navya thakkar
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navya thakkar
born mumbai, india, 2000
education
2022 Bachelor of Arts in Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology & Studio Art, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
experiences
2022 Immersion Vanderbilt Project, ArtLab at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
2021 Assistant to Gallery Manager, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
2021 Studio Artist & Intern, Isle Of Printing, Nashville, TN, USA
2021 Artist Fellow, The Nested Knowledge Fellowship, Virtual Program
2020 President & Studio Artist, ArtLab at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
2020 Artist In Residence, Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology & Inflammation & Artlab at Vanderbilt University, Virtual Program
2020 Studio Artist, ArtLab at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
exhibitions
2022 Vanderbilt University Senior Thesis Exhibition, Nashville, TN, USA
2022 Nested Knowledge: Disentangling History, Truth, and Race in STEM Experiences, The Wond'ry at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
2022 Ode to Kara, E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center Student Gallery, Nashville, TN, USA
2021 Vanderbilt Undergraduate Creative Expression Showcase, Vanderbilt Student Life Center, Nashville, TN, USA
2021 bilder & bulletin, E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center Student Gallery, Nashville, TN, USA
2021 Nested Knowledge: Disentangling History, Truth, and Race in STEM Experiences, Virtual Exhibit
publications
2022 "Genome-wide association study of musical beat synchronization demonstrates high polygenicity (figure 1A), The Vanderbilt Music Cognition Lab, bioRxiv Preprint (Forthcoming 2022), https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/836197v3
2022 "The musical abilities, pleiotropy, language, and environment (MAPLE) framework for understanding musicality-language links across the lifespan" (figure 3), The Vanderbilt Music Cognition Lab, PsyArXiv Preprints (Forthcoming 2022), https://psyarxiv.com/nrge6/
2022 "Art, science, history converge in exhibit examining racial issues in STEM," Amy Wolf, Vanderbilt News, February 4, 2022, https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2022/02/04/art-science-history-converge-to-examine-racial-issues-in-stem/
2022 "Ode to Kara," Locate Arts (Tennessee), February 2, 2022, https://locatearts.org/exhibitions/nashville/ode-to-kara
2020 "Persistence in a pandemic: College of Arts and Science students complete enriching summer experiences in science-based art, research," College of Arts & Science News, October 16, 2020, https://as.vanderbilt.edu/news/2020/10/16/pandemic-student- summer-experiences-science-based-art-research/
2020 "The Madhur Lab," ArtLab Artist In Residence - Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology & Inflammation, August 2020, https://www.artlab-air.com/madhur-lab
2020 "ArtLab Interview - Navya Thakkar and Skylar Cuevas," The Wond'ry YouTube Channel, April 20, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCsnLJK4Hdo
2020 “Research Areas,” The Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, June 2020, https://www.vcarscience.com/research-areas