Fellows

KLINGENSTEIN-SIMONS FELLOWSHIP AWARDS IN NEUROSCIENCE

Through its collaboration with the Simons Foundation, the Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Awards in Neuroscience supports early career investigators engaged in basic or clinical research that may lead to a better understanding of neurological and psychiatric disorders. The fellowship awards promote high-risk, and potentially high-reward, projects.

Aimed at advancing cutting-edge investigations, the awards are presented to highly promising, early career scientists. At this critical juncture in their careers, funding can be a challenge.

2022 Fellows

Marie Bechler, Ph.D.

Mechanotransduction Signaling that Establishes CNS Myelin

Institution

SUNY Upstate Medical University

Fellows

KLINGENSTEIN-SIMONS FELLOWSHIP AWARDS IN NEUROSCIENCE

2022 Fellows

Marie Bechler, Ph.D.

Mechanotransduction Signaling that Establishes CNS Myelin

Institution

Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz, Ph.D.

Distributed brain dynamics for memory-guided behavior

Institution

Yvette Fisher, Ph.D.

Uncovering the homeostatic mechanisms that support persistent spatial representations

Institution

Robert Hill, Ph.D.

Mechanisms underlying the removal of diverse cellular debris in the live brain

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Xin Jin, Ph.D.

Epigenetic mechanisms of brain aging

Institution

Justus Kebschull, Ph.D.

Mechanisms of evolutionary circuit expansion

Institution

Sung Soo Kim, Ph.D.

Integrating multimodal sensory information in navigation

Institution

Aakanksha Singhvi, Ph.D.

Molecular logic of glia-neuron interactions

Institution

Hume Stroud, Ph.D.

Understanding non-canonical cytosine methylation in brain development and function

Institution

Steffen Wolff, Ph.D.

Cortical-subcortical interplay in the execution of multiple motor skills

Institution

Eviatar Yemini, Ph.D.

Developmental changes in neural dynamics that drive new behaviors: a systems-biology approach

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Meg Younger, Ph.D.

Non-Canonical Olfaction in Blood-Drinking Mosquitoes

Institution

Lejla Zubcevic, Ph.D.

The role of Mg2+ transport in Parkinson's disease

Institution

2021 Fellows

Frederick Bennett, M.D.

Targeting Microglia to Treat Neurologic and Psychiatric Diseases

Institution

Aparna Bhaduri, Ph.D.

Understanding Regulators of Area-Specific Identity in the Developing Human Cortex

Institution

Lucas Cheadle, Ph.D.

Microglial Regulation of Experience-Dependent Circuit Refinement in Mouse and Human Cortex

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Laura DeNardo, Ph.D.

mPFC–thalamic Circuits in the Emergence of Enduring Fearful Memories

Institution

Annegret Falkner, Ph.D.

Decoding the Specificity of Social Intent from Subcortical Networks

Institution

Hidehiko Inagaki, Ph.D.

Dissecting a Neuronal Pathway that Coordinates Multiregional Neuronal Dynamics to Initiate Actions

Institution

Isha Jain, Ph.D.

Targeting Electron Transport Chain Instability in Neurodegenerative Disease

Institution

Matthew Lovett-Barron, Ph.D.

Cellular and Network Mechanisms for Internal State Persistence

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Tomasz Nowakowski, Ph.D.

Mapping the Development of the Seventh Layer of the Cerebral Cortex

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Yi-Rong Peng, Ph.D.

Molecular and Evolutionary Mapping of Neural-Circuit Specialization in High-Acuity Vision

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Nikhil Sharma, Ph.D.

Cellular Diversity in Primary Nociceptors and Their Role in Pain and Nociception

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Hongying Shen, Ph.D.

Discovering the Unknown Lipid Biochemistry in Neurodegeneration

Institution

Ross Williamson, Ph.D.