People

Director, Kavli Neural Systems Institute
Professor, Laboratory of Neurotechnology and Biophysics
Develops and applies new optical imaging techniques to create functional maps of neural circuits.

Associate Director, Kavli Neural Systems Institute
Frederick P. Rose Professor, Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology
Investigates mechanisms of neuronal differentiation and migration during embryonic development.
Steering Committee

Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior

Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior

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.

President
Professor, Laboratory of Human Genetics and Genomics
Dr. Lifton has pioneered the use of genetics and genomics to understand fundamental mechanisms underlying human diseases, including cardiovascular disease, neoplasia, kidney disease, and osteoporosis.

Professor, Laboratory of Integrative Neuroscience
Creates computational and mathematical models to describe neurophysiological systems and living organisms.

Associate Professor, Laboratory of Integrative Brain Function
Studies the neural computations underlying behavior in Drosophila.

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

Graduate Fellow, Laboratory of Neural Systems and Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language

Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Integrative Brain Function

Graduate Fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics

Zachary and Elizabeth M. Fisher Professor in Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Disease, Patricia and John Rosenwald Laboratory of Neurobiology and Genetics
Investigates neurovascular dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics

Graduate Fellow, Laboratory of Neural Dynamics and Cognition

Vice President for Academic Affairs
Richard and Jeanne Fisher Professor, Laboratory of Genetics
Investigates the genetic regulation of biological clocks that underlie many activities of living organisms.
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