Alam received his bachelor degree in Mechatronical Engineering and his MS and PhD in Bioelectronics in CINVESTAV, Mexico City. He is experienced in behavioral science, surgical procedures, in-vivo microscopy, electrophysicology and optogenetics as well as designing and building tools for the acquisition and analysis of neuronal data. As a Postdoctoral Associate in the Bohórquez Lab, he is interested in expanding our understanding of the gut-brain connection and use it to alter complex behavioral outputs from the intestine.