Honorary Academician

Health Sciences: PhD in Biology

Date of admission: June 8, 2016

Admission speech: «Sleep: Insights into human behavior from the study of insects»

Reply speech: Dr. Pedro Clarós Blanch, Doctor in Medicine and Surgery, Doctor in Pharmacy, Doctor in Basic and Applied Neuroscience

Director of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems: Her pioneering research uses the model organism Drosophila melanogaster to unravel how synaptic plasticity and neural circuits regulate sleep, learning, and behavior, contributing to the understanding of the neurobiology of human behavior.

Dr. LESLIE C. GRIFFITH

UNIVERSITY DEGREES

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

  • Member of the Department of Biology, Brandeis University.
  • Member of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University.
  • Specialist in the biochemistry of synaptic plasticity and the neuronal bases of behavior.
  • Personal webpage: Webpage.
  • Professor at Brandeis University.
  • Has taught undergraduate and graduate courses including BCBP 297b – Master’s Lab Research II, BIOL 149b – Molecular Pharmacology, BIOL 350a and 350b – Graduate Student Research Seminar, NBIO 142b – Sleep, NBIO 148b – Cellular Mechanisms of Neuronal Excitability and Plasticity, and NBIO 250d – Neuroscience Proseminar.
  • Elected member of the Drosophila Board (2008–2011).

PUBLICATIONS

  • Author of research in neurobiology, synaptic plasticity, and the molecular bases of behavior.

AWARDS AND HONOURS

  • Benzer Lecture at CSH Neurobiology of Drosophila Meeting (2015).
  • Nancy Lurie Marks Chair in Neuroscience (2012).
  • Keynote Speaker, Southeast Nerve Net Conference, St. Augustine, FL (2011).
  • Invited Speaker, 10th Anniversary Symposium for the Kyoto Drosophila Genetics Resource Center (2010).
  • Plenary Speaker, Neurofly Meeting, Manchester, England (2010).
  • Meyerhof Lecturer, Max-Planck Institute, Heidelberg (2008).
  • Society for Neuroscience Presidential Lecture (2008).
  • Scholar in Residence, Neural Systems and Behavior, Marine Biological Labs, Woods Hole (2006–2007).
  • McKnight Technological Innovation Award (1999–2000).
  • National Institutes of Health Career Development Award (1996–2001).
  • Whitehall Foundation Grant (1995–1997).
  • Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (1994–1996).
  • Klingenstein Research Fellowship (1994–1997).