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Danielle Bassett: Erdős-Rényi Prize

Danielle S. Bassett, Eduardo D. Glandt Faculty Fellow and associate professor of bioengineering at Penn Engineering, received the 2018 Erdős-Rényi Prize from the Network Science Society (NetSci), which recognizes the achievements of a young researcher working in the field of network science. NetSci noted that “while the achievements can be both theoretical and experimental, the prize is aimed at emphasizing outstanding contributions relevant to the interdisciplinary progress of network science.”

“Receiving the Erdős-Rényi Prize is a clear recognition from her colleagues that Dani is a true pioneer with many significant accomplishments to date and even more ahead of her,” said bioengineering chair Dave Meaney. “She is an amazing role model for all of us.”

Dr. Bassett received the award during NetSci’s International Conference on Network Science this summer where she delivered a lecture on her work, which uses the discoveries of network science to augment our understanding of the complex organization of the brain in a subset of network science known as network neuroscience. These ways of understanding the connections between neurons in a larger system have powerful applications for engineering, neurology and psychiatry.

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