Curriculum Vitae

Research 

• Scientist (2022-present)

Neural Coding Group, Allen Institute for Brain Science

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2017-2022)

Oliver Hobert laboratory, Columbia University / HHMI

• Graduate Student (2017-2017)

Scott Emmons laboratory, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

• Masters thesis (2010-2011)

Julie Herbstman laboratory, Columbia University

• Undergraduate Researcher (2006-2009)

John G. White laboratory, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Education

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2012-2017)

Ph.D. - Neuroscience

• Columbia University (2009-2011)

M.P.H. - Environmental Health Sciences

• University Of Wisconsin - Madison (2005-2009)

B.S. - Biochemistry

Teaching

• Mentorship

Columbia University SURP, Albert Einstein College of Medicine SURP, Fordham University, Columbia University undergraduates, postbacs, graduate students

• Environmental Health Sciences Core Course Columbia University (2010-2011)

Head teaching assistant

• Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology Columbia University (2010)

Teaching assistant

Abstracts (Presenting author only)

• Cook, S.J., Hong, R.L., Riebesell, M., Bumbarger, D.J., Carstensen, H.R., Sarpolaki, T., Cochella, L.,Castrejon, J., Moreno, E., Sieriebriennikov, B., Sommer, R.J., Hobert, O. (2019). Olfactory circuit structure is reconfigured between divergent nematode species. Abstract for poster presentation. The 22nd Annual C. elegans International Meeting. Los Angeles, California.

• Cook, S.J., Hobert, O. (2019). Genetic analyses of pharyngeal circuit formation in C. elegans. Abstract for poster presentation. The 22nd Annual C. elegans International Meeting. Los Angeles, California.

• Cook, S.J., Hobert, O. (2019). Genetic analyses of complete circuit formation in C. elegans. Abstract for poster presentation. The 5th Annual BRAIN Initiative Investigators Meeting. Washington, D.C.

• Cook, S.J., Hobert, O. (2018). Genetic analyses of pharyngeal circuit formation in C. elegans. Abstract for poster presentation. Gordon Neurodevelopment conference. Newport, Rhode Island.

• Cook, S.J., Hall, D.H., Hobert, O. (2018). Genetic analyses of pharyngeal circuit formation in C. elegans. Abstract for poster presentation. Neuronal Development, Synaptic Function and Behavior C . elegans topic meeting. Madison, Wisconsin.

• Cook, S.J., Hobert, O. (2018). Genetic analyses of complete circuit formation in C. elegans. Abstract for poster presentation. The 4th Annual BRAIN Initiative Investigators Meeting. Bethesda, Maryland.

• Cook, S.J., Brittin, C.A., Jarrell, T.A., Wang Y., Nguyen, K.C., Brittin, C.A., Yakovlev, M., Tang, T.-H., Bayer, E.A., Hobert, O., Buelow, H.E., Hall, D.H., Emmons, S.W. (2017). Comparative connectomics of the adult male and hermaphrodite C. elegans. Abstract for plenary oral presentation. The 21st Annual C. elegans International Meeting. Los Angeles, California.

• Cook, S.J., Jarrell, T.A., Wang Y., Nguyen, K.C., Brittin, C.A., Yakovlev, M., Tang, T-H, Bayer, E., Serrano-Saiz, E., Hobert, O., Buelow, H.E., Hall, D.H., Emmons, S.W. (2016). Comparative connectomics of the adult male and hermaphrodite C. elegans. Abstract for poster presentation. The 46th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. San Diego, California.

• Cook, S.J., Nguyen, K.C., Berger, D., Holmyard, D., Kersen D., Laskova, V., Mulcahy, B., Neubauer, M., Schalek, R., Samuel, A., Zhen, M., Lichtman, J., Hall, D.H., Emmons, S.W. (2014). Progress toward reconstruction of the C. elegans connectome across development. Abstract for poster presentation. The 44th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Washington, D.C.

• Cook, S.J., Hall, D.H., Emmons, S.W. (2014). New insight into the structure of the C. elegans pharyngeal connectome. Abstract for oral presentation. Neuronal Development, Synaptic Function and Behavior C. elegans Topic Meeting 2014. Madison, Wisconsin.

• Cook, S.J., Brittin, C.A., Jarrell, T.A., Hall, D.H., Emmons, S.W. (2013). Two Minds of a Worm: Comparison of the L4 and Adult Hermaphrodite Connectomes. Abstract for parallel session oral presentation. The 19th Annual C. elegans International Meeting. Los Angeles, California.

• Cook, S.J., Jarrell, T.A., Raja, B., Fisher, K., Nguyen, K.C., Rice, W.J., Mohler, W.A., Emmons, S.W., Hall, D.H. (2012). Building 3D model neurons from serial section electron micrographs. Abstract for poster presentation. C. elegans Neurobiology conference. Heidelberg, Germany.

• Cook, S.J., Jarrell, T.A., Wang, Y., Brittin, C.A., Bloniarz, A., Xu, M., Nguyen, K.C., Hall, D.H., Emmons, S.W. (2012). Connectivity of the C. elegans male anterior nervous system. Abstract for poster presentation. C. elegans Neurobiology conference. Heidelberg, Germany.

• Cook, S.J., Brittin, C.A., Hall, D.H., Emmons, S.W. (2012). WormWiring: A new online resource for nematode connectivity. Breeder’s Gazette. Volume 19 Number 2.

• Cook, S.J. and Squirrell, J.M. (2008). Screening and characterization of cytokinesis regulators in C. elegans. Abstract for oral presentation. UW-Madison Undergraduate Research Symposium. Madison, Wisconsin.

Peer review activity (ad hoc)

• eLife, European Journal of Neuroscience, Genetics, Nature Neuroscience, Neuron, PNAS, Science Advances

Awards

• BRAIN Initiative Fellow NIH/NIMH 1F32MH115438-01 (2017-2021)

• Finalist, Senior Fellowship in Biomedical Science Charles H. Revson Foundation (2020)

*No awards were given due to COVID-19 

• GPU Grant NVIDIA (2018)

• Junior Investigator Neuroscience Research Award Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2017)

• NRSA Traineeship CMBG Training Grant T32GM7491 (2014-2017)

• Joseph H. Graziano Award for Academic Excellence Columbia University (2011)