2026 Competition Winners

The Chicago Chapter of the

Society for Neuroscience

congratulates

Dana Foundation Neuro Art Award

Chanpreet Kaur
1st Place · Loyola University
Maya Sheth
2nd Place · Northwestern University
Rashmika Maganuru
3rd Place · University of Illinois, Chicago

Dana Foundation Neuro Now Competition

Finalists
Lindsey Ramirez
Dept of Neurobiology, UIC
Reward, Addiction, and Consequences
Cristina Virlan
Loyola University
Illuminating Light-Brain Interactions
Semi-finalists
Arianna Gonzalez Barciona
Loyola University
Wired for Plasticity
Anna Pham
Loyola University
Classical Conditioning

2026 Graduate Student Symposium Award

Michael Volyanyuk
1st Place · Loyola University
Emily Krueger
2nd Place · Loyola University
Chanpreet Kaur
3rd Place · Loyola University

2026 Post-Doctoral Fellow Poster Competition

Sevnur Kömürlü Keceli
1st Place · Loyola University
Camila Estay
2nd Place · Loyola University
Yuexi Yin
3rd Place · University of Chicago

2026 Undergraduate Student Poster Competition

Carys McFaul
1st Place · Dominican University
Kody Bruce
2nd Place · Loyola University
Trinity Murray
3rd Place · North Central College