People



Poulopoulos Lab in SfN Chicago
Poulopoulos Lab recreating “The School of Athens” at SfN 2019

Lab Members

 Alexandros Poulopoulos
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology

Postdoc, Macklis Lab
Harvard University

PhD, Neuroscience,
University of Göttingen
Brose Lab
Max Planck Institute of Exp. Med.

BSc, Biology
University of Athens

Cheryl Brandenburg
2020-2023 Postdoc, 
T32 Fellow

PhD, Neuroscience
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Blatt Lab
Hussman Institute for Autism

BSc, MSc, Cell and Mol. Bio.
University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
 Andrea Romanowski (she/her)
PhD student, Molecular Medicine

BSc, Mol. Bio. & Biotechnology
Palm Beach Atlantic University

Garrett Crutcher (he/his)
PhD student, Neuroscience

BSc, Neuroscience
University of Rochester

Colin Robertson
PhD student, Neuroscience
T32 fellow

BSc, Biology
Westminster College

Ro Whitten (they/them)
PhD student, Neuroscience

Postbac, Beerman Lab
NIH

BSc, Neuroscience
University of Rochester

Antonia Papadimas
PhD student, Mol. Microbiol. & Immunol.

BSc, Public Health Science
University of Maryland, College Park

Olakiitan Blessing Adedeji
ASCEND Scholar


Medical Lab Science major
Morgan State University

Elise Caraker
Lab Manager

BSc, Biology
Palm Beach Atlantic University
PouLab, fall 2023

Lab Alumni

Ryan Richardson
Ryan Richardson
2017-2020 Postdoc, 
T32 Fellow 
Went on to AAAS Fellow at NIH!

PhD, Biochemistry, MCB 
Harvard University
Silver Lab
Wyss Inst. for Bio-Inspired Engineering

BSc, Biochemistry
Northeastern University

Bekir Altas
2018-2022 Postdoc
Went on to Boehringer Ingelheim!

PhD, Neuroscience, IMPRS
University of Göttingen
Brose Lab
Max Planck Institute of Exp. Med.

BSc, Mol. Bio. & Genetics
Middle East Technical University

Saovleak (Noury) Khim
2019-2022 Postbac 
STAR-PREP Scholar
Went on to PhD at UMB!

BSc, Cell & Mol. Neuroscience
Temple University

Marilyn Steyert
2018-2020 Research Assistant
Went on to PhD at UCSF!

BSc, Biology 
St. Mary's College of Maryland 
Amgen Scholar, ΦΒΚ

Corinne Martin
2021-2022 Intern, 
Nathan Schnaper Program
Went on to internship at Genentech!

Bioengineering major
University of Maryland, College Park

Uriel Jean-Baptiste
2019-2020 Postbac, 
STAR-PREP Scholar

Went on to PhD at UNC Chapel Hill! 

BSc, Biochemistry 
Florida State University
Poulopoulos Lab, Spring 2019