Alexander Urban

Dr. Alexander Urban is an Assistant Professor at the Child Study Center and Department of Genetics at Yale School of Medicine. His research focuses on structural genomic variations, transcriptomic and epigenomic reprogramming in neuropsychiatric disorders, and neurodevelopmental mechanisms.

Key research areas include:

• Elucidating structural variation in human genomes across populations
• Investigating 16p11.2 and 22q11.2 deletion mechanisms
• Mapping transcriptomic and epigenomic changes in induced neurons
• Developing regulatory element atlases for human brain development

Recent publications highlight his work on:

• Single-cell genomics across 388 human brains
• Chromosomal rearrangement dynamics in psychiatric disorders
• Cross-ancestry gene regulation studies in neurodevelopment
• Functional characterization of regulatory elements in cortical development