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Kenneth C. Catania (born 1965) is a biologist and neuroscientist working at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He studies animal sensory systems, brain organization, and behavior in diverse species including star-nosed moles, water shrews, naked mole-rats, alligators and crocodiles, and snakes at (Catania lab ). He studies specialized animals because “they reveal general principles of brain function.” Catania has written many publications in scientific journals and has written for (Scientific American ), (Natural History Magazine ), and (The Scientist ). He did his post-doctoral work with (Jon Kaas ) at Vanderbilt University before joining the (Vanderbilt Biological Sciences Faculty ) in 2000 where he is currently a Stevenson Professor of Biological Sciences. In 1989, Catania received a BS in zoology from the University of Maryland. In 1992, he received an MS in Neurosciences from the University of California, San Diego, followed in 1994 with a Ph.D. from UCSD (working with Glenn Northcutt ). ==Awards== (2013 Pradel Award in Neuroscience, National Academy of Sciences ) (2006 MacArthur Award ) (2005 C. J. Herrick Award in Neuroanatomy ) (2001 National Science Foundation Career Award ) (2001 Searle Scholar Award ) (1998 Capranica Foundation Award in Neuroethology ) He received international attention for his investigations into the touch organs of crocodilians, particularly American alligators and Nile crocodiles with Duncan Leitch. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kenneth C. Catania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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