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, PhD

Assistant Professor

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

Beauchamp Lab Members
Zhengjia Wang, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

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

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

Postdoctoral and Clinical Fellows

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

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

Neel Kishan

Ashley Kingon