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Poulopoulos Lab 2024

Lab Members


Alexandros Poulopoulos
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

Postdoc, Macklis Lab
Harvard University

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

BSc in Biology
University of Athens

Colin Robertson
Postdoc

PhD in Neuroscience
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Poulopoulos Lab

BSc in Biology
Westminster College

Ro Whitten (they/them)
PhD student, Neuroscience

Postbac, NIH 
Beerman Lab, National Inst. on Aging

BSc in Neuroscience
University of Rochester

Dhanashree Deore
PhD student, Molecular Medicine

MSc, MTech in Biotechnology
Pune University



Antonia Papadimas
Research Assistant

MSc in Mol. Microbiol. & Immunol.
University of Maryland, Baltimore

BSc in Public Health Science
University of Maryland, College Park

Timothy Zhang
Research Assistant 
(joint w/ Benavides and Ciryam labs)

BSc in Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University

JaNýa Brown
Postbac, STAR-PREP Scholar


BSc in Forensic Chemistry
York College of Pennsylvania

Paul Paronich
Postbac, STAR-PREP Scholar


BSc in Neuroscience
Nova Southeastern University

Olakiitan Blessing Adedeji
ASCEND Scholar


Medical Lab Science major
Morgan State University
Poulopoulos Lab in SfN Chicago
Poulopoulos Lab recreating “The School of Athens” at SfN 2019

Lab Alumni

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

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

BSc in Biochemistry
Northeastern University

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

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

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

Cheryl Brandenburg
2020-2023 Postdoc,T32 Fellow
Went on to Baylor!

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

BSc, MSc in Cell and Mol. Bio.
University of Wisconsin, La Crosse

Andrea Romanowski (she/her)
2018-2024 PhD, Molecular Medicine
Went on to postdoc at NIMH!

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

Garrett Crutcher (he/his)
2019-2023 PhD, Neuroscience
Went on to Signal Systems Corp!

BSc in Neuroscience
University of Rochester

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

BSc in Cell & Mol. Neuroscience
Temple University

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

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

Corinne Martin
2021-2022 Schnaper Intern
Nathan Schnaper Program
Went on to PhD at UCSF!

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 in Biochemistry 
Florida State University
Poulopoulos Lab, Spring 2019