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FARHAN ALI, PhD

Associate Research Scientist

Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine

300 George St, Suite 901, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States

farhan.ali@yale.edu

EDUCATION

2008-2014 PhD in Biology (Neuroscience specialization), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States

Dissertation: Modularity in birdsong motor learning: delineating the role of the basal ganglia

2003-2007 BA in Psychology (1^st Class Honors, summa cum laude equivalent), National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore

Thesis: Brain size and cognition in primates: molecular and evolutionary basis

2003-2007 University Scholar, University Scholars Programme, NUS

POSITIONS

2019- Associate Research Scientist, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine

2014-2019 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine

2010-2014 Teaching Fellow, Harvard University

2008 Research Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences, NUS, Singapore

2008 Editor, Lim Siew Ming Publishing, Singapore

2005-2008 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Evolution Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, NUS

2006 Summer Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, Harvard University

FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS & AWARDS (selected)

2017 – 2020 Alzheimer’s Association Research Fellowship, Alzheimer’s Association

2018 Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation Young Investigator Scholarship

2015 James Hudson Brown - Alexander Brown Coxe Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Medical Sciences, Yale University

2013 Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University Bok Center for Teaching and Learning

2009 Induction as Full Member to Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society

2008-2009 James Mills Peirce Fellowship, Harvard University

2008 President’s Honor Roll, NUS

2008 Sung Kah Kay Memorial Prize for Interdisciplinary Research, University Scholars Programme, NUS

2008 Senior Honor Roll, University Scholars Programme, NUS

2008 Singapore Prison Service Prize for Best Student in Psychology

2008 Singapore Psychological Society Research Award for Best Honors Thesis

2008 Singapore Indian Development Association Academic Excellence Award

2008 Tan Kah Kee Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

F. Ali, D. M. Gerhard, K. Sweasy, S. Pothula, C. Pittenger, R. S. Duman, A.C. Kwan (2020). Ketamine disinhibits dendrites and enhances calcium signals in prefrontal dendritic spines. Nature Communications, 11, 72.

F. Ali, S. Baringer, A. Neal, E.Y. Choi, A.C. Kwan (2019). Parvalbumin-positive neuron loss and amyloid-β deposits in the frontal cortex of Alzheimer’s disease-related mice. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 72, 1323-1339.

C. Pehlevan*, F. Ali*, B.P. Ölveczky (2018). Flexibility in motor timing constrains the topology and dynamics of pattern generator circuits. Nature Communications, 9, 977 (*co-first authors).

F. Ali (2016). Gaps in educational outcomes: analysing national examination performance of Malay and non-Malay Singapore students in the past 20 years. Asia Pacific Journal of Education. 36(4), 473-487.

F. Ali, T.M. Otchy, C. Pehlevan, A.L. Fantana, Y. Burak & B.P. Ölveczky (2013). The basal ganglia is necessary for learning spectral, but not temporal features of birdsong. Neuron, 80, 494-506.