Stephanie Rudolph

Stephanie Rudolph, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her research focuses on understanding how neuromodulation and inhibition shape cerebellar circuits involved in social communication and motor function, with implications for neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. She employs genetic, viral, electrophysiological, and behavioral approaches to study cerebellar circuit dynamics, particularly the roles of neuromodulatory systems in autonomic regulation, social interactions, and sex-specific signaling.

Her work integrates molecular, cellular, and circuit-level mechanisms to elucidate how cerebellar function dynamically responds to physiological contexts. Key areas of investigation include the anatomical basis of neuromodulation in the mouse cerebellum, modulation of cerebellar output, and the interplay between sensory inputs and behavioral responses. Rudolph's lab has contributed to defining cerebellar cell types through transcriptomic analyses and characterizing synaptic inhibitory pathways critical for cerebellar function.

Selected publications highlight discoveries about cerebellar interneurons (candelabrum cells), GABAergic signaling disruptions, and the impact of cerebellar development on autism-like behaviors. Her research bridges basic neuroscience with translational insights into neurological disorders. Grants and collaborations likely support this multidisciplinary work, though specific funding details are not explicitly listed here.