• Vivek Nityananda (Chair), Newcastle University, UK
• Ana Silva, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
• Angeles Salles, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
• Josh Martin. Colby College, USA
• Lukas Weiss, Princeton University, USA
• Dori Grijseels, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany
• Ayse Yilmaz, Lund University, Sweden

ISN Awards Committees 2026

Heiligenberg Student Travel Award:

• (Chair) Rohini Balakrishnan brohini@iisc.ac.in
• Simons Sponberg sponberg@gatech.edu
• Vielka Salazar vielka_salazar@cbu.ca
• Sanjay Sane sane@ncbs.res.in

Heiligenberg Postdoc Travel Award:

• (Chair) Yossi Yovel yossiyovel@gmail.com
• (Chair) Andrea Simmons andrea_simmons@brown.edu
• Audrey Dussutour  audrey.dussutour@univ-tlse3.fr
• Melissa Coleman MColeman@kecksci.claremont.edu

Young Investigator Awards:

• (Chair) Jessica Fox jlf88@case.edu
• Anna Stockl anna.stoeckl@uni-konstanz.de
• Eva Fischer efischer@illinois.edu
• Basil el Jundi basil.el.jundi@ntnu.no

Capranica Prize:

• (Chair) Ari Berkowitz   ari@ou.edu
• Cathy Rankin crankin@psych.ubc.ca
• Ken Catania kenneth.catania@vanderbilt.edu
• Wolfgang Stein wstein@ilstu.edu

Konishi Awards:

• (Chair) Angeles (Angie) Salles salles@uic.edu
• Michiyo Kinoshita  michiyo0312@gmail.com
• Basil el Jundi   basil.el.jundi@ntnu.no
• Lauren O’Connell loconnel@stanford.edu

ISN Fellows Committee:

• (Chair) (Council) Melissa Coleman MColeman@kecksci.claremont.edu
• (Council) Michiyo Kinoshita Kinoshita_michiyo@soken.ac.jp
• (at large) Daniel Tomsic tomsic@fbmc.fcen.uba.ar
• (at large) Catherine Carr cecarr@umd.edu

Developing Neuroethology Award:

• (Co-chair) Vivek Nitanyanda Vivek.Nityananda@newcastle.ac.uk
• (Co-chair) Angeles (Angie) Salles salles@uic.edu
• Ana Silva asilva@fcien.edu.uy
• Sanjay Sane sane@ncbs.res.in