Chris has been in the MedTech industry for 3+ years with extensive focus on medical devices specifically in neural ablations/stimulation, pediatric heart disease, and coronary interventions. He has worked with clients while their devices are still in the early stages of research and development all the way through to GLP studies and regulatory submission. Building long-term relationships with clients has helped to inform and design studies to optimally assess their devices. He enjoys working on novel model-creation studies including immunosuppression and chronic venous insufficiency. As a trained neuroscientist, Chris relishes the opportunity to work on any brain-related device.
Chris has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Biology and a Master’s in Biology from the City University of New York, Brooklyn College. He completed his PhD at Indiana University on the function of serotonin during auditory processing and spent 3 years as a postdoc at the University of Minnesota investigating the impact of stress on neuromodulation. An anatomist at heart, he has worked with a broad range of species including fish, birds, mice, rats, hamsters, pigs, and sheep over the course of his scientific career.
CORE COMPETENCIES
- Neuroanatomy
- Immunohistochemistry
- Microscopy
- Animal behavior
- Protocol development
- Immunosuppression
RECENT PROJECTS
- GLP study in small porcine models working on a novel transcatheter shunt/stent for a Fontan Operation
- GLP study in porcine assessing a radiofrequency brain ablation catheter via histopathology in an acute swine model
PUBLICATIONS
- Eckenwiler, EA, Ingebretson, AE, Stolley, JJ, Fusaro, MA*, Romportl, AM, Ross, JM, Petersen, CL, Kale, EM, Clark, MS, Schattauer, SS, Zweifel, LS, and Lemos, JC (2025). Corticotropin-releasing factor release from a unique subpopulation of accumbal neurons constrains action-outcome acquisition in reward learning. Biological psychiatry, 97(6), pp.637-650.
- Razidlo, J, Fausner, S, Ingebretson, AI, Wang, LC, Petersen, CL, Mirza, S, Swank, I, Alvarez, VA, Lemos, JC. (2022) Chronic loss of muscarinic M5 receptor function manifests disparate impairments in exploratory behavior in male and female mice despite common dopamine regulation. Journal of Neuroscience 42 (36) 6917-6930
- Petersen, CL, Davis, SED, Patel, BM*, Hurley, LM. (2021) Social experience interacts with serotonin signaling to affect functional connectivity in the social behavior network following playback of social vocalizations. eNeuro 8(2) 0247-20
- Rendon, NM, Petersen, CL, Munley, KM, Amez, AC, Boyes, DL*, Kingsbury, MA, Demas, GE. (2021) Seasonal patterns of melatonin secretion alter aggressive phenotypes of female Siberian hamsters. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 32(8) e12894
- Petersen CL, Koo, A*, Patel, BM*, Hurley LM. (2020) Serotonergic innervation of the auditory midbrain: dorsal raphe subregions differentially project to the auditory midbrain in male and female mice. Brain Structure and Function, 225(6), 1855-1871
- Petersen CL, Hurley LM. (2017) Putting it in Context: Linking Auditory Processing with Social Behavior Circuits in the Vertebrate Brain. Integrative and Comparative Biology 57 (4), 865-877
- Petersen CL, Timothy M, Kim DS*, Bhandiwad AA, Mohr RA, Sisneros JA, Forlano PM. (2013) Exposure to advertisement calls of reproductive competitors activates vocal-acoustic and catecholaminergic neurons in the plainfin midshipman fish, Porichthys notatus. PloS one 8(8):e70474.
