Dr. Caiola received his PhD in mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2016 during which he modeled the onset and progression of Parkinson’s Disease. He then worked in Dr. Thomas Wichmann’s lab at Emory University as a Postdoctoral Fellow where he investigated changes in the basal ganglia and thalamus using a primate model of parkinsonism and in vivo electrophysiologic and optogenetic techniques. In addition to the Neuropharmacology and Neurologic Diseases Department, Dr. Caiola was also affiliated with the Emory Department of Mathematics where he taught life science calculus as a Visiting Assistant Professor. He joined the US Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories in the Center for Devices and Radiological Health in 2020 where he performs regulatory science in the field of neurological devices.