Juan Pablo Lopez

Dr. Juan Pablo Lopez is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet (Sweden), leading research on stress-related psychiatric disorders. He earned undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Biology (Florida International University), a PhD in Psychiatry (McGill University), and postdoctoral training at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich. His work combines

• single-cell transcriptomics
• behavioral mouse models
• automated behavioral tracking
• viral-mediated gene manipulations

to study stress susceptibility, resilience, and antidepressant mechanisms.

Research interests include:

• Neurobiology of stress and trauma
• Molecular mechanisms in psychiatric disorders
• Developmental neuroendocrinology
• Sex differences in stress response
• Neural circuits of depression

His recent work analyzes how stress exposure during development influences lifelong mental health and treatment outcomes.

Scientific accolades include

• 2023 ECNP Rising Star Award
• ERC Starting Grant (2023)
• Swedish Research Council Starting Grant (VR, MH-12)
• StratNeuro Startup Funding

He leads the Lopez Lab, which collaborates with international groups through the NeSTED network (Neuropharmacology and Stress/Trauma Exposure during Development).