Karen Litwa, PhD

Karen Litwa, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology

B.S., Grove City College
Ph.D., Emory University
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Virginia School of Medicine

Dr. Karen Litwa, Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, is the first BSOM faculty member to receive the CAREER award that exceeded $1 million total. The CAREER award is the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious and competitive award for junior, pre-tenure, faculty, supporting excellence in research and teaching. This 5-year award will support cutting-edge research on how synapses form in the developing brain, as well as scientific outreach and educational activities, including the development of an undergraduate microscopy course.