In the laboratory, I have supervised and mentored eight high-school students, fourteen undergraduates and research assistants, six master’s and two PhD students.
The contributions of my trainees have been acknowledged in peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals and eight are co-authors in my first- or last-author publications and this enabled students to gain prestigious positions in academia, medicine and industry.
I aim to continue training future leaders by creating positive lab learning environments that foster career development and duly acknowledge scientific contributions.
Previous students (PhD, Master’s and Bachelor’s)
*co-authors in my first- or last-author publications
Jessica Leff (Harvard 2024) – Undergraduate thesis student. VIP: a very important peptide for regulating adult neuroplasticity. Dowling prize winner for the best Harvard neuroscience thesis 2024. Currently working for a clinical trial company in New York. Jess’s Linkedin here.
Shivani Khosla (UCL 2021) – MSci Pharm thesis student. Investigating the intrinsic membrane properties of iPSC-derived Down syndrome neurons Rett syndrome. Currently youtube content creator having worked in Biogen. Shivani’s Linkedin here.
Hannah Lee (UCL 2021) – MSci Pharm thesis student. ‘Intrinsic membrane properties and neuronal physiology in mouse models of Down syndrome’. Currently PhD student at Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London. Hannah’s Linkedin here.
*Pablo Izquierdo (UCL 2021) – PhD rotation student. Lateral mobility of α5 subunit containing GABAARs. Currently senior medical writer at PPD. Pablo’s Linkedin here.
*Kamei Au (UCL 2020) – BSc Pharm thesis student. Altered structural plasticity and cell surface trafficking of GABAA receptor epilepsy variants. Currently senior pharmacovigilance associate at Drive Phase PV. Kamei’s Linkedin here.
*Marielle Minere (UCL 2019) – PhD student. Lateral diffusion of synaptic and extrasynaptic GABAAR subunits. Currently postdoc in Max Planck Frankfurt. Marielle’s Linkedin here.
*Charlotte Jones (UCL 2019) – MSci Pharm thesis student. Functional properties of GABAA receptor epilepsy variants in Xenopus oocytes. Currently associate at PWC’s strategy consultancy Strategy& following her PhD at University of Cambridge. Charlotte’s Linkedin here.
*Aida Affandi (UCL 2019) – BSc Pharm thesis student. Impaired cell surface expression of a GABAA receptor epilepsy mutant. Currently senior data analyst at Hong Leong Bank Berhad. Aida’s Linkedin here.
*Becky Tench (UCL 2017) – summer project student. Lateral mobility of α4 subunit containing GABAARs. Currently PhD student at University of Bristol
Ruy Ocadiz (Institute of Neurology 2016) – dual MSc Neurology thesis student. Diffusion dynamics of GABAB receptors in synaptic plasticity. Currently Postdoc at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. Ruy’s Google Scholar here.
Jackie Casey (UCL 2015) – MSc Neurosci thesis student. Glutamate increases lateral diffusion and synaptic dispersal of postsynaptic GABAB receptors. Winner of the best thesis prize UCL MSc neuroscience 2024. Currently postdoc at Institute of Neurology, UCL. Jackie’s Linkedin here.
*Joseph Harris (UCL 2018) – MBBS (medical) thesis student. Lateral diffusion of α2-GABAAR in hippocampal neurons. Currently working as a doctor in the National Health Service, UK
*Ebrahim Deghghani-Tafti (UCL 2010) – BSc Pharm thesis student. Dual labelling of GABAB receptors with α-bungarotoxin binding site. Currently working as a dentist in the National Health Service, UK
Previous students (when they were at high school)
Fadak Jaf (summer student 2019) – persuing undergraduate studies in public health at Kings College London. Fadak’s Linkedin here.
Yasmin-Khadija Kabir (summer student 2019) – Engineer at Ford Motor company following BSc at University College London. Yasmin’s Linkedin here.
Shahmeer Mohammad (summer student 2018) – persuing Medicine degree at Imperial College London.
Dilara Colak (summer student 2018) – Publishing associate at Teva Pharmaceuticals after completing BSc in Biomedical Sciences from St Georges, University of London . Dilara’s Linkedin here.
Georgina Barker-Woodward (summer student 2017) – undergraduate from University of Portsmouth, UK.
Abigail Townley-Shiels (summer student 2017) – attending BSc Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth. Abigail’s Linkedin here.
Zainab Valli – (summer student 2016) – Undergraduate in Biological Sciences from Imperial College London.
Stanislav Karzhev (summer student 2016) – Data Scientist at Datacamp after completing BSc in Chemistry from Queen Mary University of London and Masters in artificial intelligence from Kings College London. Stan’s Linkedin profile here.
Saad Hannan 