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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
Colin Robertson
Postdoc

PhD, Neuroscience, T32 fellow
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Poulopoulos Lab

BSc, Biology
Westminster College
Ro Whitten (they/them)
PhD student, Neuroscience

Postbac, Beerman Lab
NIH

BSc, Neuroscience
University of Rochester
Antonia Papadimas
Research Assistant

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

BSc, Public Health Science
University of Maryland, College Park
Timothy Zhang
Research Assistant 
(joint w/ Benavides and Ciryam labs)

BSc, Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University
Olakiitan Blessing Adedeji
ASCEND Scholar


Medical Lab Science major
Morgan State University
Poulopoulos Lab, fall 2023

Lab Alumni

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

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

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)
2018-2024 PhD, Molecular Medicine
Went on to postdoc at NIMH!

BSc, Mol. Bio. & Biotechnology
Palm Beach Atlantic University
Garrett Crutcher (he/his)
2019-2023 PhD, Neuroscience
Went on to Signal Systems Corp!

BSc, Neuroscience
University of Rochester
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 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, Biochemistry 
Florida State University
Poulopoulos Lab, Spring 2019