Research Triangle Park, NC – July 3, 2024 – The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is proud to announce the recipients of the 2024 Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI). These prestigious awards support early career researchers conducting interdisciplinary work combining the physical and computational sciences with the biological sciences. This year’s recipients represent a diverse group of scientists whose innovative research promises to drive significant advances in their fields.
This year, 12 researchers will receive a CASI award totaling $560,000 over five years to support their transition from postdoctoral training into independent faculty positions. This marks the first year that new postdoctoral stipend levels will be in effect, providing support of up to $80,000 and $85,000 for the initial and second years of the CASI postdoctoral phase. Additionally, up to $5,000 may be applied toward caregiving expenses.
Dr. Tammy Collins, Program Officer at the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, expressed her excitement about this year’s cohort of awardees: “The 2024 CASI recipients are at the forefront of scientific discovery, bridging the gap between disciplines in ways that will undoubtedly lead to groundbreaking advancements. Their work exemplifies the spirit of innovation and collaboration that the Burroughs Wellcome Fund strives to support.”
The 2024 Career Award at the Scientific Interface recipients are:
Lamiae Abdeladim, PhD
University of California-Berkeley
Pan-cortical Optical Brain Machine Interfaces for Complex Visual Percept Recreation
Lindsey Brown, PhD
Princeton University
Dynamical Systems and Control Approaches to Understanding and Shifting Individual Learning Trajectories in the Emergence of Neuropsychiatric Disease
Gregg Castellucci, PhD
New York University
Understanding Human Communication Using Neural, Behavioral, and Comparative Approaches
Kate Cavanaugh, PhD
University of California—San Francisco
Working Against the Clock: Leveraging Biophysics to Extend Female Reproductive Lifespan
Colwyn Headley, PhD
Stanford University
Bioengineering Mitochondria for Targeted Delivery
Natsumi Komatsu, PhD
University of California-Berkeley
Mapping Neurochemistry of the Brain with Near-Infrared Nanosensors and Deep-Brain Microscopy
Deepak Krishnamurthy, PhD
University of California-Berkeley
Microscale Biophysics of the Ocean
Iain Martyn, PhD
University of California-San Francisco
Mapping Human and Mouse Morphogenetic Decisions During Development with CARTOGRAPHER
Harold McNamara, PhD
Princeton University
Guiding Stem Cell Self-Organization with Optogenetic Circuits
Aran Nayebi, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Building Integrative, Embodied Agents to Understand Natural Cognition
Luca Rosalia, PhD
Stanford University
Bio-Fabrication and Mechanobiology: A Biomimetic Approach to Modeling and Understanding Cardiovascular Diseases
Shunzhi Wang, PhD
University of Washington
Computational Design of Enveloped Protein Capsids for Delivery
For more information about the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the Career Awards at the Scientific Interface, please visit www.bwfund.org.
About the Burroughs Wellcome Fund: The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is an independent private foundation dedicated to advancing the biomedical sciences by supporting research and other scientific and educational activities. Through its various programs, the Fund aims to support the next generation of scientists and foster breakthroughs in scientific research.
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