Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellow
Lab of Mala Murthy
Princeton Neuroscience Institute
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
EDUCATION
2015 Washington University in St. Louis
PhD, Neuroscience
2006 University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Bioengineering, cum laude
RESEARCH
2015-present Princeton University, Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton, NJ
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Lab of Dr. Mala Murthy
2009-2015 Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Biology, St. Louis, MO
PhD Student, Lab of Dr. Bruce Carlson
2006-2009 Johns Hopkins University, Department of Otolaryngology, Baltimore, MD
Research Technologist, Lab of Dr. David Ryugo
2005 Ohio State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbus, OH
NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Fellow, Lab of Dr. A.T.m Conlisk
FUNDING
2016-2019 Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund Fellowship
2016-2018 NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology, declined
2013-2015 Ruth L. Kirchstein Predoctoral National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health
HONORS & AWARDS
2016-2019 Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund Postdoctoral Fellowship
2016-2018 NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology, declined
2015 Finalist, James L. O'Leary Prices for Excellence in Neuroscience Research
2013-2015 Ruth L. Kirchstein Predoctoral National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health
2013-2015 Early Career Representative to the International Society for Neuroethology Council
2013 Society for Neuroscience Travel Award Nominee for St. Louis Chapter
2012-2014 Student Representative to the Neuroscience Steering Committee, Washington University in St. Louis
2011 Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
2010-2012 Cognitive, Computational, and Systems Neuroscience Training Grant
TEACHING
Summer 2017, 2018 Princeton Undergraduate Preparatory Program, Princeton, NJ
Guest lecturer, Fundamental Neuroscience and Optogenetics
Fall 2016, 2018 Princeton University, Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton, NJ
Guest lecturer, Cellular Neuroscience
Fall 2012, 2014 Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Physical Therapy, St. Louis, MO
Guest lecturer, Movement Science III - Biocontrol Mechanisms
Spring 2014 Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Biology, St. Louis, MO
Guest lecturer, Introduction to Neuroethology
Fall 2012 Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Biology, St. Louis, MO
Head Teaching Assistant, Neurophysiology Lab
Fall 2010 Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Biology, St. Louis, MO
Teaching Assistant, Neurophysiology Lab
SERVICE WORK & OUTREACH
2014-present Reviewer, Journal of Experimental Biology, Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience Methods
2017-2018 Silent Auction Chair, JB Johnston Club for Evolutionary Neuroscience
2014-2016 International Society for Neuroethology Fellows Selection Committee
2013-2015 Early Career Representative to the International Society for Neuroethology Council
2012-2014 Student Representative to the Neuroscience Steering Committee, Washington University in St. Louis
2009-2015 Volunteer Neuroscience Educator, St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis, MO
2009-2011 Volunteer, Young Scientist Program, Neuroscience Teaching Team, St. Louis, MO
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
2013-present Society for Neuroscience
2013-present J. B. Johnston Club for Evolutionary Neuroscience
2012-present International Society for Neuroethology
2008-2010 Association for Research in Otolaryngology