Postdoctoral Fellow Laurel Seemiller named a Rising Star in Neuroscience

Laurel Seemiller, a postdoctoral fellow in biology, has been named one of The Transmitter’s 25 Rising Stars in Neuroscience. Seemiller is a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Nikki Crowley, director of the Penn State Neuroscience Institute at University Park, Huck Chair in Neural Engineering and associate professor of biology and of biomedical engineering.

The award recognizes Seemiller as someone who has made outstanding scientific contributions to the field and has demonstrated a commitment to mentoring and community building.

Her research is focused on understanding the mechanisms underlying adolescent alcohol use and its long-term consequences. Previously, Seemiller, who graduated from the Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in the Penn State Huck Institute of the Life Sciences, earned a F32 National Research Service Award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.