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Recent MBB Postdoctoral Fellows

MBB has awarded 13 postdoctoral fellowships over the past 8 years. You might be next!

List of MBB postdocs
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3 Postdocs Awarded MBB Fellowships

Jennifer Leestma was awarded an MBB Fellowship in 2025. Leo Lee and Yu Yang were awarded MBB Fellowships in 2026.

Joonhee (Leo) Lee
Leo Lee was awarded a two-year MBB Postdoctoral Fellowship in July 2026. Leo's MBB project combines ultra-high field MRI with simultaneous PET–MRI to quantify total energy delivery to different brain regions in response to changes in cognitive load. He is...
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Jennifer Leestma
Jennifer Leestma was awarded a two-year MBB Postdoctoral Fellowship in July 2025. Jennifer's MBB project explores whether reconstructive surgical approaches can be used to create new neural pathways for controlling assistive technologies. She is advised...
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Yu Yang
Yu Yang was awarded a two-year MBB Postdoctoral Fellowship in July 2026. Yu's MBB project aims to deliver an improved and concise metric identifying people with mild cognitive impairment; the metric will be based on Activities of Daily Living. He is...
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Vanessa Frelih Wins 2026 Glushko Prize

Robert J. Glushko Undergraduate Thesis Prize in Cognitive Science

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Vanessa Frelih

Frelih's thesis found that old mice exhibit deficits in cognitive flexibility. The quality, originality, and degree of independence in her thesis work, done in Nao Uchida's lab, were the bases for her award. Read the linked article to learn more.

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35 Seniors Graduated on MBB Tracks or Secondary

Class of 2026

Congratulations to the class of 2026!

MBB holds a senior ceremony the morning of Class Day at the Harvard Faculty Club. The event in May 2026 included remarks by MBB Standing Committee Chair Elizabeth Phelps (Pershing Square Professor of Human Neuroscience) and MBB Director Talia Konkle. Senior Vanessa Frelih received the Robert J. Glushko Undergraduate Thesis Prize in Cognitive Science.

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