Lab Members

Kei Igarashi, PhD

Assistant Professor

Kei grew up in greater Tokyo and obtained his Ph.D in the Kensaku Mori lab at University of Tokyo. He then moved all the way to Trondheim, Norway to join the laboratory of Edvard and May-Britt Moser. There, he experienced a vibrant and exciting new era of memory research, concurrent with the awarding of Edvard and May-Britt’s Nobel Prizes. Kei moved again all the way to California to start his lab in 2016.
Enthusiast in Nordic skiing (Langrenn & Telemark)

Tatsuki Nakagawa, PhD

Postdoc

Tatsuki grew up in Nakgano, Japan, and obtained his PhD at Kanazawa University. He will be joining the lab in April 2020.

Sharon Lim, PhD

Postdoc (shared with the Kitazawa lab)

Sharon grew up in Singapore and obtained her PhD at National University of Singapore. She will be expanding her research interest in Alzheimer's disease in the Igarashi lab starting May 2020.

Heechul Jun

MD-PhD Student

Heechul grew up in Nova Scotia, Canada. He obtained his BA at Johns Hopkins University in 2012 with work in Dr. Hongjun Song’s lab. He then worked as a technician in Dr. Mi-hyeon Jan’s lab at the Mayo Clinic. Heechul joined the Igarashi lab in 2017.

Jason Lee

PhD Student

Jason grew up in Huntington Beach, CA. He obtained BS in Neuroscience at UCLA gaining experience in the lab of Dr. Dean Buonomano, and joined the Igarashi lab through the UCI Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (INP) in 2019.

Tomoko Viaclovsky

Research Technician

BS, University of Miami

Kaori Shiraiwa

Research Technician

BS, Tokyo Gakugei University

Rodrigo Romo

Research Technician

BS, UC Irvine

Gregory de Carvalho

Research Technician (Jointly with the Chen lab)

BS, UC Irvine

Allen Bramian

Undergraduate Student

Allen joined the lab in 2018.

Jasmine Chavez

Undergraduate Student

Jasmine joined the lab in 2019.

Sandra Yungblut

Undergraduate Student

Sandra joined the lab in 2019.

Past Members

Shogo Soma, Ph.D

Postdoc 2018 – 2019
Now Assistant Professor at Kyoto Medical College, Japan

Ananya Dasgupta, Ph.D

Postdoc 2018 – 2019
Now back in India

Tomoaki Nakazono, Ph.D

Postdoc 2016 – 2018
Nakazono et al., Neurosci Res 2018

Nakazono et at., Front Sys Neurosci 2017

Now Assistant Professor at Fukushima Medical College, Japan

Alexis Osbourne

Undergraduate Student 2019

Karolyn Tran

Undergraduate Student 2018 – 2019

Seiya Bamba

Undergraduate Student 2018
Now MD student at Kyoto University

Sunwoo Oh

Undergraduate Student 2018
Now PhD student in UCI CMB program

Ayushi Patel

Undergraduate Student 2016 – 2018
Now MD student at University of South Florida

Travis Lam

Undergraduate Student 2016 – 2018