Gerarda Cappuccio is a mentor in the 2024 SURFiN program. She is a postdoctoral fellow in Mirjana Maletić-Savatić’s lab at Baylor College of Medicine. Cappuccio holds a bachelor’s degree in neurogenetics as well as an M.D. and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Naples Federico II. Her research focuses on brain organoid tools to study neurometabolism. Cappuccio is the recipient of the Autism Speaks Fellowship and the Rita Levi Montalcini Scholarship.

Principal Investigator: Mirjana Maletić-Savatić