Sibonginkhosi Dlamini

Sibonginkhosi Dlamini is a postdoctoral researcher and neuroscientist in the Memory and Aging Project (MAP) for the Knight ADRC. She completed her PhD program in pediatric traumatic brain injury at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. In 2021, she joined the Department of Neurology, Fluid Biomarker Core, where she will be under the mentorship of Suzanne Schindler, MD, PhD. Her objective in the lab is to develop and validate assays to evaluate candidate plasma and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers that predict risk for preclinical and symptomatic Alzheimers disease.

Dlamini enjoys volunteering at her local church and is involved in several outreach programs. She loves playing sports, particularly boxing, spending time in her garden taking care of her plants and cooking up a storm in the kitchen.