Lab Members:
Dr. Achim Klug
Principal Investigator
Achim has more than 20 years of experience in the auditory brain stem and sound localization circuit. He has used a number of electrophysiological techniques such as in-vivo recordings, patch clamp recordings, manipulations of neural circuits with pharmacology and optogenetics and combines these with behavior and histological analysis.
Dr. Elizabeth McCullagh
Liz explores alterations in the sound localization pathway in autism and Fragile X. She also studies localization mechanisms with optogenetic manipulations of auditory brain stem nuclei.
Alexandra Lucas
Alex is a Professional Research Assistant who is an expert at immunohistochemistry, microscopy, neural tracing, and electrophysiology. She works both alterations in the sound localization pathway in aging and in Fragile X.
Shani Poleg
Shani is a Professional Research Assistant who is an expert at immunohistochemistry, microscopy, and behavioral testing. She works both alterations in the sound localization pathway in aging and in Fragile X.
Jennifer Libby
Jen is a degree seeking honors student at the University of Colorado Denver. She studies synaptic connectivity and spine morphology in Fragile X
Ben-Zheng Li
Ben-Zheng is an electrical engineering student from the University of Macau and is interested in neural circuit simulation, signal/data analysis, and closed-loop optogenetic control. He is currently working on modeling auditory and olfactory systems using spiking neural networks. Ben is co-advised by Dr. Tim Lei.
Phuong Ly
Phuong is an Electrical Engineering student interested in robotics and control systems, computer vision and digital image processing. He works on a new stereotaxic device for small animals based on computer vision and robotics which integrates neural targeting with neuronavigation. He is co-advised by Dr. Tim Lei.
Former Lab Members:
Dr. Chen Chang Hao
Dr. Anna Dondzillo
Dr. Peng Un Mak
Dr. Otto Albrecht
Dr. Florian Mayer
Dr. Joachim Hermann
Dr. Marc Ford
Brennan Mulligan
Robin Cross
Saif Al-Juboori
Samuel Mincowicz
Panke Wang
Mackenzie Wilderman
Jay Chauhan
Alica Corrales
Mark Holloman
Robert (Buck) Courtney
William (Billy) Kromka