Rate My Professor Paul Sabandal

Paul Rafael B. Sabandal serves as Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso. He earned a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences/Pathobiology from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2017. His scholarly activity includes co-authorship of publications such as “spook haploinsufficiency exacerbates aging-related motor impairments” in microPublication Biology (2025), “Nighttime caffeine intake increases motor impulsivity” in iScience (2025), “Social context and dopamine signaling converge in the mushroom body to drive impulsivity” on bioRxiv (2025), “Social setting interacts with hyper dopamine to boost the stimulant effect of ethanol” in Addiction Biology (2024), and “Acetylcholine deficit causes dysfunctional inhibitory control in an aging-dependent manner” in Scientific Reports (2022). He has delivered numerous presentations at scientific meetings on topics including gene-exposome interactions, early-life alcohol exposure, transsynaptic mapping, integrin and dopamine transporter interactions, Roc1a as a genetic risk factor, the role of Kekkon5 in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, transketolase interactions, and aging-related motor and cognitive decline in Drosophila models. Sabandal teaches undergraduate courses including Introductory Biology, Human Biology, Human Anatomy/Physiology, and associated laboratory sections at the University of Texas at El Paso.