EDUCATION
University of Colorado – Anschutz Medical Campus
PhD, Neuroscience
August 2018-May 2024
Tulane University
B.S., Neuroscience
August 2012-December 2015
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Pharmacology Department
Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Won Chan Oh’s lab
June 2024-August 2025
CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Pharmacology Department
Graduate Student in Dr. Won Chan Oh’s lab
June 2019-May 2024
CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Pharmacology Department
Graduate Student – Lab Rotation in the Oh Lab
February 2019-May 2019
CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Pharmacology Department
Graduate Student – Lab Rotation in Dr. Matt Kennedy's Lab
November 2018-February 2019
CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Graduate Student – Lab Rotation in Dr. Wendy Macklin's Lab
August 2018-November 2018
University of Washington, Department of Biological Structure
Research Scientist Assistant in Dr. Dave Raible and Dr. Ed Rubel
September 2016-June 2018
Tulane Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine
Research Intern in Dr. Bruce Bunnell's lab
September 2015-May 2016
Tulane University, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Intern in Dr. Nandini Vasudevan's lab
January 2014-December 2014
University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Neuroscience
Research Intern in Dr. Arnold Ruoho's lab
June 2013-August 2013
LABORATORY SKILLS
• Independent research; literature synthesis; scientific writing; grant writing
• Research design; data analysis
• Project management; team management
• Public speaking; science education
• Event organization; community outreach; mentoring
• Fluorescent Microscopy (multiphoton, confocal)
• Electrophysiological recordings
• IHC, ICC, PCR, cell culture, tissue culture, flow cytometry and RNA isolation
• Cortical slice preparation
• Handling, injecting, and behavioral analysis of mice and rats in laboratory conditions
• Mouse colony management
• Surgical procedures on mice and rats
• Image J, Excel, Prism, Prairie View, CellProfiler, Zen, and Slidebook
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
• Ogelman, R., Gomez Wulschner, L., Oh, W.C. Inhibitory GABAergic signaling is decreased in the PFC of the Dp16 mouse model for Down Syndrome. (In preparation).
• Ogelman, R., Chang, V.C. Oh, W.C., Serotonergic modulation of excitatory synapse development in the prefrontal cortex. (Review submitted).
• Wu, P., Barros Becker, F., Ogelman, R., Camci, E.D., Linbo, T.H., Simon, J.A., Rubel E.W., Raible, D.W. Multiple mechanisms of aminoglycoside ototoxicity are distinguished by subcellular localization of action. Front. Neurol. (2024).
• Ogelman, R., Serotonin modulates excitatory synapse maturation in the developing prefrontal cortex. Thesis publication. (2024).
• Ogelman, R., Gomez Wulschner, L., Hoelscher, V.M., Hwang, I.-W., Chang, V.C., Oh, W.C. Serotonin modulates excitatory synapse maturation in the developing prefrontal cortex. Nat.Comm. 15, 1368 (2024)
• Kleinjan, M.S., Buchta, W.C., Ogelman, R., Hwang, I.W., Kuwajima, M., Hubbard, D.D., Kareemo, D.J., Prikhodko, O., Olah, S.L., Gomez Wulschner, L.E., Abraham, W.C., Franco, S.J., Harris, K.M., Oh, W.C., Kennedy, M.J. Dually innervated dendritic spines develop in the absence of excitatory activity and resist structural plasticity through tonic inhibitorycrosstalk. Neuron 111(3):362-371.e6 (2022)
• Kim, J., Kim, S., Kim, H., Hwang, I.-W., Bae, S., Karki, S., Ogelman, R., Kim, D., Eun, J., Bang, G., Kim, J.-Y., Kajander, T., Um, J.W., Oh, W.C. , Ko, J. MDGA1 negatively regulates amyloid precursor protein–mediated synapse inhibition in the hippocampus. PNAS 119 (4)e2115326119 (2022)
• Oh, W.C., Rodríguez, G., Aseda, D., Jung, K., Hwang, I.W., Ogelman, R., Bolton, M., Kwon, H. B. Dysregulation of mesoprefrontal dopamine circuit mediates early life stress-induced excitatory/inhibitory synaptic imbalance in the prefrontal cortex. Cell Reports 4;35(5):109074 (2021)
• Parajuli L. K., Urakubo H., Takahashi-Nakazato A., Ogelman R., Isawaki H., Koike M., Kwon H., Ishii S., Oh, W.C., Fukazawa Y., Okabe S. Geometry and the organizational principle of spine synapses along a dendrite. eNeuro 0248-20.2020. (2020)
• Ogelman R., Hwang I., Oh W.C. Cloaked Caged Glutamate Eliminates Off-target GABA-A Receptor Antagonism and Opens a New Door in Neuroscience. Lab Anim 49, 177-179 (2020)
• Kitcher S.R., Kirkwood N.K., Camci E.D., Wu P., Gibson R.M., Redila V.A., Ogelman R., Simon J.A., Rubel E.W., Raible D.W., Richardson G., Kros C.J. ORC-13661 Protects Sensory Hair Cells from Aminoglycoside and Cisplatin Ototoxicity. JCI Insight 4, no. 15 (2019)
• Bowles A.C., Wise R., Gerstein B., Thomas C.R., Ogelman R., Manayan R.C., Bunnell B. Adipose Stromal Vascular Fraction Attenuates TH1 Cell-Mediated Pathology in a Model of Multiple Sclerosis. Journal of Neuroinflammation, 15:77 (2018)
• Bowles A.C., Wise R., Gerstein B., Thomas C.R., Ogelman R., Febbo I., Bunnell B. Immunomodulatory Effects of Adipose Stromal Vascular Fraction Cells Promote Alternative Activation Macrophages to Repair Tissue Damage: Adipose SVF cells promote immunomodulation and alternative activation macrophages. Stem Cells, 10.1002/stem.2689 (2017)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
• Invited Speaker at the Annual CU-Anschutz Pharmacology Department Retreat. Denver, CO. May 2025
• Invited Speaker at the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome group meeting. Aurora, CO. Apr. 2025
• Ogelman, R., Gomez Wulschner, L., Oh, W.C. Investigating neuronal inhibitory properties in the Dp16 mouse model of Down Syndrome. Poster presentation at the Annual Pharmacology Student Research Day. Aurora, CO. Sept. 2024
• Ogelman, R., Gomez Wulschner, L., Oh, W.C. Investigating neuronal inhibitory properties in the Dp16 mouse model of Down Syndrome. Poster presentation at the Linda Crnic Symposium. Aurora, CO. Sept. 2024
• Invited Speaker at Excitatory Synapses and Brain Function, Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Les Diablerets, Switzerland. June 2023
• Ogelman, R., Gomez Wulschner, L., Hoelscher, V.M., Hwang, I.-W., Oh, W.C. Serotonin in the modulation of excitatory synapse development in the prefrontal cortex. Poster presentation at Excitatory Synapses and Brain Function, Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Les Diablerets, Switzerland. June 2023
• Ogelman, R., Gomez Wulschner, L., Hoelscher, V.M., Hwang, I.-W., Oh, W.C. Serotonin in the modulation of excitatory synapse development in the prefrontal cortex. Poster presentation at St. Jude’s National Graduate Student Symposium (NGSS). Memphis, TN. Mar. 2023
• Invited Speaker at the Annual CU-Anschutz Neuroscience Graduate Program Retreat. Estes Park, CO. Oct. 2022
• Ogelman R., Hwang I.W., Oh W.C., Serotonergic modulation of excitatory synapse development in the prefrontal cortex. Poster presented at the Annual Pharmacology Student Research Day. Aurora, CO. Sept. 2022
• Invited Speaker at the Annual CU-Anschutz Neuroscience Graduate Program Retreat. Granby, CO. Oct. 2021
• Invited Speaker at the Annual Pharmacology Student Research Day. Aurora, CO. Oct. 2021
• Invited Speaker at the virtual CU-Anschutz Neuroscience Graduate Program Retreat. Virtual. Sep. 2020
• Ogelman R., Hwang I.W., Oh W.C., Serotonin-mediated and Synapse-specific Mechanisms of Spine Structural Plasticity in the PFC. Poster presented at the CU-Anschutz Neuroscience Graduate Program Retreat. Keystone, CO. Nov. 2019
• Wu P, Camci E.D., Ogelman R., Hall M, Cunningham L, Simon J.A., Rubel E.W., Raible D.W. Studying Cisplatin Toxicity Using a Fluorescently Tagged Platinum Compound in Zebrafish and Mouse Hair Cells. Poster presented at Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) 43rd MidWinter Meeting. San Jose, CA. Feb. 2020
• Wu P, Ogelman R., Simon J, Raible D.W., Rubel E.W., Characterization of Aminoglycoside Hair cell Toxicity Profiles in the Zebrafish Lateral Line and Efficacy of Small Molecule Protectant, ORC-13661. Poster presented at Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) 41st MidWinter Meeting. San Diego, CA. Feb. 2018
• Rainville J.R., Pye J.A., Ogelman R., Membrane Glucocorticoid Receptor Activation Initiates Rapid Nuclear Localization of Cytosolic Glucocorticoid Receptor in Hypothalamic Neurons. Poster presented at the ENDO2016 meeting of the Endocrine Society. Boston, MA. Apr. 2016
AWARDS & HONORS
F31 NRSA, 3 years, NIH/NICHD
Neuroscience Training Grant, T32, NIH, NSP
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program – Honorable Mention
Travel Grant, Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience
Presidential Scholarship, Tulane University