Congratulations to Adrienne Fairhall, Professor of Neurobiology and Biophysics and Adjunct Professor of Applied Mathematics, who has just been elected to the National Academy of Sciences!
Professor Fairhall has made foundational contributions to the problem of the neural code -- deciphering the set of patterns that the brain uses to compute -- and to the questions of how these patterns arise through the nonlinear dynamics of neurons and networks. At UW, she was at the core of founding our shared Computational Neuroscience Center, linking AMATH with new research and training endeavors across campus -- as well as numerous UW, national, and international research and training programs at the interface of neuroscience, mathematical physics, and AI.
Professor Fairhall joins Professors Chris Bretherton and Randy LeVeque (Sciences) and Adjunct Professors Gunther Uhlmann, Betz Halloran (Medicine) and Jim Riley (Engineering) in the National Academies.