Alumni Profile From bench to bedside: PhD alum Oscar Vazquez works to make new treatments a reality “I've always wanted to work to shorten the gap between discovery and actual use in…barbaraFebruary 3, 2020
Alumni Profile Increasing complexity: PhD alum Gautam Agarwal challenges the brain to understand how it works in the real world In this Q&A, Gautam Agarwal, now a research scientist in the Sommer lab, discusses how…barbaraDecember 3, 2019
Alumni Profile Teaching science and the science of teaching: PhD Program alum Robin Ball Robin Ball, who was in the first class of PhD Program students, is a lecturer…Cari IrwinJune 25, 2019
Alumni Profile PhD program alum Liberty Hamilton eavesdrops on how the human brain processes natural sounds “Something we can really add to the field is being able to understand at a…Cari IrwinMarch 6, 2019
Alumni Profile Letting the data speak for itself: PhD alum Alex Huth models language representation in the brain As an Assistant Professor at UT Austin, PhD alum Alex Huth uses large sets of…Cari IrwinMarch 6, 2019
Alumni Profile Making tech more user-friendly: PhD alum Chung-Hay Luk researches how people interact with technology At HWNI, Chung-Hay Luk studied decision-making and created dresses with interactive electronics for fun. Now…Cari IrwinJanuary 29, 2019
Alumni Profile PhD program alum Emily Cooper returns to Berkeley as faculty, studying vision in the real world and applying it to virtual worlds “In order to understand any perceptual system, such as the human visual system, you also…barbaraNovember 28, 2018
Alumni Profile Revealing your brain: PhD program alum Erica Warp develops brain wearables using her background as a neuroscientist, artist, and entrepreneur “I think throwing fireballs with your mind in a game is cool, but taking care…barbaraSeptember 7, 2018
Alumni Profile Signs of resilience: PhD Program alum Beth Mormino images aging brains to identify predictors of Alzheimer’s Disease "Everyone’s brain has its own individual differences, like a fingerprint." Beth Mormino, PhD Program alum…georgeannMay 29, 2018