Professor at Salk Institute for Biological Studies | Computational Neuroscientist
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Terry Sejnowski
Professor at Salk Institute for Biological Studies | Computational Neuroscientist
At-a-Glance
Serves as the Francis Crick Professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
Directs the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory and the Crick-Jacobs Center for Theoretical and Computational Biology.
Co-created and taught "Learning How To Learn," described as the world's most popular online course on Coursera.
Received a Ph.D. in Physics from Princeton University in 1978, advised by John Hopfield.
Elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2025.
Recipient of the Presidential Young Investigator Award (1984), Wright Prize (1996), and Hebb Prize (1999).
Biography
Terrence Sejnowski is the Francis Crick Professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, where he directs the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory and the Crick-Jacobs Center for Theoretical and Computational Biology.
