Alipasha Vaziri is the Associate Director of the Kavli Neuronal Systems Institute, and serves as an Associate Professor at The Rockefeller University where he studies how large-scale dynamics of neuronal networks are related to brain functions and behavior. To do so, he develops new high-speed optical techniques that push the boundaries on spatial and temporal resolution, as well as volume size and depth for recording dynamic interactions of neuronal populations in awake behaving animals. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Vienna, completed postdoctoral training at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland. He subsequently worked as a research scientist at HHMI Janelia Research Campus.