#  Chung Named McKnight Scholar 

 





March 26, 2026

 

 

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The [McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience](https://www.mcknight.org/programs/the-mcknight-endowment-fund-for-neuroscience/) has selected Prof. SueYeon Chung as a 2026 McKnight Scholar. The McKnight Scholar Awards are granted to young scientists who are in the early stages of establishing their own independent laboratories and research careers and have demonstrated a commitment to neuroscience.

Chung receives the award for her work on neural population geometry: a framework for understanding how activity across large populations of neurons in the brain gives rise to perception and behavior. Using mathematics, computational tools and large-scale neural recordings, her lab explores how neural activity across sensory and cognitive brain regions changes during learning. This provides insights into the geometric principles that govern neural computation and, in turn, behavior.