Karl
Deisseroth is an Associate Professor of Bioengineering
and Psychiatry at Stanford University.
Research in Dr. Deisseroth's laboratory focuses
on developing molecular and cellular tools to
observe, perturb, and re-engineer brain circuits.
His laboratory is based in the James H. Clark
Center at Stanford and employs a range of techniques
including neural stem cell and tissue engineering
methods, electrophysiology, molecular biology,
neural activity imaging, animal behavior, and
computational neural network modeling. Also
a clinican in the psychiatry department, Professor
Deisseroth employs novel electromagnetic brain
stimulation techniques in human patients for
therapeutic purposes.
