Karl Deisseroth

Karl Alexander Deisseroth (born November 18, 1971) is an American scientist and physician. He is the D.H. Chen Foundation Professor of Bioengineering and a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University.

He is known for developing the technologies of hydrogel-tissue chemistry (e.g., CLARITY and STARmap) and optogenetics, and for applying integrated optical and genetic strategies to study normal neural circuit function and dysfunction in neurological and psychiatric illnesses.

In 2019, Deisseroth was elected a member of the US National Academy of Engineering for his discoveries and control of neuronal signals underlying animal behavior in health and disease, using molecular and optical tools. He is also a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and the US National Academy of Medicine. Provided by Wikipedia