Aysegul Gungor Aydin, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Bio
Dr. Gungor Aydin received her PhD from Pamukkale University, Turkey, where her research focused on the catecholaminergic systems’ role in a rat model of neurodevelopment. Before joining the faculty at BRInj in 2025, she completed her postdoctoral work under the mentorship of Dr. Daniel Meliza (University of Virginia), where she investigated molecular mechanisms of temporal processing related to the KCNA1 gene and its role in encoding information about temporal acoustic features in an avian model of neurodevelopment; and Dr. Kasia Bieszczad (Rutgers University), where she set out to understand molecular and neural substrates underlying auditory temporal processing and auditory memory for temporal features of sound in a mammalian auditory system.
Dr. Gungor Aydin’s Lab, Neuroglial Epigenetic Auditory Function (NEAF) seeks to identify molecular and neural mechanisms that control neuroplasticity in the auditory system, in order to promote behavioral functions affected by neurodevelopmental disorders. Toward this goal, the lab integrates multi-level processes across epigenetics, circuits, systems, and behavior.
Education
Postdoctoral Training, Electrophysiology, Behavioral & Auditory Neuroscience, Rutgers University
Postdoctoral Training, Molecular & Auditory Neuroscience, University of Virginia
PhD, Neuroscience, Pamukkale University, Turkey,
BS, Biochemistry, Ege University, Turkey
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