Chand Chandrasekaran.

Chand Chandrasekaran

Assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences, and of anatomy and neurobiology
Boston University

Chandramouli (“Chand”) Chandrasekaran is assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences, and of anatomy and neurobiology, at Boston University. His lab investigates the neural basis of decision-making, cognition and motor control in macaque monkeys using a combination of behavioral, electrophysiological, optogenetic and computational techniques. 

Chandrasekaran holds a B.Tech in information technology from the University of Madras, a M.Sc. in neural and behavioral sciences from the University of Tübingen, an M.A. in psychology and a Ph.D. in psychology and neuroscience, both from Princeton University. He was a postdoctoral fellow with the late Krishna Shenoy at Stanford University.

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