Gautam Tammewar completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in molecular and cell biology with an emphasis on neurobiology at the University of California, Berkeley. He previously worked at the Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center in the lab of Dr. Gil Rabinovici from 2013–2016, both as an undergraduate and as a full-time research associate after graduation. During this time, his research focused on the use of MRI and PET as imaging biomarkers of typical and atypical Alzheimer’s disease. He went on to pursue his MD degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, followed by a residency in adult neurology from the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. His primary research interests are in the utility of biomarkers for diagnosing dementia and their role in emerging therapeutics.