Eric Yttri

Eric Yttri is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and a core faculty member of the Neuroscience Institute at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), within the Mellon College of Science. His research focuses on neural circuits underlying motor control, decision-making, and learning, with a particular emphasis on basal ganglia and cortico-striatal interactions. He leads the Yttri Lab, which develops advanced tools like the B-SOiD/A-SOiD algorithms for automated behavioral analysis and the CMU Array for high-density neural recording.

Education and Academic Background: Eric holds a Ph.D. in Systems Neuroscience (likely from CMU, though explicit details are not provided). His lab collaborates with institutions like the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Rockefeller University, and international partners in Spain and Germany.

Research Interests: His work spans computational neuroscience, motor control dynamics, neurotechnology, and translational research into Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease. Key contributions include open-source tools for behavior quantification and 3D-printed neural interfaces.

Awards and Recognition: Elected as Eberly Family Career Development Professor (2021), received NIH R01 and CRCNS grants, and recognized with the Kaufman New Investigator Award (2018). His lab’s innovations have been featured in Nature Communications, Neuron, and Science Advances.

Labs/Teams: The Yttri Lab collaborates with the Verstynen, Rubin, and Vich Llompart groups on decision-making circuits, and with Oded Klav on dopamine-striatal pathways. They host rotating students from CMU, Pitt, and Haverford College, and engage in interdisciplinary initiatives like the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition.