Drew Robson

Drew Robson serves as Head of the Max Planck Research Group leading the Systems Neuroscience and Neuroengineering team (RoLi Lab) at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany.

His academic background includes:

• BA in Mathematics from Princeton University, conducting research in computational biology and biophysics under Olga Troyanskaya and Eric Wieschaus
• PhD from Harvard University investigating thermosensory behavior and brain-wide neural imaging in the Schier and Engert labs

Dr. Robson's research integrates systems neuroscience with neuroengineering to decode brain function through interdisciplinary approaches. His lab specializes in developing novel imaging techniques and computational models for neural circuit analysis, with emphasis on sensorimotor processing and behavioral neuroscience. The RoLi Lab (co-directed with Jennifer Li) relocated from Harvard's Rowland Institute to the Max Planck Institute in 2019 after five years of joint leadership.

Based in laboratory 2.B.04 at the Max Planck Institute, the RoLi Lab maintains active research in neurotechnology development and whole-brain imaging, operating as a core unit within the institute's neuroscience division.