Matt Wilson
Principal Investigatormwilson [at] mit.eduURL

Stephanie Kalina
Lab Managersmkalina [at] mit.edu

Stephanie is a graduate of Boston University, where she studied psychology.

Dan Bendor
Postdocdbendor [at] mit.edu

Dan studies the encoding and memory consolidation of non-spatial information in the hippocampus and neocortex.

Francisco Flores
Postdocfjflores [at] mit.edu

Francisco is interested in identifying and manipulating brain structures that control specific behavioral states, with a focus on general anesthesia and sleep.

Steve Gomperts
Research Scientistsgomperts [at] partners.org

Steve explores the relationship between patterned neuronal activity in the hippocampus and neuronal activity in the ventral tegmental area (VTA).

Mike Halassa
Research Scientistmhalassa [at] partners.org

For his dissertation, Mike studied astrocytic modulation of sleep homeostasis at the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently using optogenetics and chemical genetic methods in combination with multielectrode recordings to study cortical and hippocampal circuitry.

Hector Penagos
Postdocpenagos [at] mit.edu

Hector studies the interactions between the hippocampus and anterior thalamus during spatial navigation and sleep.

Miguel Remondes
Postdocremondes [at] mit.edu

Miguel studies rats performing a trajectory-sequence learning task while recording single-neuron activity from cingulate cortex and hippocampus. He hopes to understand the role of these brain structures in context- and sequence-referenced learning.

Christa Van Dort
Postdocvandortc [at] mit.edu

Christa uses in vivo electrophysiology, microstimulation, and pharmacology to study the mechanisms of sleep and anesthesia.

Carmen Varela
Postdoccarmenv [at] mit.edu

Carmen studies the interactions between the thalamus, hippocampus and neocortex during episodic memory consolidation. She uses multiple electrode recordings from the three sites in awake animals to study neural activity during different stages of episodic memory formation.

Jun Yamamoto
Honorary Lab Member yamajun [at] mit.edu

Jun developed motorized microdrives for better yield and stability. As a research scientist in the Tonegawa lab, he strives to push the limits of tetrode recordings in mice. He performs large-scale multi-unit recordings on transgenic mouse lines such as EC3-TTX and CA3-TTX to identify memory replay during waking and sleep.

Greg Hale
Graduate Studentgreghale [at] mit.edu

Greg studies the impact of the hippocampal theta rhythm's wave-like propagation on sequential firing patterns of place cells.

Eric Jonas
Graduate Studentjonas [at] mit.eduURL

Eric created the Soma system for real-time data acquisition and analysis of ensembles of neural activity. Other research interests include nonparametric Bayesian statistics, natively stochastic computing, and algorithmic methods for probabilistic inference.

Stuart Layton
Graduate Studentslayton [at] mit.edu

Stuart is interested in better understanding hippocampal replay. Using behavioral and pharmacological manipulations he hopes to be able to alter replay and further understand what replay represents and what
purpose it serves.

Josh Siegle
Graduate Studentjsiegle [at] mit.eduURL

Josh studies spatial coding in the hippocampus with the help of new optogenetic tools. Activating neurons containing light-gated ion channels makes it possible to modulate spiking with high spatial and temporal precision.