Susan A. Masino

Current: Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Applied Science Trinity College, Hartford CT
Past: Vernon D. Roosa Professor of Applied Science; Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology; Charles A. Dana Research Associate Professor

Susan A. Masino, PhD is the Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Applied Science at Trinity College. Her neuroscience research focuses on ketogenic diet, brain health, and disorders such as epilepsy, autism and pain. Major interests include the neuromodulator adenosine, a molecule with neuroprotective, antiseizure and epigenetic properties, and the relationship between brain metabolism and behavior.


In parallel with her laboratory-based neuroscience research, she was a Charles Bullard Research Fellow at Harvard University on forests and brain health and collaborated with a climate scientist and an ecologist on the seminal paper on proforestation. Dr. Masino is involved in protecting and advocating for the farmland, forests, and clean water in her community and publishing research and policy papers on the importance of natural forest ecosystems as our collective ecological lifelines.

Awards

  • 2008 Finalist: Connecticut Women of Innovation, CT Technology Council: Academic Innovation
  • 2008 Annette and Kingsbury Browne Conservation Volunteer of the Year
  • 2007 Finalist: Connecticut Women of Innovation, CT Technology Council: Research Innovation
  • 2007 Farmington River Watershed Association, Volunteer of the Year
  • 2007 Farmington Valley Trout Unlimited2025 Olmsted Network President’s Award
  • 2024 RESTORE fellowship
  • 2023 Louise Hanson Marshall Special Recognition Award, Society for Neuroscience
  • 2020-2021 Co-Chair, Science and Technology Working Group, Governors Council on Climate Change (GC3)
  • 2018-2019 Charles Bullard Fellowship, Harvard University
  • 2013 Hometown Hero, Simsbury, CT
  • 2012 Trustee Award for Faculty Excellence, Trinity College
  • 2011 National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution: Conservation Committee Award
  • 2010 Kavli Fellow, 2010 US Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium
  • 2009 Finalist: Connecticut Women of Innovation, CT Technology Council: Community Innovation
  • 2009 Mary Simone Erskine Award: Excellence in Mentoring, Research Training and Scholarship Conservation Award

Number of Publications

 >100, 4 edited books

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