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Daniel Wolpert is a Professor of Neuroscience at Columbia University, where he is also Vice-Chair of the Department of Neuroscience and a key member of the Zuckerman Mind Brain and Behavior Institute. Additionally, he holds a part-time position as Director of Research at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Academy of Medical Sciences.
- Education: Medical Doctor (1989), D.Phil. in Physiology from the University of Oxford (1992)
- Previous Positions: Lecturer at Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience (Institute of Neurology), Professor of Engineering at University of Cambridge (2005–2018)
Wolpert is a world leader in sensorimotor control, combining computational neuroscience, Bayesian inference, and robotic/virtual reality technologies to reverse-engineer how the brain generates movements. His work emphasizes the brain's role in reducing sensorimotor uncertainty through predictive modeling and has implications for understanding disorders like autism and Parkinson’s disease.
His awards include:
- Royal Society Ferrier Medal (2020)
- Minerva Foundation Golden Brain Award (2010)
- Royal Society Francis Crick Prize Lecture (2005)
Daniel Wolpert actively contributes to public science communication, including a 2011 TED Talk on the computational role of the brain in movement, and leads the Wolpert Lab at Columbia, which investigates the neural basis of decision-making, motor learning, and reinforcement learning in both healthy and clinical populations.
