Glenn Wolther

Glenn Wolther

Graduate Student, Neuroscience, Biobehavioral Sciences Department, Columbia University

Glenn Wolther is a Master of Science candidate in Neuroscience within the Biobehavioral Sciences Department. His diverse research interests include the interrelated genetic, transcriptional, and proteomic changes involved with short- and long-term synaptic potentiation; ways of better integrating research in neurobiology at the molecular, cellular and systems level with cognitive and affective neuroscience and neuropsychology; and the relationship of neuroscience to the law. Glenn holds a B.A. in English Literature from Boston University and a J.D. from B.U. School of Law. While in law school, he served on the Advisory Committee to the A.C.L.U. of Massachusetts, and worked for the A.C.L.U.'s voting rights project, at their Southern Regional Office in Atlanta. In private practice Glenn has concentrated on Constitutional Law/ Civil Rights, Criminal Defense and other litigation. He is admitted to the bars of N.Y., N.J., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Northern Districts of NY, and the District of New Jersey. He has taken on litigation and trials as a member of the Pro Bono Panel for the U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y. Glenn’s personal pursuits have included extensive acting in theatre and independent/student films, studying, living and traveling in various European cities, and teaching himself to play guitar.

Working Group Affiliation

Precision Medicine: Ethics, Politics and Culture