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