UWYO Pharmacy Faculty

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Alex French

Assistant Professor

 

Contact

afrench9@uwyo.edu | (307) 766-6532

Education:

2016   Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,                                     University of Chicago

2010   B.S., Biomedical Engineering,

                         Washington University in St. Louis

 

Bio:

The Alex French Lab investigates how alcohol and psychedelics alter the brain in order to understand how psychedelics might be repurposed into novel treatments for alcohol use disorder. We integrate information from a wide range of techniques, from protein engineering and drug screening at the molecular level, to electrophysiology at the cell and tissue levels, to whole-animal behavior at the organismal level.

Understanding psychedelics' neuropharmacology at these different scales puts us in a strong position to support the development of novel treatments for addiction.