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Grants and awards

• German Research Foundation (DFG) Research Grant (Principal Investigator, 2021 – 2024)
• Konishi Neuroethology Research Award (International Society for Neuroethology, 2018)
• The City University of New York Science Scholarship, (2010 – 2015)

Key publications

1. Norton*, Benichov*, et al. (2022). A feedforward inhibitory premotor circuit for auditory-vocal interactions in zebra finches. PNAS, 119(23). *Equal contributions. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2118448119 
2. Benichov & Vallentin (2020). Inhibition within a premotor circuit controls the timing of vocal turn-taking in zebra finches. Nature Communications, 11, 221. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13938-0
3. Benichov et al. (2016). The forebrain song system mediates predictive call timing in female and male zebra finches. Current Biology, 26(3), 309–318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.12.037

Biography

Positions

2025 – Present: Assistant Professor in Avian Neurobiology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, The Netherlands

2025 – Present: Guest Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Germany

2021 – 2024: Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Germany

2016 – 2021: Postdoctoral Researcher, P.I.: Daniela Vallentin, Ph.D.

2019 – 2021: Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Germany

2016 – 2019: Institute of Behavioral Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

2010 – 2016: Graduate Researcher and Lecturer, P.I.: Ofer Tchernichovski, D.V.M., Ph.D.

2012 – 2016: Department of Psychology, Hunter College, USA

2010 – 2012: Biology Department, The City College of New York, USA

2007 – 2010: Research Specialist/Lab Manager, P.I.: Arthur Wingfield, D.Phil., Volen National Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University, USA

Education

2015: Ph.D. in Biology: Neuroscience, Advisor: Ofer Tchernichovski, D.V.M., Ph.D., The City University of New York, USA

2007: B.S. in Cognitive Science, Advisor: Michael T. Turvey, Ph.D., University of Connecticut, USA

Publicaties