Meet the Team
The McCane lab is eager to welcome prospective members with diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. If you are interested in joining us, please reach out!
Lab Members
Aqilah McCane
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Dr. Aqilah McCane is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Neuroscience at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. Her research interests include addiction, adolescence, and behavioral models of alcohol misuse. Outside the lab, she enjoys training Brazilian jiu jitsu, hiking, manga and spending time with her children.
Michael McCane
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Michael is a person who likes dogs.
Nick Chernov
He/Him/His
Nick Chernov is interested in developing new methods and techniques for applications in neuroscience. Some of his past work includes combining optical imaging methods (such as intrinsic optical imaging) with optical stimulation (infrared neural stimulation and optogenetics) to investigate visual processing in nonhuman primates. He is currently working on implementing a method for wireless electrophysiology in awake behaving macaques. He holds an MS degree in Biomedical Engineering and a PhD in Physiology from Dartmouth College.
Daniela Gonzalez Zorrilla
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Dani is a graduate student at Oregon Health and Science University.