Biography

Dr. Ehrenberg is the principal investigator of the Neuronal Resilience and Vulnerability in Aging (NERVA) Lab. He is a biomedical scientist focused on neurological and psychiatric disease pathogenesis and therapeutic development. He received his BA and PhD from UC Berkeley with additional research training at the UC San Francisco Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center under the joint mentorship of Dr. Lea Grinberg and Dr. Daniela Kaufer. His graduate training included specialization in neuropathology, epidemiology, comparative neurology, molecular genetics, and cell biology. After graduate school, he completed fellowship training in genome editing, neuropathology, and genetics as a junior investigator working under the joint mentorship of Dr. Jennifer Doudna and Dr. Bruce Miller.

Now, Dr. Ehrenberg is an investigator jointly appointed to the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center and Innovative Genomics Institute. In this role, he continues to study the pathophysiology of age-associated neurological and psychiatric disorders with a focus on identifying and developing targets for cell and gene therapies. Alex has received several awards and fellowships for his teaching and research including a graduate fellowship at the UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center, the NIH-sponsored Cell and Gene Therapy fellowship at UC Berkeley's Stem Cell Center, and a Tau Leadership Award from the Rainwater Charitable Foundation. Additionally, Alex has held several leadership roles with the Alzheimer's Association, including as an editor with their journal, Alzheimer's and Dementia, and serves as the chair for the neuromodulatory subcortical systems professional interest area for ISTAART.