.D. (2022)
Postdoctoral Researcher
UC San Diego

Melissa Hingorani

Dr. Melissa Hingorani
Ph.D. (2022)
Life Sciences Consultant

Undergraduate Alumni

Maulik Ahuja

Maulik Ahuja
(2021-2024)

Nasim Elyasi

Nasim Elyasi
(2021-2024)

Panhui Fu

Panhui Fu
(2022-2024)

Kian Kalantar

Kian Kalantar
(2023-2024)

Helen Roostaeyan

Helen Roostaeyan
(2022-2023)

Kathleen Brahan

Kathleen Brahan
(2023-2023)
Chicago Medical School

Hannah Woo

Hannah Woo
(2022-2023)

Dominick D'Agosta

Dominick D'Agosta
(2022-2023)

Geneva Dunn

Geneva Dunn
(2020-2023)
UC San Diego
Melon Lab

George Grant

George Grant
(2020-2022)
UC Irvine
School of Medicine

Allison Vargas

Allison Vargas
(2019-2022)
University of Colorado
School of Medicine

Justin Chiu

Justin Chiu
(2019-2021)
UC Irvine
School of Medicine

Hao Li

Hao Li
(2019-2021)
St Anne's College
University of Oxford

Josephine Du

Josephine Du
(2019-2021)

Marissa Millwater

Marissa Millwater
(2019-2021)
NIH (NINDS)

Ryan Clarke

Ryan Clarke
(2019-2021)

Samantha Siu

Samantha Siu
(2018-2021)
Florida International University
College of Medicine

Jenna Sanfilippo

Jenna Sanfilippo
(2018-2020)
Northwestern University
School of Medicine (Ph.D.)

Adele Viviani

Adele Viviani
(2018-2020)

Nicki Nikkhoy

Nicki Nikkhoy
(2016-2017)
University of Vermont
School of Medicine

Distinguished Undergraduate Alumni (in progress...)

ChristinaWhite

Christina White
(2007)
MSN-NP
Optum
United Healthcare

DavidGreen

Dr. David Green
(2007)
M.D. (UCSF)
Ophthalmic surgery
Kaiser Permanente