Katy Bjornson, Ph.D

Biography

I am a doctoral student in the Neuroscience Training Program at UW-Madison. I received my B.S. in neuroscience and sociology from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 2018. My primary area of research in the Cahill lab focuses on understanding the cellular signaling pathways that underly dendritic spine structural plasticity in cognition. I am also interested in neuro-psychiatic disorders and understanding the role that structural plasticity plays in disease states. When I’m not in the lab, I enjoy playing volleyball, paddle boarding on lake Monona, and playing polo!