Faculty

Theorists

FACULTY NAME DEPARTMENT RESEARCH AREA
Blaise Agüera y Arcas Google & Affiliate Faculty, UW Computer Science & Engineering Machine intelligence
Wyeth Bair Biological Structure Computer modeling of visual cortical circuits
Bing Brunton Biology Data-driven, low-dimensional dynamic models of neuronal networks
Michael Buice Allen Institute for Brain Science & Affiliate faculty, UW Applied Mathematics Machine intelligence and network dynamics
Howard Chizeck Electrical Engineering Control of disease through neural implants
Christof Koch  Allen Institute for Brain Science & Affiliate faculty, UW Biology Biophysics of computation; neural correlates of consciousness
Adrienne Fairhall
(co-director)		 Physiology & Biophysics Adaptive neural coding
Matthew Golub Computer Science & Engineering Machine learning and systems neuroscience
Nathan Kutz Applied Mathematics Nonlinear dynamics and dimensionality reduction
Stefan Mihalas Allen Institute for Brain Science & Affiliate faculty, UW Applied Mathematics Biological circuits and neural coding
Rajesh Rao Computer Science & Engineering Computational modeling and brain-computer
Ariel Rokem eScience Institute Neuroinformatics
Eric Shea-Brown
(co-director)		 Applied Mathematics Nonlinear dynamics in neural computation
Andrea Stocco Psychology and ILabs Cognitive neuroscience
Eli Shlizerman Electrical Engineering Dynamical models of neural processing
Edgar Walker Physiology & Biophysics representation of sensory stimuli
Daniela Witten Biostatistics Big data in neuroscience

Experimental Affiliates

FACULTY NAME DEPARTMENT RESEARCH AREA
Michele Basso Physiology & Biophysics/Biostructure Neuronal circuits of decision-making in health and disease
Geoff Boynton Psychology Functional imaging of vision
Beth Buffalo Physiology & Biophysics Learning, memory and navigation in primates
Thomas Daniel Biology Sensorimotor integration and flight control
Nikolai Dembrow Physiology and Biophysics Neuromodulation and Dendritic Integration in the Neocortex
Angela Fang Psychology Neuroendocrinology
Eberhard Fetz Physiology & Biophysics Motor control and brain-computer interfaces
Ione Fine Psychology Encoding models for visual prostheses
Anna Gillespie Biological Structure Network mechanisms of memory dysfunction in aging and Alzheimer’s
David Gire Psychology Neural circuit mechanisms of sensory processing and decision-making
Bertil Hille Physiology & Biophysics Biophysics of neuronal signal transduction
Greg Horwitz Physiology & Biophysics Cortical color processing
Adrian KC Lee Speech and Hearing Sciences,
I-LABS		 Auditory attention, Magnetoencephalography, Brain-Computer Interfaces
Sheri Mizumori Psychology Learning and Memory
William Moody Biology Cortical development
Chet Moritz Rehabilitation Medicine,
Physiology & Biophysics		 Neuroprostheses for brain and spinal cord injury
Scott Murray Psychology Visual neuroimaging

Amy Orsborn		 Bioengineering Neural engineering of the CNS
Lee Osterhout Psychology EEG signals of language processing
Anitha Pasupathy Biological Structure Neurobiology of visual shape processing
David Perkel Biology, Otolaryngology Neural mechanisms of vocal learning
Steve Perlmutter Physiology & Biophysics Motor control, neural plasticity, neuroprostheses for spinal cord injury
Nino Ramirez Neurosurgery
Seattle Children’s Research Institute		 Neural control of rhythmic activity
Fred Rieke Physiology & Biophysics Sensory signal processing in the retina
Jeff Riffell Biology Neuroecology and chemosensation
Ed Rubel Physiology & Biophysics Development of the auditory system
Jay Rubinstein Bioengineering,
Otolaryngology		 Biophysics and engineering of cochlear implants
William Spain Physiology & Biophysics Biophysics of neuronal computation
Nick Steinmetz Biological Structure Neural circuits that underlie cognition and perception
John Tuthill Physiology & Biophysics Neural coding of mechanosensation and motor control

Azadeh Yazdan-Shahmorad		 Bioengineering Optogentics, neurorehabilitaiton, stimulation-based therapies