Polina Anikeeva
Polina Olegovna Anikeeva | |
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Anikeeva in 2016 | |
| Born | 1982 (age 42–43) |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University |
| Awards | National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2013) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Bioelectronics |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | Physical properties and design of light-emitting devices based on organic materials and nanoparticles (2009) |
| Doctoral advisor | Vladimir Bulović |
| Other academic advisors | Karl Deisseroth |
| Website | bioelectronics |
Polina Olegovna Anikeeva (born 1982) is a Russian-born American materials scientist who is a Professor of Material Science & Engineering as well as Brain & Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She also holds faculty appointments in the McGovern Institute for Brain Research and Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT. Her research is centered on developing tools for studying the underlying molecular and cellular bases of behavior and neurological diseases. She was awarded the 2018 Vilcek Foundation Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science, the 2020 MacVicar Faculty Fellowship at MIT, and in 2015 was named a MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35.