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Yeka Aponte is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Solomon H Snyder Department of Neuroscience. His research focuses on understanding the neuronal circuits underlying behaviors essential for survival, particularly through the lens of feeding behaviors and addiction. Utilizing mouse model systems, Aponte applies advanced techniques such as optogenetics and chemogenetics to manipulate and study these neuronal circuits in awake, behaving mice. His work integrates electrophysiology with two-photon fluorescence endomicroscopy and behavioral assays to uncover the neuronal basis of survival behaviors related to feeding and the addictive nature of food intake. Aponte's laboratory aims to elucidate the complex relationships between specific cell types, synaptic connectivity, and behavior in the context of addictive eating and obesity disorders.
Department of Pathology - PhD in Pathobiology. GRE is not required.