members

Office:       Warren Hall, Rm 230A

       2177 Hearst Ave., 

                  Berkeley CA, 94709

phone:       510-388-4793

email:        gul@dolenlab.org

Dr. Gül Dölen, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Gül Dölen is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, and the Renee & U.S. Marine LCpl Bob Parsons Endowed Chair in Psychology, Psychedelics, and Neuroscience, a member of the Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics as well as the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr Dölen also maintains an Adjunct Professorship in Neuroscience and Neurology at the Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine. Dr. Dölen is the recipient of several prestigious awards including: the Joukowsky Family Foundation Outstanding Dissertation Award, the Conquer Fragile X Rising Star Award, the Angus MacDonald Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, the Society for Social Neuroscience Early Career Award, the Searle Scholars Award, and the Johns Hopkins University President’s Frontier Award. 

Office:   230 Warren Hall   

   2177 Hearst Ave.,

   Berkeley CA, 94709

email: dickersondominick@gmail.com 

phone: 510-388-4793

Dominick Dickerson

Dominick is a research technician who joined the Dölen lab in 2023. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from SUNY Empire State University, 

 
Office: 295 Rangos Building
phone: (410) 614-6208
email: esawyer6@jhmi.edu 

Dr. Edward (Ted) Sawyer, Ph.D.

Ted is a postdoctoral fellow who joined the Dölen lab in 2020. He received his graduate training at the Tulane University, in the laboratory of Dr. Dr. Laura Schrader.

 
Office: Phipps 4-4446
phone: (410) 614=2381
email: mmersha1@jhmi.edu 

Dr. Mahlet Mersha, Ph.D.

Mahlet is a postdoctoral fellow co-mentored by Dr. Dölen and Dr. Zeiler in the Department of Neurology. She earned her PhD from Delaware State University
Office: 295 Rangos Building
phone: (410) 614-6208
email: jmeado13@jhmi.edu

Dr. Jarrod Meadows, M.D., Ph.D.

Jarrod is a postdoctoral fellow who joined the Dölen lab in 2023. He completed his PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2015, where he trained in the laboratories of John Hablitz and David Sweatt. He also completed medical school at the University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2017, and is currently a senior resident in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities at Kennedy Krieger Institute and The Johns Hopkins Hospital
 

Office: Warren Hall, rm 230   

 2177 Hearst Ave.,

 Berkeley CA, 94709

email:  makenziewilkinson@gmail.com

phone: 510-388-4793

Makenzie Wilkinson

Kenz is a Graduate student in the Neuroscience Institute at the University of California, Berkeley. Kenz did her Postbaccalaureate training as a PREP scholar in the Dölen lab at Johns Hopkins University, where she also completed her undergraduate training.  
Office: 295 Rangos Building
phone: (410) 614-6208
email: jsmit487@jhu.edu 

Julianna Smith

Julianna is an undergraduate neuroscience major at Johns Hopkins University who joined the Dölen lab in 2021. 

 
 

Could this be you?

The Dölen lab is always looking for talented, creative, smart, hard working scientists at all levels (undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, and technician), especially those from backgrounds underrepresented in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). Please contact us if you are interested. 

 
Share by: