Summary
Bradley Voytek is a professor and Department Chair of Cognitive Science at UC San Diego, leading cross-disciplinary work at the intersection of neuroscience, data science, and cognitive science. He was a founding faculty member of UCSD's Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute and has helped shape its data science programs and research initiatives. His Neural and Data Analytics Laboratory applies quantitative neuroscience to decode brain function, while his leadership roles include board membership with the Data Science Alliance and advisory positions with the National Academy of Sciences and the Comic-Con Museum. He also engages with industry and startups as an angel investor in Qwake Technologies, drawing on hands-on data strategy experience from early roles such as Uber. He holds a PhD in Neuroscience from UC Berkeley and a BA in Psychology from USC, underscoring a rigorous, empirical approach to education and research in California. Based in California, he mentors the next generation of data-driven scientists and contributes to the broader data science and neuroscience communities.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Neuroscience, PhD Neuroscience at University of California, Berkeley