Alejandro Akrouh
Research
Alejandro is interested in understanding how spontaneous activity patterns the developing nervous system to create computationally competent neural circuits and how these circuits change to enable learning and to compensate for disease. His work has bridged multiple levels of biological complexity, including ion channel biophysics, synaptic physiology of intact neural circuits in <em>in-vitro</em> preparations, and in vivo two-photon imaging and optogenetic stimulation in awake mice during visual learning. He is now developing a hybrid CMOS/brain organoid computing device to test how biological features of learning can be implemented across artificial and human-derived living systems.
When he’s not in the lab, he enjoys traveling with his wife and spoiling their dog. In an effort to keep said dog’s energy in check, they have delighted in hiking in some of the most remote and stunningly scenic areas of the Catskills and Adirondack mountains.
Education
B.A. Washington University in St. Louis
Ph.D. Washington University in St. Louis
