Danielle Bassett
Dani Bassett | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1981 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Pennsylvania State University (BS) University of Cambridge (PgCert, PhD) |
| Children | Two sons, b. 2011 and 2014 |
| Awards | Sloan Research Fellowship MacArthur fellowship Erdős–Rényi Prize ONR Young Investigator |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | physics, neuroscience |
| Institutions | University of California, Santa Barbara University of Pennsylvania |
| Doctoral advisor | Thomas Duke, Edward T. Bullmore, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg |
| Website | www |
Dani Smith Bassett (born c. 1981) is an American physicist and systems neuroscientist who was the youngest individual to be awarded a 2014 MacArthur fellowship.
Bassett, whose pronouns are they/them, was also awarded a 2014 Sloan fellowship. They are currently the J. Peter Skirkanich Professor in the Departments of Bioengineering, Electrical & Systems Engineering, Physics & Astronomy, Neurology, and Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and an external professor of the Santa Fe Institute. Their work focuses on applying network science to the study of learning in the human brain in addition to the study of other complex physical and biological systems.