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Awarded annually since 1955 by the , the fellowships are also designed to recognize independent research accomplishments and creativity. A total of 126 researchers were selected this year for the two-year award, which carries $75,000 in research support.
Snyder, who is an assistant professor of brain and cognitive sciences in the School of Arts & Sciences and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Neuroscience in the School of Medicine and Dentistry, investigates the neural mechanisms that make it possible for the brain to process information. He is specifically trying to understand the neural mechanisms of selective attention, the ability to preferentially process information from the environment that is important for our goals, while blocking out potential distractions.
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Snyder joined the University in 2018 after having served as a postdoctoral fellow at both Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. He received his PhD in cognitive neuroscience at the City University of New York under the direction of , the Kilian J. and Caroline F. Schmitt Chair in Neuroscience at Rochester and the research director of the Del Monte Neuromedicine Institute.
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, professor and chair of brain and cognitive sciences, says the award is important聽recognition of Snyder糖心传媒檚 research聽accomplishments and future potential.
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In 2019, Snyder received a National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia & Depression (NARSAD) Young Investigator Award from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. He has also received the Ripple Promising Investigator Research Award and the Outstanding Paper Award from the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition.
Snyder is the third Rochester faculty member in the last two years to receive Sloan fellowships. Biologist聽聽and chemist聽 were selected in 2019.
