Larry Abbott

Larry Abbott (born 1949) is the William Bloor Professor of Theoretical Neuroscience at Columbia University, where he helped create the Center for Theoretical Neurobiology. He is widely regarded as one of the leaders of theoretical neuroscience, and is coauthor on the first comprehensive textbook on theoretical neuroscience.

He was originally a theoretical particle physicist at Brandeis University, but joined Eve Marder’s laboratory in 1998 and spent the next 10 years there studying neural networks. Along with Marder, he helped invent the dynamic clamp technique.^[1]

In 2004, he moved from Brandeis to Columbia.^[2]

Awards and honors

• 2004 National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award^[3]
• 2014 Swartz Prize^[4]
• 2014 National Academy of Sciences member^[5]

Bibliography

• Prinz, Astrid A.; Abbott, L.F.; Marder, Eve (April 2004). "The dynamic clamp comes of age" (PDF). TRENDS in neurosciences (Elsevier) 27 (4): 218–224. Retrieved May 15, 2015.

References

1. "A physicist in the neurobiology lab". Symmetrymagazine.org. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
2. "Learning How Little We Know About the Brain". The New York Times. November 10, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
3. "2004 Pioneer Award Recipients". National Institutes of Health. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
4. "Abbott Receives Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience". Society for Neuroscience. November 15, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
5. "Larry Abbott". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved May 15, 2015.