Kei M Igarashi, PhD
Chancellor's Fellow Associate Professor
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders
University of California, Irvine
kei.igarashi@uci.edu
100 Irvine Hall, School of Medicine, UC Irvine
835 Health Sciences Road, Irvine, CA 92697 USA
(949)-824-4673
HONORS AND AWARDS
2019 New Vision Award, Donors Cure Foundation
2018 Ando Momofuku Award, Ando Foundation
2017 Research Grant, Whitehall Foundation
2017 Fay-Frank Grant, Brain Research Foundation
2017 Mishima Kaiun Prize, Mishima Kaiun Memorial Foundation
2016 PRESTO Career Development Award, Japan Science and Technology Agency
2015 Excellence in Teaching Award, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2014 Young Investigator Award, Japan Neuroscience Society
2013 Research Grant, Mishima Kaiun Memorial Foundation
2007 – 2009 JSPS Post-doctoral Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2004 – 2007 JSPS Graduate Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Positions and Employment
2022 - Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine
2018- Faculty Member, Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, UC Irvine
2016- Fellow, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning & Memory, UC Irvine
2016-2022 Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine
2009-2015 Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Associate with Drs. Edvard Moser and May-Britt Moser,
Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2007-2009 Postdoctoral Fellow with Drs. Kensaku Mori and Manabu Tanifuji
University of Tokyo School of Medicine/RIKEN Brain Science Institute
2008 Visiting Researcher with Drs. Wei R Chen and Gordon Shepherd, Yale University
2003-2007 PhD student with Dr. Kensaku Mori, University of Tokyo School of Medicine
2001-2003 MS student with Dr. Kensaku Mori, University of Tokyo School of Medicine
2000-2001 Research assistant with Dr. Hitoshi Sakano, University of Tokyo
HONORS AND AWARDS
2023 Inoue Prize for Science
2023 Chancellor’s Fellow, UC Irvine
2023 Japan Academy Medal
2023 Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Prize
2023 Silver Beaker Award for Excellence in Teaching, UC Irvine School of Medicine
2022, 2023 Medical Education Excellence Award in Teaching, UC Irvine School of Medicine
2022 Robert & Sylvia Mapel Research Endowment, UC Irvine School of Medicine
2022 Outstanding Early-Career Faculty Research Award, UC Irvine School of Medicine
2019 Alzheimer’s Disease Research Award, BrightFocus Foundation
2019 New Vision Award for Alzheimer’s Disease Research, Donors Cure Foundation
2018 Ando Momofuku Award, Ando Foundation
2017 Mishima Kaiun Prize, Mishima Kaiun Memorial Foundation
2016 Fay/Frank Seed Grant, Brain Research Foundation
2016 PRESTO Career Development Award, Japan Science and Technology Agency
2014 Young Investigator Award, Japan Neuroscience Society
2013 Gordon Research Conference Travel Award
2012 Norwegian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship
2007 – 2009 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2004 – 2007 Predoctoral Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science