Kay M. Tye
Background
Kay M. Tye received her bachelor’s degree in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from MIT in 2003, and earned her PhD in 2008 at UCSF with Patricia Janak. Her thesis work was supported by the National Science Foundation and recognized with the Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience as well as the Weintraub Award in Biosciences. She completed her postdoctoral training with Karl Deisseroth at Stanford University in 2011, with support from an NRSA from NIMH. She became an Assistant Professor at MIT in 2012, and has since been recognized with the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, Technology Review’s Top 35 Innovators under 35, and has been named a Whitehall, Klingenstein, Sloan Foundation Fellow and a NYSCF Robertson Neuroscience Investigator.
Interests
Scientific
Behavior, Learning and Memory, Anxiety, Autism, Obesity, Synapses, Amygdala, Dopamine, Limbic System, Cellular Physiology, Valence, Motivation, Neurochemistry, Optogenetics, Imaging.
Recreational
Breakdancing, Rock Climbing, Tennis, Poker, Walking or Jogging Bridge Loops, Eating, Socializing, Snowboarding, Surfing, Froyo and almost any game.
Contact
Kay M. Tye, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
twitter: @kaymtye
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1999-2003
B.S. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Minor in Biology
University of California at San Francisco 2004-2008
Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Janak Laboratory
Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center 2008-2009
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Bonci and Janak Laboratories
Stanford University 2009-2011
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Deisseroth Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2012-Current
Assistant Professor in Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Picower Institute of Learning and Memory
Awards and FunDING
NSF Graduate Research Fellow (2005-8)
Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award (2009)
Donald B. Lindsley Prize (2009)
NRSA Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (2009-12)
Stanford University Post-Doctoral Award (2010)
Jeptha H. and Emily V. Wade Award (2012)
Whitehall Foundation Award (2012-14)
Klingenstein Foundation Award (2013-15)
NARSAD Young Investigator Award (2014-15)
Whitehead Career Development Professorship (2013-15)
NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (2013-18)
ACNP Associate Member (2014)
NIMH (2014-2018)
Sloan Research Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2014-15)
TR35, Technology Review’s Top 35 Innovators Under 35 (2014)
New York Stem Cell Foundation, Neuroscience Robertson Investigator Award (2014-2019)
