Brandy Routh

Brandy Routh is a fourth-year graduate student at the Institute for Neuroscience (INS). After receiving her BS in Neurobiology from UT Austin, she worked as a cellular neurophysiologist in Daniel Johnston’s lab for several years, studying ion channel dysfunction in a mouse model of Fragile X Syndrome. She is now working towards her PhD, with an interest in circadian rhythms during brain development, specifically focused on the role of circadian disruptions in neurodevelopmental disorders.  Brandy’s work in the lab is supported by a National Institute for Science Graduate Research Fellowship. Outside of the lab, she enjoys photography, travel, and spending time with her husband and four young children.