Andrea Megela Simmons
Professor:
Psychology and Neuroscience
Phone: +1 401 863 2283
Phone 2: +1 401 863 3012
Andrea_Simmons@Brown.EDU
My laboratory studies how the nervous system develops, matures, and reorganizes in response to damage. We use frogs as a model system because these animals go through a lengthy larval stage during which their bodies and brains transform to accommodate the transition from an aquatic to an amphibious lifestyle. As adults, frogs can regenerate damaged cranial nerves, making them excellent models to understand the molecular bases of how the brain might recover from injury.
Biography
Andrea Simmons received her PhD in Psychology (Psychobiology) from Harvard University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Section of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University. She is currently Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Brown.
Interests
We use electrophysiological, neuroanatomical, immunohistochemical, genetic, and behavioral techniques to understand the processes of brain development and recovery from injury.
Degrees
Ph. D., Harvard University
Awards
Fellow, Acoustical Society of America
Chair, Animal Bioacoustics Technical Committee, Acoustical Society of America (2003-2006)
Affiliations
Acoustical Society of America
International Society of Neuroethology
Animal Behavior Society
Society for Neuroscience
Funded Research
Current funding: National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIH/NIDCD) R01 DC05257-16: "Neuroethology of vocal communication in anurans"
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Curriculum Vitae
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