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MIND Prize Initiative

Scientific Advisory Board

MIND Scientific Advisory Board

MIND Scientific Advisory Board

  • Arlotta

    Paola Arlotta, PhD

    Golub Family Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University Visit website
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    Richard Axel, MD

    2004 Nobel Laureate; Co-director, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University; University Professor, Columbia University; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Visit website
  • Boyden

    Ed Boyden, PhD

    Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT; MIT McGovern Institute for Brain Research; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Visit website
  • Brivanlou

    Ali H. Brivanlou, PhD

    Robert & Harriet Heilbrunn Professor, Head of Laboratory of Synthetic Embryology, The Rockefeller University; Professor Adjunct, Columbia Graduate School of Architecture; Co-founder, Rumi Scientific Inc. Visit website
  • Chandel

    Navdeep S. Chandel, PhD

    David W. Cugell Professor of Medicine & Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Visit website
  • Chao

    Moses V. Chao, PhD

    Professor of Cell Biology, Physiology and Neuroscience, and Psychiatry, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, NYU Langone School of Medicine Visit website
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    Anne Churchland, PhD

    Professor, Arnold Scheibel Chair of Neuroscience, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles Visit website
  • Dolsten

    Mikael Dolsten, MD, PhD

    Former Chief Scientific Officer and President, Worldwide Research, Development and Medical, Pfizer, Inc. Visit website
  • WINRICH FREIWALD

    Winrich Freiwald, PhD

    Denise A. and Eugene W. Chinery Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Neural Systems, The Rockefeller University Visit website
  • Gage

    Fred "Rusty" Gage, PhD

    Professor, Laboratory of Genetics, Vi and John Adler Chair for Research on Age-Related Neurodegenerative Disease, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies Visit website
  • Greenberg

    Michael E. Greenberg, PhD

    Nathan Marsh Pusey Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University Visit website
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    Richard Isaacson, PhD

    Director for Brain Health, Atria Institute; Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medicine Visit website
  • Kamen

    Dean Kamen

    Founder, FIRST; President, DEKA Research & Development Corporation Visit website
  • Pasca

    Sergiu Pasca, MD

    Kenneth T. Norris, Jr. Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Bonnie Uytengsu and Family Director of the Stanford Brain Organogenesis Program, Stanford University Visit website
  • Petsko

    Gregory A. Petsko, PhD

    Professor of Neurology, Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women’s Hospital; Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University Visit website
  • Rothman

    James E. Rothman, PhD

    Sterling Professor of Cell Biology and Professor of Chemistry; Director, Nanobiology Institute, Yale University; 2013 Nobel Laureate Visit website
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    Bernardo Sabatini, MD, PhD

    Alice and Rodman W. Moorhead III Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School; Co-Director, Kempner Institute, Harvard University; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Visit website
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    Scott A. Small, MD

    Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center; Boris and Rose Katz Professor of Neurology, The Taub Institute, The Sergievsky Center; Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, Radiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center Visit website
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    Hermann Steller, PhD

    Professor and Head of Laboratory, Laboratory of Apoptosis and Cancer Biology, The Rockefeller University Visit website
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    Beth Stevens, PhD

    Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Institute Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; Lavine Family Research Chair, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children’s Hospital Visit website
  • Stillman

    Bruce Stillman, PhD

    President and CEO, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Visit website
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    Richard Tsien, PhD

    Founding Director, Neuroscience Institute; Druckenmiller Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, NYU Langone Medical Center Visit website
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    Stacie Weninger, PhD

    President, FBRI Visit website
  • Yancopoulos

    George D. Yancopoulos, MD, PhD

    Co-Founder, Co-Chairman, President and Chief Scientific Officer, Regeneron Visit website
  • Young

    Michael Young, PhD

    2017 Nobel Laureate; Richard and Jeanne Fisher Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Genetics, The Rockefeller University Visit website
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    Anthony Zador, MD, PhD

    Alle Davis Harrison Professor of Neuroscience, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Visit website
  • Zhang

    Feng Zhang, PhD

    Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Core Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; Investigator, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT; James and Patricia Poitras Professor in Neuroscience, MIT; Departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Biological Engineering, MIT Visit website