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Chair of the Standing Committee on Mind, Brain, and Behavior: Elizabeth Phelps

George A. Alvarez, Fred Kavli Professor of Neuroscience

Nicholas W. Bellono, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Elika Bergelson, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences (on leave fall term)

Jonathan Bobaljik, Professor of Linguistics (on leave 2025-2026)

Cheryl Chen, Senior Lecturer on Philosophy

Gennaro Chierchia, Haas Foundations Professor of Linguistics

Fiery A. Cushman, Professor of Psychology; Harvard College Professor

Kathryn Davidson, Professor of Linguistics

Benjamin de Bivort, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Krzysztof Gajos, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science

Samuel Gershman, Professor of Psychology

Erin Hecht, Assistant Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology (on leave spring term)

Steven E. Hyman, Harald McPike Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology

Talia A. Konkle, Professor of Psychology

Gabriel Kreiman, Professor of Ophthalmology (Medical School)

Christopher Kuzawa, Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology

Jeff Lichtman, Jeremy R. Knowles Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Jeffrey Macklis, Max and Anne Wien Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology

Jason Mitchell, Professor of Psychology

Venkatesh Murthy, Raymond Leo Erikson Life Sciences Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Charles Nelson, Professor of Pediatrics (Medical School)

Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology (on leave 2025-2026)

Sarah S. Richardson, Aramont Professor of the History of Science and Professor of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Stuart Shieber, James O. Welch, Jr., and Virginia B. Welch Professor of Computer Science

David Silbersweig, Stanley Cobb Professor of Psychiatry (Medical School)

Alison Simmons, Samuel H. Wolcott Professor of Philosophy

Maurice Smith, Gordon McKay Professor of Bioengineering (on leave fall term)

Ashley J. Thomas, Assistant Professor of Psychology

Naoshige Uchida, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Leslie Valiant, T. Jefferson Coolidge Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics

Lisa M. Wong, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Medical School)

For additional information, please visit https://mbb.harvard.edu/.

Mind, Brain, and Behavior—Chairs and Directors