Postdoctoral/Research Associate Awards

The UT Neuroscience Institute competitively awarded 2020 Postdoctoral/Research Associate Awards to the following five candidates with mentors in the Neuroscience Institute: Nikolai Fattakhov (Anatomy & Neurobiology, Dr. Victor Chizhikov), Kumar Jha (Ophthalmology,Dr. Raja Gangaraju), Seyed Hosseini (Ophthalmology,Dr. Monica Jablonski), Jungsoo Lee (Physiology,Dr. Valeria Vasquez), and Igor Iskusnykh (Anatomy & Neurobiology,Dr. Victor Chizhikov). The awardees were selected by the Neuroscience Executive Committee based on their productivity and promise in neuroscience research.

Previous Awardees

• 2019: Rebeca Caires Mugarra - Dr. Julio Cordero-Morales
• 2019: Qian Wang - Dr. Fu-Ming Zhou
• 2019: Purnima Singh - Dr. Kafait Malik
• 2019: Mohamma Khan
• 2019: Raji Lenin - Dr. Raja Gangaraju
• 2019: Doaa Maria - Dr. Monica Jablonski
• 2019:Priya Muralidharan - Dr. Jonathan Jaggar
• 2019: Igor Iskusnykh - Dr. Victor Chizhikov
• 2018: Mohammed Moustafa -Dr. Monica Jablonski
• 2018: Kumar Jha -Dr. Raja Gangaraju
• 2018: Mohammad Khan
• 2018: Safa Bouabid -Dr. Fu-Ming Zhou
• 2018: Purnima Singh -Dr. Kafait Malik
• 2018: Rebeca Caires Mugarra -Dr. Julio Cordereo-Morales
• 2017: Safa Bouabid -Dr. Fu-Ming Zhou
• 2017: Mounir Bendahmane -Dr. Max Fletcher
• 2017: Kamalika Mukherjee -Dr. Kafait Malik
• 2017: Dhruba Pathak -Dr. Robert Foehring
• 2017: Mohammad Khan - Dr. Mark LeDoux
• 2017: Raji Lenin -Dr. Raja Gangaraju
• 2017: Mohammed Moustafa -Dr. Monica Jablonski
• 2016: Wei Wei, Physiology - Dr. Kristen O'Connell
• 2016: Mounir Bendahmane, Anatomy & Neurobiology -Dr. Max Fletcher
• 2016: Kamalika Mukherjee, Pharmacology -Dr. Kafait Malik
• 2016: Dhruba Pathak, Anatomy & Neurobiology -Dr. Robert Foehring
• 2015: Wei Wei, Physiology - Dr. Kristen O'Connell
• 2015: Wenyan Han, Pharmacology -Dr. Hao Chen
• 2015: Mounir Bendahmane, Anatomy and Neurobiology -Dr. Max Fletcher
• 2015: Kamalika Mukherjee, Pharmacology -Dr. Kafait Malik
• 2015: Mallika Palamoor, Ophthalmology -Dr. Monica Jablonski
• 2015: Dhruba Pathak, Anatomy and Neurobiology -Dr. Robert Foehring
• 2014: Satya Vemula, Neurology - Dr. Mark LeDoux
• 2014: Wenyan Han, Pharmacology - Dr. Hao Chen
• 2014: Shengyuan Ding, Pharmacology -Dr. Fu-Ming Zhou
• 2014: Eloisa Pavesi, Anatomy and Neurobiology -Dr. Max Fletcher
• 2014: Snigdha Roy, Anatomy and Neurobiology - Dr. Robert Williams
• 2013: Shengyuan Ding, Pharmacology -Dr. Fu-Ming Zhou
• 2013: Megan Mulligan, Anatomy and Neurobiology - Dr. Robert Williams
• 2013: Eloisa Pavesi, Anatomy and Neurobiology - Drs.Max Fletcher/Scott Heldt
• 2013: Shankar Swaminathan, Ophthalmology -Dr. Monica Jablonski
• 2013: Satya Vemula, Neurology - Dr. Mark LeDoux
• 2013: Nobel Del Mar, Anatomy and Neurobiology -Dr. Marcia Honig
• 2012: Aditya Singh, Pharmacology -Dr. Alex Dopico
• 2012: Wenbo Ge, Anatomy and Neurobiology -Dr. Marcia Honig
• 2012: Ying Cao, Anatomy and Neurobiology –Dr. Detlef Heck
• 2012: Liyuan Li, Ophthalmology –Dr. Monica Jablonski
• 2012: Nora Urraca, Neurology –Dr. Larry Reiter
• 2012: Christina Winborn, Ophthalmology – Dr. Edward Chaum
• 2012: Yu Zhao, Neurology – Dr. Mark LeDoux
• 2011: Ying Cao, Anatomy and Neurobiology –Dr. Detlef Heck
• 2011: Brett Jennings, Pharmacology –Dr. Kafait Malik
• 2011: Liyuan Li, Ophthalmology –Dr. Monica Jablonski
• 2011: Aditya Singh, Pharmacology –Dr. Alex Dopico
• 2011: Kenichi Tokita, Anatomy and Neurobiology –Dr. John Boughter
• 2011: Nora Urraca, Neurology –Dr. Larry Reiter
• 2011: Christina Winborn, Ophthalmology – Dr. Edward Chaum
• 2011: Mao Yang, Anatomy and Neurobiology –Dr. Marcia Honig
• 2011: Yu Zhao, Neurology – Dr. Mark LeDoux
• 2010: Anna Bukiya, Pharmacology –Dr. Alex Dopico
• 2010: Paula Dietrich, Physiology –Dr. Ioannis Dragatsis
• 2010: Brett Jennings, Pharmacology –Dr. Kafait Malik
• 2010: Juhyon Kim, Anatomy and Neurobiology –Dr. Hitoshi Kita
• 2010: Guohua Liang, Physiology –Dr. Jonathan Jaggar