POWER OF ATTORNEY



 Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes

and appoints Christopher Sullivan and Jennifer Zoltoski of Cerecor Inc. (the

"Company") with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and

lawful attorney-in-fact to:



 (1)  prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the

undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange

Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other

documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the

undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation

of the SEC;



 (2)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's

capacity as an officer, director and/or trustee of the Company, Forms 3, 4, and

5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and

the rules thereunder;



 (3)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the

undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute

any such Forms 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments

thereto and timely file such forms with the SEC and any stock exchange or

similar authority; and



 (4)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection

with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of

benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned,

it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact

on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in

such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact

may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



 The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power

and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,

necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers

herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might

or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,

hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such

attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be

done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein

granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact,

in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,

nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply

with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



 This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the

undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the

undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,

unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the

foregoing attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney revokes all prior Powers of

Attorney given by the undersigned with respect to the matters addressed in

(1) through (4) above.



 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney

to be executed as of the 7th day of October, 2020.







       /s/Gilla Kaplan

      Gilla Kaplan