Sarah Maguire
Postdoctoral Fellow (July 2016 – September 2021)
Sarah continues her interest in malaria research as a Research Scientist at Sanaria.
Education:
- Undergraduate: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; AB; Major: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 2004-2008
- Graduate: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Ph.D; Discipline: Neuroscience; Thesis Advisor: Amita Sehgal, Ph.D. Thesis: “The ins and outs of sleep: how external temperature cues and internal metabolic cues affect sleep processes.’
- Postdoctoral: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; Discipline: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Advisor: Lindy McBride, PhD. 2015-2016
- Postdoctoral: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Discipline: Neuroscience; Advisor: Chris Potter, PhD. 2016-2021
Awards/Fellowship/Grants:
- Young Investigators Day Award Winner 2021
- Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute (JHMRI) Postdoctoral Fellowship 2019-2021
- NIH Traineeship in Circadian and Sleep Disorders 2012-2014
- Editor’s Choice Distinction, PloS One publication voted top article in Science 2013
- NSF IGERT Traineeship in Language and Communication Sciences 2009-2011
- Senior Poster Prize, best undergraduate thesis in behavior 2008
Research Interests:
Anopheles gambiae; Olfactory System Development; Behavioral Genetics
Interests outside the lab:
Cooking, hiking, reading, playing with my baby
Fun fact:
In graduate school, Sarah played roller derby for the ‘Philly Roller Girls’ under the name, ‘Sarah Impalin.’ Her derby career ended when she broke her rib, ouch!