Thesis Advisor: Dr. Mark Burns
Research Interests: Neurodegeneration, neural plasticity
Education: James Madison University, B.S. Biotechnology, 2023
About: Logan earned his B.S. in Biotechnology with minors in Sociology from James Madison University in 2023. At JMU, Logan worked with Dr. Corey Cleland investigating nociceptive spinal reflexes and motor planning using electrophysiological approaches. After graduation, Logan joined the research laboratories of Dr. Ludise Malkova and Dr. Patrick Forcelli at Georgetown, where he contributed to projects involving pharmacological modulation of brain structures in non-human primates as well as studying cellular senescence in a mouse model of epilepsy. Logan then stayed at Georgetown to start his PhD in Pharmacology and Physiology in 2024, and joined the laboratory of Dr. Mark Burns. His thesis research is focused on modulating the synaptic changes that occur following traumatic brain injury in order to alleviate the common cognitive deficits that TBI often causes, using non-invasive stimulation techniques and an array of behavioral and molecular approaches.
Rotations:
Dr. Mark Burns
Dr. Hong-Yuan Chu
Dr. Italo Mocchetti
Academic Appointment(s)
- Primary
- PhD Student, PhD Program in Pharmacology & Physiology
- PhD Student, Burns Lab