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
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- SUNY Upstate Medical University
Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz, Ph.D.
Distributed brain dynamics for memory-guided behavior
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- Cornell University
Yvette Fisher, Ph.D.
Uncovering the homeostatic mechanisms that support persistent spatial representations
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- University of California, Berkeley
Robert Hill, Ph.D.
Mechanisms underlying the removal of diverse cellular debris in the live brain
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- Dartmouth College
Xin Jin, Ph.D.
Epigenetic mechanisms of brain aging
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- Scripps Research Institute
Justus Kebschull, Ph.D.
Mechanisms of evolutionary circuit expansion
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- Johns Hopkins University
Sung Soo Kim, Ph.D.
Integrating multimodal sensory information in navigation
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- University of California, Santa Barbara
Aakanksha Singhvi, Ph.D.
Molecular logic of glia-neuron interactions
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Hume Stroud, Ph.D.
Understanding non-canonical cytosine methylation in brain development and function
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- UT Southwestern Medical Center
Steffen Wolff, Ph.D.
Cortical-subcortical interplay in the execution of multiple motor skills
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- University of Maryland
Eviatar Yemini, Ph.D.
Developmental changes in neural dynamics that drive new behaviors: a systems-biology approach
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- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Meg Younger, Ph.D.
Non-Canonical Olfaction in Blood-Drinking Mosquitoes
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- Boston University
Lejla Zubcevic, Ph.D.
The role of Mg2+ transport in Parkinson's disease
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- University of Kansas Medical Center
2021 Fellows
Frederick Bennett, M.D.
Targeting Microglia to Treat Neurologic and Psychiatric Diseases
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- University of Pennsylvania
Aparna Bhaduri, Ph.D.
Understanding Regulators of Area-Specific Identity in the Developing Human Cortex
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- University of California, Los Angeles
Lucas Cheadle, Ph.D.
Microglial Regulation of Experience-Dependent Circuit Refinement in Mouse and Human Cortex
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Laura DeNardo, Ph.D.
mPFC–thalamic Circuits in the Emergence of Enduring Fearful Memories
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- University of California, Los Angeles
Annegret Falkner, Ph.D.
Decoding the Specificity of Social Intent from Subcortical Networks
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- Princeton University
Hidehiko Inagaki, Ph.D.
Dissecting a Neuronal Pathway that Coordinates Multiregional Neuronal Dynamics to Initiate Actions
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- Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience
Isha Jain, Ph.D.
Targeting Electron Transport Chain Instability in Neurodegenerative Disease
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- Gladstone Institutes
Matthew Lovett-Barron, Ph.D.
Cellular and Network Mechanisms for Internal State Persistence
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- University of California, San Diego
Tomasz Nowakowski, Ph.D.
Mapping the Development of the Seventh Layer of the Cerebral Cortex
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- University of California, San Francisco
Yi-Rong Peng, Ph.D.
Molecular and Evolutionary Mapping of Neural-Circuit Specialization in High-Acuity Vision
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- University of California, Los Angeles
Nikhil Sharma, Ph.D.
Cellular Diversity in Primary Nociceptors and Their Role in Pain and Nociception
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- Columbia University
Hongying Shen, Ph.D.
Discovering the Unknown Lipid Biochemistry in Neurodegeneration
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- Yale University
Ross Williamson, Ph.D.
Brain-Wide Cortical Circuits for Sensory-Guided Behavior
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- University of Pittsburgh
2020 Fellows
Amber L. Alhadeff, Ph.D.
Gut signaling effects on homeostatic and reward circuits
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- Monell Chemical Senses Center
Ghazaleh Ashrafi, Ph.D.
Molecular Mechanisms of Metabolic Flexibility in Neurotransmission
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- Washington University in St. Louis
Christine Constantinople, Ph.D.
Neural and hormone basis for sex-specific economic decision making
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- New York University
Laura B. Duvall, Ph.D.
Neuropeptide control of mosquito host-seeking behavior
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- Columbia University
Michael N. Economo, Ph.D.
The descending control of movement initiation by the motor cortex
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- Boston University
James Jeanne, Ph.D.
Coordinating multiple layers of synaptic plasticity during deep learning
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- Yale University
Liang Liang, Ph.D.
Integration of visual information in the thalamic circuit
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- Yale University
Qili Liu, Ph.D.
Cellular and Molecular basis of nutrient specific appetite
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- University of California, San Francisco
Derek Southwell, M.D., Ph.D.
Advancing the therapeutic potential of interneuron transplantation
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- Duke University
Nicholas Steinmetz, Ph.D.
Brain-wide distributed circuits underlying vision, attention, and action selection
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- University of Washington
Summer Thyme, Ph.D.
Targeting rare genetic disorders to treat common neuropsychiatric conditions
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- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Amanda Whipple, Ph.D.
Parental influence on gene regulation in the brain
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- Harvard University
Moriel Zelikowsky, Ph.D.
Neural circuits at the intersection of stress and aggression
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- University of Utah
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