People

Director, Kavli Neural Systems Institute
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor, Laboratory of Integrative Brain Function
Investigates how brains form memories and perform cognitive operations to guide behavior, with a focus on navigation.

Associate Director, Kavli Neural Systems Institute
Jonathan M. Nelson Family Associate Professor, Laboratory of Neural Dynamics and Cognition
Investigates brain mechanisms of memory storage and recall.
Steering Committee

Vice President for Academic Affairs
Torsten N. Wiesel Professor, Lulu and Anthony Wang Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior
Studies the relationship between genes, neural circuits, and behavior in C. elegans.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior

Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior

Denise A. and Eugene W. Chinery Professor, Laboratory of Neural Systems
Studies how the brain processes visual cues from faces to better understand perception and social cognition.

Frederick P. Rose Professor, Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology
Investigates mechanisms of neuronal differentiation and migration during embryonic development.

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
James and Marilyn Simons Professor, Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Investigates histological and functional aspects of the mammalian brain in health and disease.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Genetics

Stanley S. and Sydney R. Shuman Professor, Laboratory of Social Evolution and Behavior
Studies how insect societies evolve and function at the level of genes, brains, and behavior.

President
Carson Family Professor, Laboratory of Human Genetics and Genomics
Uses large-scale genetics and genomics to identify mutations underlying human disease and their biochemical mechanisms.

Graduate Fellow, Laboratory of Developmental Genetics

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Professor, Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior
Investigates neural circuits that underlie innate and learned behaviors.

Richard E. Salomon Family Professor, Laboratory of Developmental Genetics
Investigates developmental cell death and the role of glial cells in nervous system development and function.

Dean of Graduate and Postgraduate Studies
Vice President for Educational Affairs

Graduate Fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics

Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Integrative Brain Function

Graduate Fellow, Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior
Faculty Membership
Cori Bargmann, Ph.D.
Lulu and Anthony Wang Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior
Ali H. Brivanlou, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Synthetic Embryology
Jean-Laurent Casanova, M.D., Ph.D.
St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases
Robert B. Darnell, M.D., Ph.D.
Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-oncology
Winrich Freiwald, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Neural Systems
Jeffrey M. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D.
Laboratory of Molecular Genetics
Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D.
Robin Chemers Neustein Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development
Charles D. Gilbert, M.D., Ph.D.
Laboratory of Neurobiology
Mary E. Hatten, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology
Nathaniel Heintz, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Molecular Biology
A. James Hudspeth, M.D., Ph.D.
Laboratory of Sensory Neuroscience
Erich Jarvis, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language
Daniel Kronauer, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Social Evolution and Behavior
Stanislas Leibler, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Living Matter
Roderick MacKinnon, M.D.
Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics
Marcelo O. Magnasco, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Integrative Neuroscience
Gaby Maimon, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Integrative Brain Function
Daniel Mucida, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Mucosal Immunology
Priya Rajasethupathy, M.D., Ph.D.
Laboratory of Neural Dynamics and Cognition
Charles M. Rice, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease
Vanessa Ruta, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior
Timothy A. Ryan, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry of the Synapse, Weill Cornell Medicine
Thomas P. Sakmar, M.D.
Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Signal Transduction
Shai Shaham, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Developmental Genetics
Eric D. Siggia, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Hermann Steller, Ph.D.
Strang Laboratory of Apoptosis and Cancer Biology
Sidney Strickland, Ph.D.
Patricia and John Rosenwald Laboratory of Neurobiology and Genetics
Alipasha Vaziri, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Neurotechnology and Biophysics
Ekaterina V. Vinogradova, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Chemical Immunology and Proteomics
Leslie B. Vosshall, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior
Michael W. Young, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Genetics
Li Zhao, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics