Bio:

Liqun Luo is currently the Ann and Bill Swindells Professor of Humanities and Sciences, Professor of Biology, and Professor of Neurobiology by courtesy at Stanford University.

He is also an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and his single-author textbook “Principles of Neurobiology” is widely used for undergraduate and graduate courses across the world.

Dr. Luo is a recipient of the McKnight Technological Innovation in Neuroscience Award, the Society for Neuroscience Young Investigator Award, the Jacob Javits Award from National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, HW Mossman Award from American Association of Anatomists, the Lawrence Katz Prize from Duke University, and the Pradel Research Award and NAS Award in the Neurosciences from the National Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Luo is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.