How Computers and the Brain are the Same and Different, and How Physics Can Help Explain This

Charles F. "Chuck" Stevens, MD, PhD, is a neurobiologist at the Salk Institute in La Jolla. Dr. Stevens uses electrophysiology, molecular biology, functional imaging, electron and light microscopy, comparative neuroanatomy, and theoretic approaches to elucidate how neuronal circuits compute. He is Vincent J. Coates Professor of Molecular Neurobiology at the Salk Institute and Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology and of Neuroscience at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine. He received his B.A. degree in psychology at Harvard University, his M.D. degree at Yale University, and his Ph.D. degree in biophysics at the Rockefeller University for studies with Keffer Harline. He was a member of the faculties at the University of Washington Medical School and at Yale Medical School before joining the Salk Institute. Dr. Stevens is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.