Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science

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Institute Team

Affiliated Faculty

Carney Institute-affiliated faculty are leaders in their respective areas of research into the brain. They are experimentalists, theorists, engineers, and clinicians who come together to produce fascinating new insights into how we think, feel and behave.

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Center Directors

  • Gilad Barnea

    Gilad Barnea

    Director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Cells and Circuits, Sidney A. Fox and Dorothea Doctors Fox Professor of Ophthalmology, Visual Science and Neuroscience
  • Carney Brain

    Linda Carpenter, M.D.

    Deputy Director of the COBRE Center for Neuromodulation, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
  • Michael Frank

    Michael Frank

    Director of the Center for Computational Brain Science, Edgar L. Marston Professor of Psychology, Co-Director, BRAINSTORM Program
  • Benjamin Greenberg

    Benjamin Greenberg

    Director of the COBRE Center for Neuromodulation, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
  • Diane Lipscombe

    Diane Lipscombe

    Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director of the Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science, Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Professor of Science, Professor of Neuroscience
  • Eric M. Morrow

    Eric M. Morrow, M.D., Ph.D.

    Director of the Center for Translational Neuroscience, Mencoff Family University Professor, Professor of Neuroscience, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
  • Kate O'Connor-Giles

    Kate O'Connor-Giles

    Provost’s Professor of Brain Science, Professor of Neuroscience, Associate Director, Center for the Neurobiology of Cells and Circuits
  • Carney Brain

    Stephen Salloway, M.D.

    Associate Director of Clinical Research for the Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research, Martin M. Zucker Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
  • Thomas Serre

    Thomas Serre

    Associate Director of the Center for Computational Brain Science, Director for the Center for Computation and Visualization, Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences, Professor of Computer Science
  • Carney Brain

    Audrey Tyrka

    Associate Director of the COBRE Center for Neuromodulation, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Chair of Psychiatry

Executive Committee

The Carney Institute Executive Committee meets monthly to review Carney research priorities and programs, discuss funding opportunities, and provide input to the institute director and leadership team. The committee includes representatives of 11 departments and academic units, as well as Carney Institute initiatives and centers.

  • Carlos Aizenman

    Carlos Aizenman

    Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Neuroscience, Professor of Neuroscience, Professor of Brain Science
  • Carney Brain

    Wael Asaad, M.D., Ph.D.

    Sidney A. Fox and Dorothea Doctors Fox Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Professor of Neurosurgery, Professor of Neuroscience
  • Gilad Barnea

    Gilad Barnea

    Director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Cells and Circuits, Sidney A. Fox and Dorothea Doctors Fox Professor of Ophthalmology, Visual Science and Neuroscience
  • David Borton

    David Borton

    Associate Professor of Engineering, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Associate Professor of Brain Science
  • John Davenport

    R. John Davenport

    Director of Research Strategy
  • Oriel FeldmanHall

    Oriel FeldmanHall

    Manning Assistant Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences
  • Michael Frank

    Michael Frank

    Director of the Center for Computational Brain Science, Edgar L. Marston Professor of Psychology, Co-Director, BRAINSTORM Program
  • Bess Frost

    Bess Frost

    Salame-Feraud Director, Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research, Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
  • Matthew Harrison

    Matthew Harrison

    Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics
  • Anne Hart

    Anne Hart

    Professor of Neuroscience, Graduate Program Director for the Neuroscience Graduate Program, Chair of the Department of Neuroscience
  • Leigh Hochberg

    Leigh Hochberg

    L. Herbert Ballou University Professor of Engineering and Professor of Brain Science
  • Ted Huey

    Edward "Ted" Huey

    Associate Director, Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research, Director, Memory and Aging Program, Butler Hospital, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
  • Diane Lipscombe

    Diane Lipscombe

    Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director of the Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science, Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Professor of Science, Professor of Neuroscience
  • Chris Moore

    Christopher Moore

    Associate Director of the Carney Institute of Brain Science, Adam and Margaret Korn Professor of Brain Science, Professor of Neuroscience, Professor of Brain Science
  • Eric M. Morrow

    Eric M. Morrow, M.D., Ph.D.

    Director of the Center for Translational Neuroscience, Mencoff Family University Professor, Professor of Neuroscience, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
  • Kate O'Connor-Giles

    Kate O'Connor-Giles

    Provost’s Professor of Brain Science, Professor of Neuroscience, Associate Director, Center for the Neurobiology of Cells and Circuits
  • Ellie Pavlick

    Ellie Pavlick

    Manning Assistant Professor of Computer Science
  • Carney Brain

    Noah S. Philip, M.D.

    Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
  • Sharon Rounds

    Sharon Rounds

    Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Professor of Medicine, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
  • Jerome Sanes

    Jerome Sanes, Ph.D.

    Chair of the MRI Executive Committee, Director of the COBRE Center for Central Nervous System Function, Professor of Neuroscience
  • Thomas Serre

    Thomas Serre

    Associate Director of the Center for Computational Brain Science, Director for the Center for Computation and Visualization, Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences, Professor of Computer Science
  • David Sheinberg

    David Sheinberg, Ph.D.

    Professor of Neuroscience, Carney Director of Graduate Training
  • Michael Worden

    Michael Worden, Ph.D.

    Chair of the MRI Scientific Advisory Committee, Associate Director of Research, MRI Facility, Associate Professor of Brain Science (Research)

Scientific Advisory Board

The Scientific Advisory Board advises the director of the Carney Institute for Brain Science on the institute's scientific priorities. 

  • Danielle Bassett

    Danielle Bassett

    J. Peter Skirkanich Professor, University of Pennsylvania
  • Matthew Botvinick

    Matthew Botvinick

    Director of Neuroscience Research, DeepMind
  • Rui Costa

    Rui Costa

    Professor of Neuroscience and Neurology, Columbia University, Director and Chief Executive Officer of Columbia's Zuckerman Institute
  • Gul Dolen

    Gul Dolen

    Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Brain Science Institute, Wendy Klag Center for Autism & Developmental Disabilities, Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute, Johns Hopkins University
  • Guoping Feng

    Guoping Feng

    Associate Director, McGovern Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Melanie Leitner

    Melanie Leitner

    Chief Scientific Officer, ALS Investment Fund, Founder, Accelerating NeuroVentures, LLC
  • David Leopold

    David Leopold

    Principal Investigator, National Institute of Mental Health
  • Beatriz Luna

    Beatriz Luna

    Staunton Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Professor of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
  • Stefan McDonough

    Stefan McDonough

    Adjunct Professor of Brain Science, Vice President and Head of Neuroscience, Atalanta Therapeutics
  • Sacha Nelson

    Sacha Nelson

    Chair, Neuroscience Program; Gyula and Katica Tauber Professor of Life Science, Brandeis University
  • Amita Sehgal

    Amita Sehgal

    John Herr Musser Professor of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania