Clifton Ragsdale

Clifton Ragsdale, PhD, is a neurobiologist who is interested in the evolutionary biology of brain organization and development, including how the neurons and circuits of the vertebrate central nervous system develop. The Ragsdale laboratory studies the molecular and cellular mechanisms that control the proliferation, migration and differentiation of embryonic brain cells.

Prof. Ragsdale's laboratory major focus is to bring the modern advances in neuroscience, molecular cell biology and genetic manipulation in the study of octopus biology.