Shannon Rhoads

Shannon received her PhD from the Neuroscience Curriculum in 2025. She graduated from the University of Maryland in 2016 with a degree in Microbiology. She worked as a Lab Manager in Dr. Frank Shewmaker’s Lab at Uniformed Services University, where she examined the biophysical characteristics of the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)-associated protein FUS in cell culture. She continued her ALS research through a co-mentorship with Sarah Cohen and Todd Cohen, studying the impact of ALS pathology on organelle contacts and dynamics.