Timothy Paul Brawn Curriculum Vitae
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Timothy Brawn 1 Timothy Paul Brawn Curriculum Vitae OFFICE ADDRESS HOME ADDRESS Massachusetts Institute of Technology 71 Poplar St., Picower Institute for Learning and Memory Watertown, MA 02472 43 Vassar St., Cambridge, MA 02139 Room 46-5227 [email protected] EDUCATION Graduate: The University of Chicago 2007-2014 Program: Integrative Neuroscience (Department of Psychology) Thesis: Sleep-dependent memory consolidation in European starlings Advisor: Daniel Margoliash Committee: Howard Nusbaum, Leslie Kay, David Freedman Ph.D. received December 2014 M.A received Autumn 2009 Undergraduate: The University of Chicago 2000-2004 B.A. in Psychology with Honors B.A. in Philosophy Certificate in Latin American Studies Phi Beta Kappa RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2017-Present: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Postdoctoral Fellow at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory Advisor: Matthew Wilson 2015-2016: The University of Chicago Postdoctoral Scholar in department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy Advisor: Daniel Margoliash 2007-2014: The University of Chicago Graduate Student in Integrative Neuroscience Advisor: Daniel Margoliash 2005-2007: The University of Chicago Research Assistant in Laboratory of Daniel Margoliash Timothy Brawn 2 2003-2004: The University of Chicago Research Assistant in Laboratory of Howard Nusbaum 2002-2004: The University of Chicago Research Assistant in Laboratory of Martha McClintock PUBLICATIONS Brawn, T.P., Nusbaum, H.C., & Margoliash, D. (2018). Sleep-dependent reconsolidation after memory destabilization in starlings. Nature Communications 9, 3093. Brawn, T.P., Nusbaum, H.C., & Margoliash, D. (2018). Differential development of retroactive and proactive interference during post-training wakefulness. Learning & Memory 25, 325-329. Brawn, T.P. & Margoliash, D. (2015). A bird’s-eye view of sleep-dependent memory consolidation. Current Topics in Behavioral Neuroscience 25, 207-237. Brawn, T.P., Nusbaum, H.C., & Margoliash, D. (2013). Sleep consolidation of interfering auditory memories in starlings. Psychological Science 24, 439-447. Margoliash D., & Brawn, T.P. (2012). Sleep and learning in birds: rats! There’s more to sleep. In M.G. Frank (Ed.), Brain activity in sleep. Elsevier. Brawn, T.P., Fenn, K.M., Nusbaum, H.C., & Margoliash D. (2010). Consolidating the effects of waking and sleep on motor sequence learning. Journal of Neuroscience 30, 13977-19382. Brawn, T.P., Nusbaum, H.C., & Margoliash, D. (2010). Sleep-dependent consolidation of auditory discrimination learning in adult starlings. Journal of Neuroscience 30, 609-613. Brawn, T.P., Fenn, K.M., Nusbaum, H.C., & Margoliash, D. (2008). Consolidation of sensorimotor learning during sleep. Learning & Memory 15, 815-819. Hu, Z., Troyk, P.R., Brawn, T.P., Margoliash, D., & Cogan, S.F. (2006). In vitro and in vivo charge capacity of AIROF microelectrodes. Conf. Proc. IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Soc., 886-889. PRESENTATIONS Brawn TP, Nusbaum HC, & Margoliash D (2018). Memory interactions across wakefulness and sleep: Consolidation and reconsolidation of auditory classification learning in a songbird. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Timothy Brawn 3 Brawn, T.P. (2016, November). A bird’s-eye view of sleep-dependent memory consolidation: From humans to starlings. Speaker at the University of Chicago Comparative Behavioral Biology Seminar Series, Chicago, IL. Brawn, T.P. (2016, September). A bird’s-eye view of sleep-dependent memory consolidation: From humans to starlings. Speaker at the University of Chicago Postdoc Seminar Series, Chicago, IL. Brawn, T.P., Nusbaum, H.C., & Margoliash, D. (2016, March). Sleep consolidation and reconsolidation of auditory classification learning in starlings. Poster presented at the Gordon Research Seminar on Sleep Regulation and Function, Galveston, TX. Brawn, T.P., Nusbaum, H.C., & Margoliash, D. (2015, October). Changes in mammalian-like sleep structure during memory consolidation of auditory classification learning in starlings. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL. Brawn, T.P., Nusbaum, H.C., & Margoliash, D. (2015, October). Changes in mammalian-like sleep structure during memory consolidation of auditory classification learning in starlings. Invited Speaker at the Sleep and Circadian Biology DataBlitz, Chicago, IL. Brawn, T.P., Nusbaum, H.C., & Margoliash, D. (2015, October). Changes in mammalian-like sleep structure during memory consolidation of auditory classification learning in starlings. Poster presented at the Mechanisms of Communication Meeting, Chicago, IL. Brawn, T.P., Nusbaum, H.C., & Margoliash, D. (2015, January). Sleep and memory consolidation of auditory classification learning in European Starlings. Poster presented at the Brain Research Foundation Annual Neuroscience Day, Chicago, IL. Brawn, T.P., Nusbaum, H.C., & Margoliash, D. (2015, January). Sleep and memory consolidation of auditory classification learning in European Starlings. Poster presented at the MURI Winter School: Dynamics of Multifunction Brain Networks, San Diego, CA. Brawn, T.P., Nusbaum, H.C., & Margoliash, D. (2014, November). Sleep and memory consolidation of auditory classification learning in European Starlings. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C. Brawn, T.P., Nusbaum, H.C., & Margoliash, D. (2014, November). Sleep and memory consolidation of auditory classification learning in European Starlings. Poster presented at the Mechanisms of Communication Meeting, Washington D.C. Brawn, T.P., Nusbaum, H.C., & Margoliash, D. (2014, March). Sleep consolidation and reconsolidation of interfering auditory memories in starlings. Poster presented at the Gordon Research Conference on Sleep Regulation and Function, Galveston, TX. Timothy Brawn 4 Brawn, T.P., Nusbaum, H.C., & Margoliash, D. (2013, October). Sleep consolidation and reconsolidation of interfering auditory memories in starlings. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Brawn, T.P., Nusbaum, H.C., & Margoliash, D. (2013, October). Sleep consolidation and reconsolidation of interfering auditory memories in starlings. Poster presented at the Mechanisms of Communication Meeting, San Diego, CA. Brawn, T.P. (2013, April). Sleep-dependent memory consolidation: From humans to starlings (and back again). Speaker at the University of Chicago Cognitive Behavioral Brownbag Seminar, Chicago, IL. Brawn, T.P., Nusbaum, H.C., & Margoliash, D. (2012, October). Sleep consolidation of interfering auditory memories in starlings. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Brawn, T.P., Nusbaum, H.C., & Margoliash, D. (2012, May). Sleep consolidation of interfering auditory memories in starlings. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL. Brawn, T.P. (2011, August). Auditory learning in starlings: A neuroethological approach to sleep-dependent memory consolidation. Invited Speaker at Gordon Research Seminar on Neuroethology: Behavior, Evolution, and Neurobiology, Easton, MA. Brawn, T.P., Nusbaum, H.C., & Margoliash, D. (2010, November). Memory consolidation of auditory discrimination learning in starlings: Exploring the effects of auditory interference across waking and sleep. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Brawn, T.P. (2010, September). Auditory discrimination learning in starlings: An animal model of sleep-dependent consolidation. Slide presentation at the University of Chicago Neuroscience Retreat, Chicago, IL. Brawn, T.P., Nusbaum, H.C., & Margoliash, D. (2010, April). Sleep-dependent consolidation of auditory discrimination learning in adult starlings. Slide presentation at the Chicago Psychology Graduate Student Conference, Chicago, IL. Brawn, T.P., Nusbaum, H.C., & Margoliash, D. (2009, October). Sleep-dependent consolidation of auditory discrimination learning in adult starlings. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL. Brawn, T.P., Nusbaum, H.C., & Margoliash, D. (2009, October). Sleep-dependent consolidation of auditory discrimination learning in adult starlings. Invited Speaker at the Sleep and Circadian Biology DataBlitz, Chicago, IL. Timothy Brawn 5 Fenn, K.M., Brawn, T.P., Gentner, T.Q., Margoliash, D., & Nusbaum, H.C. (2007, August). Complex acoustic pattern learning in humans and songbirds. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Nashville, TN. Brawn, T.P., Fenn, K.M., Margoliash, D., & Nusbaum, H.C. (2006, October). Consolidation during sleep of complex sensorimotor skill learning. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA. Brawn, T.P., Fenn, K.M., Margoliash, D., & Nusbaum, H.C. (2005, April). Consolidation during sleep of perceptuo-motor learning. Poster presented at the Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium. HONORS AND AWARDS 2018-2019: Awarded Picower Fellowship from Picower Institute ($100,000/year) 2017: Awarded Junior Faculty Development Program Fellowship from Picower Institute ($100,000) 2015: Awarded travel grant from MURI Winter School Fund ($500) 2014: Awarded travel grant from Norman H. Anderson Fund ($1000) 2013: Awarded the Harper Dissertation Year Fellowship from the Social Sciences Division at the University of Chicago ($25,000) 2012: Awarded travel grant from Norman H. Anderson Fund ($1000) 2009: