Lindsey Macpherson

Lindsey Macpherson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), where she conducts research in sensory neuroscience. She is affiliated with the UTSA Brain Health Consortium and contributes to the PhD Programs in Neuroscience and Developmental and Regenerative Sciences.

• Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Sciences, Scripps Research Institute
• B.S. in Molecular Biology, University of California, San Diego

Her research focuses on understanding how taste information—sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami—is encoded and transmitted from the tongue and gut to the brain. Using circuit mapping and functional imaging techniques, her lab investigates the neural circuits underlying taste perception, contributing to the broader field of systems and sensory neuroscience.

Lindsey Macpherson leads the Macpherson Lab, located in the Biotechnology, Sciences, and Engineering (BSE) Building at UTSA. The lab is actively engaged in uncovering fundamental mechanisms of sensory processing with implications for brain health and neurological disorders.

The lab is supported by institutional affiliations and integrates into multidisciplinary graduate training programs, fostering collaborative neuroscience research.

She advises graduate students through the PhD programs at UTSA and is involved in training the next generation of neuroscientists, though no specific advisees are listed in the available text.