#  Alex Chen 

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**Thesis advisor:** Florian Engert  
  
**Rotation lab(s):** Florian Engert, Michael Do, Nicholas Bellono  
  
**For me, home is:** Orlando, FL  
  
**Interests outside lab / favorite hangouts:** Running, hiking, White Mountains, Acadia  
  
**Current research interests:** Neuron-glial communication, connectomics, spatial transcriptomics, brain-body communication  
  
**Undergraduate degree(s):** BA Biology: Neuroscience  
  
**Research experience before PiN:** Locust olfaction in Barani Raman's lab at WUSTL, sensory integration in Misha Ahrens' lab at Janelia



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Entry year
    
     [2018-2019](/entry-year/2018-2019)
- ## People
    
     [Student](/people/student)