Kenneth C. Catania

Infobox Scientist


image_width = 150px
name = Kenneth C. Catania
birth_date = 1965
field = Neurobiology
work_institution = Vanderbilt University
alma_mater = University of Maryland, College Park, University of California, San Diego
doctoral_advisor = Glenn Northcutt
prizes = MacArthur Fellowship, C. J. Herrick Award, NSF Career

Kenneth C. Catania (born 1965) is a neurobiologist. Catania is an Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Vanderbilt University, where he studies star-nosed moles and naked mole rats. In 1989, Catania received a BS in zoology from the University of Maryland. In 1992, he received an MS in Neurosciences from the University of California, San Diego, followed in 1994 with a Ph.D. from UCSD. Catania was a post doctoral fellow at Vanderbilt from 1995-1997. In 2000 Catania became an assistant professor at Vanderbilt.

Awards

Catania received the American Association of Anatomists’ C. J. Herrick Award in 2005. In 2006, he received a MacArthur Fellowship.

References

* Citation
last = Haines
first = Duane E.
title = AAA award winners
The Anatomical Record Part B: The New Anatomist
volume = 284B | number = 1
page = 2-5
year = 2006
publisher = Wiley-Liss
doi = 10.1002/ar.b.20064
url = http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.b.20064

* Citation
last = Huslin
first = Anita
title = Two U-Md. Grads Among MacArthur 'Genius' Awardees
newspaper = The Washington Post
pages = C01
year = 2006
date = 2006-09-18

* cite web
last = Latt
first = Elizabeth
title = Vanderbilt neuroscientist Ken Catania receives MacArthur "genius grant"
url = http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2006/9/18/vanderbilt-neuroscientist-ken-catania-receives-macarthur-genius-grant-
date = 2006-09-18
accessdate=2007-11-25

External links

* [https://medschool.mc.vanderbilt.edu/biosci/bio_fac.php?id3=9129 Vanderbilt faculty page for Kenneth C. Catania]