Nicola Allen, PhD
EducationBSc, Anatomical Sciences, University of Manchester, England
PhD, Neuroscience, University College London
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
Affiliations
Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind
Awards & Honors
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Career Accelerator Award, 2018
Coins For Alzheimer’s Research Trust (CART) Award, 2018
World Economic Forum Young Scientist, 2017
Dana Foundation Neuroimaging Award, 2016
Pew Biomedical Scholar Award, 2015
Whitehall Foundation Award, 2014
Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar in Aging Award, 2013
Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Fellowship
European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Fellowship
Kenta Asahina, PhD
EducationBS, Zoology, University of Tokyo
PhD, Neurobiology, Rockefeller University
Affiliations
Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind
Awards & Honors
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Abroad, 2011
BioMed Central 4th Annual Research Award, Biology Prize, 2009
Janelle Ayres, PhD
EducationBA, Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
PhD, Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley
Awards & Honors
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, 2024
National Institutes of Health Pioneer Award, 2018
Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists, 2018
Crohn's And Colitis Foundation Senior Research Award
DARPA Young Faculty Award, 2015
Ray Thomas Edwards Foundation Career Development Award, 2014
Searle Scholarship Award, 2014
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellowship, NIH, 2010-2013
Sidney Raffel Award, Stanford University, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, 2008
Predoctoral Fellowship, National Science Foundation, 2004 - 2007
I.L. Chaikoff Memorial Award, University of California, Berkeley, 2002
Eiman Azim, PhD
EducationBS, Biology, Stanford University
BA, Philosophy of Science, Stanford University
PhD, Neuroscience, Harvard University
Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University
Affiliations
Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind
Awards & Honors
Brain Research Foundation Scientific Innovations Award, 2024
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2019
McKnight Scholar Award, 2018
NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (DP2), 2017
Kathryn W. Davis Aging Brain Scholar, 2017
Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences, 2017
Searle Scholar Award, 2017
Eppendorf And Science Prize for Neurobiology, 2014
K99/R00 Award (NINDS), 2014
Howard Hughes Medical Institute-Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, 2011
Krieg Cortical Scholar Award, 2010
Albert J. Ryan Fellow, 2008
Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship (NINDS), 2007
Daniel Bayless, PhD
EducationBA, Psychology, University of Oklahoma
MS, Behavioral Neuroscience, Tulane University
PhD, Behavioral Neuroscience, Tulane University
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Neurobiology, Stanford University
Awards & Honors
Tulane University Flowerree Summer Research Fund Award, 2011
First place, Outstanding Graduate Research Award, Tulane University Science and Engineering Research Day, 2013
State of Louisiana Board of Regents Graduate Fellowship, 2009–2014
National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Training Grant, 2014–2015
Margarita Behrens, PhD
EducationBS, Biochemistry, University of Chile
MS, Biochemistry, University of Chile
PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University Autonoma, Spain
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine
Awards & Honors
The Kavli Institute for Brain And Mind Innovative Research Grant, 2018
NARSAD Young Investigator Award, 2009
Daniel X. Freedman Award Honorable Mention, 2008
NARSAD Young Investigator Award, 2004
European Molecular Biology Organization Fellowship, 1991
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Fellowship, 1989
Federation of European Biochemical Societies Predoctoral Fellowship, 1988
Wolfgang Busch, PhD
EducationMS, Biology, University of Tübingen, Germany
PhD, Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology and University of Tübingen, Germany
Awards & Honors
Society for Experimental Biology President's Medal, 2015
Annals of Botany Lecture, ICAR, 2014
Genome Web Young Investigator, Genomeweb Intelligence Network, 2013
Doctoral Thesis Award, Reinhold-und-Maria-Teufel Foundation, 2009
Fellowship of the Cusanuswerk, 2004
Edward Callaway, PhD
EducationBS, Biology, Stanford University
PhD, California Institute of Technology
Postdoctoral Fellow, Rockefeller University
Affiliations
Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind - Co-Director
Awards & Honors
2019, National Academy of Sciences
2013, Krieg Cortical Discoverer Award
2012, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2011, Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2006, McKnight Technological Innovations in Neurosciences Award
1993-96, Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fellow
1992-94, Alfred P. Sloan Fellow
Sreekanth Chalasani, PhD
EducationBS, Genetics, Zoology, and Chemistry, Osmania University, India
ADV DIP, Computer Science, National Institute of Information Technology
PhD, Biology, University of Pennsylvania
Postdoctoral Fellow, Rockefeller University (lab moved from UCSF)
Affiliations
Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind
Awards & Honors
National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) Gallagher Mentor Award, 2021
National Institutes of Health Brain Initiative Awardee, 2016
Glenn Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging, 2015
W.M. Keck Foundation Award, 2013
Rita Allen Foundation Scholar, 2012
The March of Dimes Basil O’connor Award, 2010
Searle Scholar, 2010
Joanne Chory, PhD
EducationAB, Biology, Oberlin College, Ohio
PhD, Microbiology, University of Illinois
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Awards & Honors
Wolf Prize Laureate in Agriculture, 2024
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science, 2024
Pearl Meister Greengard Prize, 2020
Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, 2019
Honorary Doctorate of Science, Oberlin College, 2019
University of Illinois Alumni Achievement Award, 2018
Gruber Genetics Prize, 2018
National Academy of Inventors Fellow, 2018
Breakthrough Prize, 2018
American Philosophical Society Member, 2015
Danforth Award for Excellence in Plant Science, 2013
Genetics Society of America Medal, 2012
Royal Society of London Foreign Member, 2011
French Academy of Science Foreign Associate, 2010
German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina) Member, 2009
European Molecular Biology Organization Associate Member, 2006
American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, 2005
Kumho Award in Plant Molecular Biology, 2004
Scientific American 50: Research Leader in Agriculture, 2003
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, 1997
L’Oreal-UNESCO Award for Women In Science (North America), 2000
U.S. National Academy of Sciences Member, 1999
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, 1998
Charles Albert Schull Award of the American Society of Plant Biologists, 1995
Award for Initiatives in Research of the National Academy of Sciences, 1994
Jesse Dixon, MD, PhD
EducationAB, Princeton University
PhD, University of California San Diego
MD, University of California San Diego
Helmsley-Salk Fellow, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Awards & Honors
Rita Allen Foundation Award Scholar, 2023
Highly Cited Researcher, 2022
NIH Early Independence Award (DP5), 2016-2021
University of California San Diego Chancellor’s Dissertation Medal for Biological Studies, 2014
University of California San Diego Department of Biomedical Science Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2013
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, 2010-2012
Joseph Ecker, PhD
EducationBA, Biology/Chemistry, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, N.J.
PhD, Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University School of Medicine
Affiliations
Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance
Awards & Honors
2024 Ilchun Molecular Medicine Award, Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2019 Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to expand Human Cell Atlas
2015 American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2012 Elected as AAAS Fellow
2011 Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
2011 George W. Beadle Award, Genetics Society of America
2009 #2 Scientific Discovery of the Year 2009-TIME Magazine
2007 National Academy of Sciences, John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science
2006 Elected, National Academy of Sciences
2005 American Society for Plant Biology, Martin Gibbs Medal
2004 Scientific American 50 Research Leader of the Year
2004 International Plant Growth Substances Association Distinguished Research Award
2001 Kumho Science International Award in Plant Molecular Biology
President International Society for Plant Molecular Biology
Dannielle Engle, PhD
EducationBA, Biological Sciences and Asian Studies, Northwestern University
PhD, Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego
Affiliations
Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance
Awards & Honors
Lustgarten Foundation-AACR Career Development Award for Pancreatic Cancer Research in Honor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 2021
Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program New Investigator Award, 2020
NIH NCI Career Transition K99/R00 Award, 2016 - 2018
California Breast Cancer Research Program Fellowship, 2009 -2011
UCSD Chancellor’s Fellowship, 2005 - 2009
Ronald Evans, PhD
EducationBA, Bacteriology, University of California, Los Angeles
PhD, Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, Los Angeles
Postdoctoral Fellow, Rockefeller University
Affiliations
Multiple Sclerosis Research Collaborative - Team Leader
Awards & Honors
Japan Prize in the field of Medical Science and Pharmaceutical Science, 2024
Asan Award in Basic Medicine, 2021
NOMIS Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award, 2020
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, 2018
American Association for The Advancement of Science Fellow, 2018
Frontiers in Science Award, 2015
The Lustgarten Foundation Distinguished Scholar Award, 2014
American Association For Cancer Research Fellow, 2014
Society for Endocrinology, United Kingdom, Dale Medal, 2013
Wolf Foundation, Israel, Wolf Prize In Medicine, 2012
Technion University, Israel, Harvey Prize, 2006
Gairdner Foundation International Award, 2006
“Grande Medaille d’Or” of the French Academy Of Sciences, 2005
Glenn T. Seaborg Medal, UCLA, 2005
Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, 2004
Keio Medical Science Prize, 2003
General Motors Cancer Research Foundation Alfred P. Sloan Medal, 2003
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, 2003
First Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Metabolic Research, 2000
The Endocrine Society Fred Conrad Koch Award, 1999
California Museum of Science And Industry and the California Museum Foundation, California Scientist of the Year, 1994
National Academy of Sciences Member, 1989
Rusty Gage, PhD
EducationBS, University of Florida
MS, Johns Hopkins University
PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Affiliations
Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind
Awards & Honors
Taylor International Prize in Medicine, 2024
W.M. Keck Foundation Award, 2024
The International Society for Stem Cell Research Achievement Award, 2020
ARCS Foundation Scientist of the Year, 2018
JCN-Wiley W. Maxwell Cowan Award in Developmental Neuroscience, 2017
Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Allen Distinguished Investigator Award, 2015
George A. Miller Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience, 2013
Fyssen Foundation International Prize, 2011
Cátedra Santiago Grisolia Award, 2011
International Society for Stem Cell Research President, 2011-2012
American Philosophical Society, 2010
European Molecular Biology Organization, Associate Member, 2009
Keio Medical Science Prize, 2008
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, 2005
The National Academy of Sciences Fellow, 2003
The Max Planck Society/Gertrud Reemtsma Foundation Klaus-Joachim Zülch Prize, 2003
MetLife Award for Medical Research, 2002
National Academy of Medicine Fellow, 2001
Society for Neuroscience President, 2001
The Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award, 1999
Max Planck Research Prize, 1999
Christopher Reeve Research Medal, 1997
Charles A. Dana Award for Pioneering Achievements in Health and Education, 1993
IPSEN Prize in Neuronal Plasticity, 1990
Martyn Goulding, PhD
EducationMS (Honors) Cell Biology, University of Auckland, Nz
PhD, Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Auckland, Nz
Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany
Awards & Honors
2024, American Academy of Arts & Sciences
2022, Brain Prize
2019, NINDS R35 Outstanding Investigator Award
2006, Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award
1994-1998, Pew Scholar
1993-1995 , Basil O'Connor Research Award
Sung Han, PhD
EducationBS, Genetic Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Korea
MS, Neuroscience, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea
PhD, Neurobiology & Behavior, University of Washington, Seattle
Awards & Honors
NIMH Biobehavioral Research Award for Innovative New Scientist (Brains), 2018
SFARI, Bridge to Independence Award, 2016
Life Sciences Research Foundation, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2015-2018
KBRI Postdoctoral Research Award, Association of Korean Neuroscientists, 2012
Korea Research Foundation Research Grant, 2005
Diana Hargreaves, PhD
EducationBS, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Haverford College
PhD, Department of Immunobiology, Yale University
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University
Awards & Honors
Pew-Stewart Scholar for Cancer Research, 2019
V Foundation for Cancer Research, V Foundation Scholar Award, 2016-2018
NCI/NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award, 2014-2018
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, Ann Schreiber Research Training Program of Excellence, 2013-2014
Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2010-2013
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2002-2005
Daniel Hollern, PhD
EducationPhD, Cell and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina
BS, Biology, Grand Valley State University
Awards & Honors
2019 Joseph S. Pagano Award
2015 NIH NCI F32 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
2014 NIH NCI F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
2014 Aitch Foundation Award
Tony Hunter, PhD
EducationBA, First Class Honors, University of Cambridge, England
PhD, University of Cambridge, England
Postdoctoral Fellow, The Salk Institute and University of Cambridge
Awards & Honors
AACR Lifetime Achievement Award in Cancer Research, 2022
National Cancer Institute Outstanding Investigator, 2019
Tang Prize for Biopharmaceutical Science, 2018
Pezcoller-AACR International Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Cancer Research, 2018
Sjöberg Prize for Cancer Research, 2017
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, Biomedicine, 2015
Royal Society, Royal Medal Award, 2014
American Association for Cancer Research Fellow, 2013
Clifford Prize for Cancer Research, 2007
Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Award for Cancer Research, 2006
Daniel Nathans Memorial Award, 2006
American Philosophical Society Member, 2006
Wolf Prize in Medicine, 2005
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, 2004
Prince of Asturias Award for Scientific and Technical Research, 2004
Kirk A. Landon-AACR Prize for Basic Cancer Research, 2004
American Cancer Society Medal of Honor, 2004
National Academy of Medicine, 2004
City of Medicine Award, 2003
Sergio Lombroso Award in Cancer Research, 2003
Keio Medical Science Prize, 2001
J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine, 2000
Gairdner Foundation International Award, 1994
General Motors Cancer Research Foundation Prize, 1994
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, 1992
Royal Society of London Fellow, 1987
American Cancer Society Research Professor
United States National Academy of Sciences Member
Gerald Joyce, MD, PhD
EducationBA, Biological Sciences, The University of Chicago
PhD, Neurosciences / Chemistry, University of California, San Diego
MD, Medicine, University of California, San Diego
Awards & Honors
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Foreign Member, 2019
American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, 2017
Harvard Origins Prize, Harvard University, 2016
National Academy of Medicine Member, 2014
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Member, 2012
US National Academy of Sciences Award for Early Earth and Life Sciences (Stanley Miller Medal), 2010
Göttingen Academy of Science, Dannie Heineman Prize, 2009
International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life HC Urey Award, 2005
National Academy of Sciences Member, 2001
Hans Sigrist Prize, University of Bern, Switzerland, 1997
Herbert W. Dickerman Award, State of New York Department of Health, 1997
Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry, Biological Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society, 1995
National Academy of Sciences Award in Molecular Biology, 1994
Susan Kaech, PhD
EducationBS, Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Washington
PhD, Developmental Biology, Stanford University
Affiliations
Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance
Multiple Sclerosis Research Collaborative
Awards & Honors
National Academy of Sciences Member, 2024
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2023
Mark Foundation for Cancer Research Endeavor Award, 2022
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2020
Howard Hughes Early Career Scientist, 2009
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2007
American Asthma Foundation Investigator, 2007
Cancer Research Institute Investigator Award, 2005
Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation Award, 2005
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award in the Biosciences, 2003
Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Research Fellowship, 1999
National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, 1993
Jan Karlseder, PhD
EducationBS, Biology, University of Innsbruck, Austria
PhD, Molecular Biology, University of Vienna
Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Rockefeller University, NY
Awards & Honors
Glenn Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging, 2009
Forbeck Scholar Award, 2002
The V Foundation Award for Developing Scientists, 2002
Charles H. Revson Fellowship, 1999
Human Frontiers Science Program Fellowship, 1997
European Molecular Biology Organization Fellowship, 1993
Agnieszka Kendrick, PhD
EducationBS, Chemistry, University of Wroclaw
MS, Chemistry, University of Colorado, Denver
PhD, Structural Biology and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Denver
Postdoctoral Fellow, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego
Awards & Honors
Leading Edge Symposium Fellow, 2020
American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2018
National Institutes of Health F32 Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2018
University of Colorado Graduate School Student Research Excellence Award, 2015
National Institutes of Health F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Fellowship, 2013
Pallav Kosuri, PhD
EducationPostdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University
MSc, Engineering Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Awards & Honors
W.M. Keck Foundation Award, 2024
Beckman Young Investigator Award, 2022
Titus M. Coan Prize for Excellence in Basic Research
The Columbia University Distinction Award for Doctoral Defense
Fulbright Scholarship
Julie Law, PhD
EducationBS, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University
PhD, Biochemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles
Awards & Honors
Rita Allen Scholar Award, 2015
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health, 2007
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Fellowship, Oregon State University, 2000
Kuo-Fen Lee, PhD
EducationPlant Pathology, National Taiwan University
MS, Cancer Enzymology and Cell Differentiation, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taiwan
PhD, Endocrinology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Postdoctoral Fellow, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Dmitry Lyumkis, PhD
EducationBS, University of California San Diego
PhD, The Scripps Research Institute
Awards & Honors
ACA 2025 Margaret C. Etter Early Career Award, 2024
Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from NSF, 2020
Helmsley-Salk Fellow, 2014-2017
National Institute of Health Director’s Early Independence Award, 2015
George Palade Award, 2016
Pamela Maher, PhD
EducationBSc, Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
PhD, Biochemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Postdoc, Cell Biology, University of California, San Diego
Awards & Honors
Edward N. & Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation Award in Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery, 2015
Michael J. Fox Foundation Award for Novel Approaches to Drug Discovery for Parkinson's Disease, 2007
NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1982
Anna Fuller Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1980
Killam Predoctoral Fellowship, 1979
Graham McVicker, PhD
EducationBSc Computer Science, University of British Columbia
PhD, Genome Sciences, University of Washington
Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago
Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University
Awards & Honors
National Human Genome Research Institute Genomic Innovator Award, 2021
Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Post Graduate Scholarship (PGS-D2), 2007
Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Post Graduate Scholarship (PGS-M), 2005
Christian Metallo, PhD
EducationBS, Chemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
MS, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
PhD, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Awards & Honors
Mark Foundation for Cancer Research Endeavor Award, 2022
Elected to AIMBE College of Fellows, 2021
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 2018
NSF CAREER Award, 2015
American Association of Clinical Chemistry Outstanding Speaker Award, 2015
Searle Scholar Award, 2013
Hellman Faculty Fellowship, Hellman Family Foundation, 2013
Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award, BMES, 2012
American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2009
NIH Biotechnology Graduate Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2004
Todd Michael, PhD
EducationBA, University of Virginia
PhD, Dartmouth College
Postdoctoral training: Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Awards & Honors
2016 - Research Fellow, Volwiler Society, Abbott Laboratories
2011 - Associate Fellow, Monsanto Science Fellows Society
Named as one of Genome Technology’s 2008 "Tomorrow’s PIs"
2003 - Hannah Croasdale Award for Outstanding Graduate Work
Lena Mueller, PhD
EducationBSc/MSc, Biology, University of Tuebingen, Germany
PhD, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Postdoctoral Fellow, Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Awards & Honors
Sharon Grey Women’s Young Investigator Award, American Society of Plant Biologists, 2020
Postdoctoral research fellowship, German Research Foundation, 2017
Advanced postdoc mobility research fellowship, Swiss National Science Foundation, 2017
Early postdoc mobility research fellowship, Swiss National Science Foundation, 2015
Best oral presentation award, XXIII International Conference on Sexual Plant Reproduction, Porto, Portugal, 2014
Axel Nimmerjahn, PhD
EducationMS, Physics, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research/University of Heidelberg, Germany
PhD, Physics, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research/University of Heidelberg, Germany
Postdoctoral Fellow, Biology and Applied Physics, Stanford University
Affiliations
Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center
Astrocyte-Team Program
Multiple Sclerosis Research Collaborative
NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Awards & Honors
National Institutes of Health Brain Initiative U19, 2021-present
National Institutes of Health Brain Initiative Award, 2017-2020
National Institutes of Health Eureka Award, 2013-2018
National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award, 2012-2017
Rita Allen Scholar Award, 2011-2016
Whitehall Foundation Award, 2011-2014
Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP) Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2006-2009
Du Bois-Reymond Award of the German Physiologic Society, 2006
Otto-Hahn Medal and Award of the Max Planck Society, 2006
Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 2006
Böhringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) Predoctoral Fellowship, 2002-2005
Joseph Noel, PhD
EducationBS, Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
PhD, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio State University
Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University
Postdoctoral Fellow, National Science Foundation
Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health
Affiliations
Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance
Awards & Honors
American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, 2012
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, 2005
Monsanto Biotechnology Fellow, 1989
Presidential Fellow, 1988
Clodagh O'Shea, PhD
EducationBS, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University College Cork, Ireland
PhD, Imperial College London/Imperial Cancer Research Fund, U.K.
Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, U.S.A
Awards & Honors
2018 Allen Distinguished Investigator Award
2016 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty Scholar
2014 W. M. Keck Medical Research Program Award
2014 Rose Hills Fellow
2011Science/NSF International Science & Visualization Challenge, People's Choice
2011 Anna Fuller Award for Cancer Research
2010, 2011, 2012 Kavli Frontiers Fellow, National Academy of Sciences
2009 Sontag Distinguished Scientist Award
2009 American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award
2008 ACGT Young Investigator Award for Cancer Gene Therapy
2008 Arnold and Mabel Beckman Young Investigator Award
2008 William Scandling Assistant Professor, Developmental Chair
2007 Emerald Foundation Scholar
Satchidananda Panda, PhD
EducationPhD, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California
Postdoctoral Researcher, Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, California
Affiliations
Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance
Awards & Honors
2023 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2014 The Julie Martin Mid-Career Award in Aging Research
2006 Dana Foundation Award in Brain and Immune System Imaging
2006 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
Samuel Pfaff, PhD
EducationBA, Biology, Carleton College
PhD, Molecular Biology, UC Berkeley
Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt University and the Center for Neurobiology at Columbia University
Affiliations
Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind
Awards & Honors
2021 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2008 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
2007 Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award
McKnight Scholar
Basil O'Connor Award
Pew Scholar
Deepshika Ramanan, PhD
EducationPostdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School
PhD, Immunology and Inflammation, New York University
BS, Cell and Molecular Biology, Winona State University
Awards & Honors
V Foundation’s A Grant of Her Own: The Women Scientists Innovation Award for Cancer Research, 2023
Damon Runyon Dale F. Frey Breakthrough Scientist Award
STAT Wunderkind Award
The Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award
John Reynolds, PhD
EducationBS, Economics, University of Pennsylvania
PhD, Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University
Intramural Research Fellow, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health
Affiliations
Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind
Awards & Honors
2022 AAAS Fellow
Alan Saghatelian, PhD
EducationBS, Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles
PhD, Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Ca
Merck Postdoctoral Fellow of the Life Sciences Research Foundation, 2003
Affiliations
Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance
Awards & Honors
Mark Foundation for Cancer Research Endeavor Award, 2022
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2020
Sloan Foundation Fellow, 2011
Searle Scholars Program Award, 2008
New Innovator Award, National Institutes of Health, 2007
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award in Biomedical Sciences, 2005
Terrence Sejnowski, PhD
EducationBS, Physics, Case Western Reserve University
PhD, Physics, Princeton University
Postdoctoral Fellow, Biology, Princeton; Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
Affiliations
Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind
Awards & Honors
Brain Prize, 2024
ARCS San Diego 2024 Scientist of the Year, 2024
Gruber Neuroscience Prize, 2022
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, 2013
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Frank Rosenblatt Award, 2013
National Academy of Engineering, 2011
National Academy of Sciences, 2010
National Academy of Medicine, 2008
National Research Council of National Academies, 2008
American Association Advancement of Science Fellow, 2006
Francis Crick Chair funded by the J.W. Kieckhefer Foundation, 2004
Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars, 2003
Neural Network Pioneer Award, 2002
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow, 2000
Hebb Prize, 1999
Wright Prize, 1996
Fairchild Distinguished Scholar, 1992-93
Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1984-89
HHMI Investigator, 1991
Gerald Shadel, PhD
EducationBS, Chemistry, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
PhD, Texas A&M University
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
Awards & Honors
The Glenn Foundation’s Glenn Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging, 2011
Amgen Outstanding Investigator Award, 2007
The Glenn/AFAR Breakthroughs In Gerontology Award, 2006
Tatyana Sharpee, PhD
EducationMS, Physics, Ukraine National University, Kiev, Ukraine
PhD, Physics, Michigan State University
Sloan-Swartz Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Francisco
Affiliations
Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind
Awards & Honors
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology’s (ASBMB) DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences, 2022
American Physical Society Fellow, 2018
National Science Foundation Career Award, 2013
W.M. Keck Foundation, Research Excellence Award, 2009
Mcknight Scholar Award, 2009
Ray Thomas Edwards Foundation Career Award, 2008
Searle Scholar, 2008
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 2008
Reuben Shaw, PhD
EducationBS Biology, Cornell University
PhD, Biology, MIT
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Awards & Honors
Mark Foundation for Cancer Research Endeavor Award, 2022
National Cancer Institute Outstanding Investigator Award, 2017
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Early Career Scientist, 2009
American Diabetes Association Junior Faculty Award, 2008
American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award, 2007
Christina Towers, PhD
EducationBS, University of Miami
PhD, University of Colorado
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado
Awards & Honors
NIH New Innovator Award, 2023
V Foundation’s A Grant of Her Own: The Women Scientists Innovation Award for Cancer Research, 2023
Science Diversity Leadership Award from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, 2023
Pew-Stewart Scholar for Cancer Research, 2022
Keystone Symposia Fellow, 2022
Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00), 2020-2025
The Cancer League of Colorado Pilot Award, 2020-2021
ACLS Leading Edge Fellow, 2020
American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2019-2021
UC Department of Pharmacology Excellence in Research Award, 2019
Kirschstein National Research Service Award NIH T32 Award, 2016-2018
The UC Graduate School Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2016
UC Department of Pharmacology Excellence in Research Award, 2015
The Future Leaders Advancing Research in Endocrinology (FLARE) Award, 2013
The UNCF/Merck Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowship, 2012-2014
The NIH RO-1 Diversity Supplement Graduate Fellowship, 2012-2015
Sachs Foundation Minority Graduate Scholarship, 2010-2014
Kirschstein National Research Service Award NIH T32 Award, 2010-2012
Sachs Foundation Minority Undergraduate Scholarship, 2006-2009
Kay Tye, PhD
EducationBS, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Minor in Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhD, Neuroscience, University of California at San Francisco
Affiliations
Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind
Awards & Honors
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, 2021
Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists, 2021
Tsuneko And Reiji Okazaki Award, 2019
New York Stem Cell Foundation, Neuroscience Robertson Investigator Award, 2015-2019
McKnight Scholar Award, 2015-2018
National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award, 2017
Society for Neuroscience Young Investigator Award, 2016
Daniel X. Freedman Award, 2016
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2016
Outstanding Undergraduate Research (UROP) Faculty Mentor, 2015
Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award, 2015
BCS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising, 2015
Sloan Research Fellowship, 2014
Commitment to Caring MIT Graduate Mentoring Award, 2014
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Associate Member, 2014
Technology Review’s "Top 35 Innovators Under 35," 2014
NARSAD Young Investigator Award, 2013-2014
National Institutes Of Health Director’s New Innovator Award, 2013-2018
Klingenstein Foundation Award, 2013-2015
Whitehead Career Development Professorship, 2013-2015
Whitehall Foundation Award, 2012-2014
Kavli Foundation Frontiers Fellow, 2012
Jeptha H. And Emily V. Wade Fund Award, 2012
Stanford University Postdoctoral Award (Best in Bioengineering), 2010
National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2009-2012
European Brain and Behavior Society Postdoctoral Fellow Award, 2009
Donald B. Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2009
Harold M. Weintraub Award for Outstanding Achievement in Biosciences, 2009
National Science Foundation Research Fellow, 2005-2008
Ye Zheng, PhD
EducationBS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Peking University, Beijing, China
PhD, Columbia University
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Research Scholar
Cancer Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship
Affiliations
Multiple Sclerosis Research Collaborative - Co-Team Leader
Awards & Honors
Rita Allen Foundation Scholar Award, 2010-2015