Dr. Rachel Melissa Brewster

Dr. Rachel Melissa Brewster

Professor · Tenured

Department of Biological Sciences

College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences

She/Her/Hers/Herself

About

Received a BS degree from the University of Geneva in 1989, Switzerland and a PhD from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (1996). Postdoctoral work in the area of developmental neurobiology in the laboratories of Dr Ariel Ruiz i Altaba at NYU, Skirball Institute of Biomedical Sciences, NY, NY (1996-1999) and Dr Marnie Halpern at the Carnegie Institution for Science, Dept of Embryology, Baltimore (MD) (2000-2003).

Research interests

Regulation of brain development and metabolism.

Teaching interests

Developmental Biology, Cell Biology, Metabolism, Science Writing and Enhancing in Research

Education

  • Ph D, BiologyUniversity of Michigan (1996)
    Cell Fate Specification in the Peripheral Nervous System of Drosophila Melanogaster