Yoram Burak: Biography

Education

• 2005
  Ph.D. in theoretical physics, with distinction
  Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
  Advisor: David Andelman

• 1991
  B.Sc. in physics (major) and computer science (minor), summa cum laude
  Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Positions

• 2019 -
  Associate Professor, Racah Institute of Physics; and Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences
  The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

• 2012 - 2019
  Assistant Professor, Racah Institute of Physics; and Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences
  The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

• 2007-2011
  Swartz postdoctoral fellow in theoretical neuroscience
  Center for Brain Science, Harvard University
  Advisors: Haim Sompolinsky, Markus Meister

• 2004-2007
  Postdoctoral research associate
  Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB
  Advisor: Boris Shraiman

Visiting Appointments

• 2023 -
  Visiting member, Centre for Algorithms in the Cortex
  Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

• 2018
  Visiting scientist.
  Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, UC Berkeley, February-March, 2018.

• 2017
  Visiting Professorship.
  Physics Department, École Normale Supérieure, Paris.