Benton Purnell, PhD

Biography
Mentor

Gordon Buchanan, MD, PhD

Program Start

August 2015

Dissertation Topic

The effect of time-of-day and circadian phase on breathing and vulnerability to seizure-induced respiratory arrest and death

Thesis Defense Date

October 13, 2020

Current Position

Postdoctoral Fellow - Department of Neurosurgery, Detlev Boison lab

Rutgers University

Honors and Awards

  • 2021 D.C. Spriestersbach Dissertation Prize

 

News article: "Looking for Clues at the Scene of the Crime"

 

Benton Purnell
Hometown
Orono, Maine
PhD, University of Iowa
Neuroscience
2015 - 2020

BA, University of Maine, Orono
Psychology
2011 - 2015