Curriculum Vitae

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Current Position

08/2015 - present: Columbia University & Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Postdoctoral fellow
Department of Neuroscience
Zuckerman Institute
New York, NY, USA
Advisor: Prof. Michael N. Shadlen
Co-advisor: Prof. Doris Y. Tsao (Caltech)
Fellowship: Simons Foundation

Education

12/2010 - 07/2015: Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Department of Vision and Cognition, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Graduate student
Thesis: Perceptual grouping of complex objects in the primate visual system
Degree: PhD; March 10, 2016; VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Advisor: Prof. Pieter R. Roelfsema

08/2010 - 11/2010: University of California San Diego (UCSD)
Center for Brain and Cognition, San Diego, CA, USA
Research intern

01/2010 - 07/2010: Harvard Medical School
B.-A. Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Boston, MA, USA
Research intern

09/2008 - 08/2010: Maastricht University
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Degree: Cum Laude Master of Science

01/2008 - 06/2008: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Department of Psychology, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Graduate and undergraduate elective courses & Research assistant

09/2005 - 08/2008: Maastricht University
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Degree: Bachelor of Science

Research Funding

2023 - 2026: Transition to Independence Fellowship
Title: Compensation for cognitive deficits induced by cortical inactivation
Funding agency: Simons Foundation
Program: Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain
PI: Danique Jeurissen
Amount: $760k
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05/2020 - 04/2022: R21
Title: Characterizing the computational and neural basis of deficits in decision making in Alzheimer’s disease
Funding agency: National Institute on Aging (NIA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Program: R21 Exploratory/Developmental Grant
PIs: Michael N. Shadlen & Scott A. Small
Investigators: Danique Jeurissen & S. Shushruth
Amount: $243k

01/2020 - 01/2022: BBRF Young Investigator Award
Title: Neural Mechanism of Compensating for Disrupted Cognitive Computations in Psychiatric Disorders
Funding agency: Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF)
Program: 2019 BBRF Young Investigator Award (former name: NARSAD award)
PI: Danique Jeurissen
Amount: $70k

06/2018 - 05/2019: Pilot Research Grant
Title: Using chemogenetics to model cognitive deficits of Alzheimer’s disease in primates
Funding program: Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC), Taub Institute
PI: Michael N. Shadlen
Co-PIs: Danique Jeurissen and S. Shushruth
Amount: $50k

07/2016 - 06/2019: Postdoctoral fellowship
Title: Flexible routing of information through specialized networks in the brain
Funding agency: Simons Foundation
Program: Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain
PI: Danique Jeurissen
Co-PIs: Michael N. Shadlen and Doris Y. Tsao
Amount: $234k

Prizes, Honors, & Awards

2023: Intersections Science Fellows (ISFS) Associate
2016: Brain Award for Scientific Excellence, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
2014: Best oral presentation award, 21st annual meeting ONWAR graduate school
2013: Best short oral presentation award, 20th annual meeting ONWAR graduate school
2012: Student travel award, Vision Science Society Conference
2011: Student poster award, 34th European Conference on Visual Perception
2010: Cum Laude Master of Science degree

Scholarships

2013: Vision science summer school at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: Stipend
2010: Internship at UC San Diego: VSBfonds
2010: Internship at UC San Diego: Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds
2010: Internship at Harvard Medical School: Stichting Dr Hendrik Mullers Vaderlandsch Fonds
2010: Internship at Harvard Medical School: Schuurman Schimmel- van Outeren Stichting
2010: Internship at Harvard Medical School: Maastricht University, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
2010: Internship at Harvard Medical School: Fundatie van de Vrijvrouwe van Renswoude te Delft
2008: Elective courses at UC Los Angels: Maastricht University, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience