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Matthew F. GlasserView profile

Assistant Professor

• Neuroanatomy
• Connectomics
• Medical Image Analysis
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Matthew F. Glasser, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, affiliated with the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR) and the Computational Imaging Research Center (CIRC). He co-directs a brain imaging laboratory with David Van Essen, PhD, and serves as co-leader of the Adult Aging Brain Connectome (AABC) project's Informatics, Data Analysis, and Statistics Core (IDASC). Education: Undergraduate: Emory University Doctorate: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Medical Degree: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Fellowship: Neuroradiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Dr. Glasser's research focuses on neuroanatomy, connectomics, and medical image analysis. He is best known for his work mapping 180 areas of each human cerebral cortical hemisphere using multiple MRI modalities as part of the Human Connectome Project (HCP). His work involves developing techniques for cortical myelin mapping to identify brain areas and align maps across individuals. He continues this research through the Adult Aging Brain Connectome (AABC) project, which aims to uncover factors underlying vulnerability and resilience to late-life dementia. Dr. Glasser's publication record demonstrates a consistent focus on advancing brain imaging techniques and understanding brain connectivity. His work spans from foundational methods in the Human Connectome Project to applications in aging and neurological disorders. Recent publications show an expansion into clinical applications like speech neuroprosthetics and depression treatment, indicating how his fundamental research in brain mapping is translating into therapeutic innovations. Scientific Awards: 2021–2022 Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate 2022 Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research Award, Radiological Society of North America 2022 Alpha Omega Alpha, Washington University School of Medicine 2018-2021 Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate 2017 Hugh M. Wilson Award in Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute 2016 Dennis Hallahan Fellowship for Outstanding Research 2016 Olin Medical Scientist Fellowship 2009 Pittsburgh Brain Connectivity Competition Winner 2008 Distinguished Young Scholar Award Dr. Glasser has been instrumental in securing significant research funding, most notably as a key contributor to the $30 million Human Connectome Project funded by the NIH. He currently co-leads the AABC's Informatics, Data Analysis, and Statistics Core. While the text doesn't specify his current advisees, his position as Assistant Professor and research leadership suggests he mentors graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in neuroimaging and connectomics. Dr. Glasser co-directs a brain imaging laboratory with David Van Essen that is now part of the Computational Imaging Research Center (CIRC). This laboratory has been central to the Human Connectome Project and its successor, the Adult Aging Brain Connectome project. The lab brings together expertise in neuroscience, radiology, computer science, and statistics to advance brain imaging methodologies and applications.

Krista HowarthView profile

Assistant Professor

• Exercise Physiology
• Muscle Metabolism
• Sports Nutrition
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Krista Howarth serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology within the Faculty of Science at McMaster University. Her academic career at McMaster spans from undergraduate studies through to her current faculty position, demonstrating deep institutional commitment and expertise in exercise physiology. Her educational foundation includes: Ph.D. in Kinesiology from McMaster University (2007) MSc in Kinesiology from McMaster University (2002) Honours Bachelor of Kinesiology from McMaster University (2000) Dr. Howarth's research program centers on exercise metabolism and human physiological adaptation, with particular expertise in skeletal muscle response to exercise stress, protein metabolism during recovery, and metabolic adaptations to different training modalities. Her laboratory investigations have significantly advanced understanding of how nutritional interventions affect muscle recovery and how various exercise protocols induce specific metabolic changes in human skeletal muscle. The research demonstrates rigorous methodology with controlled human trials examining substrate utilization, enzyme regulation, and metabolic pathways during exercise and recovery. Her scholarly trajectory reveals consistent productivity across two decades, evolving from foundational metabolic studies to broader applications including recent work on diversity in clinical assessment. This demonstrates both depth in her core expertise and expansion into related areas addressing contemporary issues in health sciences. As an educator, Dr. Howarth maintains an extensive teaching portfolio across McMaster's Kinesiology program, consistently instructing foundational courses including Human Anatomy and Physiology I & II, Cardiorespiratory and Metabolic Exercise Physiology, and Exercise Testing and Prescription since 2017. Her teaching responsibilities demonstrate commitment to both undergraduate education and specialized training in exercise physiology principles.

Dominique PritchettView profile

Assistant Professor

• Neuroscience
• Learning and Memory
• Cerebellum
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Dominique Pritchett is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at Howard University, affiliated with the College of Arts & Sciences. His research focuses on neural mechanisms underlying associative learning, particularly in the cerebellum, exploring synaptic plasticity and functional connections with the neocortex and basal ganglia. He employs optogenetics and electrophysiological techniques in his studies. Education: B.S. from Virginia State University (2004), Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2012). Research Interests: Cerebellar circuitry and learning Synaptic plasticity and oscillations Neurobiological basis of cognitive functions Publications highlight advancements in understanding gamma-band oscillations, NMDA receptor roles, and cerebellar-basal ganglia interactions. Recent work emphasizes hippocampal network dynamics and auditory cortex connectivity in bats. No scientific awards explicitly noted. No advising/grant details provided in texts. Research lab focuses on cerebellar learning mechanisms and neural oscillation studies.

• Developmental Psychology
• Neuroscience
• Cognitive Psychology
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Salomi Asaridou is a Lecturer at the University of Oxford's Department of Experimental Psychology and a Stipendiary Lecturer in Psychology at St Anne's College. She holds a PhD from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, supported by a Max Planck Society fellowship. Her research focuses on individual variation in language learning and its neural correlates, particularly in children with developmental language disorder (DLD). She investigates how brain structure and function relate to language abilities in monolinguals, bilinguals, and clinical populations. Education: Bachelor’s in Psychology (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) Master’s in Neuroscience and Education (Columbia University, Fulbright Scholar) PhD in Psycholinguistics (Max Planck Institute) Research Groups: Brain, Speech, & Language; MRC-funded BOLD study. Her work explores neural mechanisms underlying language disorders and brain reorganization in cases of congenital hemispheric defects. She has contributed to NIH-funded projects at the University of California, Irvine, and uses neuroimaging techniques to study cortical and subcortical structures in language development. Awards include the Fulbright Scholarship and Max Planck IMPRS Fellowship. Salomi teaches Experimental Design and Methods at Oxford and actively collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to advance understanding of language neurobiology.

Michael ByrneView profile

Associate Professor

• Climate Dynamics
• Extreme Temperatures
• Land-Climate Interactions
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Dr. Michael Byrne is an Associate Professor and Reader in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of St Andrews. His research focuses on climate dynamics, extreme temperatures, land-climate interactions, and the water cycle. He leads the Climate Dynamics Lab, which uses theory, computational models, and Earth-system observations to understand climate change impacts on tropical regions and global circulation patterns. Byrne holds a PhD in Climate Physics from MIT and has held fellowships at institutions like the University of Oxford and ETH Zürich. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow (2018–2022) Imperial College Research Fellow (2017–2018) Recipient of the Philip Leverhulme Prize (2024) His work addresses critical questions such as the role of clouds and water vapor in monsoons, the dynamics of the Intertropical Convergence Zone, and the differing responses of continents and oceans to climate change. Byrne has published extensively in journals like Nature Geoscience and Geophysical Research Letters , and his research is funded by UKRI, NERC, and the Leverhulme Trust.

• Neuroscience
• Neurorehabilitation
• Music Cognition
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Dr. Aleksi Sihvonen is an Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland. His research focuses on neurorehabilitation, music cognition, and the neural mechanisms underlying stroke recovery, aphasia, and neuroplasticity. His work integrates neuroimaging techniques to study structural and functional brain connectivity in clinical populations. Key research areas include the impact of singing-based interventions on communication in chronic aphasia, structural brain plasticity post-injury, and the role of music in chronic pain management. He collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to explore how auditory and musical stimuli influence neural reorganization. Recent studies highlight the differential effects of aging on speech and singing production, as well as the structural connectivity correlates of language recovery after stroke. His findings emphasize the potential of music therapy as a neurorehabilitation tool. Publications span high-impact journals like Brain Communications , Human Brain Mapping , and Journal of Neuroscience , reflecting contributions to understanding brain plasticity mechanisms. No scientific awards are explicitly noted in the provided data.

Andrea TaschettoView profile

Associate Professor

• Climate Variability
• Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions
• El Niño Southern Oscillation
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Associate Professor Andrea Taschetto is a climate scientist at the Climate Change Research Centre within the Faculty of Science at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). She holds a PhD in Physical Oceanography from the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, where she also completed her MSc and BSc in Physics. She is recognized for her research on climate variability and ocean-atmosphere interactions, with particular focus on El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and its impacts on regional climate patterns. Dr. Taschetto's research interests center on understanding how oceans affect regional climate, with specific emphasis on climate variability, atmospheric teleconnection patterns, interactions across tropical ocean basins, and future climate projections. Her work explores how large-scale sea surface temperature patterns impact rainfall variability and drought over Australia and other regions. She is particularly interested in how different types of ENSO influence atmospheric circulation, regional climate, and interact with other oceanic basins. Her research has significant implications for understanding and predicting climate extremes and their impacts on water resources and agriculture. Her recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on Australian climate extremes, ocean basin interactions, drought mechanisms, and climate model evaluation. Her work frequently appears in high-impact journals including Nature Reviews Earth and Environment, Geophysical Research Letters, and Journal of Climate. She has made significant contributions to understanding the connections between tropical climate variability and Australian rainfall patterns, as well as the mechanisms behind major drought events. Australian Academy of Science Dorothy Hill Award for excellence in Earth sciences research ARC Future Fellowship (2017) ARC Post Doctoral Fellowship (2010) São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) Fellowship, Brazil (2010) UNSW Gold Star Award (2009) Dr. Taschetto actively supervises PhD students including Nicholas Grosfeld, Michael Eabry, Annette Stellema, Sebastian McKenna, Quincy Forest, and Iara Scricco. She has been involved in numerous research grants, including the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (2022-2024) and the ARC Future Fellowship project 'Tropical ocean interactions and implications for regional climate' (2017-2021). She serves on the CLIVAR Pacific Regional Panel and is an Associate Editor for the Journal of the Southern Hemisphere Earth System Science. As the CCRC Undergraduate Coordinator at UNSW, she also teaches CLIM1001/GENS0401 - Introduction to Climate Change, an online course for first-year undergraduate students.

• Visual Attention
• Eye Movement Research
• Scene Perception
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Professor Ben Tatler serves as Chair in Psychology and Dean for Research Culture at the School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen. He has been a Professor of Psychology at the University of Aberdeen since 2015 and previously held positions as Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, and Reader at the University of Dundee starting in 2004. His academic journey began with an undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences (Biological) at the University of Cambridge in 1998, followed by a DPhil in Neuroscience at the University of Sussex in 2002, where he also worked as a postdoctoral fellow. His educational background includes: MA Natural Sciences (Biological) - University of Cambridge (1998) DPhil Neuroscience and Psychology - University of Sussex (2002) Professor Tatler's research focuses on understanding how vision supports natural behavior, specifically addressing two fundamental questions: where we look and what we encode and retain from the objects we look at. He emphasizes studying vision in the context of natural behavior in real environments rather than exclusively in laboratory settings. His work contributes to theoretical understanding of factors underlying decisions about where to look in complex scenes and the representations that underlie natural vision. He applies these research interests to real-world problems including hazard perception in driving, CCTV surveillance, and how comics can be used for conveying public health information. His recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on eye movement patterns, scene perception, social attention, and applied visual cognition across various contexts. Professor Tatler has secured significant research funding including: Comics vs. Covid: informing and evaluating the design of public health information comics (SGSSS PhD studentship, 2021-2024) Giving cognition a helping hand: how gesture facilitates spatial thinking (Leverhulme Trust, £118,822, 2020-2021) Adult aging and social attention: the role of cognitive decline and social motivation (ESRC, £625,615, 2017-2020) He is actively involved in mentoring, currently accepting PhD students in Psychology, and teaches courses including Biological Psychology, Methodology B, Critical Review, Psychology Thesis, Core Principles: Individual Differences, Cognitive and Biological, and Quantitative and Qualitative Methods and Research Design. Professor Tatler maintains professional affiliations as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Chartered member of the British Psychology Society, and member of several professional societies including the Experimental Psychology Society, Applied Vision Association, and Psychonomic Society.

Vanja KljajevicView profile

Associate Professor

• Neurolinguistics
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Clinical Linguistics
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Vanja Kljajevic is an Associate Professor at the Department of Special Education, University of Oslo. Her research focuses on neurolinguistics, cognitive neuroscience, and clinical applications of language processing. She leads projects on figurative language comprehension and verbal memory decline in aging. Key areas include proverb interpretation in dementia diagnosis, aphasia rehabilitation via virtual reality, and neurodevelopmental disorders in children. Research Projects: Comprehension of Figurative Language Verbal Memory Decline in Healthy Cognitive Aging Key Contributions: Pioneering corpus-based methods for proverb analysis, developing VR tools for stroke rehabilitation, and investigating sex differences in verbal learning through population studies. Awards: None listed. Advising & Grants: No explicit student advising details provided. Active in interdisciplinary collaborations within the ComPros research group. Labs/Teams: Member of the Communicative Processes (ComPros) research group at UiO, focusing on language and cognition interfaces.

Mark PecenyView profile

Professor

• International Relations
• U.S. Foreign Policy
• Democratization
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Mark Peceny is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of New Mexico. His research focuses on international relations, U.S. foreign policy, and inter-American relations, with a particular emphasis on democratization processes and the impact of U.S. military interventions. He holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. Peceny’s work examines how liberal democratic institutions shape U.S. foreign policy, particularly in promoting democracy through interventions, and the effectiveness of such strategies in fostering democratic regimes. His research also explores the conflict behavior of authoritarian regimes, demonstrating that single-party regimes tend to be more peaceful compared to personalist dictatorships, which are highly belligerent. His recent scholarship includes analyses of U.S. democracy promotion in Afghanistan and Iraq, the role of UN interventions in Central America, and the paradoxes of U.S. anti-drug policies in Colombia. Peceny has authored a seminal book, *Democracy at the Point of Bayonets*, which argues that U.S. liberalism influences its interventionist policies, though these efforts often yield partial democratization. His work bridges international relations theory with empirical case studies, emphasizing the interplay between liberal norms and realpolitik. Research interests further extend to the comparative study of authoritarian regimes, including how different regime types (single-party, military, personalist) engage in international conflict. He has also contributed to debates on the ‘liberal peace’ hypothesis and the challenges of sustaining democratic transitions amid economic crises, as seen in post-World War I Germany. Education: B.A., Political Science, University of Michigan (1984); Ph.D., Stanford University (1993) Key Research Themes: Democracy promotion, U.S. foreign policy, authoritarian regimes, Latin American politics, liberal interventionism, conflict behavior

Ann-Marie G. de LangeView profile

Research Fellow

• Neuroscience
• Cognitive Psychology
• Neuropsychology
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Ann-Marie G. de Lange holds the position of Research Fellow in the Multimodal Imaging group (NORMENT) at the University of Oslo and leads the FemiLab at Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV). She also collaborates with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford. Her work focuses on brain aging, women's brain health, and mental health using large-scale datasets like the UK Biobank. She earned her PhD in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Oslo in 2017. Education: PhD in Psychology, University of Oslo (2017) Cand. Psychology, University of Oslo (2012) Key Research Interests: Neuroimaging analysis, cardiometabolic health, APOE4 gene effects, sex/gender disparities, and longitudinal cohort studies. Recent work emphasizes the interplay between hormonal changes, pregnancy, and brain aging mechanisms. Research Contributions: Over 50 peer-reviewed articles in journals like Biological Psychiatry , Neurology , and Nature Communications . Her studies highlight how cardiometabolic factors and hormonal trajectories influence brain structure and function across the lifespan. Labs/Teams: FemiLab (CHUV), NORMENT (Oslo), and collaborations with the Wellcome Center for Integrative Neuroimaging (Oxford).

Mike NichollsView profile

Professor

• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Laterality
• Spatial Attention
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Professor Mike Nicholls is a full-time faculty member at Flinders University, holding a Strategic Professorship in Psychology within the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work. He is Director of the Brain and Cognition Laboratory and currently serves as Dean of Research for his college. Previously, he was a professor at the University of Melbourne for 17 years. His educational background includes a BArchSt from the University of Adelaide (1985–1987), a BA (Hons) in Psychology from the University of Adelaide (1998), and a PhD in Experimental Psychology from King’s College, Cambridge (1990–1993), funded by a Cambridge Commonwealth Trust scholarship. Mike Nicholls’ research is centered on cognitive neuroscience, particularly the study of behavioral and perceptual asymmetries related to brain lateralization. His work investigates handedness, spatial attention in clinical and healthy populations, language, facial expression perception, and the role of eye movements. He explores how attention is controlled by the brain across sensory modalities and spatial dimensions. His recent publications reveal a strong focus on how social context influences perception, body image, facial judgments, and attentional processes, often employing neuroimaging and psychophysical methods. His 15 most recent articles (2023–1996) span topics including inattentional blindness, social modulation of visual perception, reinforcement learning in visual cortex, and attentional distortions in spatial cognition. These works reflect a consistent interest in the neural and cognitive underpinnings of lateralized behavior and attention, with applications in both healthy and clinical populations. Scientific Awards: Outstanding Academic Mentor Award, Australian Psychological Society (2020) Mike Nicholls has supervised numerous research students and PhD candidates, with advising interests in laterality, attention, and cognitive neuroscience. He has secured substantial research funding, including multiple ARC Discovery and Linkage Grants, with recent projects focusing on decision aids in complex environments, augmented reality for defense, and attentional asymmetries in navigation. He has also held editorial roles in journals such as Laterality and the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology , and currently serves on the ARC's Medical Research Advisory Group. He leads the Brain and Cognition Laboratory at Flinders University, a research team dedicated to understanding cognitive processes and their neural representations, particularly in the context of brain asymmetry and attentional control.

Stephen D. ChristmanView profile

Professor

• Cognitive Psychology
• Handedness
• Hemispheric Asymmetry
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Stephen D. Christman is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toledo, affiliated with the College of Arts and Letters. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley (1988) and leads research in the Cognitive Neuropsychology Lab. Education: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1988 His research focuses on Cognitive Psychology , particularly Handedness , Hemispheric Asymmetry , Episodic Memory , and Visual Perception . He investigates how interhemispheric interaction influences memory, decision-making, and personality traits. Recent publications highlight trends in handedness research spanning Political Psychology , Memory Encoding , and Interhemispheric Communication . Articles from 2020–2021 examine links between handedness and political behavior, while 2017–2018 studies focus on memory retrieval using fNIRS and motor manipulation. Key co-authors include John D. Jasper, Andrew Geers, and R. E. Propper. His work has been cited extensively in Psychology , Neuroscience , and Public Health domains.

John D JasperView profile

Professor

• Judgment and Decision Making
• Cognitive Psychology
• Risk Perception
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John D Jasper serves as a Professor and Chair in the Department of Psychology within the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Toledo. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa (1995) and maintains an active research program focused on cognitive processes related to decision making. His educational background includes doctoral training at the University of Iowa, where he completed his Ph.D. in 1995, establishing the foundation for his career in experimental psychology with a cognitive focus. Dr. Jasper's research interests center on judgment and decision making processes, with particular expertise in how handedness relates to hemispheric asymmetry in cognitive processing. His work explores risk perception, attitude formation, information integration, and individual differences in decision-making strategies. He has made significant contributions to understanding how numerical literacy (numeracy) affects health and risky decisions, as well as how brain lateralization influences cognitive biases. His research often employs computerized process-tracing techniques to examine the temporal dynamics of decision processes. Analysis of his publication record reveals a consistent focus on the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and decision science, with a particular emphasis on how individual differences (especially related to handedness and hemispheric specialization) affect judgment and choice. His work spans health decision making, risk perception, and cognitive biases, with numerous publications in top journals across psychology, neuroscience, and decision science fields. Dr. Jasper directs the Decision Research Lab at the University of Toledo, where he conducts experimental studies on cognitive processes underlying human decision making. His collaborative work, particularly with Stephen D. Christman (with whom he has 15 co-authored publications), has been influential in establishing connections between cerebral asymmetry and cognitive processing styles.

Niels RattenborgView profile

Researcher

• Avian Sleep
• Neurophysiology
• Sleep Evolution
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Dr. Niels Rattenborg serves as Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence (formerly Max Planck Institute for Ornithology) in Seewiesen, Germany, where he has directed the Bird Sleep Research Group since 2005. His pioneering work focuses on the evolution and neurophysiological mechanisms of sleep in birds, utilizing advanced techniques including high-density electrode arrays and telemetry systems to study sleep patterns in both controlled laboratory environments and natural field settings. Dr. Rattenborg's research has fundamentally changed our understanding of avian sleep through groundbreaking discoveries about sleep in flight. His work with great frigatebirds (Fregata minor) demonstrated that birds can sleep while flying over the ocean, typically with one brain hemisphere at a time but occasionally with both hemispheres simultaneously. Remarkably, these birds accumulate less than one hour of sleep per day for up to 10 days during flight, challenging the mammalian paradigm that adaptive waking performance requires substantial sleep. His research extends to diverse avian species including grey-breasted sandpipers (Calidris melanotos) and chinstrap penguins, revealing how birds employ unique sleep strategies to survive in challenging ecological environments. Analysis of Dr. Rattenborg's recent publications (2022-2025) reveals three major research themes: neurophysiological mechanisms of avian sleep, ecological adaptations of sleep patterns in natural environments, and comparative evolutionary studies across species. His work spans multiple disciplines including neuroscience, ecology, evolutionary biology, and physiology, with particular emphasis on how birds adapt their sleep architecture to environmental constraints. The research demonstrates remarkable diversity in avian sleep strategies that challenge traditional mammalian models of sleep regulation. Dr. Rattenborg's significant contributions to sleep science have been recognized with prestigious awards: Sleep Research Society Young Investigator Award (2000) for best peer-reviewed paper Sleep Research Society Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award (2017) As leader of the Bird Sleep Research Group, Dr. Rattenborg oversees a multidisciplinary team conducting cutting-edge research that has developed innovative methodologies for studying sleep in natural settings. His laboratory's development of the ONEIROS device—a miniature standalone recorder for sleep electrophysiology, physiology, temperatures, and behavior—has revolutionized field studies of sleep. The group's comparative approach to sleep research provides crucial insights into the evolutionary history and fundamental functions of sleep, with implications for understanding sleep disorders and the consequences of sleep loss in humans.