Matteo Carandini#
| Membership Number: | 6858 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Affiliated section(s): | THE HUMAN MIND AND ITS COMPLEXITY |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.carandinilab.net/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-4880-7682 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2007 GlaxoSmithKline / Fight for Sight Professor of Visual Neuroscience, University College London
- 2006 - 2008 Senior Scientist, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco
- 2002 - 2006 Scientist, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco
- 2001 - 2002 Professeur Boursier, ETH Zurich
- 1999 - 2001 Oberassistent, ETH Zurich
- 1997 - 1998 Research Associate – New York University
- 1996 Postdoctoral scientist – Northwestern University
Fields of Scholarship
- Bioengineering
- Circuits neuroscience
- Psychophysics
- Visual neuroscience
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Computational neuroscience
- Systems neuroscience
Honours and Awards
- 2023 ERC Advanced Investigator
- 2022 Wellcome Trust Investigator
- 2018 M. R. Bauer Distinguished Visiting Professor, Brandeis University
- 2017 Wellcome Trust Investigator
- 2012 Wellcome Trust Investigator
- 2009 ERC Advanced Investigator
- 2007 GlaxoSmithKline / Fight for Sight Chair
- 2005 McKnight Scholar
- 2002 Professeur Boursier of the Swiss National Foundation
