MacKenzie A. Howard, PhD, an assistant professor of neurology and neuroscience, recently joined our program. He received his bachelor’s degree in biology from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, and his PhD in physiology and biophysics from the University of Washington. He completed two postdoctoral fellowships at the University of California, San Francisco that focused on the cellular and circuit mechanisms of synaptic plasticity and connectivity in epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disease.
Howard’s research has delved into ion channel function, neurotransmitter receptors, molecular signaling, learning and memory, and neural development and plasticity. In the Howard Neuro Lab, he uses his extensive background in cellular neurophysiology to understand mechanisms of genetic epilepsies.
Welcome to the team, Dr. Howard!
