David S. Olton Research Award Recipient for 2020-2021

We are pleased to announce that Yoko Yamashita has been chosen as the Olton Award Recipient for 2020-2021. Yoko, a junior Neuroscience major, works in the lab of Dr Amy Balanoff. Her research is entitled “Investigating the Phylogenetic Signals and Behavioral Significance of Variations in Wulst Shape in Modern Birds Using Cranial Endocasts and Geometric Morphometrics”. Please join us in Congratulating Yoko!!!

endocasts of research showing bird skulls and scans of brains