SOPHIE CARON portrait
  • Associate Professor, School Of Biological Sciences

Professional Service

  • National Institutes of Health. Role: Member. Sensory-Motor Neuroscience Study Section Reviewer. 03/2023 - present
  • Science Advances. Role: Member. Reviewer . 06/2018 - present
  • Public Library of Science Computational Biology. Role: Member. Reviewer. 06/2018 - present
  • Current Biology. Reviewer. 06/01/2010 - present
  • Nature Communications. Reviewer. 06/01/2010 - present
  • Nature Neuroscience. Reviewer. 06/01/2010 - present

Internal Service

  • Limited Submission Opportunity Committee. Member, 07/2023 - present. University service.
  • School of Biological Sciences, Seminar Series Committee. Member, 07/2023 - present. Department service.
  • Cell Imaging Core, Faculty Advisory Committee. Member, 07/2023 - present. University service.
  • College of Science, Utah Pathways to STEM Faculty Learning Community. Member, 07/2021 - present. College service.
  • Seminar Series Committee. Member, 07/2020 - 06/2022. Department service.
  • Graduate Program in Molecular, Cellular and Evolutionary Biology, Admission Committee . Member, 07/2019 - present. Department service.
  • Cell Imaging Core, Faculty Advisory Committee. Member, 07/2019 - 06/2022. Department service.
  • Grant Writing Academy at the University of Utah, Faculty mentor. Member, 06/2019 - present. University service.
  • Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Capstone exams. Member, 06/2018 - present. University service.
  • Neuroscience Graduate Program, Admission Committee . Member, 06/01/2018 - present. Department service.
  • Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Admission Committee . Member, 06/01/2018 - present. Department service.
  • Website Design Committee. Member, 06/01/2017 - 06/01/2019. Department service.
  • TEP Faculty Search Committee. Member, 02/01/2016 - 06/2018. College service.

Community Partnership

  • Neural computations for sensory navigation: mechanisms, models and biometric applications, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Lecturer . 06/2018 - present
  • Royal Society Publishing, Open Biology, Editorial Board Member . 06/01/2018 - present

Honors & Awards

  • President Scholar AwardUniversity of Utah . 12/2023
  • College of Science Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Award. University of Utah, 07/2023
  • CAREER Award. National Science Foundation, 04/2021
  • Capecchi Endowed Chair in Biology. University of Utah, 07/21/2016