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

Assistant Professor

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

Beauchamp Lab Members
Zhengjia Wang

Research Associate

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

Spencer Averbeck

PhD Candidate

Bioengineering
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA.

Emma Karn

Ph.D. Student

Bioengineering

University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA.

Seokhee Kang

Ph.D. Student

Bioengineering

University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA.

Xiang Zhang

Statistician

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

Ilaina Edelstein

Research Specialist

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

Haotian Ma

Research Specialist

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

Kamille Hernandez

B.A. Candidate

Neuroscience; Data Science and Analytics
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA.

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