The Mong Foundation Symposium at Cornell, hosted by Cornell Neurotech with the generous support of the Mong Family Foundation, is an annual flagship event that brings together leading scientists, engineers, and trainees to showcase and discuss transformative advances in neuroscience.

The symposium features world-renowned scientists who are pioneers in areas such as neural imaging, circuit manipulation, and neural computation, creating a dynamic environment for collaboration and idea exchange that advances the frontiers of neuroscience.

2025

• Mala Murthy – Princeton University

• Sebastian Seung – Princeton University

2024 

• May-Britt Moser – Nobel Laureate (NTNU)

• Edvard Moser – Nobel Laureate (NTNU)

2021 

• Gerald M. Rubin – HHMI/Janelia Research Campus

2019 

• David Anderson – HHMI/Caltech

2018

• Michael Fee – MIT

• Gail Mandel – OHSU (Vollum Institute)

• Kamil Ugurbil – University of Minnesota

2017

• Edward Boyden – MIT

• Catherine Dulac – Harvard University

• Thomas Jessell – Columbia University

2016

• Winfried Denk – Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology

• Karel Svoboda – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

• David Tank – Princeton Neuroscience Institute