HWNI members Jack Gallant, Frédéric Theunissen, Noah Whiteman, and Linda Wilbrecht have been elected 2025 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). This lifetime honor is bestowed on AAAS members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications in service to society have distinguished them among their peers and colleagues.
Read about the new HWNI AAAS Fellows:
Jack Gallant, professor of neuroscience, was recognized “for distinguished contributions to the field of systems and cognitive neuroscience, particularly revealing the neural representations underlying vision and language.”
Frédéric Theunissen, professor of neuroscience, was recognized “for contributions in understanding the neural basis of auditory processing.”
Noah Whiteman, professor of molecular and cell biology and integrative biology, was recognized “for distinguished contributions to the field of evolutionary and ecological genetics, particularly for using genome editing to study molecular mechanisms of co-evolution between species.”
Linda Wilbrecht, professor of neuroscience and psychology, was recognized “for distinguished contributions to the neurobiology of learning and adolescent development, including basic insights into basal ganglia function and identification of changes regulated by puberty.”
A total of 11 faculty members from UC Berkeley were elected as 2025 AAAS Fellows. Read more from Berkeley News.