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Chantell Skye Evans

Assistant Professor of Cell Biology
Cell Biology

Selected Grants


Neurobiology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2024 - 2029

Tau Mediates Microtubule and Mitochondrial Dynamics to Control Cellular Organization and Alveolar Epithelial Repair

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2024 - 2029

Astrocytic Mitochondrial Degradation in Neuronal Synaptic Formation and Astrocyte Morphogenesis

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute · 2025 - 2028

Mechanistic insights into neuronal mitophagy during homeostasis and neurodegeneration

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience · 2025 - 2028

How does selective autophagy dysfunction contribute to neurodegeneration?

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative · 2022 - 2027

Optineurin-mediated mitophagy as a mtDNA quality control pathway in primary hippocampal neurons

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund · 2025 - 2027

Mitochondrial Regulation of Brain Network Dynamics in Stress

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2027

Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2027

CIRCUIT MECHANISMS FOR DOPAMINE NEURON VULNERABILITY AND RESILIENCE IN PD - Extension

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research · 2021 - 2026

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2021 - 2026

Investigating mitochondrial turnover in homeostasis and disease

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation · 2022 - 2024

HHMI Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program: Mitochondrial surveillance in neuronal homeostasis and disease

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute · 2021 - 2024

External Relationships


  • American Society of Cell Biology
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Springer Nature
  • University of Washington, Seattle

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