John Maunsell

Departmental website:
https://neurobiology.uchicago.edu/faculty/john-hr-maunsell-phd

John Maunsell studies how the brain processes visual signals from the eyes, with special emphasis on how such processing varies with the context of the task being performed.

John Maunsell

Title: Albert D. Lasker Professor of Neurobiology; Director, Grossman Institute for Neuroscience
Education: BS, Duke University; PhD, California Institute of Technology
Joined UChicago faculty: 2014
maunsell@uchicago.edu

Media Contacts

Alison Caldwell, PhD

Senior Science Writer, University of Chicago Medical Center

alison.caldwell@uchicagomedicine.org
312-513-9642

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Maunsell Stories

19 UChicago faculty receive named, distinguished service professorships

Dec 21, 2021

View of the Reynolds Club at UChicago from Hutchinson Court

Five UChicago faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences

Apr 27, 2021

Neuroscientist leads unprecedented research to map billions of brain cells

Jun 19, 2018

New Brain Initiative Aims to Fully Map the Human Brain

Video: Prof. John Maunsell and Asst. Prof. Bobby Kasthuri discuss neuroscience initiative hoping to create breakthroughs in neurological and psychiatric diseases

Oct 1, 2015

UChicago neuroscience experts to give TED-style talks on latest breakthroughs

Mar 6, 2015

UChicago researcher awarded BRAIN Initiative funding

Oct 2, 2014

John Maunsell appointed director of Grossman Institute for Neuroscience, Quantitative Biology and Human Behavior

Jul 3, 2014

American Academy of Arts and Sciences elects 26 members with UChicago ties

Apr 29, 2014