Pronouns: she, her, hers.
Dr. Garcia Keller joined the Medical College of Wisconsin as assistant professor in July of 2022. Prior to her arrival at MCW, she joined the Kalivas laboratory at the Medical University of South Carolina, where she completed her post-doctoral training and then held the position of research assistant professor. Dr. Garcia Keller graduated from National University of Cordoba, Argentina in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry. She continued her studies there, and later earned her PhD in Chemical Sciences, with specialization in neuropharmacology under the mentorship of Dr. Liliana Cancela at Institute of Experimental Pharmacology Cordoba (IFEC-CONICET). For her doctoral studies, she was awarded first place in Best Argentinian Neuroscience Thesis 2014. Dr. Garcia Keller’s research program focuses on the neurobiology of stress, motivated behaviour and addiction.
Education
- Postdoctoral Training, Neuroscience, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 2014-2019
- PhD, Pharmacology, National University of Cordoba, Argentina, 2014
- BS, Major: Chemical Sciences; Minor: Biochemistry, School of Chemical Sciences, National University of Cordoba, Argentina, 2007
Honors and Awards
- 2022 - URM Travel Award from the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP)
- 2019 - Travel Award from the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP)
- 2017 - Travel Award to attend the course in Cellular Biology of Addiction, Cold Spring Harbor
- 2014 - Best Doctoral Thesis in Neuroscience from the Argentinian Neuroscience Society
- 2013 - Fellowship from International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN), Category 1A; support for training in the laboratory of Dr. Kalivas at the Medical University of South Carolina
- 2013 - Fellowship from International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN); support for attendance at the XIIth Advanced School on Neurochemistry in Chichen Itza, Mexico
- 2008-2012 - Doctoral Fellowship, National Research Council (CONICET), Cordoba, Argentina
Research Interests
- Trauma and Stress-Related Disorder/Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Addiction/Substance Use Disorder (Cocaine, Heroin, Nicotine, Cannabinoids)
- Extracellular Matrix (ECM)
- Synaptic Plasticity/Pentapartite Synapsis (pre and postsynaptic neurons, astrocyte, microglia, ECM)
- NeuroImmunoEndocrinology
- Neuropharmacology
- System Neuroscience
Search for Constanza Garcia Keller's papers on the Publications page