Dr. Sarah Abi Gerges is an Assistant Professor in Neuroscience at the University of Birmingham Dubai.
She completed her PhD in Neuroscience at Sorbonne University, where she trained in electrophysiology, with a particular focus on NMDA receptors. During this time, she worked closely with animal models, using techniques such as optogenetics, surgical approaches with viral injections, and behavioural experiments to identify and characterise a previously unknown type of NMDA receptor in the brain.
After her PhD, she moved into clinical research as a Clinical Research Associate at ICON plc in Paris, working on trials in neurology and oncology.
She later transitioned into academia, where her focus shifted towards human behaviour. Alongside her research, she teaches across undergraduate neuroscience and psychology modules, including Introduction to Psychobiology, Neural Basis of Vision and Action, and the Neurobiology of Mental Illness.