Affiliation: Boston University, Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience

Dr. Gobrogge began his career at Michigan State University where he examined the genetic and environmental influences underlying sex differences in behavior using human twin and rodent models with the guidance of his mentors Drs. Kelly Klump and Marc Breedlove. He went on to earn both an M.S. and Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Florida State University, during which time he conducted studies investigating the neurobiology of aggression in the socially monogamous prairie vole in Dr. Zuoxin Wang’s laboratory.

Following his studies on aggression, Dr. Gobrogge was awarded an NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Postdoctoral Fellowship to investigate the behavioral consequences of manipulating octopamine neurons in male Drosophila at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Neurobiology under the direction of Dr. Edward Kravitz.

To expand upon his behavioral neurogenetics research in flies, Dr. Gobrogge transitioned to the Department of Psychology at Tufts and the Neuroscience Program at Tufts University School of Medicine. During his time in the laboratories of Drs. Klaus Miczek and Jamie Maguire, Dr. Gobrogge employed cutting-edge opto- and chemo-genetic techniques to manipulate corticotrophin-releasing hormone neurons during social defeat and drug administration paradigms in male mice. He completed a third postdoctoral fellowship at Boston College in the Department of Psychology under the guidance of Dr. Alexa Veenema, where he dissected the neuronal circuitry underlying social play behavior in male rats. He later taught as an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Northeastern University prior to joining BU’s Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience in 2019.