Graduate Fellow Mentor Lunch with Prof. Cengiz Pehlevan
We are excited to announce the first Graduate Student Mentor Lunch of the year! These lunches are a great opportunity to connect with Kempner Institute faculty in an informal setting over a meal.
Our first lunch will be:
- Date: Wednesday, March 25h
- Time: 12:00 noon
- Location: Kempner Room 6.255
- Guest Faculty: Cengiz Pehlevan
About Prof. Pehlevan:
Cengiz Pehlevan is an associate faculty member at the Kempner Institute and an assistant professor of applied mathematics at Harvard University. Dr. Pehlevan studies how networks of neurons compute and learn in both natural and artificial contexts. Pehlevan has been awarded the prestigious NSF CAREER Award for his project entitled “Developing Neural Network Theory for Uncovering How the Brain Learns,” derived from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) CAREER Program, aimed at supporting early-career faculty who show exceptional promise as researchers and academic role models. Prior to joining the Harvard University faculty, Dr. Pehlevan was a research scientist at the Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Biology (CCB). Previously, he was a postdoctoral associate at Janelia Research Campus, and before that, a Swartz Fellow at Harvard. Dr. Pehlevan is a recipient of the 2023 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Neuroscience. He received a doctorate in physics from Brown University and undergraduate degrees in physics and electrical engineering from Bogazici University.
To join, please send an email to kempnereducation@harvard.edu stating your interest.