Akshay Naraine

I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in Dr. Per Svenningsson’s Lab at the Karolinska Institute where I work on Parkinson’s Drug development and receptor modeling.
I completed my doctoral degree enrolled in a joint program between Florida Atlantic University’s Integrative Biology - Neuroscience PhD Program and the International Max Planck Research School for Synapses and Circuits at Max Planck Florida Insitute for Neuroscience. My research focused on neurotoxicological analysis of herbicides and neuropharmacological analysis of novel drug candidates.

My research interests mainly focus on D2 receptors as therapeutic targets for Parkinson's Disease and combining computational,  

I truly enjoy teaching. I have been in a host of teaching roles for classes such as Anatomy and Physiology labs, Introduction to Neuroscience (lecture and lab), and Neurophysiology (lecture and lab). In these roles, I not only had the opportunity to create my own course content but as an Instructor and Adjunct Professor, I had the opportunity to add or build my own curricula and had significant autonomy.