Professor Arnold Gerall earned his Ph.D. in 1951 from Iowa State University, and joined the faculty of Tulane University in 1961. His primary research focus in physiological psychology spans over half a century and has been seminal particularly in the areas of sexual differentiation and reproduction.
Concurrent with a Festschrift in 1991 to celebrate his contributions to the field of physiological psychology, Professor Gerall's friends, colleagues, and former students established a research prize in his name. The Arnold Gerall Prize in Neuroscience annually recognizes a Tulane College or Newcomb College senior for excellence in psychology and neuroscience. Recent recipients were Steven Bright (2007), Jessica Wiegand (2000), Elizabeth Rarick (2001), Christopher May (2002), Lacey Sahuque (2003), Clayton Smith (2004), Ellen Hosemann (2005), and Vishnu Cuddapah and Carolyn Pauker (2006). The honor's theses that each of these students completed carried on the strong tradition of neuroscience research that Professor Gerall fostered at Tulane.
The Senior Scholar Award is awarded annually to the outstanding graduating Neuroscience major in the Honors Program. Congratulations to Amelia Decker and Sarah Atkinson, the 2007 Senior Scholars in Neuroscience.
Previous winners:
Spring 2000: Jessica Wiegand
December 2002: Abigail Hoffmann
Spring 2003: Mollie Teng
Spring 2004: Clayton Smith
Spring 2005: Amy Clark & Robert Eil
Spring 2006 : Sanmati Rao
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