Alexander Sobolevsky

Alexander Sobolevsky earned his PhD in biophysics in 1999 from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, working under guidance of Prof. Boris Khodorov. He held his first postdoctoral position in 2000, studying physiology and neuroscience with Dr. Lonnie Wollmuth at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. He continued his training in biochemistry and biophysics with Dr. Eric Gouaux, first at Columbia University and then at the Oregon Health and Science University. He joined Columbia University’s faculty in 2010 as an assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, focusing on structure and function of ion channels. In 2017, he became an associate professor.