The Graduate Forum
an interdisciplinary forum at New York University
Jonathan Pillow
Fall 2001 - Spring 2002
Jonathan Pillow is currently an assistant professor of psychology and neurobiology at the University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on statistical models of neural systems and human perceptual abilities, and seeks to build theories to explain how neurons process information about the external sensory environment.
Jonathan hails from Phoenix, Arizona, studied mathematics and philosophy at the University of Arizona in Tucson, and then spent a year studying Arabic and French North African Literature on a Fulbright fellowship in Morocco. After that, he moved to New York to begin graduate school at NYU, and joined the graduate forum during its inaugural year (2001-2002). He received a Ph.D. in Neural Science from NYU in 2005, and then moved to London for 3 years as a postdoctoral fellow in the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit at UCL. In January 2009, he moved to Austin, TX to begin his current position. When not writing grants, stressing about tenure, or reminiscing about New York, Jonathan enjoys running, soccer, and exploring the Texas hill county with his wife Carolyn, daughter Daisy, and dog Lovemore.