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Annie Kathuria, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, affiliated with the Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute. Her research focuses on organoid tissue engineering using pluripotent stem cells to create 3D models of neurological systems, particularly cerebral organoids for studying autism, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, and other disorders. She leads the Kathuria Lab, which employs multi-modal approaches including electrophysiology and high-throughput imaging to advance drug screening and toxicological analysis.
Education: PhD in Neuroscience (King’s College London, 2016), MSc in Clinical Neuroscience (King’s College London, 2012), BSc Double Major in Neuroscience/Genetics (University of Minnesota, 2011). She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School in 2019.
Research Interests: Development of cerebral, retinal, and visceral organoids; molecular mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders; industry partnerships for translational applications in personalized medicine and food safety. Her work bridges stem cell biology, bioengineering, and computational analysis to create clinically relevant models.
Recent Highlights: 2023 interview highlighted her vision for integrating organoid systems with machine learning to accelerate drug discovery. Her lab's multi-region brain organoid fusion system (2025) represents a major advancement in modeling complex neural circuits.
