Alex Kwan

Professor
Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN

Alex Kwan serves as Professor in Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University.

125 publications
5,523 citations
31 h-index
Psychology
Rising Papers (4)
2025-04-02 · Nature · Clinical Psychology
Psilocybin’s lasting action requires pyramidal cell types and 5-HT2A receptors
Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
80 citations · 108.5x expected for field
2025-05-29 · Nature Materials · Molecular Biology
Poly(carboxybetaine) lipids enhance mRNA therapeutics efficacy and reduce their immunogenicity
74 citations · 30.1x expected for field
2025-02-12 · Nature Communications · Clinical Psychology
Classification of psychedelics and psychoactive drugs based on brain-wide imaging of cellular c-Fos expression
Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
19 citations · 25.8x expected for field
2025-12-05 · Cell · Clinical Psychology
Psilocybin triggers an activity-dependent rewiring of large-scale cortical networks
Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
16 citations · 22.3x expected for field
Top Papers (1)
2025-04-02 · Nature · Clinical Psychology
Psilocybin’s lasting action requires pyramidal cell types and 5-HT2A receptors
Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
108.5x expected for field · 80 citations
Recent Papers (11)
2026-07-20 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · Clinical Psychology
Psychedelic drug action at dendrites is gated by behavioral state and serotonin receptors
Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
2026-07-07 · Molecular Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology
α2-Adrenergic receptor modulates 5-HT2A-mediated behavioral effects of MDMA and psilocybin in mice
Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
2026-04-25 · Biological Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology
157. Opposing 5-HT Receptors Modulate Psilocybin's Action on Dendritic Calcium Dynamics
Alex KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
2026-04-22 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · Clinical Psychology
Structural plasticity and enhanced fear extinction following psilocybin in chronically stressed mice
Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
2026-04-20 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Processed Data - Single-nucleus transcriptomics reveals time-dependent and cell-type-specific effects of psilocybin on gene expression
Alex KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
2026-04-20 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Processed Data - Single-nucleus transcriptomics reveals time-dependent and cell-type-specific effects of psilocybin on gene expression
Alex KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
2026-04-17 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · Clinical Psychology
Psilocybin reshapes cortical inhibition through selective interneuron recruitment
Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
2026-04-09 · Psychedelic Medicine · Clinical Psychology
Dorsal Raphe Revisited: A Systems Neuroscience Lens on Psychedelic Drug Action
Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
2026-03-10 · Clinical Psychology
Enhancing cGMP signaling with psilocybin reduces head twitch and restructures the synaptic proteome while maintaining antidepressant response
Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
2025-12-05 · Cell
Psilocybin triggers an activity-dependent rewiring of large-scale cortical networks
Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
2025-11-20 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Autism-associated Scn2a haploinsufficiency disrupts in vivo dendritic signaling and impairs flexible decision-making
Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN