Elissa Hallem

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Elissa Hallem
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Photograph of Hallem in 2016
NationalityAmerican
Education Williams College (BA)
Yale University (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsNeurobiologist
Institutions UCLA

Elissa A. Hallem is an American neurobiologist. She won a 2012 MacArthur Fellowship. [1] [2] Hallem is Professor and Vice Chair of Graduate Studies in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics at UCLA. [3] Her lab focuses on the ability for skin-penetrating nematodes to infect host organisms using their sensory cues. [4]

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Early life and education

Elissa Hallem was born in Santa Monica, California, in 1977. In 8th grade she enrolled in a summer program run by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth where she followed a course in psychology held at the Loyola Marymount University at Los Angeles. During high school, she worked in a UCLA lab with professor S. Lawrence Zipursky, a family friend.[ citation needed ]

Hallem graduated from Williams College with a B.A. in biology and chemistry in 1999, and received a Ph.D. from Yale University in 2005. [5] She completed her post-doctoral training at California Institute of Technology in 2010. [1]

Honors and awards

References

  1. 1 2 "Elissa Hallem – MacArthur Foundation". Macfound.org. 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
  2. ↑ Adams, Jackie (November 29, 2012). "The Genius Series: MacArthur Winner Elissa Hallem". Los Angeles Magazine.
  3. ↑ "Elissa Hallem, Ph.D." UCLA Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Elissa Hallem". Society for Science. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
  5. ↑ Wolpert, Stuart (2012-10-02). "UCLA life scientist Elissa Hallem awarded MacArthur 'genius' grant / UCLA Newsroom". Newsroom.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
  6. ↑ "Elissa Hallem". www.macfound.org. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  7. ↑ "Scholar Profile Elissa A. Hallem". Sealre Scholars Program. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
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