Sonja Vernes

Sonja Vernes
Born
Sonja Catherine Vernes
Other namesBat Boffin
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Scientific career
FieldsNeurogenetics
InstitutionsDonders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging
Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
University of St Andrews
ThesisInvestigation of the role of FOXP transcription factors in neurodevelopment (2007)
Doctoral advisorKay Davies
Simon Fisher
Websiterisweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/sonja-vernes(9bc1f00f-6cfd-4be2-8de0-4d90d99c1108).html

Sonja Catherine Vernes is a neuroscientist who is, as of 2022, the head of the Neurogenetics of Vocal Communication Research Group at the University of St Andrews. She holds a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) future leaders fellowship. Her research investigates vocal communication between mammals. She was a laureate for the 2022 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists.