Stephanie Albin, Phd Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, California

Arlington, Va

STATIONED AT THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY(Position Equivalent to GS Grade 12 Step 6)LEADERSHIP *Leads the NSF Centers for Chemical Innovation Evaluation Working Group in authoring a Statement of Work to secure a comprehensive program evaluation in FY2017 * Serves at the Neuroscience Expert in the Division, providing guidance to senior leadership on neuroscience-related policy issues that affect chemistry research * Co-chairs the AAAS Fellow Federal Innovation & Research Evaluation (FIRE) Affinity Group that provides resources for data analysis and assessments related to program evaluationRESEARCH & ANALYSIS * Performs in-depth portfolio analyses for the Chemistry of Life Processes program * Established methodology and conducts social network analysis of collaborations within the Centers for Chemical Innovation programCOMMUNICATION * Contributes to a variety of communication activities to support the NSF Chemistry community including writing for the Chemistry Division newsletter and presenting on behalf of the Division at the American Chemical Society annual meeting and at an NSF-funded CAREER award workshop * Revises NSF Chemistry award abstracts for a non-technical audience to serve as public justification for NSF funding *Reviews official agency documents, such as division funding opportunities, and incorporates relevant information from internal experts and external stakeholders NSF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT * Acts as de facto program officer to organize a workshop for the Chemistry community to identify areas of opportunity for chemical scientists in the BRAIN Initiative * Oversees the budget for the Division of Chemistry's Understanding the BRAIN investment * Serves as a Facilitator for the NSF GRFP program review panels.

Ashburn, Va

LABORATORY OF DR. JULIE SIMPSON* Led independent, multi-year research project, working with students, technicians, core facilities, and other senior researchers* Identified neural circuits that encode hunger and regulate feeding behavior using Drosophila melanogaster* Contributed to a greater understanding of how neural systems generate behavior* Presented findings at the premier meetings in the field (5 talks in final 2 years)* Founder and co-president of the Janelia Association of Research Scientists (www.janelia.org/JARS)* Supervised undergraduate research students, and developed skills as an educator and mentor* Neuroscience lecturer and laboratory instructor at Janelia (2006-2007), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (2014), and Loudon County Public Schools Academy of Science (2013-15)Complex behaviors, such as feeding, are controlled by neuronal circuits that are modulated by both external sensory cues and internal physiological states. Animals must first evaluate the quality of a food source via sensory cues such as smell, taste and touch. In addition, animals make the decision to eat only when the internal state encodes that they are energy depleted or hungry. I used the adult fruit fly as a model system to study the regulation of the feeding control circuitry. The goal of my research was to identify neuron populations that underlie feeding behavior and determine their specific contributions to the behavior. To identify these neurons, I developed a simple, high-throughput feeding assay in which well-fed control flies do not eat when presented with food. Starved controls, however, ingest an abundance of food. By acutely modulating the activity of defined subsets of neurons in well-fed flies while monitoring feeding, I directly identified neurons whose activation can mimic the starvation state and identified brain regions involved in all aspects of feeding behavior control.

San Francisco, Ca

LABORATORY OF DR. GRAEME DAVISSpecialization: Neuronal Structure and Function, Electrophysiology, Genetics* National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2000-2003* Planned and conducted biomedical (neuroscience) research projects and studies on synaptic structure and function. * Identified mechanisms that control synapse formation and plasticity using the Drosophila melanogaster neuromuscular junction.* Trained and managed graduate and undergraduate researchers.* Served as teaching assistant for the Wood Hole Marine Biology Laboratory course Neural Systems and Behavior.* Advise and informed other scientists and managers regarding the Neuroscience Graduate Program in my role as UCSF Neuroscience Program Student Representative, 2001-2003.

Heidelberg, Germany

LABORATORY OF DR. PERNILLE RORTH * Organized and set-up a new research laboratory.* Used Drosophila border cells as a model to study directed cell migration.* Planned and conducted biomedical (developmental biology) research projects and studies on the regulation of cell migration during development. * Used qualitative and quantitative analytical methods to interpret the research data.

Phd, Neuroscience

Advisor: Dr. Graeme Davis Thesis: Molecular Mechanisms that Regulate Synaptic Efficacy at the Drosophila Neuromuscular Junction

Bs, Biology