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.

2023 Fellows

Sarah Ackerman, Ph.D.

Glial modulation of developmental and pathological circuit plasticity

Institution

Washington University in St. Louis

Fellows

KLINGENSTEIN-SIMONS FELLOWSHIP AWARDS IN NEUROSCIENCE

2023 Fellows

Sarah Ackerman, Ph.D.

Glial modulation of developmental and pathological circuit plasticity

Institution

Arkarup Banerjee, Ph.D.

Cortical Circuit Mechanisms for Vocal Interactions

Institution

Ritchie Chen, Ph.D.

Understanding emotions by studying brain-body pathways

Institution

SueYeon Chung, Ph.D.

Probing brain functions from neural populations via geometric analysis and machine learning

Institution

Yasmine El-Shamayleh, Ph.D.

Cellular and circuit mechanisms underlying visual shape perception

Institution

Vikram Gadagkar, Ph.D.

Courtship as a Window into the Neural Mechanisms of Performance Evaluation

Institution

Fenna Krienen, Ph.D.

Reconstructing the developmental basis of cellular innovations in primate brains

Institution

Huaijin Ken Leon Loh, Ph.D.

Peripheral Synapses: Illuminating molecules connecting nerves with organs

Institution

Brittany D. Needham, Ph.D.

The mechanism of the neuroactive gut-derived bacterial metabolite 4EPS

Institution

Lu Sun, Ph.D.

What do axons do in myelination?

Institution

Emily Sylwestrak, Ph.D.

Cell type specific reward computations across multiple timescales

Institution

Brandon Weissbourd, Ph.D.

Mechanisms of robustness in jellyfish neural networks

Institution

Kevin Yackle, M.D., Ph.D.

The Source of Breathing and How it is Volitionally Usurped and Coordinated with Phonation

Institution

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

Institution

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

Institution

Meg Younger, Ph.D.

Non-Canonical Olfaction in Blood-Drinking Mosquitoes

Institution

Lejla Zubcevic, Ph.D.