Venkatesh Murthy

1988–1994
Ph.D. in Physiology & Biophysics from the University of Washington, Seattle

1986–1988
M.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Washington, Seattle

1982–1986
B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India

2025
(Spring) Visiting Professor, Department of Neuroscience, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York

2024–Present
Faculty Director, Harvard Center for Biological Imaging, Harvard University

2020–Present
Co-Director, Harvard Brain Science Initiative, Harvard University

2020–Present
Paul J. Finnegan Family Director, Center for Brain Science, Harvard University

2019–Present
Raymond Leo Erikson Life Sciences Professor in Molecular & Cellular Biology, Harvard University

2019–2022
Co-Chair, Graduate Program in Biophysics, Harvard University

2017–2020
Chair, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Harvard University

2017
(Spring) Visiting Scientist, Department of Brain & Cognitive Science, MIT, Cambridge

2012
(Fall) Visiting Scientist, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, LMU, Martinsried, Germany

2011–2017
Head Tutor of Neurobiology Concentration, Harvard University

2007–2018
Professor of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Harvard University

2003–2006
Morris Kahn Associate Professor of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Harvard University

1999–2002
Assistant Professor, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

2022
MCB Mentorship Award

2019
Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award

2006–2008
NARSAD Independent Investigator

2003–2006
Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fellowship in the Neurosciences

2002–2004
EJLB Foundation Scholar

2002–2006
NSF CAREER Award

2000–2004
Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences

2000–2002
NARSAD Young Investigator

2000–2002
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship

1995–1998
Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

2019–2024
Study Section (SCS/NIC), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

2015
Coordinator of the workshop titled “Deconstructing the Sense of Smell”, KITP, Santa Barbara

2002–2006
Study Section, National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA

2022–Present
Steering Committee, Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural & Artificial Intelligence, Harvard University

2021–2023
Co-Chair, Standing Committee of Program in General Education, Harvard University

2020–2022
Scientific Advisory Board, KITP, Santa Barbara

2020–2021
Task Force on Visual Culture and Signage, Harvard University

2020–2023
Standing Committee of Program in General Education, Harvard University

2016–2022
Faculty Director, B4 Program, Mittal (South Asia) Institute, Harvard University

2015–2017
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Harvard University

2014–Present
University Committee on International Projects and Sites, Harvard University

2012–Present
Steering Committee, Mittal (South Asia) Institute, Harvard University

2012–2014
Advisory Committee, The Rowland Institute at Harvard, Harvard University

2012–Present
Standing Committee on Higher Degrees in Biophysics, Harvard University

2003–2005
Committee on Patents and Copyrights, Harvard University

2002–2005
Executive Board, Center for Imaging and Mesoscale Structures, Harvard University

2001–2007
Hoopes Prize Committee, Harvard University

2000–2016
Standing Committee on Mind, Brain and Behavior Program, Harvard University

2000–2016
Board of Tutors in Biochemical Sciences, Harvard University

2012–2015
Editorial Board, Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

2006–2018
Editorial Board, Journal of Visualized Experiments

2003–2010
Editorial Board, Trends in Neurosciences

1999–2009
Editorial Board, Current Biology