Center Co-Directors

Josef Rauschecker
Professor of Neuroscience
Georgetown University Medical Center
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Max Riesenhuber
Professor of Neuroscience
Georgetown University Medical Center
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The Alliance

Neuroengineering demands substantial leading-edge and diverse capacities—basic and translational research, clinical access, massive computing, precision engineering, and biomechanics. The CNE brings the best of these capacities into a single alliance of global leaders, including:

Georgetown University

A top 25 university with expertise in cognitive neuroscience, Georgetown has long been a leader in the field of bioethics. The Medical Center is an internationally recognized academic health and science center with a four-part mission of research, teaching, service and patient care (provided through a partnership with MedStar Health).

CNE Leadership Partner

Josef Rauschecker
Professor of Neuroscience
Georgetown University Medical Center
Max Riesenhuber
Professor of Neuroscience
Georgetown University Medical Center

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Technical University of Munich (TUM)

A leading university in the European Union located in Munich, Germany, TUM is among the world leaders in robotics and neurotechnology. TUM is considered one of the top universities in the EU in fields such as physics, electrical engineering and chemistry.

CNE Leadership Partner

Prof. Dr. Gordon Cheng
Chair of Cognitive Systems

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MedStar Health

Georgetown University Medical Center’s clinical partner of more than two decades, MedStar Health is the largest clinical system in the mid-Atlantic area with access to a substantial patient population, including over 4,000 stroke cases and 5,000 Parkinson’s patients a year.

CNE Leadership Partner

Carlo Tornatore
Regional Chair of Neurology

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

An applied-science national security organization, Lawrence Livermore brings to the alliance best-in-class high performance computing and precision engineering.

CNE Leadership Partner

Razi Haque
Implantable Microsystems Group Lead & Principal Investigator

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The unique capacities of these four global, leading institutions is further enhanced by an ongoing relationship with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which brings leading expertise in advanced neuroimaging, intracranial recordings, deep brain stimulation and neurosurgery

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Our leadership partner at NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Kareem Zaghloul
Senior Investigator for Functional Neurosurgery

Our Affiliate Scholars

Peter Bandettini, PhD
National Institute of Mental Health
Timo Bremer, PhD
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Mark Burns
Georgetown University
Alena Buyx, PhD
The Technical University of Munich
Rebekah Evans, PhD
Georgetown University
Patrick Forcelli, PhD
Georgetown University
Stan Fricke, PhD
Georgetown University
Jim Giordano, PhD
Georgetown University
Simon Jacob, MD
The Technical University of Munich
Xiong Jiang, PhD
Georgetown University
David Leopold, PhD
National Institute of Mental Health
Ludise Malkova, PhD
Georgetown University
Ashley van Meter, PhD
Georgetown University
Mak Paranjape
Georgetown University
Ella Striem-Amit, PhD
Georgetown University
Dan Sulmasy, MD, PhD, MAC
Georgetown University
Michael Ullman, PhD
Georgetown University
Stefano Vicini, PhD
Georgetown University
Jian-Young Wu, PhD
Georgetown University