Dr. Menon obtained his PhD in Applied Mathematics from Northwestern University and was a staff scientist at the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, WA. Prior to joining Columbia, he was a fellow at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus. His major research interests include assessing cell type-specific interactions in the context of neurological disease, developing network-based models of dysregulation in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Multiple Sclerosis, and identifying potential therapeutically targetable systems in these diseases.