Rate My Professor Arnab Barik

Arnab Barik serves as Assistant Professor at the Center for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science. He earned a B.Tech in Biotechnology from SRM University, Chennai, and a PhD in Neuroscience from the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, where his doctoral research examined the cellular and molecular mechanisms of neuromuscular junction development and maintenance under the supervision of Dr. Lin Mei. He then completed postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Dr. Alexander Chesler at the National Institutes of Health, during which he identified a specific population of neurons in the parabrachial nucleus essential for generating affective responses to pain. In 2020, Barik joined the Center for Neuroscience at the Indian Institute of Science as principal investigator. His laboratory investigates the molecules, cells, and circuits that drive responses to pain and itch, employing genetic and behavioral techniques in mice to map neural pathways and examine maladaptive mechanisms in chronic conditions.