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Aaron Sathyanesan
Assistant Professor; Joint Appointment in School of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Full-Time Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences: Biology
Degrees
- Ph.D., Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2014
- B.Tech, Biotechnology/Bioengineering, School of Engineering & Technology, Bharathidasan University, India, 2007
Profile
Dr. Sathyanesan completed his undergraduate engineering degree in biotechnology in 2007 at the School of Engineering & Technology (Bharathidasan University, India) and a junior research fellowship in biophysics with Dr. B. M. Jaffar Ali at the Anna University – K. B. Chandrasekar Research Center in Chennai, India. He then completed his Ph.D. in neuroscience in 2014 at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), working with Dr. Weihong Lin on novel olfactory signal transduction pathways. Dr. Sathyanesan pursued postdoctoral research with Dr. Vittorio Gallo at the Children’s National Research Institute in Washington, D.C., from 2015 to 2020, followed by a research faculty position at the same institute until 2022.
Dr. Sathyanesan joined UD as a tenure-track assistant professor in neuroscience in the fall of 2022.
Research interests
"We are endlessly fascinated with the cerebellum, a part of the brain that controls adaptive behaviors. Our goal is to define the link between cerebellar circuitry and adaptive behavior and determine how this link is disrupted in complex brain disorders that arise during development. We approach biological questions from a neuroengineering perspective, combining cutting-edge optical, engineering and machine-learning tools."
Selected publications
Kratimenos P*, Vij A, Vidva R, Koutroulis I, Delivoria-Papadopoulos M, Gallo V, & Sathyanesan A* (2022) Computational Analysis of Cortical Neuronal Excitotoxicity in a Large Animal Model of Neonatal Brain Injury, Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders [Link] [PDF] (*Corresponding author)
Sathyanesan A#, Kratimenos P, & Gallo V# (2021) Disruption of neonatal Purkinje cell function underlies injury-related learning deficits, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) [#Co-corresponding authorship] [Link] [PDF]
Vacher CM, O’Reilly JJ, Salzbank J, Lacaille H, Bakalar D, Sebaoui-Illoul S, Liere P, Clarkson-Paredes C, Sasaki T, Sathyanesan A, Kawasawa YI, Popratiloff A, Hashimoto-Torii K, Gallo V, Schumacher M, Penn AA (2021) Placental neurosteroids shape cerebellar development and social behavior, Nature Neuroscience [Link] [PDF]
Sathyanesan A#, Zhou J, Scafidi J, Heck DH, Sillitoe RV, Gallo V# (2019) Emerging connections between cerebellar development, behavior, and complex brain disorders, Nature Reviews Neuroscience [#Co-corresponding authorship] [Link] [PDF]
Sathyanesan A*, Kundu S*, Abbah J, Gallo V (2018) Neonatal brain injury causes cerebellar learning deficits and Purkinje cell dysfunction, Nature Communications [*Co-first authorship] [Link] [PDF] [Faculty Opinions Recommendation]
Sathyanesan A# & Gallo V (2018) Cerebellar contribution to locomotor behavior: A neurodevelopmental perspective, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory [#Corresponding author] [Link] [PDF]