Kenneth C. Catania

Kenneth C. Catania (born 1966) 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.

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Awards

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

References

• Haines, Duane E. (2006), , vol. 284B, Wiley-Liss, p. 2-5, doi:10.1002/ar.b.20064,

• Huslin, Anita (2006-09-18), " ", The Washington Post: C01

• Latt, Elizabeth (2007-09-18). Vanderbilt neuroscientist Ken Catania receives MacArthur "genius grant". Retrieved on 2007-11-25.