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Michael M. Merzenich, one of our founders, is widely recognized as one of the world's leading experts in brain plasticity, brain mechanisms, and integrative neuroscience. He has been one of our directors since inception. Since 1971, Dr. Merzenich has been a member of the faculty, and since 1990 a full professor, in Neuroscience, Physiology, Biomedical Engineering and Otolaryngology at UCSF. He is currently the Francis A. Sooy Professor of Otolaryngology at UCSF.
During 2004 Dr. Merzenich was on a sabbatical from UCSF and worked full-time with Posit Science Corporation, which has licensed certain technology from us and is developing and marketing neuroscience based products for certain healthcare applications. Dr. Merzenich is presently the Chief Scientific Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Posit. In May 1999, Dr. Merzenich was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences for distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Dr. Merzenich holds a BS in General Science from the University of Portland and a PhD in Physiology from Johns Hopkins University, with additional training from the University of Wisconsin. | 