# News & Features ## News & Features ![Abstract artwork showing a green brain-like organic form centered against a fiery red-orange background, creating an intense, surreal mood.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13266/files/styles/hwp_21_9__1920x825/public/2026-09/Good%20Egg%20III%20for%20sylvia.jpg?h=a097f67e&itok=QFl7oD1D) ## expand\_more ### Recent MBB Postdoctoral Fellows MBB has awarded 13 postdoctoral fellowships over the past 8 years. You might be next! [ List of MBB postdocs arrow\_circle\_right ](/mbb-postdoctoral-fellow-two-year-award-recipients) ![Abstract painting with a weathered red oval enclosing mirrored teal forms, set against a textured green and blue background; mysterious, meditative mood.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13266/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2026-09/ElizabethJameson_Good%20Egg%20II_forTrueBlood%20%281%29%20%281%29.jpg?itok=fYymfYLA) ## 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 ](/people/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... ![Headshot photo of Joonhee (Leo) Lee](/sites/g/files/omnuum13266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-09/Leo%20Lee%20photo.jpg?itok=V5bwWB1E) [### Jennifer Leestma ](/people/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... ![Headshot of Jennifer Leestma](/sites/g/files/omnuum13266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-09/JLeestma%20Headshot.png?itok=yKKm8Akz) [### Yu Yang ](/people/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... ![Abstract painting with a weathered red oval enclosing mirrored teal forms, set against a textured green and blue background; mysterious, meditative mood.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-09/ElizabethJameson_Good%20Egg%20II_forTrueBlood%20%281%29%20%281%29.jpg?h=83b480f2&itok=SokCXWNL) ## Vanessa Frelih Wins 2026 Glushko Prize Robert J. Glushko Undergraduate Thesis Prize in Cognitive Science [ See MCB News Item arrow\_circle\_right ](https://www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/news/neuroscience-graduate-vanessa-frelih-wins-glushko-prize-for-research-on-cognitive-flexibility-and-aging/) ### 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. ![Photo of Vanessa Frelih](/sites/g/files/omnuum13266/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2026-09/vanessa-frelih_hex_0753.jpg?h=591e727a&itok=Vbi48GDw) ## 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. Click the button below to expand the section and see the list of graduating seniors! ![Abstract close-up of interlocking organic shapes in fiery red, orange, and yellow, creating a warm, textured, dreamlike and intense visual mood.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13266/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2026-09/Jameson_Intrigue%20%281%29.jpg?itok=CTuk8Kc3) Open all sections Close all sections ### Class of 2026 expand\_more Manar Abrre MBB Track, Concentration Neuroscience Aanya Afridi MBB Track, Concentration Psychology Orne Akter MBB Track, Concentration Neuroscience Maggie Chiappetta-Uberti MBB Track, Concentration Neuroscience Eunice Soekyum Chon MBB Track, Concentration History and Science Brynne Faltinsky MBB Secondary Field, Concentration Psychology Vanessa Frelih MBB Track, Concentration Neuroscience Arezoo Ghazagh MBB Track, Concentration Neuroscience Tara Guetzloe MBB Track, Concentration Neuroscience Iman Handy MBB Secondary Field, Concentration Economics Saige Holkup MBB Secondary Field, Concentration Biomedical Engineering Abbie Izzo MBB Track, Concentration Neuroscience Brooke Jones MBB Secondary Field, Concentration Government Rachel Lee MBB Track, Double Concentration Neuroscience and Psychology Anne Liang MBB Secondary Field, Concentration Molecular and Cellular Biology Julia Maciejak MBB Track, Concentration Neuroscience Lamisa Mahmud MBB Track, Concentration Neuroscience Jack Martin MBB Track, Concentration Philosophy Alexis Monk MBB Track, Concentration Neuroscience Sophia Montgomery MBB Secondary Field, Concentration Physics Jackson Moody MBB Track, Computer Science Chinasa Ohajekwe MBB Track, Concentration Neuroscience Navya Ramakrishnan MBB Secondary Field, Concentration Computer Science Josue Daniel Ramirez MBB Secondary Field, Double Concentration Neuroscience and Engineering Sciences (Biomedical Science and Engineering Track, Electrical Sub-Track) Lillian Ranalli MBB Track, Concentration History and Science Alma Russell MBB Secondary Field, Concentration Neuroscience Santiago Salazar Serrano MBB Track, Concentration Neuroscience Sanjana Singh MBB Secondary Field, Concentration History and Science (Medicine and Society Track) Darren Dinh-Anh-Kien Tran MBB Secondary Field, Concentration Economics Marina Vernaglia MBB Secondary Field, Concentration Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology Olivia Weber MBB Track, Concentration Neuroscience Patryk Wekwejt MBB Track, Double Concentration Neuroscience and Economics Jerry Xu MBB Secondary Field, Concentration Molecular and Cellular Biology Sein Yun MBB Track, Concentration Computer Science Lily Zheng MBB Secondary Field, Concentration Chemical and Physical Biology