Sheila Nirenberg

Theoretical and computational neuroscience session | The title of the talk is not defined yet.

Sheila Nirenberg is the Nanette Laitman Professor in Neurology and Neuroscience (Department of Physiology and Biophysics) and Professor of Systems and Computational Biomedicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, renowned for her pioneering work in neural coding and neuroprosthetics. She is the founder of Bionic Sight, a biotech company translating her discoveries into clinical applications.

Her research advances computational neuroscience by decoding how neurons represent and transform information. This knowledge drives the development of transformative technologies, including brain-machine interfaces, visual prosthetics, and intelligent robotics. Her team also applies these insights to broader systems neuroscience questions, such as population coding and how neural networks extract and represent complex sensory information.

A recipient of the MacArthur “Genius” Award, Dr. Nirenberg is internationally recognized for her groundbreaking work in restoring vision. Her contributions have also been recognized with the Bressler Prize in Vision Science, the Beckman Young Investigator Award, and many more.