I am a biological anthropologist, evolutionary neuroscientist, & computational biologist.
In my work, I integrate these disciplines to ask and answer big questions that are central to our understanding of primate and, in particular, human brain evolution. These questions are wide in scope, and span both the proximate and ultimate mechanisms. For example:
I combine phylogenetic comparative methods, neuroimaging, ‘omics’, and bioinformatics to create a multidisciplinary approach that enables me to attack these types of questions with sophistication and rigor. This is the approach I took in my NSF-funded (GRFP, DDRIG) dissertation project – Variation in neuroanatomy and gene expression in primate brains. I am now at the NIMH working to characterize normative sex differences in brain cell-type specific gene expression patterns across the human brain.
I am thankful for every day spent learning something new. Leaving Wall Street was the best decision I've ever made.
Check out what my current lab and my PhD lab are up to!!
With Dr. Armin Raznahan
With Dr. Armin Raznahan
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DeCasien*, Chiou*, et al., In review
Ongoing collaboration with Dr. Katherine Amato's and Dr. Chris Kuzawa's Research Labs
Chiou*, DeCasien*, et al. 2022
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Colby*, DeCasien*, et al. 2022
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Munds et al. 2022
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DeCasien et al. 2022
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Testard et al. 2022
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Cerrito & DeCasien 2021
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DeCasien et al. 2020
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DeCasien & Higham 2020
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DeCasien & Higham 2019
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Williamson et al. 2019
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DeCasien et al. 2018
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DeCasien et al. 2017
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Media: Scientific American, NPR, New Scientist
Tiffany Ajumobi
NIH Academy Enrichment Program
Gabby Galindo +
Varvy Rousseau
NYU Diversity Undergraduate Research Incubator (DURI) Program
Zosia Caes +
Etta Harshaw
NYU Applied Research Innovations in Science and Engineering (ARISE) Program
Thank you to everyone who supports me and my research!
Natasha Kingsley © 2017