Editor Profile
Dr. Ahana Mallick, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Present
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
North Carolina
United States
I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at UNC–Chapel Hill and my work sits at the intersection of molecular/cellular neuroscience and neuroimmunology, with a translational focus on CNS therapeutics. I have expertise in CNS immunology, drug delivery, neuroinflammation, and in vivo pharmacology, including MS/EAE models, immune profiling (flow cytometry/cytokine profiling), as well as therapeutic efficacy and tolerability testing. My research integrates biomaterial-based delivery platforms with pre-clinical as well as advanced cell models such as iPSC-derived 3D cortical organoids, alongside multi-omics analysis (RNA-seq/proteomics/GSEA) and imaging (confocal). Previously, I investigated serotonin-dependent mechanisms of olfactory critical-period plasticity during my doctoral training at the University of Maryland. I have authored peer-reviewed publications spanning developmental neurobiology and critical periods and contribute actively to mentorship and scientific writing support.
- Molecular and cellular mechanisms of neurodevelopment and plasticity (critical periods)
- Neuroimmunology and neuroinflammation; antigen-specific tolerance strategies
- Autoimmune disease models (EAE/MS) and immunomodulatory therapeutics
- Drug delivery/biomaterials for CNS targeting (microparticles/nanoparticles)
- iPSC-derived neural models and organoids; CRISPR-based functional studies
- Multi-omics (proteomics/transcriptomics) and pathway-level analysis
