Karla Kaun

Karla Renea Kaun (1979)[1] is a Canadian behavioral neurogeneticist and the Robert and Nancy Carney Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Brown University.[2][3] She studies addiction using fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster), as a model.[4] Kaun is currently president of the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS).[5]

Karla Kaun
Born1979
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
AwardsIBANGS Early Career Achievement (2018)
Scientific career
FieldsBehavioral Neurogenetics
InstitutionsBrown University
ThesisNeurogenetic and plastic components of food-related behaviors due to the foraging gene in Drosophila melanogaster (2007)
Doctoral advisorMarla Sokolowski
Other academic advisorsUlrike Heberlein
Websitewww.kaunlab.com

Education and career

Kaun obtained her PhD in 2007 at the University of Toronto under the supervision of Marla Sokolowski.[1][6] She followed up with postdoctoral training with Ulrike Heberlein (2007-2011: University of California, San Francisco; 2011-2013: Janelia Research Campus).[6] In 2013 she was recruited as an assistant professor at Brown University; she was promoted to associate professor in 2020. As of 2013, Kaun has published over 40 articles that have been cited over 2300 times, giving her an h-index of 21.[7] In 2018 she was an International Behavioral and Neural Genetics Society Early Career Achievement awardee.[8]

References
  1. "Neurogenetic and plastic components of food-related behaviors due to the foraging gene in Drosophila melanogaster". Aurora. WorldCat. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  2. "Kaun, Karla". Researchers@Brown. Brown University. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  3. "ABOUT US". kaunlab. Brown University. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  4. "Kaun Lab | Behavioral Neurogenetics of Addiction". kaunlab. Brown University. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  5. "Executive Committee". www.ibangs.org. International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  6. "CV Karla R. Kaun" (PDF). Kaunlab. Brown University. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  7. "Karla R. Kaun". Google Scholar. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  8. "IBANGS Awards". www.ibangs.org. International Behavioral and Neural Genetics Society. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
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