Juan Lopez, Ph.D.

Email: juanlopez2016@fau.edu

Mentor: Rodrigo Pena, Ph.D.

Affiliation: Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Juan was raised in South Florida and trained under Rod Murphey, Ph.D. for six years. His work looks at synaptogenesis and the genetic control of synaptic proteins called gap junctions. Juan's current work applies computational neuroscience to create a model of the Giant Fiber System in Drosophila that replicates signal transduction of the rapid escape reflex.