Amy Bastian

Amy Bastian
Born Amy Jo Bastian
(1968-07-23) 23 July 1968
South Bend, Indiana
Residence Baltimore, Maryland
Citizenship United States
Alma mater
Spouse(s) Ed Connor
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Thesis Damage of the human cerebellum (1995)
Doctoral advisor W. Thomas Thach
Website Bastian website

Amy Jo Bastian (born 23 July 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 University.[2] In 2015 Bastian was appointed Chief Science Officer at the Kennedy Krieger Institute[3]

Education

Bastian completed a B.S. in Physical Therapy at the University of Oklahoma in 1990 and a PhD at Washington University in 1995 under Dr W. Thomas Thach.

Career

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.

Awards and honours

Personal life

Bastian is the daughter of neuroscientist Joseph Bastian, who worked at the University of Oklahoma, and his wife 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".
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