Adrien Peyrache, Ph.D.

K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award
photo of Adrien Peyrache
Institution
New York University, New York City, NY
Awarded Project
Neuronal Coordination in the Thalamo-Cortical Head-Direction System

Council Dates: October 2013 - May 2014

Independent Position: McGill University, Canada

Adrien Peyrache was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at New York University. In the lab of Dr. Gyorgy Buzsaki, his research focused on investigating the neuronal network dynamics giving rise to the internal representation of head-direction, a critical piece of information for animals' navigation capabilities. He earned his Ph.D. in neuroscience from Collège de France and UPMC, Paris France, a Msc in cognitive science at the ENS, EHESS and UPMC, Paris, and a Msc in physics and chemistry at ESPCI, Paris. Currently, Dr. Peyrache is an Assistant Professor at McGIll University.