Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS)
Department of Neuroscience, Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurology, Friedman Brain Institute
Director, Laboratory for Human Neurophysiology
Ignacio Saez, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Neuroscience, Neurosurgery, and Neurology and the Director of the Human Neurophysiology Laboratory at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Friedman Brain Institute. His research focuses on understanding how human cognition arises from the interaction of multiple brain areas and neurotransmitter systems, particularly in decision-making behavior. Dr. Saez's research involves studying prefrontal cortical and subcortical areas directly in the human brain by conducting intracranial electrophysiology recordings in patients undergoing neurosurgical treatment.
Dr. Saez aims to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the neurobiological basis of human decision-making behavior, which could lead to the development of novel neurotherapeutic approaches for psychiatric conditions, such as depression. Prior to his current position, Dr. Saez was an Assistant Professor at the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience and completed his postdoctoral work at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, and Virginia Tech. He earned his Ph.D. from Baylor College of Medicine.
One Mind Science and Innovation Symposium
Rutgers-Princeton Center for Computational Cognitive Neuropsychiatry
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University
Friedman Brain Institute Retreat, ISMMS
Grand Rounds, Department of Neurology, ISMMS
Fundación Tatiana Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno, Madrid, Spain
Center for Mind and Brain Kickoff Meeting, UC Davis
Biological psychology seminar series, Department of Psychology, UC Davis
Behavioral economics seminar series, Department of Economics, UC Davis
Neurology Research Forum, UC Davis
1st Annual Wagner Symposium, UC Davis
Neuroscience Graduate Bootcamp, UC Davis
University of Navarre, Pamplona, Spain
Cognitive Neuroscience Colloquium Series, UC Berkeley
HWNI Retreat, UC Berkeley
UC Davis
Basque Center on Cognition and Language, San Sebastian, Spain
Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
PsychoEconomics workshop, DFG Research Unit, Konstanz, Germany
Bonn University, Bonn, Germany
Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
Clinical University Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
University Aix Marseille, Marseille, France
UC Berkeley
National University of Singapore, Queenstown, Singapore
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Institute for Integrative Social Sciences, UC Berkeley
Department of Neurosurgery, UCSF
Neuroscience School for Advanced Studies, Tuscany, Italy
Brain Research Institute, Zürich, Switzerland
9th Rush Record Symposium, Galveston, TX
8th Rush Record Symposium, Galveston, TX
Co-Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Friedman Brain Institute, ISMMS
Mentor, Women in Science, ISMMS
Member, Postdoc Advisory Committee (PAC), ISMMS
Co-Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Neurology, UC Davis
Member, Faculty Search Committee, Center for Neuroscience and Department of Neurology, UC Davis
Member, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Neurological Surgery, UC Davis
Member, Neuroengineering and Medicine Steering Committee, UC Davis
NIH Study Section, Targeted BRAIN Circuits Projects (R01)
NIH Study Section, ZRG1 Sensory and Motor Neurosciences, Cognition and Perception (F30/F31/F32)
NIH Study Section, Behavioral Neuroscience (F02A)
NIH Study Section, BRAIN Initiative NRSA (F32)
NIH Study Section, HCMF (Human Complex Mental Function)
Nature Neuroscience, Neuron, Nature Human Behavior, Nature Communications, Journal of Neuroscience, Cerebral Cortex, Neuroscience, Journal of Neurophysiology, PLoS One, Neuropsychopharmacology, Micromachines, European Journal of Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry
International Advisory Board, Centro Internacional de Neurociencia y Ética (CINET), Fundación Tatiana Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno, Madrid, Spain
Editorial Board, Frontiers in Neuroscience
