Ehud Isacoff
Professor of Neurobiology
Evan Rauch Chair in Neuroscience
Co-Director of The Weill Neurohub
Spearheading Berkeley’s strategic plan for neuroscience since 2013, Ehud Isacoff — the Evan Rauch Chair in Neuroscience — is the director of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute and leads the Berkeley Brain Initiative, a university-wide effort to accelerate and transform neuroscience discovery. Isacoff also heads the Berkeley Molecular Imaging Center, the Berkeley-Zeiss Brain Microscopy Innovation Center, and is a co-director of the Weill Neurohub.
Executive Committee
- Silvia Bunge,(link is external) Professor of Psychology
- Yang Dan,(link is external) Professor of Neurobiology
- Andrew Dillin,(link is external) Professor of Immunology & Molecular Medicine
- Dan Feldman,(link is external) Chair of the Department of Neuroscience, Professor of Neurobiology, Division Head of Neurobiology
- Jack Gallant,(link is external) Professor of Psychology, Co-director of the Brain Imaging Center
- William Jagust,(link is external) Professor of Public Health
- Daniela Kaufer,(link is external) Professor of Integrative Biology, Co-director of the Berkeley Neuro AI Center for the Study of Resilience
- Chunlei Liu,(link is external) Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, Co-director of the Brain Imaging Center
- Evan Miller,(link is external) Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Biophysics & Structural Biology
- Bruno Olshausen,(link is external)Professor of Vision Science & Optometry, Director of the Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience
- Steven Piantadosi,(link is external) Associate Professor of Psychology, Co-Director of the Institute of Cognitive Brain Sciences
- Michael Silver,(link is external) Professor of Optometry & Vision Science, Director of the Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
- Frédéric Theunissen,(link is external) Professor of Psychology, Director of the Neuroscience PhD Program
- Joni Wallis,(link is external) Professor of Psychology, Equity Advisor
Executive Committee Staff
- Leleña Avila, Graduate Program Manager
- Dave Schonenberg, HWNI Manager
- Patrick Gutteridge, Senior Director of Development, Berkeley Brain Initiative
- Barbara Peterson, HWNI Executive Director
Past Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute Directors
- Carla Shatz, 1997-1999
- Corey Goodman, 1999-2001
- Robert Knight, 2001-2011
- John Ngai, 2011-2013
Raeline Valbuena. Credit: He Lab