Joseph Barden
Hailing from Livonia, MI, Joe completed his B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Cellular & Molecular Biology at Albion College in 2013. Since then, he has worked as a technician and manager in multiple labs at the University of Michigan, each with a focus on neurobiology. Joe joined the Mattis lab at its inception in 2022 as a Research Laboratory Specialist Associate and was promoted to a Research Laboratory Specialist Intermediate in 2025 after completing his Master’s degree at UofM. His greatest non-scientific passion has always been music, and he enjoys occasional piano gigs around southeast Michigan.
