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.

2024 Fellows

Vineet Augustine, Ph.D.

Brainwide networks for internal state mediated behavior

Institution

University of California, San Diego

Fellows

KLINGENSTEIN-SIMONS FELLOWSHIP AWARDS IN NEUROSCIENCE

2024 Fellows

Vineet Augustine, Ph.D.

Brainwide networks for internal state mediated behavior

Institution

Jeeyun Chung, Ph.D.

Cellular and molecular basis of lipid metabolism in the brain

Institution

Linlin Fan, Ph.D.

All-optical interrogation of endocannabinoid-mediated inhibitory synaptic plasticity during learning

Institution

Jordan Farrell, Ph.D.

Hijacking synchronous brain states in hyperexcitability

Institution

Anna K. Gillespie, Ph.D.

Leveraging individual variability to identify and promote neural signatures of good memory

Institution

Vijay Mohan K Namboodiri, Ph.D.

Neural circuit mechanisms underlying retrospective learning

Institution

Eirene Markenscoff-Papadimitriou, Ph.D.

Epigenetic mechanisms controlling neuronal excitability

Institution

Anders Nelson, Ph.D.

Discovering Spinal Feedback Circuits for Skilled Behavior

Institution

Jessica Osterhout, Ph.D.

Why does sickness hurt?

Institution

Neşet Özel, Ph.D.

Developmental reprogramming of innate behavior

Institution

Nancy Padilla-Coreano, Ph.D.

Neural dynamics of social competence

Institution

Kartik Pattabiraman, M.D., Ph.D.

Unraveling genomic mechanisms of human brain connectivity using in vivo epigenetic editing

Institution

Elizabeth Pollina, Ph.D.

Activity-Dependent Genome Integrity in Neuronal Plasticity and Disease

Institution

Kapil V. Ramachandran, Ph.D.

Establishing a new principle of neuromodulation through plasma-membrane bound neuroproteasomes

Institution

Param Priya Singh, Ph.D.

Neuroprotective mechanisms of killifish diapause

Institution

Herbert Zheng Wu, Ph.D.

Neural Basis of Leader-Follower Dynamics in Cooperative Behavior

Institution

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.