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Larry F. Abbott
Nationality:American
Fields:Theoretical Neuroscience
Workplaces:Columbia University
Alma Mater:Oberlin College[1]
Brandeis University
Thesis Title:The Hartree approximation in quantum field theory
Thesis Url:https://search.library.brandeis.edu/permalink/f/urfvar/BRAND_ALMA21210321080001921
Thesis Year:1977
Doctoral Advisor:Howard Schnitzer
Doctoral Students:Kanaka Rajan, Tim Vogels
Known For:Dynamic clamp method
Awards:Irving Institute MOTY Award
IBT Math. Neuro. Prize
NIH Pioneer Award
Swartz Prize
Brain prize 2024

Laurence Frederick Abbott[2] (born 1950) is an American theoretical neuroscientist, who is currently the William Bloor Professor of Theoretical Neuroscience at Columbia University, where he helped create the Center for Theoretical Neuroscience. He is widely regarded as one of the leaders of theoretical neuroscience, and is coauthor, along with Peter Dayan, on the first comprehensive textbook on theoretical neuroscience, which is considered to be the standard text for students and researchers entering theoretical neuroscience.[3] He helped invent the dynamic clamp method alongside Eve Marder.[4]

Abbott has received numerous awards for his work in the field, including memberships in the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2010, he received the Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience. In 2022 he was awarded the Gruber Neuroscience Prize.[5] In 2024, he was awarded The Brain Prize for contributions to theoretical neuroscience, alongside Terrence Sejnowski and Haim Sompolinsky.[6]

Biography

Abbott attended Oberlin College from 1968 to 1971, where he received a bachelor's degree in physics. He subsequently attended graduate school at Brandeis University from 1973 to 1977, where he received his Ph.D. in physics. He subsequently worked in theoretical particle physics, serving as research associate at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center from 1977 to 1979, as a Scientific Associate at the Theory division at CERN from 1980 to 1981, and as a tenure track professor in the physics department at Brandeis from 1979 to 2005.[7] Abbott began his transition to neuroscience research in 1989, joined the Department of Biology at Brandeis in 1993, and was the co-director of Brandeis Sloan Center for Theoretical Neurobiology from 1994 to 2002, the director of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems at Brandeis from 1997 to 2002, and a visiting faculty at UCSF Sloan Center for Theoretical Neuroscience from 1994 to 2002. At Brandeis, he held the position of the Nancy Lurie Marks Professor of Neuroscience from 1997 to 2002 and the Zalman Abraham Kekst Professor of Neuroscience from 2003 to 2005. In 2005, he joined the faculty of Columbia University, where he is currently a member of the Department of Neuroscience, and the Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics. He is co-director of the Center for Theoretical Neuroscience.[8] [9] He has been a senior fellow at HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus since 2015.

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Notes and References

  1. Columbia University. "Larry Abbott". Retrieved on 31 March 2020.
  2. https://sni-db.stanford.edu/cv/VitaLFA.pdf "LAURENCE F. ABBOTT CV"
  3. Plunkett, John. "Theoretical Neuroscience", MIT Press, Retrieved on 31 March 2020.
  4. Web site: A physicist in the neurobiology lab . Symmetrymagazine.org . 8 July 2014. May 12, 2015.
  5. https://gruber.yale.edu/neuroscience Gruber Neuroscience Prize 2022
  6. Columbia | Zuckerman Institute. (2024, March 6). Scientist at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute wins prestigious brain prize.
  7. 5 October 2016. Larry Abbott. Neuron. 92. 1. 9–10. 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.09.041. free.
  8. Web site: Larry Abbott, PhD. Jan 22, 2020 . Columbia.edu.
  9. Web site: Learning How Little We Know About the Brain . The New York Times . November 10, 2014 . May 12, 2015.
  10. Web site: 2004 Pioneer Award Recipients . May 15, 2015 . National Institutes of Health.
  11. Web site: Abbott Receives Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience . November 15, 2010 . May 15, 2015 . Society for Neuroscience.
  12. Web site: Larry Abbott . May 15, 2015 . National Academy of Sciences.

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