Doctoral Student
Lab: Allen
Email: rymurphy@utmb.edu
Bio
Ryan was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. In 2019, he graduated in with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Biological Chemistry Track from Texas A&M University in College Station. As an undergraduate, he spent a year researching the iron-sulfur
cluster biosynthetic pathway in Dr. David Barondeau's lab. Immediately following graduation, Ryan entered the Pharmacology & Toxicology graduate program at UTMB. With mentor Dr. John Allen, Ryan is currently exploring the signaling mechanisms
of orphan receptor GPR52, as well as pharmacologically evaluating novel GPR52 ligands as potential therapeutics for neuropsychiatric diseases and substance use disorders.
EducationB.S. Texas A&M, College Station, TX