Nthenge-Ngumbau, Dominic N., Ph.D. is a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Kentucky’s Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC), where he investigates the mechanistic underpinnings of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Employing contusive and closed-head TBI models in non-transgenic and transgenic mice, his research elucidates cerebrovascular pathology, neuroinflammation, mitochondrial deficits, and acute neurodegeneration. He further examines how pre-existing cardiovascular risk factors, such as hypertension, modulate post-TBI outcomes—a program supported by an American Heart Association postdoctoral research award.
With over a decade of expertise in neurodegeneration models (Huntington’s, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer-like pathologies), Dominic integrates advanced methodologies including stereotaxic surgery, immunohistology, confocal imaging, Seahorse bioenergetics assays, behavioral phenotyping, and SAS-driven statistical modeling into his TBI research.
A Ph.D. in Biotechnology, he has taught graduate-level Neurobiology courses and mentored trainees across institutions in Kenya and the United States and is thrilled for his 3rd National Neurotrauma Symposium! Say hi, let's chat and swap ideas!
With a decade of experience across neurodegeneration models (Huntington's, Parkinson's, Alzheimer-like), I bring expertise in mitochondrial bioenergetics, experimental neuroprotection, stereotaxic surgery, Immunohistology, confocal imaging, Seahorse assays, and behavioral phenotyping now applied in TBI models.

I have taught graduate-level Neurobiology courses and mentored students across India, Kenya and the United States