Lauren Makuch is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at Ursinus College.  A Pennsylvania native, she received her B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Penn State University.  Lauren later earned her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.  After completing a two-year postdoctoral research position at the Picower Institute of Learning and Memory at MIT, Lauren joined Ursinus in 2015.   

Lauren is a cellular/molecular neuroscientist who has loved learning about science since she was a small child.  She is interested in understanding the biochemical and morphological changes that take place in the brain after learning.  Lauren is also interested in bringing primary research into the classroom to allow students to make novel discoveries while completing course curriculum.  She is excited to implement neuroscience research techniques in the classroom experience at Ursinus.