Advisory Group

Chris Xu

Chris Xu

The Mong Family Foundation Director,
Cornell Neurotech – Engineering
Xu Research Group

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Nilay Yapici

Director Cornell Neurotech – Arts and Sciences
Yapici Lab

Members:

Rick Cerione

Rick Cerione

Chemistry and Molecular
Medicine
Cerione Group

Ita Cohen

Itai Cohen

Physics
Ita Cohen Group

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Joe Fetcho

Neurobiology & Behavior
Fetcho Lab

Jesse Goldberg

Jesse Goldberg

Neurobiology and Behavior
Goldberg Lab

Paul McEuen

Alex Kwan

Biomedical Engineering
Kwan Group

Al Molnar

Al Molnar

Electrical Engineering
Molnar Group

Nozomi Nishimura

Nozomi Nishimura

Biomedical Engineering
Schaffer-Nishimura Lab

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Azahara Oliva

Neurobiology and Behavior
Oliva Lab

Chris Schaffer

Chris Schaffer

Biomedical Engineering
Schaffer-Nishimura Lab

Melissa Warden

Madineh Sedigh-Sarvestani

Neurobiology and Behavior
Sedigh-Sarvestani Lab

Jane Wang

Jane Wang

Physics
Z. Jane Wang

Mission of the Cornell Neurotechnology Program

Solving the mystery of how circuits in the brain produce our behavior, thoughts, and feelings is one of the most important scientific frontiers in the 21st century. The solution will reveal the inner workings of the organ that underlies human experience and will provide the foundation for understanding such profound behavioral deficits as Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, and autism disorders. Making headway on these problems requires major technological innovation and its application to reveal the basics of brain organization and its function and dysfunction.  Cornell Neurotech aims to fill that gap by developing and applying technologies emerging at the interfaces between physics, engineering, chemistry, computer science and the life sciences.