News

May 2026: Welcome Alexei Gannon

We are delighted to welcome Alexei Gannon as a graduate student in the lab. Alexei will be co-mentored by Pete Rudebeck and Angela Radulescu.

May 2026: Congratulations, Christina and Jackie!

We are incredibly proud of Christina Maher and Jackie Beltrán for earning their PhDs at the 2026 ISMMS Commencement.

March 2026: Congratulations on your defense, Jackie!

Jackie Beltrán successfully defended her dissertation, Capturing Neural and Digital Signatures of Depression: From 7-Tesla Neuroimaging to Real-World Behavior. Congratulations, Dr. Beltrán! Check out her work in this preprint.

February 2026: Congratulations on your defense, Christina!

Christina Maher, the lab’s first graduate student, successfully defended her dissertation, The Neuronal Basis of State Representation in the Human Prefrontal Cortex. Congratulations, Dr. Maher! Check out her work in these preprints: Coordinated human prefrontal dynamics sustain task-state representations during learning and Learning to Attend Through Value-Based Hypothesis Testing.

January 2026: Welcome Meghan Gallo!

We are excited to welcome Meghan Gallo as a postdoctoral fellow in the lab. Meghan will lead a collaborative project with the Kellendonk Lab at Columbia University investigating a mouse model of aging and exploration.

Oct. 2025: New BD² grant

The lab has joined a Mount Sinai team that was awarded a Discovery Research Grant from the BD² Foundation! 🎉

Aug. 2025: Farewell Catherine!

Farewell and thank you to Catherine Kim! Good luck in your new position at Matter Neuroscience!

June 2025: Lab at RLDM

RLDM was a blast! Christina gave a talk and poster, Jing presented a poster and Angela gave a talk 🙌

Apr. 2025: Jackie and Jing present at SOBP 2025

Several lab members attended and presented at SOBP in Toronto 🙂