Iakoucheva Lab

Dr. Lilia Iakoucheva is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego. She joined Psychiatry Department of UCSD in 2010, and current research of her lab focuses on understanding of the molecular basis of neurodevelopmental diseases, with the focus on autism spectrum disorders. She graduated from Kiev State University in Ukraine, and trained with Dr. Keith Dunker at Washington State University studying intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs). She is a Member of the UCSD Institute for Genomic Medicine, UCSD Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Graduate Program, and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program. She received student- nominated Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, and Outstanding Dedication to Undergraduates award for mentoring high school and undergraduate students.

Fun Fact: Lilia jumped with parachute solo once, and did ski gliding in a tandem flight.