People


Brad Rothberg, PI

Brad is a Philly native, and has been interested in electrophysiology and ion channels ever since he was an undergraduate neuroscience major at the University of Pittsburgh. He earned his PhD (also in neuroscience) at the University of Florida College of Medicine, studying electrophysiology and pharmacology in hippocampal brain slices. Brad then went on to postdoctoral training in ion channel physiology and biophysics with Karl Magleby at the University of Miami School of Medicine, and later with Gary Yellen at Harvard Medical School.

Brad is currently Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics and Molecular Biochemistry, at the Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine (LKSOM) (Faculty web page can be found here).

 

 

RECENT GRADUATES

 

Alex Vouga, Postdoctoral Fellow

 

Alex earned his undergraduate degree at Dickinson College, and he defended his dissertation at LKSOM in 2021. He completed his postdoctoral training in 2023 and is currently a Principal Scientist at a major biotech company in the Philadelphia area.

Alex is highly skilled at patch clamp electrophysiology, as well as protein purification, crystallography, and cell-based assays. His latest paper can be found here.

 

 

 

 

Michael Rockman, MD/PhD Student

 

Michael has defended his dissertation in 2020 and completed his MD studies in 2022. He is currently a resident in Internal Medicine at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Michael is highly skilled at patch clamp electrophysiology, and his work in the lab has also included protein purification and crystallography.

His first-author paper can be viewed online here.