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The Grass Fellowship program brings early-career investigators to the MBL for 14 weeks to pursue a self-designed, independent research project in neuroscience. provides full support for the fellows, who become part of the vibrant intellectual and social dynamic within the �������� scientific community while sharing space in the Grass Laboratory.

We're proud to announce the 2025 Grass Fellows:

Zeeshan Banday - University of Chicago
Multi-modal evaluation of mechanoelectrical transduction (MET) in nematocytes of jellyfish (Aurelia aurita)

Sam Chakrabarti - Max Delbruck Center
Sensation of pain in chain catsharks (Scyliorhinus retifer)

Alex Chen - Harvard University
The development and fusion of the ctenophore nerve net, towards understanding nervous system evolution

David Hildebrand - The Rockefeller University
Examining circuit mechanisms underlying face recognition in the northern paper wasp

Chris Hoffmann - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Establishing a behavioral and cellular toolkit for studying the environmental impact on the nervous system of sea slugs

Hannah Oberle - University of Michigan
Synaptic plasticity and microcircuitry of the shell inferior colliculus

Kyra Schapiro - Brandeis University
Exploring sensory-neural contributions to Molluscan shell pattern and production

Alex Yarger - Imperial College London
Multimodal adaptation of dragonfly flight control

This year’s Grass Lab is directed by of Denison University. The associate director is of the University of California, Berkeley.