Alex Kwan is an Associate Professor in the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University. He is broadly interested in the neurobiology of drugs for treating depression. His work has revealed how compounds such as ketamine and psychedelics impact dendrites and cortical microcircuits to enhance neural plasticity. Alex supports open science by posting preprints and sharing data and code for all of the lab’s recent studies. He received a B.A.Sc. in Engineering Physics at Simon Fraser University in 2003 and a Ph.D. in Applied Physics at Cornell University in 2009. From 2013 to 2022, he was a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine. Outside of the lab, Alex enjoys drinking a good cup of espresso and rock climbing with his kids.
View Alex’s CV (01/2024).
To read and hear more about Alex and his research:
- Cornell Engineering (2022): Faculty spotlight
- NPR (2022): Psychedelic drugs may launch new era in psychiatric treatment
- One Mind Brain Waves (2022): Interview with Brandon Staglin