#  Aravinthan Samuel, CV 

 



###  **Education**

Sort    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**

Sort    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**

Sort    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)