Nancy Kopell
Professor, Computational Neuroscience & Dynamic Brain Rhythms
- Title Professor, Computational Neuroscience & Dynamic Brain Rhythms
- Email nk@bu.edu
- Phone 617-353-5210
- Education Ph.D. Berkeley, 1967
B.A. Cornell University, 1963
For the last two decades, she has worked on mathematical problems in neuroscience. Her current interests parallel the themes of the CRC: how does the brain produce its dynamics (physiological mechanisms), how do brain rhythms take part in cognition (sensory processing, attention, memory, motor control), and how can pathologies of brain dynamics help to understand symptoms of neurological diseases (Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia, epilepsy) as well as alternate states of consciousness (anesthesia). She collaborates widely with experimentalists and clinicians.