Amy Bastian

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Amy Bastian
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Born
Amy Jo Bastian

(1968-07-23) 23 July 1968 (age 56)
South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
Alma mater University of Oklahoma Washington University
Spouse Ed Connor
Awards National Academy of Sciences (2023)
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Thesis Damage of the human cerebellum  (1995)
Doctoral advisor W. Thomas Thach
Website Bastian website

Amy Jo Bastian (born July 23, 1968) is an American neuroscientist, who has made important contributions to the neuroscience of sensorimotor control. [1] From 2011 she has been a professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine . [2] In 2015 Bastian was appointed Chief Science Officer at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. [3] Bastian is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Education

Dr. Bastian completed a B.S. in Physical Therapy at the University of Oklahoma in 1990. She completed her doctoral degree in movement science at Washington University in St. Louis in 1995 then her postdoctoral fellowship in neuroscience under Dr W. Thomas Thach.

Career

Dr. Bastian pursued neuroscience as a postdoctoral researcher (1995–1997) at Washington University before joining the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine in 1998. in 2001, Bastian joined the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.She is currently the Chief Science Officer of the Kennedy Krieger Institute. She frequently collaborates with Dr. Ryan Roemmich of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, who currently serves as the director of the Center for Movement Studies at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Dr. Bastian was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences in 2023.

Awards and honours

Filmography

Dr. Bastian appeared on Season 3 Episode 8 of Brain Games, which premiered in 2014 on National Geographic [5] . She was featured in Bill Nye: Science Guy in 2018. [6]

Personal life

Bastian is the daughter of neuroscientist Joseph Bastian, who worked at the University of Oklahoma, and Christine Bastian.

Since 2002, Bastian has been married to Ed Connor, who is a professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and they have one son.

References

  1. ↑ Amy Bastian publications indexed by Google Scholar
  2. ↑ "Johns Hopkins".
  3. ↑ "Kennedy Krieger Institute".
  4. ↑ https://www.nasonline.org/directory-entry/amy-j-bastian-ab7ybb/
  5. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6384226/
  6. ↑ http://www.popentertainment.com/movie_revs/billnye.htm
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