Description: (Neurologist, Psychiatrist, Neuroscientist, Psychologist, Biochemist)
Eric Kandel, an Austrian-born American medical doctor specializing in psychiatry, is a renowned neuroscientist and distinguished professor of biochemistry and biophysics at Columbia University. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000 for his pioneering research on the physiological mechanisms of memory storage in neurons, sharing the award with Arvid Carlsson and Paul Greengard. Kandel serves as a Senior Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and was the founding director of Columbia University's Center for Neurobiology and Behavior. Additionally, he is a member of the Scientific Council of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation.