15 Facts About Danielle Bassett

Danielle Bassett graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor of science in physics in 2004.

Danielle Bassett received a certificate in postgraduate studies from Churchill College, Cambridge in 2005 and a doctor of philosophy from King's College, Cambridge in 2009.

Dani S Bassett became a postdoctoral associate from 2009 to 2011 at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Sage Junior Research Fellow from 2011 to 2013.

Danielle Bassett focused on the "small-world" topology of the brain, which refers to networks and the way in which they express dense local clustering and how the presence of connections leads to a short path of communication between distant nodes.

The small-world models Danielle Bassett produced introduced a means to understanding the brain's structure and function.

Danielle Bassett found that of the various cortical regions, the multimodal portion of the cortex has hierarchical organizations with low clustering, and the transmodal portion was more assortative.

Danielle Bassett applied these concepts to schizophrenic individuals and noticed that the organization of these portions were abnormal with increasing connection distances.

Danielle Bassett continues to research the implications of network behaviors on mental disorders, particularly schizophrenia.

Danielle Bassett has worked with Fabio Pasqualetti to apply control theory to the study of the brain; their initial study on the subject was published in 2015.

Danielle Bassett received the Winston Churchill Scholarship and the National Institute of Health- Cambridge Health Science Scholarship to fund their graduate education.

Danielle Bassett received the Alumni Achievement Award from the Schreyer Honors College at Pennsylvania State University for extraordinary accomplishment under 35 years of age.

Danielle Bassett was named American Psychological Society "Rising Star" in December 2012.

In 2016, Danielle Bassett was named one of the ten most brilliant scientists of the year by Popular Science magazine.

Danielle Bassett was named a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 2020 and a fellow of the American Physical Society in 2021.

Danielle Bassett's twin is Perry Zurn, professor at the department of philosophy at American University.