Mark Changizi

Current

Professor at RPI

Past

Sloan-Swartz Fellow in Theoretical Neurobiology at Caltech
Postdoc at Duke University
Consultant for Computational Neuroscience at Schafer Corporation

Visiting Assistant Professor at University College Cork

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Education

University of Maryland College Park
University of Virginia
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology

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Mark Changizi’s Summary

MARK CHANGIZI is a scientist with expertise in theoretical neurobiology, vision, cognitive science, and language. Born in 1969 and raised in Fairfax, Virginia, he attended the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, and then went on to the University of Virginia for a degree in physics and mathematics, and to the University of Maryland for a PhD in math. In 2002 he won a prestigious Sloan-Swartz Fellowship at Caltech, and since 2007 he has been an assistant professor in the Department of Cognitive Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

His research aims to grasp the ultimate foundations underlying why we think, feel and see as we do. Focusing on "why" questions, he has made important discoveries on why we see in color, why we see illusions, why we have forward-facing eyes, why letters are shaped as they are, why the brain is organized as it is, why animals have as many limbs and fingers as they do, and why the dictionary is organized as it is.

He has more than thirty scientific journal articles, some of which have been covered in news venues such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, USA Today, Time Magazine, Reuters, ABC News, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, Scientific American, Wired, Discover Magazine and Live Science. He has written two books, THE VISION REVOLUTION (Benbella, 2009) and THE BRAIN FROM 25,000 FEET (Kluwer, 2003).

Mark Changizi’s Specialties:

Cognitive scientist, author, speaker

Mark Changizi’s Experience

Professor

RPI

(Research industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)
Sloan-Swartz Fellow in Theoretical Neurobiology

Caltech

(Educational Institution; Research industry)

2003 — 2006 (3 years )
Postdoc

Duke University

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

2000 — 2002 (2 years )
Consultant for Computational Neuroscience

Schafer Corporation

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

1998 — 1999 (1 year )
Visiting Assistant Professor

University College Cork

(Research industry)

1997 — 1998 (1 year )

Mark Changizi’s Education

University of Maryland College Park

PhD , Applied Math , 1992 — 1997
University of Virginia

B.S. , Physics, Math , 1987 — 1991
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology

H.S. Diploma , 1986 — 1987