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Carmen Sandi
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| Born | 1961 (age 63–64) |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Alma mater | Cajal Institute, CSIC, Madrid |
| Known for | Behavioural genetics |
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| Fields | Neuroscience |
| Institutions | University of Bordeaux University of Bern EPFL |
Carmen Sandi, born in 1961, is a scientist from Spain and Switzerland. She studies how the brain affects behavior. She is a professor of neuroscience and leads a special lab at EPFL in Switzerland. This lab, called the Laboratory of Behavioral Genetics, looks at how our genes and brains work together.
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Early Life and Learning
Carmen Sandi grew up in Torrelavega, Spain. She moved to Salamanca to get her first university degrees in 1984. Later, she went to Madrid for her PhD, which she finished in 1988. After that, she did more research in France and the United Kingdom until 1996.
Her Work and Career
Sandi worked as a researcher at the Cajal Institute in Madrid from 1993 to 1995. Then, she became a professor at UNED University in Madrid. For nearly ten years (1996-2003), she studied how fear and memory are connected.
In 2002-2003, she was a visiting professor in Switzerland. After that, she joined EPFL in Switzerland as a professor. She has been there ever since. At EPFL, she is a full professor and leads the Laboratory of Behavioral Genetics. She also directed the Brain Mind Institute from 2012 to 2019. She helped start the Swiss Stress Network and is its co-President.
What Her Lab Studies
Today, Carmen Sandi's lab studies stress, the brain, and behavior. They look at how stress changes the brain. This includes how stress affects thinking and social actions. Her research also explores how people cope with stressful situations. She has written over 190 scientific papers. These papers have been cited by other scientists more than 12,600 times.
Leadership in Science
From 2010 to 2011, Sandi was the president of the European Brain and Behaviour Society. She also led the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies from 2018 to 2020. In 2018, she became a co-director of "Synapsy." This is a Swiss research network that studies mental health issues. She also helps review articles for several science journals.
Awards and Recognitions
Carmen Sandi has received many awards and honors for her work:
- Ron de Kloet Award (2018)
- Visiting Professor at Rockefeller University, New York (2016)
- Valkhof Chair at Radboud University, Netherlands (2015)
- Distinguished Visiting Scientist Fellow, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2015)
- Inaugural Fellow of the Society for Social Neuroscience (2015)
- Behavioral Brain Research Prize (2014)
- Faculty member of Faculty of 1000, Section Cognitive Neuroscience (2012)
- Latsis Foundation award EPFL-Latsis Symposium (2009)
- Visiting Professor at The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (1999)
- Serono Research Prize (1984)
See also
In Spanish: Carmen Sandi para niños
