Rate Professor Sheila Nirenberg

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Harvard University, 1993; B.A. in Biology, SUNY Albany, 1986.

Research Interests: Neural coding, visual prosthetics, and brain-machine interfaces, with applications in restoring vision.

Appointments: Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine; Adjunct Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics.

Awards: MacArthur Fellowship (2013); Beckman Young Investigator Award (2008).

Publications:

• Over 50 articles in Nature Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience, and PNAS.
• Patent holder for retinal prosthetic technology.

Additional Contributions: Founder, Bionic Sight LLC; collaborates with DARPA on neural interface projects.