Baran Demir, B.A.
- B.A. in Biological Sciences and Neuroscience, with Honors, Northwestern University, U.S.A.
- Baran is interested in combining human iPSC models, in-vivo fiber photometry, and pharmacology to study circuit dysfunction and therapeutic targets in ASD
- Aryeh Routtenberg Prize in Neuroscience – Awarded for thesis excellence
- Dean’s List of Academic Excellence
- Northwestern Summer Undergraduate Research Grant Recipient
- Northwestern Education and Undergraduate Research on Neuroscience Scholar
- Baran enjoy movie nights, cooking new recipes, playing city simulation games, traveling, and look after stray cats in Turkey
Publications
Nadel JA, Swanson ES, Zhu M, Demir B, Kwon MH, Patel S, Lerner TN
Adolescent stress recruits a latent amygdala-dopamine circuit to drive punishment-resistant reward-seeking
Biorxiv, 2026
Miller-Hansen AJ, Zhu M, Kovaleski RF, Demir B, Lerner TN
Thalamus orchestrates local acetylcholine-dependent dopamine release in the learning striatum
Biorxiv, 2026
Nadel JA, Swanson ES, Zhu M, Demir B, Kwon MH, Patel S, Lerner TN
Adolescent stress recruits a latent amygdala-dopamine circuit to drive punishment-resistant reward-seeking
Biorxiv, 2026
Miller-Hansen AJ, Zhu M, Kovaleski RF, Demir B, Lerner TN
Thalamus orchestrates local acetylcholine-dependent dopamine release in the learning striatum
Biorxiv, 2026