John D. E. Gabrieli

John D. E. Gabrieli is a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, holding the Grover Hermann Professorship in Health Sciences and Technology and Cognitive Neuroscience. He serves as Director of the Athinoula A. Martinos Imaging Center at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research and leads the MIT Integrated Learning Initiative. His research spans cognitive neuroscience, focusing on memory, thought, and emotion, with clinical applications in dyslexia, autism, and psychiatric disorders.

• Director, Athinoula A. Martinos Imaging Center (2016–present)
• Grover Hermann Professor, MIT (2005–present)
• Faculty, Harvard Graduate School of Education (2006–present)
• Visiting Professor, Rush Medical College (1990–present)

Gabrieli’s work combines brain imaging with behavioral studies to explore learning mechanisms in children, early intervention for reading difficulties, and neuroimaging applications in psychiatric diagnosis. Recent studies examine altered brain activity in dyslexia, neurodevelopmental patterns in autism, and predictive modeling for mental health. His 2024 dataset on adolescent anxiety/depression in the Human Connectome Project highlights longitudinal neuroimaging approaches.

Scientific accolades include election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2016), multiple teaching awards at MIT and Stanford, and the Alice H. Garside Lifetime Achievement Award (2017). He contributes to editorial boards of journals like Psychological Science and Biological Psychiatry.

His lab emphasizes educational neuroscience, investigating how socioeconomic factors, white matter plasticity, and mindfulness interventions impact learning outcomes. Collaborations span Massachusetts General Hospital, McLean Hospital, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, integrating clinical and educational applications of cognitive neuroscience.