Our team!

Kimberly A. Aldinger, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator, Norcliffe Foundation Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetic Medicine;
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology;
Co-Director, Genomics Core, Intellectual and Developmental Disability Research Center (IDDRC);
Affiliate Faculty, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (ISCRM);
University of Washington
Member, Brotman Baty Institute, Seattle, Washington
Ph.D. in Neurobiology, The University of Chicago
A.L.M. in Psychology, Harvard University
B.A. in Biology, Brandeis University
Current lab members
Ana Santos, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Aadya Bhat
UW Neuroscience Undergraduate
Andrew Kim
UW Neuroscience Undergraduate

Lab alumni
Amanda Juchau - Research Associate I (2025-2026)
Siwon Park - UW Neuroscience Undergrad (2025)
Riya Thomas, PhD - Invent@SC Scholar (2024-2025); current role - Postdoctoral Fellow, MDACC
Farah Mohamed - Medical Student Intern (Sum 2025)
Esin Nur Erdogan, MD - Research Scientist I (2023-2025); current role - Child Neurology Resident, UTSW
Jonathan Gruberg - Research Scientist II (2023-2024)
Shama Saleem - UW Neuroscience Undergrad (Spr 2024)
Lindsey Sydnor - Research Scientist I (2022-2024)
Milan Brkic - SCRI Summer Scholar SSSP (Sum 2023)
Nick Sibiryakov - Bowdoin Univ Undergrad (Sum 2023)
Jillian Etchen - Research Scientist I (2022-2023)
Sawyer Webbeking - Macalester College Undergrad (Sum 2022); current role - Med Student, UW