Helen N. Schwerdt, Ph.D.

I am a research scientist committed to learning more about brain function and dysfunction and to develop and integrate better tools to examine and manipulate neural circuits to help improve treatment for neurological diseases.

education

Ph.D. (June 2014)

Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

M.S.E. (May 2009)

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)

B.S. (May 2008)

Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)

research experience

Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Scientist (June 2014 – Present)

Graybiel Lab & Cima Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Graduate Research Associate (Aug. 2009 – June 2014)

MEMS for Biomedical Applications Lab (Prof. Junseok Chae), Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe


teaching experience

Teaching Assistant for Microwaves Lab (Fall 2012/2013), Engineering Electromagnetics Lab (Spring 2013)


awards and honors

2020 – 2022   Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Young Investigator Grant

2018 – 2023   NIH / NINDS Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)

2015 – 2018   NIH / NINDS Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) (F32)

2013         ASU Graduate College Summer Research Fellowship

2012 – 2013   Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) Doctoral Research Grant

2012 – 2013   Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Award

2009 – 2012   NASA Graduate Student Research Program (GSRP) Fellowship


referee activities

Frontiers Bioengineering, Batteries, Sensors and Actuators: A. Physical, Sensors and Actuators: B. Chemical, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Journal of Power Sources, Journal of Computational Electronics, ACS Chemical Neuroscience


trainees supervised

Usamma Amjad, Arizona State University, Undergraduate in Chemical Engineering, Class of 2016, 2013 – 2015

Yuechen Mark Yang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Undergraduate in Electrical Engineering, Class of 2018, 2015 – 2016. Now engineer at Xilinx.

Harshita Yerramreddy, Wellesley College, Undergraduate in Neuroscience, Class of 2018, 2015 – 2017. Now software engineer at Google Verily.

Isabella Pecorari, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Undergraduate in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Class of 2019, 2016 – 2017

Ekin Karasan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Undergraduate in Electrical Engineering, Class of 2018, 2016 – 2017. Now at University of California, Berkeley, pursuing Ph.D.

Michelle Duan, Wellesley College, Undergraduate Chemistry, Class of 2019, 2016 – 2018

Hussein Emre Dagdeviren, Istanbul Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine (Istanbul, Turkey), Medical Student, Neurosurgery, Summer 2017

Elizabeth Zhang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Master’s Student, Electrical Engineering, 2017 – 2018. Now at Stanford University pursuing Ph.D.

Karenna Groff, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Undergraduate, Class of 2022, Summer 2018

Stuart Dillon Powell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Undergraduate in Electrical Engineering, Class of 2021, Summer 2018

Carl Alex Matisse, Johns Hopkins University, Undergraduate in Neuroscience, Class of 2021, Summer 2018

Busra Nur Agca. Hacettepe University School of Medicine (Ankara, Turkey), 3rd Year Medical Student, Summers 2018 and 2019

Kade Bose, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Undergraduate in Electrical Engineering, Class of 2022, Spring 2019 – present

Jeanne L. Harabedian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Undergraduate in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Class of 2020, Spring 2019

May Xia, Wellesley College, Undergraduate in Neuroscience, Class of 2021, Spring 2019 – present

Edgardo A. Letona Chavez, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Undergraduate in Physics, Class of 2022, Spring 2019

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