Postdoctoral Scientist
I study how expectation and experience alter sensory representations. In colloboartion with Froemke lab, I use 2-photon imaging, optogentics and behavioral experiments to explore how neuromodulatory systems support changes in sensory perception in both the auditory and olfactory systems.
I received my B.A. in Psychology from NYU in 2008 before working as a research technician in the labs of Dr. George Alvarez at Harvard University and Dr. Ann Graybiel at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Beatrice Barra
Postdoctoral Scientist
I am interested in the neural encoding of intensity information in the mouse olfactory system.
After a MSc in Biomedical Engineering ( Politecnico of Milan), I moved to Switzerland, where I studied how to use spinal cord stimulation to restore arm and hand function in non-human primates. I then worked as a research scholar at the University of Pittsburgh, where I designed stimulation protocols to restore sensory feedback in trans-tibial amputees. Now, I want to study how sensory systems encodes intensity information, in order to design better neuroprosthetic devices in the future.
Postdoctoral Scientist
Fascinated by the idea of “visualizing the sense of smell” based on animal olfactory mechanisms, I pursue research toward an objective and quantitative understanding of odors—ultimately aiming for a future where smells can be freely manipulated. Since my master’s, I have focused on olfactory receptors using in vitro approaches, earning my PhD in Japan in 2025. I am currently expanding my research through in vivo methods and computational science.
Stephanie Tetrick
MD/PhD Student
I am an MD PhD Student conducting my graduate work in the Neuroscience Institute.I received a BA in Biological Sciences from the University of Chicago, where I worked in the David Freedman Lab studying the mechanisms of visual perception and cognition.Broadly, I am interested in how the brain maintains stable percepts of the world across ever-changing sensory environments. My clinical interests are at the intersection of psychiatry and neurology.
Saeed Karimimehr
PhD Student
I am interested in cracking the neural code and understanding how the dynamic of the population of neurons changes through learning. I received a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Isfahan University of Technology and an M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Isfahan. Before joining NYU I was a researcher at the Brain Engineering Center in the Institute for research in fundamental sciences (IPM) in Tehran, Iran.
Timothy Reizis
PhD Student
I am PhD student in Biomedical Engineering with B.S in Neural Science (New York University).I am interested in characterizing the coding logic of perceptual features in vision and olfaction using neurophotonics methods.
Vivek Agarwal
Affiliated PhD Student
After my undergrad studies in Physics, Computers. I got an opportunity to further explore the fields of Machine Learning, Computer engineering and learn about Finance during my graduate programs and was fortunate to learn about them at Carniege Mellon , Rutgers and New York University. During my PhD at CDS, I was intrigued by the field of olfaction that captured my attention completely. Following my curiosity , I landed up at Dima’s lab where I am interested in alignment of glomeruli across mice using computational approach and predict their activation for mixtures.
Darnel Theagene
Affiliated PhD Student
I am a PhD student in the biomedical engineering program at NYU Tandon and Shy Shoham's lab. As an engineer I have always loved problem solving and figuring out challenging puzzles. I am interested in using neurophotonics and precise optogenetics to understand how complex network interactions contribute to sensory perception. When not in the lab I like to go rock climbing.
Research Technician
I graduated from The George Washington University in 2018 with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and minor in Electrical Engineering. During my undergraduate career, I conducted research under Dr. Murray Loew in the GW Medical Imaging & Image Analysis Laboratory, developing pixel clustering algorithms for identification of potentially tumorous regions from infrared breast images.
Research Scientist
Chemistry was my first love, shaping my journey through science. I earned my B.Sc from the Technion in molecular biochemistry, then pursued a masters at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, researching circadian rhythms, aging, and even dabbled in food science. At the Weizmann Institute, I joined Noam Sobel’s human olfaction lab for my Ph.D, studying handshakes, human tears, and other bodily fluids while mastering gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. Later, I did a short postdoc at Fred Hutch with Linda Buck and explored design and innovation at OXMAN with Neri Oxman. I’m thrilled to land back in my old, loyal comfort zone—gas chromatography (and hardcore science)—at Rinberg Lab for cutting-edge neuroscience.
Pavan Veeramreddy
Lab manager
I did my Bachelors in Pharmacy from Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, India. I worked in Biological E.Limited in India before moving to the USA for my Masters in Pharmacology and Toxicology. After my Masters I worked at Columbia University and Mount Sinai before joining the Rinberg lab.
Dmitry Rinberg
(Dima)
Principal Investigator
After receiving my Ph.D. in Physics from Weizmann Institute of Science, I switched to Neurobiology.
My adventure in olfactory processing started with discovering dramatic differences between olfactory bulb dynamics in awake and anesthetized mice (Rinberg-2006). The work of my lab in Janelia Farm (2006-2012) led to establishing temporal limits of behavior and neural processing in the sense of smell. I joined NYU Medical School in 2012.
Alumni:
Postdocs:
Sebastian Charpentier
Mursel Karadas
Joshua Harvey Head of Data Science and AI Engineering at Prospect 33
Jonathan Witztum Data Scientist, Freelance
Hiro Nakayama Data Scientist, ThinkCyte, Japan
Erez Shor CEO, Exero Medical
Gilad Lerman
Erwan Poivet
Ezequiel Arneodo Postdoc, UCSD
Sasha Devore Senior Editor, Nature Neuroscience
Jagdish Patel Postdoc, Pfizer
Matt Smear Assistant Professor, University of Oregon, Eugene
Roman Shusterman Research Professor, University of Oregon, Eugene
Rod O’Connor PI, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, LIMOGES, FRANCE
Research scientists:
Dina Popova, Ophir Auslaender, Armen Enikolopov
Students:
Pedro Herrero Vidal Amazon
Edmund Chong Postdoc at SWC, London
Christopher Wilson Google
Johanes Kappel PhD student Max PIanck Institute
Kristina Penikis
Arbora Resulaj Assistant Professor at University of Toronto
Research Associates
Jaqueline Zhao
Ekaterina Koulakova PhD student, Cornell University
Neha Chauhan MD student RWJMS, Rutgers University
Rory Reiser, Dominic Demeterfi, Marco Balboa, Sara Stark, Gabriela Serrano, Angelika Pickens, Hans Ma, Admir Resulaj
Visitors:
Yevgeniy Sirotin, Adam Dewan, David Markowitz
Summer and rotation students, volunteers:
Jeremy Kotlyar, Shuhe Wang, Aaron Lanz, Lavanya Shukla, Camille Rullan, Sneha Aenugu, Jonathan Shor, Lauren Ryan, Alexandra Dolznina, Daniel Schein, Roman Huszar, Maya Laughton, David Godovich, Mark Robles-Long, Angela Licata, Dana Tsipenyuk, Anthony Oganov, Amin Nibir, Rachel Swanson, Andrew Matheson, Arif Niyaz, Akash Pillai, Leeann Ozer, Sebastian van Opheusden, Zoe Talbot, Hannah Bertstein,, Anders Laan, Utsav Goel, Dylan Rich, Meliz Yilmaz, Daniel Wesson