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Hakeem O. Lawal, Ph.D.

Professor & Interim Chair

Delaware State University

Affiliations

School of Graduate, Adult and Extended Studies

College Of Agriculture, Science And Technology

College Of Arts And Sciences

College of Agriculture, Science and Technology

Department Of Biological Sciences

Division Of Physics, Engineering, Mathematics, And Computer Science

College Of Agriculture, Science And Technology

Department Of Human Ecology

Department Of Mathematics

Hakeem O. Lawal, Ph.d. is currently serving as a College Of Agriculture, Science And Technology Professor & Interim Chair at Delaware State University.

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Delaware State University

Professor & Interim Chair

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Altered Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter Expression Regulates Acetylcholine Abundance in the Brain of Drosophila Melanogaster. Journal of Neurochemistry (2025)

insect molecular biologyneural circuitsinsect biochemistryphysiologyneuronscellular physiologyneurosciencemolecular neurobiologymolecular physiologymembrane biologynervous systemmolecular neurosciencedevelopmental systemneurotransmissioncellular biochemistryneurotransmitters

Inspiring Undergraduate Student Training in Alzheimer's Research ( Ustar ): Training the Next Generation of Aging Scientists. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2025)

Robin CastenMegan KelleyHakeem LawalBernard L. LopezSusan ParksErin PerchiniakBarry Rovner

alzheimer's diseasegeriatric medicinegeriatricsundergraduate student traininghealth sciences

The Drosophila Adult Brain: Short Overview of Structure, Function, and Resources Graphical Review Paper. Current Research in Insect Science (2025)

insect molecular biologyneuronsdrosophila adult brainneurosciencedevelopmental biologybrain structureshort overviewdevelopmental cognitive neurosciencebrain mechanismsdevelopmental neurobiologydevelopmental geneticsneural mechanisms

Precise Crispr-Cas9-Mediated Mutation of a Membrane Trafficking Domain in the Drosophila Vesicular Monoamine Transporter Gene. Current Research in Physiology (2023)

James D. AsuncionAditya EamaniEthan W. RohrbachElizabeth M. KnappSonali A. DeshpandeShivan L. BonannoJeremy E. MurphyHakeem O. LawalDavid E. Krantz

physiological researchgene therapyinsect molecular biologyanimal physiologyphysiologycrispranimal biotechnologygenomicsmolecular geneticsmembrane biologymammalian biologymolecular physiologymolecular biologygene vectorgene expressiongene transfergenetics

Regulation and Modulation of Biogenic Amine Neurotransmission in Drosophila and Caenorhabditis Elegans. Frontiers in Physiology (2023)

Katarzyna D. RosikonMegan C. BoneHakeem O. Lawal

insect molecular biologyanimal physiologyneuropharmacologyphysiologybiogenic amine neurotransmissionavian biologygene regulationcaenorhabditis elegansmolecular biologymammalian biologymolecular regulationgenetics

Deficits in the Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter Alter Lifespan and Behavior in Adult Drosophila Melanogaster. Neurochemistry International (2020)

Daniel WhiteRaquel P. de Sousa AbreuAndrew BlakeJeremy MurphyShardae ShowellToshihiro KitamotoHakeem O. Lawal

insect molecular biologyneuropharmacologyneuroanatomymolecular neurobiologyneuroscienceneurophysiologygeneticsanimal physiologylifespan developmentneurochemistrymembrane transportneurologyneuroscience of agingadult drosophila melanogasterexperimental gerontologymembrane biologynervous systemneurotransmissionmammalian biology

Overexpression of the Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter Disrupts Cognitive Performance and Causes Age-Dependent Locomotion Decline in Drosophila. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience (2020)

Shardae S. ShowellYessica MartinezSophia GondolfoSridhar BoppanaHakeem O. Lawal

insect molecular biologysystems neuroscienceanimal cognitionmolecular neurobiologyneuroscienceneurophysiologygeneticsinsect scienceclinical neurosciencemolecular neuroscienceneurochemistryage-dependent locomotion declinecellular neurobiologybehavioral neurosciencedevelopmental cognitive neuroscienceneurologycognitive neurosciencemolecular physiologyneurotransmission

Vesicular Neurotransmitter Transporters in Drosophila Melanogaster. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes (2020)

Sonali A. DeshpandeZachary FreybergHakeem O. LawalDavid E. Krantz

biophysicsanimal scienceinsect molecular biologydrosophila melanogasterinsect biochemistryvesicular neurotransmitter transportersphysiologyinsect sciencemembrane biologymammalian biologygenetics

Drosophila as a Neurotoxicological Model. Methods in pharmacology and toxicology (2018)

Hakeem O. LawalDavid E. Krantz

toxicologypharmacologyneurotoxicological model

Data on the Specificity of an Antibody to Drosophila Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter. Data in Brief (2017)

Sridhar BoppanaHakeem O. Lawal

insect molecular biologyinsect biochemistryimmunologyantibody engineeringinsect sciencemembrane biologyprotein transportdata sciencescientific datadata managemententomologygenetics

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Hakeem O. Lawal, Ph.D.

Professor & Interim Chair

Delaware State University

Affiliations

School of Graduate, Adult and Extended Studies

College Of Agriculture, Science And Technology

College Of Arts And Sciences

College of Agriculture, Science and Technology

Department Of Biological Sciences

Division Of Physics, Engineering, Mathematics, And Computer Science

College Of Agriculture, Science And Technology

Department Of Human Ecology

Department Of Mathematics

Hakeem O. Lawal, Ph.d. is currently serving as a College Of Agriculture, Science And Technology Professor & Interim Chair at Delaware State University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Hakeem O. Lawal, Ph.D.

Delaware State University

Professor & Interim Chair

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Altered Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter Expression Regulates Acetylcholine Abundance in the Brain of Drosophila Melanogaster. Journal of Neurochemistry (2025)

Inspiring Undergraduate Student Training in Alzheimer's Research ( Ustar ): Training the Next Generation of Aging Scientists. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2025)

Robin CastenMegan KelleyHakeem LawalBernard L. LopezSusan ParksErin PerchiniakBarry Rovner

alzheimer's diseasegeriatric medicinegeriatricsundergraduate student traininghealth sciences

The Drosophila Adult Brain: Short Overview of Structure, Function, and Resources Graphical Review Paper. Current Research in Insect Science (2025)

Precise Crispr-Cas9-Mediated Mutation of a Membrane Trafficking Domain in the Drosophila Vesicular Monoamine Transporter Gene. Current Research in Physiology (2023)

James D. AsuncionAditya EamaniEthan W. RohrbachElizabeth M. KnappSonali A. DeshpandeShivan L. BonannoJeremy E. MurphyHakeem O. LawalDavid E. Krantz

Regulation and Modulation of Biogenic Amine Neurotransmission in Drosophila and Caenorhabditis Elegans. Frontiers in Physiology (2023)

Katarzyna D. RosikonMegan C. BoneHakeem O. Lawal

Deficits in the Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter Alter Lifespan and Behavior in Adult Drosophila Melanogaster. Neurochemistry International (2020)

Daniel WhiteRaquel P. de Sousa AbreuAndrew BlakeJeremy MurphyShardae ShowellToshihiro KitamotoHakeem O. Lawal

Overexpression of the Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter Disrupts Cognitive Performance and Causes Age-Dependent Locomotion Decline in Drosophila. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience (2020)

Shardae S. ShowellYessica MartinezSophia GondolfoSridhar BoppanaHakeem O. Lawal

Vesicular Neurotransmitter Transporters in Drosophila Melanogaster. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes (2020)

Sonali A. DeshpandeZachary FreybergHakeem O. LawalDavid E. Krantz

biophysicsanimal scienceinsect molecular biologydrosophila melanogasterinsect biochemistryvesicular neurotransmitter transportersphysiologyinsect sciencemembrane biologymammalian biologygenetics

Drosophila as a Neurotoxicological Model. Methods in pharmacology and toxicology (2018)

Hakeem O. LawalDavid E. Krantz

toxicologypharmacologyneurotoxicological model

Data on the Specificity of an Antibody to Drosophila Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter. Data in Brief (2017)

Sridhar BoppanaHakeem O. Lawal

insect molecular biologyinsect biochemistryimmunologyantibody engineeringinsect sciencemembrane biologyprotein transportdata sciencescientific datadata managemententomologygenetics

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