Our Team

Michael S. Beauchamp, PhD

Professor of Neurosurgery and Vice Chair for Research

Department of Neurosurgery

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

John F. Magnotti, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences.
Auburn University,
Auburn, AL.

Beauchamp Lab Members
Zhengjia Wang, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D., Statistics.
Rice University,
Houston, TX.

Spencer Averbeck

PhD Candidate

Ph.D., Bioengineering.
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA.

Xiang Zhang, M.S.

Statistician

M.S., Statistics.
Rice University,
Houston, TX.

Haotian Ma, M.Sc.

Research Specialist

M.Sc., Language Sciences (Neuroscience)
University College London,
London, UK.

Ilaina Edelstein, M.Sc.

Research Specialist

M.S., Speech Language Pathology,
Boston University,
Boston, MA.

Lab Alumni

in reverse chronological order by category

Active Collaborators

Yue Zhang, Ph.D.. Current position: Instructor, Baylor College of Medicine.

Postdoctoral and Clinical Fellows

Brian Metzger, Ph.D.. Current position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Haverford College.

Patrick Karas, M.D. Current position: Kliefoth Family Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery.

Johannes Rennig, Ph.D.

Inga Schepers, Ph.D.

Siavash Pasalar, Ph.D.

Demet Gürler, Ph.D.

Graduate Students

Lin Zhu, M.D., Ph.D.

Müge Özker Sertel, Ph.D.

Debshila Basu Mallick, Ph.D.

Sarah Baum, Ph.D.

Audrey Nath, M.D., Ph.D.

Nafi Yasar, Ph.D.

Dona Murphey, M.D., Ph.D.

Research Assistants (full time)

Yingjia “Izzie” Yu

Anastasia Lado

Elizabeth “Buffy” Nesbitt

Kira Wegner-Clemens

Neel Kishan

Ashley Kingon