Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology

Anna Dunaevsky

Biography

Dr. Anna Dunaevsky is an Associate Professor of Developmental Neuroscience at the Munroe Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She received her postdoctoral training studying neuronal development with Drs. Carol Mason and Rafael Yuste at Columbia University. Dr. Dunaevsky was an Assistant Professor at Brown University for eight years and joined UNMC in 2010. The research in her lab focuses on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie the formation, maintenance, and modification of synapses in the brain.

Research Interest

Research Interests include Synaptic development Experience dependent plasticity Neuron-Glia interaction Neurodevelopmental Disorders Autism Spectrum disorders Fragile X Syndrome Dynamics of Cerebellar Purkinje Dendrites Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology applications in Medical Therapy