Jon Kaas

Jon Kaas is a Professor in Vanderbilt University and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. He has made discoveries about the organization of the mammalian brain, including the description of many areas of the cerebral cortex and their neuroplasticity. Work from the Kaas laboratory is notable for its emphasis on evolutionary biology. Prof. Kaas's approach is to try and understand how complex brains evolved from ancestor forms... more

Jon Kaas is a Professor in Vanderbilt University and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. He has made discoveries about the organization of the mammalian brain, including the description of many areas of the cerebral cortex and their neuroplasticity. Work from the Kaas laboratory is notable for its emphasis on evolutionary biology. Prof. Kaas's approach is to try and understand how complex brains evolved from ancestor forms which had relatively few areas. Some of the career highlights include: less