Leadership

Chair’s Message

Neuroscience has been growing and thriving at UC Berkeley for 40 years, with outstanding faculty, cutting-edge research and a vibrant PhD program. Until recently, this community was scattered across many departments. We have now come together as our own department—the Department of Neuroscience, launched in July 2024. Our department, comprising 34 faculty members, spans a broad range of expertise—from molecules to the mind—and includes cutting-edge fields such as computational neuroscience and neurotechnology. We are driving innovation by advancing new research frontiers, offering a robust undergraduate neuroscience major, and creating exciting new programs. 

We will continue to offer outstanding PhD and postdoctoral training for tomorrow's research leaders. I am very excited to be part of this effort to advance neuroscience education, research, and discovery at Berkeley!

--Dan Feldman

Dan Feldman portrait

Department Chair: Dan Feldman, dfeldman@berkeley.edu


Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience Area Head: Rich Kramer, rhkramer@berkeley.edu
Circuit, Systems & Behavioral Neuroscience Area Head: Joni Wallis, wallis@berkeley.edu
Cognitive Neuroscience Area Head: Bill Jagust, jagust@berkeley.edu
Computational Neuroscience Area Head: Bruno Olshausen, baolshausen@berkeley.edu


Undergraduate Advising Committee Chair: David Presti, presti@berkeley.edu
Graduate Program Director: Frédéric Theunissen, theunissen@berkeley.edu
T32 Training Program Director: Helen Bateup, bateup@berkeley.edu


Postdoctoral Liaison: Daniela Kaufer, danielak@berkeley.edu
Faculty Equity Adviser: Markita Landry, landry@berkeley.edu
Department Manager: Liz Gardner, lizgardner@berkeley.edu
Curriculum Committee Head:  Marla Feller, mfeller@berkeley.edu
Equity Committee: Lance Kriegsfeld, kriegsfeld@berkeley.edu
Seminar Commitee: Hillel Adesnik, hadesnik@berkeley.edu
Retreat Committee: Michael Yartsev, myartsev@berkeley.edu