Chloe Lopez-lee

Postdoctoral Associate

2024

Post-doc in the Elahi lab investigating how biological sex affects the brain's responses to Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here, I will expand my research to include sex-biased vascular responses to AD and elucidate how sex affects vascular-neuroimmune crosstalk in response to AD pathology.

Postdoctoral Associate

2024 - 2024

Short post-doc continuing in Dr. Li Gan's lab to complete revisions on my primary research manuscript while collaboratively building other projects in the lab involving the APOE Christchurch and R47H mutations.

HHMI Gilliam Fellow

2021 - 2024

Doctoral Student

2018 - 2023

Awarded an F31 in Dr. Li Gan's lab to investigate sex differences in the brain's response to Alzheimer's Disease and Multiple Sclerosis. More specifically, I am probing how sex chromosomes and gonadal hormones influence glial responses to disease pathology (primarily microglia and oligodendrocytes).

Teaching Assistant

2020 - 2023

I served as a teaching assistant for the From Neuron to Brain class, a requirement for our first year graduate students, for two years as well as WCM's Bioventure E-Lab class from 2022-23

ACCESS Program Graduate Assistant

2019 - 2021

I served as a Graduate Assistant for three cohorts of the ACCESS program. ACCESS provides full-time, paid research opportunities for undergraduates who identify as underrepresented in science.

Espirit de Corps Graduate Assistant

2019 - 2020

I aided in communications for the Espirit de Corps program, which supports first year graduate students from underrepresented populations as they transition into graduate education. This role involves facilitating ideas for future events, connecting first years with available resources, and pairing first years with their "big sibling" mentors. In addition to being a graduate assistant, I also serve as a mentor for the program and have mentored two first-years thus far.

Investment Partner

2020 - 2023

Managing Investment Partner

2021 - 2022

I led Dorm Room Fund's NYC team along with two other Managing Partners. This role involves facilitating significant progress in sourcing, interviewing, and investing in founders, as well as organizing our annual recruitment of new investment partners.

Kapor Fellow | Summer Associate

2022 - 2022

Freelance Writer

2020 - 2021

Authored 5 articles for LRA covering new publications and symposia.

Independent Student Researcher

2016 - 2018

Speaking, Arguing, and Writing Mentor

2015 - 2018

I mentor undergraduate students on the content, style, and organization of their essays. I also provide constructive criticism on presentations.

Undergraduate Researcher

2017 - 2017

I spent 10 weeks investigating the effect of Liver Receptor Homolog-1 (LRH-1) on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease via a knockout mouse model. This research primarily required use of Western blots, RT-qPCR, and cell culture. Moreover, the research was only one component of an intensive SRTP summer program, which was supplemented with journal clubs, seminars, GRE prep classes, and other academic activities.

Undergraduate Researcher

2016 - 2016

I spent 10 weeks investigating the effects of a mutation in the FAAH (Fatty Acid Amino Hydrolase) gene on the non-opioid peptide markers parvalbumin and neuropeptide Y, as well as the non-opioid peptide marker enkephalin within the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus of female mice. This research opportunity was possible through the ACCESS program, which also requires participation in journal clubs, seminars, GRE prep classes, and other academic activities.