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Education

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Aaron Lee Cecala

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Area of Interest

  • Neural Control of Coordinated Movement (e.g. eye-head coordination)
  • Cerebellar contribution to motor control and learning
  • Effect of aging on motor control

Education

  • 1998-2002: B.S. in Neuroscience, B.S. in Psychology, Allegheny College
  • 2002- Present: Ph.D. Student, Neurobiology & Anatomy, University of Rochester

Abstracts/Publications

  • A.L. Cecala, E.G. Freedman. Amplitude Changes in Response to Target Displacements During Human Eye--Head Movements Program No. 858.13. 2005 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2005. Online.
  • Cecala, A.L., Coates, E.L., and J.W. Scott (2002) Mapping Olfactory Responses to CO2 in Adult Rats. Chemical Senses.
  • Coates E.L. and A.L. Cecala (2001) Topical inhibition of nasal carbonic anhydrase in rats attenuates the olfactory receptor response to CO2. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 27:273.09
  • Cecala, A.L., Hammers, D.B., and E.L. Coates. (2001) CO2-sensitive olfactory receptors in rats. Chemical Senses. 26(8):1094.

Honors & Awards

  • NIH Training in the Visual Sciences Training Fellowship (2004-2006)
  • NIH T32 Interdepartmental Neuroscience Training Fellowship (2002-2004)
  • Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Travel Fellowship (2001)
  • Summer Undergraduate Research at Emory (SURE) Scholar, Emory University (2001)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Scholar, Allegheny College (2000)

Teaching

  • Mind, Brain, & Behavior, 2nd Year Medical School Curriculum Teaching Assistant, 2003-Present.

Departmental/University Participation

  • Graduate Student Society (GSS) Representative- Neuroscience Cluster 2002-03
  • Neuroscience Student Seminar Committee Member- 2004-Present
  • Center for Visual Sciences (CVS)- Boynton Colloquium Student Representative (2005-2006)
  • Neurobiology & Anatomy Web Committee Student Representative 2005-Present

Personal Interests

  • Running
  • Basketball
  • Hockey
  • American History & Politics