Neural Basis of Motor Control
The Levine Lab
Levine Lab Team
Dr. Ariel Levine
Dr. Levine received a B.S. from Brandeis University, an M.D. from Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and a Ph.D. in Developmental Biology from Rockefeller University, and she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Salk Institute of Biological Studies. She started an independent lab in 2015 as an Earl Stadtman Investigator at the National Institutes of Health and was promoted to Senior Scientist in 2024. In the Fall of 2026, she will move to the Krembil Research Institute at the University Health Network of the University of Toronto where she will be the Peter Gilgan Chair in Neuroregeneration Research.
Dena joined the lab as a post-doctoral fellow in 2024. She holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from New York University (2024) and completed her undergraduate studies at Brandeis University, where she earned an accelerated B.S./M.S. (2017). Dena’s research interests are in the evolution and development of functional spinal circuits using both mouse and zebrafish models.
Dr. Dena Goldblatt
Rebecca joined the lab in 2026 as a postbaccalaureate fellow. She received a B.S. in Neuroscience with High Honors from the University of Maryland, where she conducted honors thesis research in the Speer Lab investigating the molecular mechanisms that guide visual circuit development. Her research interests include neural circuit development, neurodegeneration, and the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying nervous system function and disease.
Rebecca Pomerat
Dr. Fabricio Nicola
Dr. Prasong Mekdara
Lily Li
Levine Lab Alumni
Yasin Al-Hadid Aaron Bickert Courtney Dobrott Isabelle Hua Eugene Kim
Kaya Matson Ryan Patterson-Cross Alexander Richardson R. Brian Roome Daniel Russ Anna Ryba Anupama Sathyamurthy
Stefan Stoica Ashley Tucker