Inclusive Lab Environment
Our lab is a place where people of all backgrounds and types have always been and will always be welcome. A variety of opinions and perspectives makes our science stronger and our lab a better place to work! We are committed to keeping it that way, and to continually recruiting researchers of all kinds and fully supporting their training and goals. Interested? Get in touch and apply!
Tiffany Schmidt, PhD
Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology
Secondary Appointment: Dept. of Ophthalmology
Director, Undergraduate Neuroscience Program
Director, Neurobiology MS Program
@tiffmschmidt
Current Lab Members
Lab Alums
Other Former Schmidt Lab Members
Lab Technicians
Robert Benjamin Gerber (2020)
Beryl Valentine (2018)
Graduate Students
Fernando Senovilla Sanz (Neurobiology M.S. Program, 2018)
Michelle Ren, M.S. (Neurobiology M.S. Program, 2017)
Beryl Valentine, M.S. (Neurobiology M.S. Program, 2017)
Chia-Ching Wu, M.S. (Neurobiology M.S. Program, 2017)
Teona Munteanu, M.S. (Neurobiology M.S. Program, 2015)
Postbacs
Aaron Earley
Undergraduate Researchers
Christian Hernandez (Neuroscience, 2026)
Rachel Garcia Guerrero (2025)
Johana Ortiz (2025)
Kelly Medina (Neuroscience, 2025)
Sophie Hyman (Neuroscience, 2025)
Jessica Kim (Neuroscience, 2025)
Leandra Hawkins (Neuroscience, 2024)
Angela Xie (2024)
Annelise Wickman (2024)
Robin Kim (2024)
Eve Gold (Neuroscience, 2024)
Pedro Guzman (2024)
Grace Dyer (Neuroscience, 2024)
CJ Tuan (2023)
Michelle Tang (Neuroscience, 2023)
Anna Wcislak (Neuroscience, 2023)
Anika Schipma (Neuroscience, 2023)
Olivia Fink (Neuroscience, 2022)
Madison Luce (Neuroscience, 2022)
Lucy Liu (Neuroscience, 2022)
Sakeli Givens (Neuroscience, 2022)
Rwan Ibrahim (Neuroscience, 2022)
Eric Min (Economics, 2021)
Chris Holland (Neuroscience, 2020)
Uma Jacobs (Neuroscience, 2020)
Yudai Okabe (Neuroscience, 2020)
Nathan Weston (Neuroscience, 2020)
Serena Tolani (Neuroscience, 2020)
Danny Callahan (Neuroscience, 2020)
Sam Feldstein (Neuroscience, 2019)
Amanda Leung (Biological Sciences, 2018)
Katelyn Noronha (Biological Sciences, 2018)
Victoria Blaga (Neuroscience, 2018)
Maya Glenn
Kevin Sturr (Neuroscience, 2017)
Jennifer Li (ISP, 2016)
Aishwarya Pastapur (Biological Sciences, 2016)