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
Arkarup Banerjee, Ph.D.
Cortical Circuit Mechanisms for Vocal Interactions
Institution
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Ritchie Chen, Ph.D.
Understanding emotions by studying brain-body pathways
Institution
- University of California, San Francisco
SueYeon Chung, Ph.D.
Probing brain functions from neural populations via geometric analysis and machine learning
Institution
- New York University
Yasmine El-Shamayleh, Ph.D.
Cellular and circuit mechanisms underlying visual shape perception
Institution
- Columbia University
Vikram Gadagkar, Ph.D.
Courtship as a Window into the Neural Mechanisms of Performance Evaluation
Institution
- Columbia University
Fenna Krienen, Ph.D.
Reconstructing the developmental basis of cellular innovations in primate brains
Institution
- Princeton University
Huaijin Ken Leon Loh, Ph.D.
Peripheral Synapses: Illuminating molecules connecting nerves with organs
Institution
- Yale University
Brittany D. Needham, Ph.D.
The mechanism of the neuroactive gut-derived bacterial metabolite 4EPS
Institution
- Indiana University School of Medicine
Lu Sun, Ph.D.
What do axons do in myelination?
Institution
- UT Southwestern Medical Center
Emily Sylwestrak, Ph.D.
Cell type specific reward computations across multiple timescales
Institution
- University of Oregon
Brandon Weissbourd, Ph.D.
Mechanisms of robustness in jellyfish neural networks
Institution
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kevin Yackle, M.D., Ph.D.
The Source of Breathing and How it is Volitionally Usurped and Coordinated with Phonation
Institution
- University of California, San Francisco
2022 Fellows
Marie Bechler, Ph.D.
Mechanotransduction Signaling that Establishes CNS Myelin
Institution
- SUNY Upstate Medical University
Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz, Ph.D.
Distributed brain dynamics for memory-guided behavior
Institution
- Cornell University
Yvette Fisher, Ph.D.
Uncovering the homeostatic mechanisms that support persistent spatial representations
Institution
- University of California, Berkeley
Robert Hill, Ph.D.
Mechanisms underlying the removal of diverse cellular debris in the live brain
Institution
- Dartmouth College
Xin Jin, Ph.D.
Epigenetic mechanisms of brain aging
Institution
- Scripps Research Institute
Justus Kebschull, Ph.D.
Mechanisms of evolutionary circuit expansion
Institution
- Johns Hopkins University
Sung Soo Kim, Ph.D.
Integrating multimodal sensory information in navigation
Institution
- University of California, Santa Barbara
Aakanksha Singhvi, Ph.D.
Molecular logic of glia-neuron interactions
Institution
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Hume Stroud, Ph.D.
Understanding non-canonical cytosine methylation in brain development and function
Institution
- UT Southwestern Medical Center
Steffen Wolff, Ph.D.
Cortical-subcortical interplay in the execution of multiple motor skills
Institution
- University of Maryland
Eviatar Yemini, Ph.D.
Developmental changes in neural dynamics that drive new behaviors: a systems-biology approach
Institution
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Meg Younger, Ph.D.
Non-Canonical Olfaction in Blood-Drinking Mosquitoes
Institution
- Boston University
Lejla Zubcevic, Ph.D.
The role of Mg2+ transport in Parkinson's disease
Institution
- University of Kansas Medical Center
2021 Fellows
Frederick Bennett, M.D.
Targeting Microglia to Treat Neurologic and Psychiatric Diseases
Institution
- University of Pennsylvania
Aparna Bhaduri, Ph.D.
Understanding Regulators of Area-Specific Identity in the Developing Human Cortex
Institution
- University of California, Los Angeles
Lucas Cheadle, Ph.D.
Microglial Regulation of Experience-Dependent Circuit Refinement in Mouse and Human Cortex
Institution
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Laura DeNardo, Ph.D.
mPFC–thalamic Circuits in the Emergence of Enduring Fearful Memories
Institution
- University of California, Los Angeles
Annegret Falkner, Ph.D.
Decoding the Specificity of Social Intent from Subcortical Networks
Institution
- Princeton University
Hidehiko Inagaki, Ph.D.
Dissecting a Neuronal Pathway that Coordinates Multiregional Neuronal Dynamics to Initiate Actions
Institution
- Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience
Isha Jain, Ph.D.
Targeting Electron Transport Chain Instability in Neurodegenerative Disease
Institution
- Gladstone Institutes
Matthew Lovett-Barron, Ph.D.
Cellular and Network Mechanisms for Internal State Persistence
Institution
- University of California, San Diego
Tomasz Nowakowski, Ph.D.
Mapping the Development of the Seventh Layer of the Cerebral Cortex
Institution
- University of California, San Francisco
Yi-Rong Peng, Ph.D.
Molecular and Evolutionary Mapping of Neural-Circuit Specialization in High-Acuity Vision
Institution
- University of California, Los Angeles
Nikhil Sharma, Ph.D.
Cellular Diversity in Primary Nociceptors and Their Role in Pain and Nociception
Institution
- Columbia University
Hongying Shen, Ph.D.
Discovering the Unknown Lipid Biochemistry in Neurodegeneration
Institution
- Yale University
Ross Williamson, Ph.D.
Brain-Wide Cortical Circuits for Sensory-Guided Behavior
Institution
- University of Pittsburgh
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