Biography

Marin Manuel, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, USA. Prior to this, he was Chargé de Recherche at the Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique in Paris, France. His research group focuses on spinal cord neurophysiology and studies how normal motor function is affected in pathological conditions. In particular, he is studying how alterations in spinal networks can lead to the degeneration of spinal motor neurons in ALS.

Professional Experience

2001 – 2001 Research Assistant, Yale University, Prof. G. SHEPHERD’s lab, New Haven, CT

2003 – 2006 Graduate student, CNRS, Laboratory of Neurophysics and Physiology, Paris, France

2007 – 2007 Post-doctoral fellow, CNRS, Laboratory of Neurophysics and Physiology, Paris, France

2008 – 2011 Post-doctoral fellow, Northwestern University, Prof. CJ Heckman’s lab, Chicago, IL

2011 – 2011 Research Associate, Northwestern University, Prof. CJ Heckman’s lab, Chicago, IL

2012 – 2017 CNRS researcher (CR2), CNRS, Paris, France

2017 – 2021 CNRS Researcher (CR1), CNRS, Paris, France

2021 – present        Assistant Professor, The University of Rhode Island, College of Pharmacy, Kingston, RI, USA