National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program

Position

Postbaccalaureate IRTA Research Fellow, Neuronal Circuits and Behavior Section

Contact

Biomedical Research Center
251 Bayview Boulevard
Suite 200
Room 07A707
Baltimore, MD 21224

Research Interests

Ben received a BS in neuroscience with a minor in anthropology at the University of Tennessee- Knoxville. During his undergraduate study, he worked in Dr. Matthew Cooper’s neurobiology of stress and resilience laboratory where he studied the effects of juvenile social play exposure on stress resilience and neuroplastic changes in perineural nets within the prelimbic and infralimbic cortices of the medial prefrontal cortex. Ben joined the Aponte Lab as a postbaccalaureate IRTA in June 2023 and is interested in pursuing a PhD in neuroscience following his training at NIDA.