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Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, University Professor; Kavli Professor and Director, Kavli Institute for Brain Sciences; Senior Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Columbia University, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior; Eric R. Kandel, M.D., Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board and Co-Founder. Dr. Kandel is a University Professor of Neurobiology at Columbia University and Senior Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is the recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work in the field of learning and memory. He is the founding Director of the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is a distinguished scientist in the field of memory and learning, and has received over forty scientific awards, including the Albert Lasker Award in Basic Medical Research for his pioneering work and major contributions to the molecular biology of memory acquisition and storage. He also received the Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Neuroscience Research, the Distinguished Service Award of the American Psychiatric Association, and the National Medal of Science. He has published more than than 400 peer-reviewed scientific articles on the mechanisms involved in memory and learning and is the author or co-author of seven books, including Memory, From Mind to Molecules and Principles of Neural Science, the standard textbook in the field. Dr. Kandel received his M.D. from New York University. He majored in history and literature at Harvard College.
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