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

  • 2024 -
    Professor, Racah Institute of Physics; and Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences
    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  • 2019 - 2024
    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.