Oluwarotimi Folorunso, PhD
Assistant Neuroscientist, Translational Neuroscience Laboratory
- Instructor in Psychiatry
Biography
Oluwarotimi Folorunso, PhD, is an assistant neuroscientist in the Translational Neuroscience Laboratory. He is also director of the McLean Mental Health Research Summer Program and assistant director of outreach and community engagement for the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center at McLean. His research focuses on investigating the cellular and molecular mechanism that underlie cognitive deficits in psychiatric and neurological disorders such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease.
Dr. Folorunso is interested in understanding how intrinsic and extrinsic factors alter cortical development, ultimately leading to cognitive deficits in adolescence and adulthood. He is a recipient of the Jeane B. Kempner Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award.
Education & Training
- 2009 BS in Chemistry/Biochemistry, Towson University
- 2016 PhD in Biochemistry, University of Texas Medical Branch
- 2017-2018 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Texas Medical Branch
- 2018-2022 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, McLean Hospital