Daniel Aharoni's work focuses on bridging the gap between specialized tool design and the intricacies of modern neuroscience. By applying design methodologies from engineering and physics, my lab develops specialized neuroscience research devices with an emphasis on i) neural recording techniques for freely behaving animals and ii) open-source dissemination of new technology.

Alcino J. Silva pioneered the field of Molecular and Cellular Cognition, and in 2002 founded and became the first President of the Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society. In 2006/2007 Dr. Silva served as Scientific Director of the Intramural Program of the National Institute of Mental Health. He currently serves as the Director of The UCLA Integrative Center for Learning and Memory and is a Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Neurobiology, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences and Psychology at UCLA.

Hugh (Tad) Blair is a Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience in the UCLA Psychology Department. His research investigates the neural basis of memory and behavior, with special emphasis on brain mechanisms underlying spatial navigation. He has over 25 years of experience in recording electrophysiological activity from large populations of neurons in the hippocampus, amygdala, and neocortex of the mammalian brain. The broad goal of his experimental and theoretical work is to decipher how information is encoded and processed by biological neural networks, and to understand how these networks control behavior. He is also an experienced computer programmer (with a master’s degree in computer science), and collaborates with engineers and computer scientists to develop new technologies for recording and manipulating neural activity in the brain.