Our community includes over 70 faculty members in 12 academic departments who deepen our understanding of the brain and the rest of the nervous system through neurotechnology innovation and original research. Explore the research interests of Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute faculty here, and click on their website links for more information. Current and prospective Neuroscience PhD Program students can click on the box, “Show only Neuroscience PhD Program Faculty,” to see which labs are part of our training program. 

Each year, HWNI faculty host approximately 60 Neuroscience PhD Program students and 150 postdoctoral scholars who support UC Berkeley’s premier educational and research mission. We also have over 100 PhD Program alumni who work in a variety of careers across the globe. Our community is kept connected and engaged through regularly occurring program activities and various methods of communication, including the Berkeley Neuroscience Newsletter.