MBB Postdoctoral Fellows
2026 AWARD RECIPIENTS
Leo Lee (Human Evolutionary Biology, FAS)
Advisors: Jingyuan Chen (HMS Radiology, MGH) and Christopher Kuzawa (Human Evolutionary Biology, FAS)
Revisiting Energetic Stability: The Impact of Cognitive Load on Global and Regional Brain Metabolism
Yu Yang (Bioengineering, FAS SEAS)
Advisors: Daniel Press (Neurology, HMS BIDMC) and Maurice Smith (Bioengineering, FAS SEAS)
Optimization‑based design of ADL scales for identifying mild cognitive impairment and predicting future Alzheimer’s disease onset
2025 AWARD RECIPIENT
Jennifer Leestma (Bioengineering, FAS SEAS)
Advisors: Matthew Carty (Surgery BWH, HMS) and Shriya Srinivasan (Bioengineering, FAS SEAS)
Expanding the degrees of freedom of the human nervous system
2024 AWARD RECIPIENTS
Chika Ezeugwu (HGSE)
Advisors: Dana McCoy (HGSE) and Charles Nelson (Children's Hospital Psychology, HMS)
Executive functions in low- and middle-income countries: A holistic perspective
Jing Zhang (Psychiatry, HMS)
Dara Manoach (Psychiatry MGH, HMS) and Susie Huang (Radiology MGH, HMS)
Effects of closed loop auditory stimulation during sleep (CLASS) on offline learning and hippocampal plasticity
2023 AWARD RECIPIENTS
Miguel Gareta Garcia (Human Evolutionary Biology, FAS)
Advisors: Martin Surbeck (Human Evolutionary Biology, FAS) and Mina Cikara (Psychology, GSAS)
Cooperation beyond group boundaries: Studying underlying structural aspects and associated social cognition
Trey Scott (Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, FAS)
Advisors: Naomi Pierce (Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, FAS) and Nicholas Bellono (Molecular and Cellular Biology, FAS)
Identifying the drivers of behavioral manipulation
2022 AWARD RECIPIENT
Jonnathan Singh Alvarado (Endocrinology, BIDMC)
Advisors: Mark Andermann (Medicine, BIDMC) and Sam Gershman (Psychology, FAS)
Insular Cortex as a Homeostatic Compass
2021 AWARD RECIPIENTS
Ilona Bass (Psychology, FAS)
Advisors: Tomer Ullman (Psychology, FAS) and Elizabeth Bonawitz (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
Learning and Inference in Model-Free vs. Model-Based Pedagogy
Video Presentation
Ivan Kroupin (HEB, FAS)
Advisors: Joe Henrich (HEB, FAS) and Susan Carey (Psychology, FAS)
Exploring the Potential Role of Formal Schooling in Shaping Cognitive Capacities Assumed To Be Universal
Video Presentation
2020 AWARD RECIPIENT
Rachna Reddy (Human Evolutionary Biology, FAS)
Advisors: Martin Surbeck (Human Evolutionary Biology, FAS) and Katie McLaughlin (Psychology, FAS)
Pathways to Emotional Well-Being for Adolescent Ape
Video Presentation
2019 AWARD RECIPIENTS
Ugne Klibaite (Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, FAS)
Advisors: Bence Olveczky (Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, FAS) and Cengiz Pehlevan (Applied Mathematics, SEAS)
Deep Unsupervised 3D Phenotyping of Rodent Behavior
Video Presentation
Beau Sievers (Psychology, FAS)
Advisors: Joshua Greene (Psychology, FAS) and Leslie Valiant (Computer Science, SEAS
Memory and Compositional Cognition
Video Presentation