Alon Brown is a PhD student investigating how oxidative stress and post-translational modifications (PTMs) contribute to the development of sarcopenia. Using transgenic Drosophila lines expressing myosin harboring PTM-mimicking mutations, he aims to identify how PTMs underly age-related muscle decline. Alon earned his undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Manhattan College, where he investigated Sth1, the catalytic subunit of the RSC chromatin remodeling complex. Before graduate school, Alon gained engineering experience with HVAC systems in NYC buildings.