{"id":11,"date":"2022-11-02T18:17:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T18:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/herringlab\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-07-24T14:40:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:40:21","slug":"members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/herringlab\/members\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-446 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/herringlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2023\/07\/lehilyjy-171x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/herringlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2023\/07\/lehilyjy-171x300.jpg 171w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/herringlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2023\/07\/lehilyjy.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Bruce Herring, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bruce received his B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin, and Ph.D. in Neurobiology from the University of Chicago. He completed his postdoctoral work with Roger A. Nicoll, M.D. at the University of California, San Francisco. In 2016 he moved to USC, where he is currently an Associate Professor in the Section of Neurobiology in the Department of Biological Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Ariel Cohen<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-245 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/herringlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2023\/07\/Ariel-C-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/herringlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2023\/07\/Ariel-C-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/herringlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2023\/07\/Ariel-C-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/herringlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2023\/07\/Ariel-C-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/herringlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2023\/07\/Ariel-C.jpg 459w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Graduate Student, Neuroscience Graduate Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ariel received his B.S. from the University of California, Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Feng Liang<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-257\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/herringlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2023\/07\/Feng-L-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/herringlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2023\/07\/Feng-L-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/herringlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2023\/07\/Feng-L.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Graduate Student, Neuroscience Graduate Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Feng received her B.S. from National Taiwan University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Madhav Sharma<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-461\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/herringlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2024\/12\/thumbnail_IMG_5789-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/herringlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2024\/12\/thumbnail_IMG_5789-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/herringlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2024\/12\/thumbnail_IMG_5789-826x1024.jpg 826w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/herringlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2024\/12\/thumbnail_IMG_5789-768x952.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/herringlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2024\/12\/thumbnail_IMG_5789-1239x1536.jpg 1239w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/herringlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2024\/12\/thumbnail_IMG_5789.jpg 1651w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Graduate Student, Neuroscience Graduate Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Madhav received his B.S. from the University of California, Davis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  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decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-261\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/herringlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2023\/07\/Manny-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/herringlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2023\/07\/Manny-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/herringlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2023\/07\/Manny.jpg 599w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Lab Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Lab Alumni:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Anna Pushkin, Ph.D.<img loading=\"lazy\" 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