Alex Kwan

Professor

Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN

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

90 publications

5,136 citations

30 h-index

Neuroscience

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

93 citations · 110.0x expected for field

2025-05-29 · Nature Materials · Molecular Biology

Poly(carboxybetaine) lipids enhance mRNA therapeutics efficacy and reduce their immunogenicity

92 citations · 25.1x 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

21 citations · 23.7x 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

21 citations · 24.8x expected for field

Recent Papers (13)

2026-10-01 · Current Biology · Clinical Psychology

Serotonin biology as a basis for explaining psychedelic drug action

Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN

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

2025-09-29 · Nature · Clinical Psychology

Publisher Correction: Psilocybin’s lasting action requires pyramidal cell types and 5-HT2A receptors

Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN