Scott Owen

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Neurobiology

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor (By courtesy), Neurobiology
Member, Bio-X
Member, Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance
Member, Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI)
Member, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Honors & Awards

Stanley Fahn Junior Faculty Award, Parkinson's Foundation (2021-2024)
NARSAD Young Investigator Award, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (2019-2020)
K99 Pathway to Independence Award, NIMH (2016-2018)
Award for Scientific Excellence, Gladstone Institutes (2017)
F32 - Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA), NINDS (2014-2016)
Above and Beyond Award, Gladstone Institutes (2012)
F31 - Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA), NIMH (2008-2010)
NDSEG Graduate Fellowship, Department of Defense (2005-2008)
Bassett Physics Prize, Amherst College (1999)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

Faculty Member, Society for Neuroscience NeurOnline Training Series (2018 - 2018)
Chair, Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar on Inhibition in the CNS (2015 - 2015)
Panelist, National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Selection Committee (2015 - 2015)
Co-Chair, Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar on Interneuron Diversity (2013 - 2013)

Professional Education

Visiting Scientist, The Allen Institute, Neuroscience (2020)
Post-Doc, Gladstone Institutes, UCSF, Neuroscience (2019)
PhD, Stanford University, Molecular and Cellular Physiology (2012)
AB, Amherst College, Physics (2002)

Stanford Advisees

Med Scholar Project Advisor
Aneysis Gonzalez
Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Shreya Malhotra, Lavonna Mark
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Deniz Bingul, Rennie Kendrick, Emmalyn Leonard

All Publications

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