Alma Rodenas-Ruano

Dr. Alma Rodenas-Ruano is an Associate Professor of Biology and Director of the Integrative Neuroscience Program at Fordham University. Her research focuses on developmental neuroscience, particularly how external cues and epigenetic mechanisms shape brain circuitry. She investigates synaptic development, oxytocin signaling, and environmental toxin effects on neurons.

• Education: B.S. in Biological Sciences (City College of New York), M.S. in Molecular Biology and Microbiology (University of Central Florida), Ph.D. in Neuroscience (University of Miami Medical School).

Her work spans synaptic plasticity, epigenetics, and environmental neurotoxicology, with publications on NMDA receptor regulation, TRPV1 channels, and Ephrin signaling. She teaches foundational and advanced neuroscience courses, including NSCI 1423 Concepts in Biology I, NSCI 4630 Neuroscience, and NSCI 4032 Neuroscience Lab.

Publications highlight her expertise in hippocampal synaptic development, epigenetic remodeling, and toxin impacts on aquatic neuronal function. Key subfields include synaptic plasticity mechanisms, NMDA receptor dynamics, TRPV1 channel modulation, and Ephrin signaling in neurodevelopment.

Dr. Rodenas-Ruano mentors undergraduate students in her lab, which explores excitation-inhibition balance in neurons and environmental neurotoxicology using zebrafish and horseshoe crabs. She has no listed scientific awards in the provided data.