Current Laboratory Members Leslie Vosshall Chemers Family Associate Professor Leslie received her A.B. degree in Biochemistry from Columbia College, and her Ph.D. degree from The Rockefeller University, mentored by Dr. Michael Young. She conducted postdoctoral research with Dr. Richard Axel at Columbia University. Click here for Leslie's CV Kenta Asahina Graduate Fellow Kenta received his B.A. degree in Biology from the University of Tokyo. Richard Benton Postdoctoral Fellow Richard received his PhD in Biology from the The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Institute, Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, where he worked with Daniel St. Johnston on the role of the PAR genes in cell polarization. He is the recipient of an EMBO Long-Term Fellowship and a Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. Mathias Ditzen Postdoctoral Associate Mathias received his Diplom and PhD from the Free University in Berlin, where he worked with Professor Randalf Menzel on the olfactory system of the honeybee. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for studies abroad at Tulane University during his undergraduate work. He is a 2006 recipient of the Henry and Marie Josee Kravis Postdoctoral Fellow Award. Pearl Goldwasser Research Assistant Pearl received her B.A. from Stern College of Yeshiva University. Iran Gomez Clinical Study Coordinator Iran received his M.D. from superior Medical Institute of Science, Villa Clara Cuba. Iran has worked as a study coordinator at the Lovelace Scientific Resource center and the Clinical Research Center in Miami, FL. Peggy Hempstead Clinical Study Coordinator Peggy received a B.S. from Columbia University and an M.A. degree from New York University, both in English Literature. She received a B.S. in Nursing from Cornell University-New York School of Nursing. She has worked on various clinical research projects at Rockefeller University and at other institutions in New York City. Walt Jones Biomedical Fellow Walt received his BS in biology from Eastern Nazarene College. Andreas Keller Postdoctoral Fellow Andreas received his Diplom degree in Virology from the Friedrich-Alexander- University in Erlangen, Germany. He received his PhD degree in Genetics from the Julius-Maximilian-University in Wuerzburg, Germany, where he worked with Dr. Martin Heisenberg. Andreas is the 2003 recipient of the Marco S. Stoffel Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mind, Brain and Behavior. Matthieu Louis Postdoctoral Fellow Matthieu received his BA and MA degrees from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium in Theoretical Physics. He received his PhD degree in Bioinformatics from the Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK and was a fellow of the European Bioinformatics Institute, EMBL outstation located in the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK. He worked in the laboratory of Dr. Liisa Holm on mathematical and computational modeling of gene regulatory networks. He is a 2004 recipient of a postdoctoral fellowship from the Belgian American Educational Foundation and a 2006 Recipient of a Revson Senior Fellowship in Biomedical Sciences. Jennifer Mehren Postdoctoral Fellow Jennifer received her PhD from Brandeis University, Waltham MA. Jennifer is a Drosophila neurogeneticist who studied courtship behavior in Drosophila in the laboratory of Dr. Leslie Griffith at Brandeis. Jennifer is the 2005 recipient of the Marco Stoffel Fellowship in Mind, Brain and Behavior. Mike Miller Laboratory Manager Mike received his B.S. in Biology from Columbia University. Previously he was a senior research asssistant at Columbia University and a senior research associate at Sentigen Biosciences. Takao Nakagawa Postdoctoral Fellow Takao received his PhD from the University of Tokyo, where he worked with Kazushige Touhara on the functional characterization of insect pheromone receptors. He is a 2006 recipient of a postdoctoral fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Maurizio Pellegrino Graduate Fellow Maurizio received his Laura degree (B.S./M.S.) from Torino University in Italy in 2004. He is pursuing a joint PhD in the Vosshall and Magnasco Laboratories. Kacy Redd Visiting Graduate Student Kacy received her B.S. in Biology and Psychology in the Honors College of The University of Southern Mississippi. She is the recipient of a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellowship in Biological Sciences, and is currently a Ph.D. student in the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior at Columbia University with Dr. Gareth Tibbs and a visiting student at Yale University with Dr. Michael Nitabach. Kirsten Vannice Research Assistant Kirsten received her B.A. degree in biology and sociology/anthropology from Swarthmore College.