Rozalyn Simon received her BSc at the University of Georgia. She pursued graduate studies in Chemistry at the University of California, Santa Cruz, focusing on synthesizing small molecule libraries for cancer research and earning her Master’s in Chemistry and Biochemistry in 2007. Later that year, she began PhD studies at Linköping University, Sweden, developing small molecules for detecting protein plaques in amyloid diseases such as Alzheimer’s. She earned her PhD in Chemistry in 2014.
Her growing interest in the neurological and psychological aspects of Alzheimer’s led her to neuroimaging research. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Linköping University’s Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), investigating the neural correlates of meditative practices in neurodegenerative disorders using MRI techniques.
In 2020, Rozalyn became an Associate Professor in neuroimaging at Linköping University, focusing on the gut-brain-microbiota axis in disorders like IBS, as well as exploring the physiological and cognitive mechanisms of fatigue in multiple patient populations.
In 2021, she was additionally appointed Director of Forum Scientium, an interdisciplinary graduate research school at Linköping University.
