Adrian Rothenfluh.

Adrian Rothenfluh

Professor of psychiatry
University of Utah

Adrian Rothenfluh is professor of psychiatry in the Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah.  His lab studies the molecular and circuit mechanisms of addiction-relevant behaviors, using Drosophila as a model organism.

After studying circadian rhythms at Rockefeller University for his Ph.D. work, Rothenfluh did postdoctoral research at the University of California, San Francisco and then joined the faculty at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He has been at the University of Utah since 2016.

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