Karla Kaun

Karla Kaun
Born1979
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
AwardsIBANGS Early Career Achievement (2018)
Scientific career
FieldsBehavioral Neurogenetics
InstitutionsBrown University
Thesis Neurogenetic 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

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]

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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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.