Aravinthan Samuel, CV

Education

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Neuroscience
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1999-2003
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Biophysics

Ph.D., 1999 (thesis with Howard Berg)

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Physics
B.A. 1993

Honors

2014
NSF BRAIN Initiative EAGER Award
2010
Harvard/MIT Research Grants Program in Basic Neuroscience
2008
NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
2007
Dana Foundation Award in Brain and Immuno-Imaging
2006
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
2005
NSF Career Award
2005
McKnight Scholar
2004
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow
2000
Amgen Fellow of the Life Sciences Research Foundation

Professional Experience

2011 - present
Visiting Scientist, Janelia Farm/HHMI
2010 - present
Professor of Physics, Harvard University
2007 - 2010
Associate Professor of Physics, Harvard University
2009 - 2009
Student, Neurobiology of Drosophila course at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories (summer)
2003 - 2007
Assistant Professor of Physics, Harvard University
1999 - 2002
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University and CSHL
1999 - 1999
Student, C. elegans course at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories (fall)
1999 - 1999
Student, Neurobiology course at the Marine Biological Laboratories (summer)