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Congratulations to our 2016 graduates! Read our Q&A with some of them. (Original Publication: May 20, 2016)

Originally Published December 16, 2020

“What really interested me, and still interests me, is how neural activity gives rise to cognition.”

Antonio Lara, Neuroscience PhD Program alum (entering class of 2004)

Originally Published November 17, 2020

“To me, it seemed like building something — whether it’s an app, or an actual tool, or a device that someone uses — was a more concrete goal that I could literally put my hands on.”

Elena Allen, Neuroscience PhD Program alum (entering class of 2003)

Read our Q&A with Neuroscience PhD alum Helene Moorman to learn how she went from. Original Publication: July 13, 2020

UPDATE DECEMBER 2022: Chetty has moved from Stanford and is now an assistant professor of… Original Publication: April 15, 2020

Alumni Profile with Oscar Vazquez “I've always wanted to work to shorten the gap between discovery and actual use in… Original Publication: February 3, 2020

In this Q&A, Gautum Agarwal, now a research scientist in the Sommer lab, discusses how...

Robin Ball, who was in the first class of PhD student, is a lecturer

At HWNI, Chung-Hay Luk studied decision-making and created dresses with interactive electronics for fun.

“In order to understand any perceptual system, such as the human visual system, you also have to have a deep understanding of the natural environments in which that system evolved to operate, and the tasks that the organism needs to perform.” Emily Cooper, PhD program alum (entering class of 2007)

“I think throwing fireballs with your mind in a game is cool, but taking care of the brain and helping the brain get stronger is what really motivates me.” Erica Warp, PhD program alum (entering class of 2006)