Administration

• Director: J. Anthony Movshon
  
• Director of Graduate Studies: Alex Reyes
• Director of Undergraduate Studies: Chiye Aoki
• Associate Director: Amala Ankolekar

Core Faculty of CNS

• Cristina M. Alberini, Professor of Neural Science; Ph.D. 1988, University of Genoa.
  Molecular mechanisms of long-term memory.
• Chiye Aoki, Professor of Neural Science and Biology; Ph.D. 1985, The Rockefeller University.
  Neuronal plasticity in neocortex.
• Thomas J. Carew, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science; Professor of Neural Science; Ph.D. 1970, University of California, Riverside.
  Molecular, cellular, and behavioral architecture of memory formation.
• Adam Carter, Assistant Professor of Neural Science; Ph.D. 2002, Harvard University.
  Cellular neurophysiology. Lab homepage.
• Nathaniel Daw, Assistant Professor of Neural Science and Psychology; Ph.D. 2003, Carnegie Mellon University.
  Decision making and neuromodulation.
  
• André A. Fenton, Professor of Neural Science; Ph.D. 1998, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center.
  Molecular, neural, behavioral, and computational aspects of memory.
  
• Paul W. Glimcher, Silver Professor; Professor of Neural Science, Economics and Psychology; Ph.D. 1989, University of Pennsylvania.
  The neurobiological, economics, and psychological bases of human and animal decision-making. Lab homepage.
• Michael J. Hawken, Professor of Neural Science and Psychology; Ph.D. 1979, University of Otago.
  Neuronal mechanisms of visual perception.
• David Heeger, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1987, University of Pennsylvania.
  Functional imaging of the human brain (fMRI), computational neuroscience, vision, attention. Lab homepage.
• Lynne Kiorpes, Professor of Neural Science and Psychology; Ph.D. 1982, University of Washington.
  Development of visual function. Lab homepage.
• Eric Klann, Professor of Neural Science; Ph.D. 1989, Medical College of Virginia.
  Molecular mechanisms of learning and memory.
• Joseph E. LeDoux, University Professor; Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science; Professor of Neural Science and Psychology; Ph.D. 1977, State University of New York, Stony Brook.
  Memory and emotion. Lab homepage.
• J. Anthony Movshon, University Professor; Silver Professor; Professor of Neural Science and Psychology; Ph.D. 1975, Cambridge University.
  Vision and visual development. Lab homepage.
• Bijan Pesaran, Assistant Professor of Neural Science; Ph.D. 2002, California Institute of Technology.
  Neuronal dynamics and decision making.
• Alex D. Reyes, Associate Professor of Neural Science; Ph.D. 1990, University of Washington.
  Functional interactions of neurons in a network.
• John Rinzel, Professor of Neural Science and Mathematics; Ph.D. 1973, New York University.
  Biophysical mechanisms and theoretical foundations of neural computations.
• Nava Rubin, Associate Professor of Neural Science and Psychology; Ph.D. 1993, Hebrew University.
  Visual perception and the neural basis of vision.
• Dan H. Sanes, Professor of Neural Science and Biology; Ph.D. 1984, Princeton University.
  Development and plasticity of the auditory system.
• Malcolm N. Semple, Vice Dean and Acting Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Science; Professor of Neural Science and Psychology; Ph.D. 1981, Monash University.
  Neurobiology of hearing.
• Robert M. Shapley, Natalie Clews Spencer Professor of the Sciences; Professor of Neural Science, Psychology, and Biology; Ph.D. 1970, The Rockefeller University.
  Visual physiology and perception.
• Eero P. Simoncelli, Professor of Neural Science and Mathematics; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Ph.D. 1993, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  Computational vision. Lab homepage.
• Wendy A. Suzuki, Professor of Neural Science and Psychology. Ph.D. 1993, University of California at San Diego
  Organization of memory in the medial temporal lobe and the effects of exercise on learning, memory and cognition. Lab homepage.

Global Distinguished Professor of Neural Science

• Yadin Dudai, Albert and Blanche Willner Family Global Distinguished Professor of Neural Science, New York University; Sara and Michael Sela Professor of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science; Ph.D. 1974, The Weizmann Institute of Science.
  Mechanisms of learning and memory.

Clinical Faculty

• Mark M. Klinger, Clinical Professor of Neural Science; Director, Office of Veterinary Resources. D.V.M. 1986, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez.
  Comparative medicine.

Associates of CNS

• Karen Adolph, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1993, Emory University.
  Infant learning and development; motor skill acquisition; perceptual exploration.
• David Amodio, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 2003, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
  Social neuroscience; Neural mechanisms of cognitive control and person perception in social contexts.
• Efrain C. Azmitia, Professor of Biology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1973, The Rockefeller University.
  Molecular neuroplasticity.
• Justin Blau, Associate Professor of Biology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1996, King's College, London.
  Genetic analysis of circadian rhythms.
• David Cai, Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1994, Northwestern University.
  Theoretical and computational neuroscience, Applied dynamical systems and stochastic processes, Wave Turbulence.
• Marisa Carrasco, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1989, Princeton University.
  Visual perception and attention. Lab homepage.
• Moses Chao, Professor of Cell Biology, Physiology and Neuroscience, and Psychiatry (School of Medicine) and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1980, University of California, Los Angeles.
  Mechanisms of neurotrophin signaling.
• Edgar E. Coons, Jr., Professor of Psychology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1964, Yale University.
  Brain mechanisms of reward.
• Clayton E. Curtis, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, Ph.D. 1999, University of Minnesota.
  Cortical mechanisms of oculomotion and executive control using functional magnetic resonance imaging, psychophysiology, and pathological populations. Lab homepage.
• Jeremy S. Dasen, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine), and Neural Science; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Ph.D. 1999, University of California, San Diego.
  Formation and function of circuits in the developing nervous system.
• Lila Davachi, Associate Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, Ph.D. 1999, Yale University.
  Human memory formation. Lab homepage.
• Claude Desplan, Professor of Biology and Neural Science, Ph.D. 1983, University of Paris.
  Molecular genetic analysis of neural differentiation. Lab homepage.
• Gordon J. Fishell, Professor of Cell Biology (School of Medicine) and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1989, University of Toronto.
  The development and function of cortical interneurons.
• Robert C. Froemke, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine), and Neural Science; Ph.D. 2004, University of California, Berkeley.
  Function and plasticity of the central auditory system.
• Wen-Biao Gan, Associate Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine) and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1995, Columbia University.
  Synaptic mechanisms of learning and memory.
• Davi Geiger, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1990, Massachussests Institute of Technology.
  Computational vision and learning.
• Charles A. Hoeffer, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine), and Neural Science; Ph.D. 2004, University of Arizona.
  Neuropeptides, biogenic amines and modulated behaviors.
• Michael S. Landy, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1981, University of Michigan.
  Computational approaches to vision.
• Yann LeCun, Silver Professor; Professor of Computer Science and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1987, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris.
  Machine learning, computer vision, and computational neuroscience.
• Dayu Lin, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine), and Neural Science; Ph.D. 2005, Duke University.
  Neural circuits underlying social behaviors.
• Michael Long, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine), and Neural Science; Ph.D. 2003, Brown University.
  Cellular and circuit mechanisms underlying the production of learned motor sequences.
• Laurence T. Maloney, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1985, Stanford University.
  Mathematical approaches to psychology and neuroscience.
• T. James Matthews, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1970, Brown University.
  Motivation, learning, and hormones.
• David W. McLaughlin, Provost; Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1971, Indiana University.
  Nonlinear waves; mathematical physics, visual neural science.
• Denis G. Pelli, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1981, Cambridge University.
  Object recognition.
• Charles S. Peskin, Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1972, Yeshiva University.
  Mathematical biology.
• Elizabeth Phelps, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1989, Princeton University.
  Interaction between human memory and emotion combining behavioral and neural approaches. Lab homepage.
• David Poeppel, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1995, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  Auditory cognition, speech perception and language comprehension. Lab homepage.
• Aaditya Rangan, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science; Ph.D. 2003, University of California, Berkeley.
  Large-scale scientific modeling and efficient numerical methods.
• Carol S. Reiss, Professor of Biology and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1978, City University of New York.
  Immune responses to viral infection.
• Niels Ringstad, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology (School of Medicine) and Neural Science; Ph.D. 2000, Yale University.
  Neuropeptides, biogenic amines and modulated behaviors.
• Michael J. Shelley, Lilian and George Lyttle Professor of Applied Mathematics; Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1985, University of Arizona.
  Applied Mathematics, Modeling, and Large-Scale Computation; Vision and Computational Neuroscience.
• Greg S. Suh, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine), and Neural Science; Ph.D. 2001, University of California, Los Angeles.
  Neural circuits mediating innate behaviors.
• Regina Sullivan, Research Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (School of Medicine) and Neural Science; Research Scientist, Emotional Brain Institute, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research; Ph.D. 1983, City University Of New York.
  Neurobiology of infant attachment, emotional learning, sensory system development.
• Daniel Tranchina, Professor of Biology, Mathematics, and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1981, The Rockefeller University.
  Information processing in the retina.
• Richard W. Tsien, Druckenmiller Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience (School of Medicine), and Neural Science; D.Phil. 1970, Oxford University.
  Mechanisms that link electrical activity to intracellular and intercellular signaling. Lab homepage
• Jonathan Viventi, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Polytechnic Institute) and Neural Science; Ph.D. 2010, University of Pennsylvania.
  Brain-computer interfaces and brain recording technologies.
• Donald A. Wilson, Research Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (School of Medicine) and Neural Science; Senior Research Scientist, Emotional Brain Institute, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research; Ph.D. 1983, McMaster University.
  Neurobiology of memory and emotion, sensory physiology, olfaction
• Edward B. Ziff, Professor of Biochemistry (School of Medicine) and Neural Science; Ph.D. 1969, Princeton University.
  Control of glutamate receptors at excitatory synapses.

Affiliates of CNS

• Ned Block, Silver Professor; Professor of Philosophy and Psychology; Ph.D., Harvard University.
  Foundations of consciousness.
• Andrew Caplin, Silver Professor; Professor of Economics; Ph.D. 1983, Yale University.
  Microeconomic Theory, Macroeconomic Theory, The Housing Market, Neurobiology of Decision.
• Murray Glanzer, Professor Emeritus of Psychology; Ph.D. 1952, University of Michigan.
  Memory.
• Jerome K. Percus, Professor of Physics and Mathematics; Ph.D. 1954, Columbia University.
  Mathematical biology.
• Andrew Schotter, Professor of Economics; Ph.D. 1973, New York University.
  Experimental Economics, Microeconomics, Game Theory, Neurobiology of Decision.