Srivatsun ‘Vatsun’ Sadagopan, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurobiology
Ph. D., The Johns Hopkins University SOM (2008)
10021 BST-3
vatsun@pitt.edu, 412-624-8920
Bio
Like many computational and systems neuroscientists, my undergraduate training was in engineering. I obtained a B. Tech. (Hons.) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT KGP) in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology. I then switched gears and obtained my PhD in Neuroscience from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where I trained in auditory neuroscience with Dr. Xiaoqin Wang. Following my PhD, I obtained postdoctoral training in two visual neuroscience labs – with Dr. David Ferster (Northwestern) and Dr. Winrich Freiwald (Rockefeller). I returned to the auditory system when I started my lab at Pitt in 2015. In my spare time I enjoy music, reading, and several amateur pursuits including guitar, running, and tennis. (Here’s my Neurotree).
Affiliations
Department of Bioengineering (Neural Engineering)
Department of Communication Science and Disorders (CSD)
Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh (CNUP)
Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC)
Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)