Personnel

Patrick R. O’Neill, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Hatos Center for Neuropharmacology
Semel Institute
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences


Current lab members

Kyle Whyland
Postdoctoral Researcher

October 2025 - present
Tracy Nguyen
UCLA undergraduate, class of 2026
 
January 2024 - present
Tanvi Mahajani
UCLA undergraduate, class of 2027

October 2024 - present
Louie Angelo Latosquin
UCLA undergraduate, class of 2027

April 2025 - present
Haley Buttimer
UCLA undergraduate, class of 2026

April 2025 - present
Nitya Kowkutla
UCLA undergraduate, class of 2027

October 2025 - present
Rohan Gianchandani
UCLA undergraduate, class of 2028

December 2025 - present

Former lab members

Anna Shiriaeva
Postdoctoral Researcher
Next position: Research Assistant Professor, Northwestern University

September 2024 – June 2025
Coby Bowman
Lab Assistant
Undergraduate researcher
Next position: Neural Engineering PhD Student, University of Utah

August 2024 – May 2025
March 2023 – June 2024
Jacqueline Caplan
Undergraduate Researcher
Next position: Research Associate, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

November 2022 – June 2025
Nadia Rehman
Undergraduate Researcher
Next position: Case Manager at SRO Housing Corporation

November 2022 – June 2025
Jane Shohdy
Undergraduate Researcher

October 2023 – June 2025
Lily Anderson
Undergraduate Researcher

July 2024 – June 2025
Mahnoor Wani
Undergraduate Researcher
Next position: Medical Student, UC Davis

Fall 2022 – June 2024
Ella Whitehouse
Undergraduate Researcher
Next position: Neuroscience PhD Student, UCLA

Fall 2022 – June 2024
Harbaksh Kaur
Undergraduate Researcher

August 2024 – December 2024
Lauren Chao
Undergraduate Researcher
Next position: Life Science Research Professional at Stanford University

Fall 2023 – June 2024
Veda Ouwehand
Undergraduate Researcher
Next position:
Neuroscience MSc Student, Vrije University
Research Intern, Center for Neurogenomics & Cognitive Research

July 2023 – April 2024
Istabraq Dalieh
Masters Student, Charles E. Drew University / UCLA
Next position:
Laboratory Technician at Keck Medicine USC
DDS Student at Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicin

Jan 2022 – Aug 2022
Lisa Bass
Research Assistant
Undergraduate Researcher
Next position:
Study Coordinator at New School Research
Marriage, Child, and Family Counseling Graduate Student at CSU Sacramento

Dec 2020 – July 2021
Oct 2019 – Mar 2020