ROBERT MESSING, MD
Professor and Chair of Neuroscience
Professor of Neurosurgery
Curriculum Vitae (2024-10-14)
Dr. Messing received his M.D. from Stanford University and completed his residency and postdoctoral fellowship at UCSF.
He is the current Chair of Neuroscience, as well as the Director of the Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research. He is also the Consortium Director for the Integrative Neuroscience Initiative on Alcoholism-Neuroimmune.
CALEB FLEISCHER
Lab Manager
caleb.fleischer@austin.utexas.edu
LAURA FERGUSON, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
lauraferguson@utexas.edu
GEOFF DILLY, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
geoffdilly@utexas.edu
JESSE PLOTKIN, PhD
Research Associate
jesse.plotkin@austin.utexas.edu
ELISE SEIDENSTEIN
Research Associate
evs398@austin.utexas.edu
ETHAN LIU
Undergraduate Research Assistant
LAURA JUNG
Undergraduate Lab Assistant
PAST UT TRAINEES
LUBOV EZERSKIY, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2024)
Last known: Postdoctoral Fellow | UTHSC San Antonio
ADRIANA GREGORY FLORES, MS
Predoctoral Student (2020-2022)
Last known: Laboratory Technician | NIDA/NIH
MICHAEL DUGAN, PhD
Predoctoral Student (2019-2024)
Last known: Integrated Product Development Associate | Rho, Inc.
LAUREN SMITH, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2020)
Last known: Manager, Educational Development | NACCME an HMP Company
JINGYI WANG, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2015-2018)
Last known: Senior Team Lead | Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc.
MATT POMRENZE, PhD
Predoctoral Student (2014-2019)
Last known: Instructor and Postdoctoral Fellow | Stanford University
ANGELO BLASIO, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2014-2016)
Last known: Mentor Research Scientist II | Vertex Pharmaceuticals
RAJANI MAIYA, PhD
Assistant Research Scientist (2013-2020)
Last known: Asst. Prof. Physiology | LSU School of Medicine
DAIFEI WU, PhD
Assistant Research Scientist (2013-2014)
Last known: Sr Scientist & Vice General Manager | Jiangsu SR-Biopharma Co, China
PAST UCSF TRAINEES
RAJANI MAIYA, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2012-2013)
Last known: Asst. Prof. Physiology | LSU School of Medicine
RICHARD VAN RIJN, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2011-2013)
Last known: Assoc. Professor of Pharmacology | Purdue University; Principal Scientist, Disease Biology, Septerna, South San Francisco, CA
TABAN SEIF, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2010-2013)
Last known: Faculty | California State University, East Bay
DAIFEI WU, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2009-2014)
Last known: Sr Scientist & Vice General Manager | Jiangsu SR-Biopharma Co, China
ANNA LEE, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2007–2014)
Last known: Associate Professor of Pharmacology | University of Minnesota
HEIDI LESSCHER, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2004–2006)
Last known: Associate Professor of Veterinary Medicine | University of Utrecht, Netherlands
MIHO OYASU, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2003–2006)
Last known: Scientist | Bristol Myers Squibb, Redwood City, CA
MELISSA WALLACE, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2003–2009)
Last known: Professor of Pharmacology and Medical Sciences Education | Swansea University, UK
MAENGSEOK SONG, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2001–2004)
Last known: Senior Scientist | Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA
PHILLIP NEWTON, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2001–2009)
Last known: Professor of Medicine | Swansea University Medical School, UK
DOO-SUP CHOI, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (1999–2005)
Last known: Professor of Pharmacology & Psychiatry | Mayo Clinic
CHARLES HOWE, PhD
Predoctoral Student (1998–2000)
Last known: Director of Research | Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
ANNICK MARTIN, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (1997–2001)
Last known: Chief, Department of Community Health | Nice, France
KAREN ZHU, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (1997–2000)
Last known: Senior Scientist | Bio-Rad
BHUPINDER HUNDLE, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (1992–1997)
Last known: Director, Distribution Sales | Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Oxford, UK
REINA ROIVAINEN, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (1991–1993)
Last known: Neurologist | Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland