| Kenneth C. Catania | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1965 |
| Fields | Neurobiology |
| Institutions | Vanderbilt University |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland, College Park, University of California, San Diego |
| Doctoral advisor | Glenn Northcutt |
| Notable awards | MacArthur Fellowship, C. J. Herrick Award, NSF Career |
Kenneth C. Catania (born 1965) is a neurobiologist. Catania is an Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Vanderbilt University, where he studies star-nosed moles and naked mole rats. 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. Catania was a post doctoral fellow at Vanderbilt from 1995-1997. In 2000 Catania became an assistant professor at Vanderbilt.
Catania received the American Association of Anatomists’ C. J. Herrick Award in 2005. In 2006, he received a MacArthur Fellowship.