{"id":1195,"date":"2018-06-19T14:02:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T17:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smallbrains.org\/?page_id=1195"},"modified":"2025-09-17T16:06:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T19:06:21","slug":"teaching-assistants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/about-us\/teaching-assistants\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching assistants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>James Ashley<\/strong><br \/>\nDepartment of Neurobiology<br \/>\nUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, USA<br \/>\nParticipation: 2014<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Cesar Astorga<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversidad de Chile, Chile<br \/>\nParticipation: 2010<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Romina Barria<\/strong><br \/>\nNeuroscience Graduate Program<br \/>\nUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, USA<br \/>\nParticipation: 2016<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Christina_Burden.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1201 lazyload\" alt=\"Christina_Burden\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1201\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Christina_Burden.jpg\" alt=\"Christina_Burden\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/noscript><strong>Christina Burden<\/strong><br \/>\nArizona State University<br \/>\nParticipation: 2012\/2014<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Mauricio_Caneo.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1203 lazyload\" alt=\"Mauricio_Caneo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1203\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Mauricio_Caneo.jpg\" alt=\"Mauricio_Caneo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/noscript><strong>Mauricio Caneo<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversidad Mayor, Chile<br \/>\nParticipation: 2016<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Juliana-Choi-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1201 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1201\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Juliana-Choi-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/noscript><br \/>\n<strong>Juliana Choi<\/strong><br \/>\nCentre for Neural Circuits &amp; Behaviour<br \/>\nUniversity of Oxford,<br \/>\nOxford, United Kingdom<br \/>\nParticipation: 2022<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Scarlett Delgado<\/strong><br \/>\nNeuroscience Graduate Program<br \/>\nUniversidad de Valparaiso, Chile<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Jamie_Donnelly.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1204 lazyload\" alt=\"Jamie_Donnelly\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1204\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Jamie_Donnelly.jpg\" alt=\"Jamie_Donnelly\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/noscript><strong>Jamie Donnelly<\/strong><br \/>\nNeuroscience Graduate Program<br \/>\nUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, USA<br \/>\nParticipation: 2010<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Farley<\/strong><br \/>\nDepartment of Neurobiology<br \/>\nUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, USA<br \/>\nParticipation: 2014<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Lauren Foley<\/strong><br \/>\nDepartment of Neurobiology<br \/>\nUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, USA<br \/>\nParticipation: 2014\/2016<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Carolaing_Gabaldon.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1205 lazyload\" alt=\"Carolaing_Gabaldon\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1205\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Carolaing_Gabaldon.jpg\" alt=\"Carolaing_Gabaldon\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/noscript><strong>Carolaing Gabaldon<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversidad Mayor, Chile<br \/>\nParticipation: 2016- 2019<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Jorge Garay<\/strong><br \/>\nFacultad de Ciencias Biol\u00f3gicas<br \/>\nPontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile<br \/>\nSantiago, Chile<br \/>\nParticipation: 2022<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Ceren_-Korkut.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1206 lazyload\" alt=\"Ceren_ Korkut\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1206\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Ceren_-Korkut.jpg\" alt=\"Ceren_ Korkut\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/noscript><strong>Ceren Korkut<\/strong><br \/>\nNeuroscience Graduate Program<br \/>\nUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, USA<br \/>\nParticipation: 2010<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Marcela-Legue.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1206 lazyload\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1206\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Marcela-Legue.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/noscript><br \/>\n<strong>Marcela Legue<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversidad Mayor, Chile<br \/>\nParticipation: 2019<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Yihang Li<\/strong><br \/>\nNeuroscience Graduate Program<br \/>\nUMass Medical School<br \/>\nParticipation: 2014<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Allie_Muthukumar.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1207 lazyload\" alt=\"Allie_Muthukumar\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1207\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Allie_Muthukumar.jpg\" alt=\"Allie_Muthukumar\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/noscript><strong>Allie Muthukumar<\/strong><br \/>\nNeuroscience Graduate Program<br \/>\nUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, USA<br \/>\nParticipation: 2012<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Mar\u00eda Fernanda Palominos<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversidad Mayor, Chile<br \/>\nParticipation: 2014<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Jennifer_Pirri.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1208 lazyload\" alt=\"Jennifer_Pirri\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1208\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Jennifer_Pirri.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer_Pirri\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/noscript><strong>Jennifer Pirri<\/strong><br \/>\nNeuroscience Graduate Program<br \/>\nUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, USA<br \/>\nParticipation: 2012<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ulises-Rey-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1201 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1201\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ulises-Rey-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/noscript><br \/>\n<strong>Ulises Rey<\/strong><br \/>\nInstitute for Biology\/Genetics<br \/>\nFreie Universit\u00e4t Berlin<br \/>\nBerlin, Germany<br \/>\nParticipation: 2022<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tim_Rooney.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1209 lazyload\" alt=\"Tim_Rooney\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1209\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tim_Rooney.jpg\" alt=\"Tim_Rooney\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/noscript><strong>Timothy Rooney<\/strong><br \/>\nMD\/PhD student<br \/>\nNeuroscience Graduate Program<br \/>\nUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, USA<br \/>\nParticipation: 2012<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Mathias_Saver.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1210 lazyload\" alt=\"Mathias_Saver\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1210\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Mathias_Saver.jpg\" alt=\"Mathias_Saver\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/noscript><strong>Mathias Saver<\/strong><br \/>\nJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA.<br \/>\nParticipation: 2016<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Valeria-Silva.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1210 lazyload\" alt=\"Mathias_Saver\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1210\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Valeria-Silva.jpg\" alt=\"Mathias_Saver\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/noscript><br \/>\n<strong>Valeria Silva<\/strong><br \/>\nNeuroscience Graduate Program<br \/>\nUniversidad de Valparaiso, Chile<br \/>\nParticipation: 2019\/2022<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Arles-Urrutia.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1210 lazyload\" alt=\"Mathias_Saver\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1210\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Arles-Urrutia.jpg\" alt=\"Mathias_Saver\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/noscript><br \/>\n<strong>Arles Urrutia<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversidad Mayor, Chile<br \/>\nParticipation: 2019<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Paola-Vargas.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1210 lazyload\" alt=\"Mathias_Saver\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1210\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Paola-Vargas.jpg\" alt=\"Mathias_Saver\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/noscript><br \/>\n<strong>Paola Vargas<\/strong><br \/>\nOxford University, UK<br \/>\nParticipation: 2019<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Lidia_Verdugo.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1211 lazyload\" alt=\"Lidia_Verdugo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1211\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Lidia_Verdugo.jpg\" alt=\"Lidia_Verdugo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/noscript><strong>Lidia Verdugo<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversidad Mayor, Chile<br \/>\nParticipation: 2016<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Diego Villegas\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversidad de Chile, Chile<br \/>\nParticipation: 2019<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ishaan_kapoor-1.jpg\n\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1211 lazyload\" alt=\"Lidia_Verdugo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1211\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbrains.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ishaan_kapoor-1.jpg\n\" alt=\"Lidia_Verdugo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/noscript><strong>Ishaan Kapoor <\/strong><br \/>\nCentre for Neural 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