Scholarship and Biography

Our research goal is to understand how specialized cells like neurons remodel their internal membranes to distribute materials and control signaling. Our lab combines microscopy, mechanistic biochemistry, genetics and human neurological disease models to approach these cell biological questions from multiple angles.

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Honors

Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (United States, Bethesda) - NINDS, 2018
Pew Scholar Award
Pew Charitable Trusts (United States, Philadelphia), 2013
NIH Director's New Innovator Award
National Institutes of Health (United States, Bethesda) - NIH, 2012
Basil O'Connor Award
March of Dimes (United States, White Plains), 2012
Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (United States, Bethesda) - NINDS, 2008
Charles King Trust of the Medical Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Medical Foundation (United States, Boston), 2006
Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Fellowship
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation (United States, New York), 2003
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellow
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (United States, Chevy Chase) - HHMI, 1997
Phi Beta Kappa
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States, Cambridge) - MIT, 1997
Whitehead Prize
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States, Cambridge) - MIT, 1997
Wei Award
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States, Cambridge) - MIT, 1997

Organizational Affiliations

Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, Brandeis University

Affiliated Faculty, Neuroscience Program, Brandeis University

Affiliated Faculty, Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University

Affiliated Faculty, Benjamin and Mae Volen National Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University

Education

University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.Sc.