Ehud Isacoff
Professor of Neuroscience and Molecular & Cell Biology
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, Professor of Psychology
- Andrew Dillin, Professor of Molecular & Cell Biology
- Dan Feldman, Professor of Neuroscience, Chair of the Department of Neuroscience
- Marla Feller, Professor of Neuroscience, Director of the Neuroscience PhD Program
- Jack Gallant, Professor of Neuroscience, Co-director of the Brain Imaging Center
- William Jagust, Professor of Neuroscience
- Daniela Kaufer, Professor of Neuroscience and Integrative Biology, Co-director of the Berkeley Neuro-AI Resilience Center
- Chunlei Liu, Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, Co-director of the Brain Imaging Center
- Evan Miller, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Molecular & Cell Biology
- Bruno Olshausen, Professor of Neuroscience and Optometry & Vision Science, Director of the Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience
- Steven Piantadosi, Associate Professor of Psychology, Co-Director of the Institute of Cognitive and Brain Sciences
- Michael Silver, Professor of Neuroscience and Optometry & Vision Science, Director of the Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
- Joni Wallis, Professor of Neuroscience
Executive Committee Staff
- Leleña Avila, Graduate Program Manager
- Patrick Gutteridge, Senior Director of Development, Berkeley Brain Initiative
- Kristin Nichols, HWNI Manager
- 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