PI

Manuel Schottdorf, Ph.D.

Manuel studied physics before completing a Ph.D. at Max Planck in Germany and a Postdoc at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute. He enjoys developing scientific instrumentation and won numerous awards over the years, among them a Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds PhD Fellowship, an Otto Hahn medal, and a Burroughs Wellcome Fund’s Career Award. In addition to science, Manuel’s interests include labor rights and he was an organizing committee member for the postdoc union at Princeton.

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The team

SuHyeong Kim, Ph.D.

SuHyeong earned her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Delaware, where she was co-advised by Dr. Amy Griffin and Dr. Anna Klintsova. Her doctoral research focused on how developmental alcohol exposure alters cognitive function later in life, using in vivo electrophysiology, immunohistochemistry, and behavioral analysis. Through this work, she developed a growing interest in the complexity of neural circuits involved in memory and decision-making, particularly in how these circuits interact with external sensory inputs such as visual stimuli and perception. Outside the lab, SuHyeong enjoys photography and traveling.

Mubariz Mohammed

Mubariz began his academic journey in computer science before pivoting toward healthcare research during his master’s in Computational Data Science at UC Riverside. His work focuses on bridging machine learning and biology, with particular interest in building equitable, interpretable models in healthcare and genomics. Mubariz’s multicultural upbringing informs a research philosophy rooted in equity, curiosity, and a deep appreciation for how diverse lived experiences intersect with data and health outcomes. Beyond research, Mubariz enjoys reconnecting with nature through hiking, travelling and exploring new cuisines.