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SfN Honors Scientists for Research, Contributions to Field

Gönül O. Peker, PhD, of the Ege University School of Medicine, accepts the Award for Education in Neuroscience.

Erik D. Herzog, PhD, of Washington University in St. Louis, accepts the Award for Education in Neuroscience.

Elaine Del Bel, PhD, of the University of São Paulo, is honored with the Bernice Grafstein Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Mentoring.

Herbert M. Geller, PhD, of the NIH’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, is honored with the Bernice Grafstein Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Mentoring.

Marley D. Kass, PhD, of Rutgers University, receives the Donald B. Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience.

Johannes Kohl, PhD, of Harvard University, accepts the Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award.

Vikram Gadagkar, PhD, of Cornell University, accepts the Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award.

Michael R. Bruchas, PhD, of the University of Washington, accepts the Jacob P. Waletzky Award.

Stephen G. Waxman, PhD, MD, of Yale University, receives the Julius Axelrod Prize.

Erin M. Schuman, PhD, of the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, is honored with the Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award.

William Muñoz, PhD, of New York University, receives the Nemko Prize in Cellular or Molecular Neuroscience.

Teodora Stoica, MS, of the University of Louisville, accepts the Next Generation Award at the pre/postdoctoral level.

Elena Blanco Suarez, PhD, of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, accepts the Next Generation Award at the junior faculty level.

Rodolfo R. Llinas, MD, of the New York University School of Medicine, is honored with the Ralph W. Gerard Prize.

Fumiko Hoeft, MD, PhD, of the University of California, San Francisco, receives the Science Educator Award.

Kenneth D. Miller, PhD, of Columbia University, receives the Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience.

Aryn H. Gittis, PhD, of Carnegie Mellon University, accepts the Janett Trubatch Career Development Award.

Biyu He, PhD, of NYU Langone Medical Center, accepts the Janett Trubatch Career Development Award.

Lisa Giocomo, PhD, of Stanford University, receives the Young Investigator Award.

Christopher D. Harvey, PhD, of Harvard Medical School, receives the Young Investigator Award.

Yaoguang Jiang, PhD and Jon Kaas, PhD accept the Patricia Goldman-Rakic Hall of Honor on behalf of the late Vivien Casagrande, PhD, of Vanderbilt Medical School.

About two dozen neuroscientists at Neuroscience 2018 were recognized for their scientific contributions, as well as a variety of efforts to promote the field. Learn about 2018’s winners in the slideshow above, and read the award releases in our Press Room.

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