Kimberly Aldinger
Senior Research Scientist, Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children’s Research Institute.
Kimberly A. Aldinger, PhD, is a Senior Research Scientist in the Center for Integrative Brain Research at Seattle Children’s Research Institute. Her research focuses on understanding the mechanisms that drive brain development and the impact of genetic and non-genetic changes that lead to neurological disease.
She received her BA in biology from Brandeis University and her ALM in psychology from Harvard University. She then completed a PhD in neurobiology as an Autism Speaks Predoctoral Fellow at The University of Chicago where she discovered a novel genetic mechanism for cerebellar malformations. Dr. Aldinger’s postdoctoral work with Dr. Pat Levitt at the University of Southern California and Dr. Bill Dobyns at Seattle Children’s Research Institute used genomic approaches to investigate the biology of neurodevelopmental disorders, with an emphasis on autism, Rett syndrome, and cerebellar malformations. She has co-discovered over 35 novel genetic causes of rare diseases and established the first single-cell atlas of human cerebellar development.
She received her BA in biology from Brandeis University and her ALM in psychology from Harvard University. She then completed a PhD in neurobiology as an Autism Speaks Predoctoral Fellow at The University of Chicago where she discovered a novel genetic mechanism for cerebellar malformations. Dr. Aldinger’s postdoctoral work with Dr. Pat Levitt at the University of Southern California and Dr. Bill Dobyns at Seattle Children’s Research Institute used genomic approaches to investigate the biology of neurodevelopmental disorders, with an emphasis on autism, Rett syndrome, and cerebellar malformations. She has co-discovered over 35 novel genetic causes of rare diseases and established the first single-cell atlas of human cerebellar development.