Kenneth D Harris

Kenneth D. Harris is a neuroscientist at University College London. He is most known for his contributions to the understanding of the neural code used by vast populations of neurons.[1][2][3][4][5] Among his discoveries is the finding that populations in sensory areas of the brain also code for body movements.[6] Harris has contributed to the development of silicon probes[7] and most recently of Neuropixels probes.[8] With these probes, he and his team discovered that engagement in a task activates neurons throughout the brain.[9]

Harris obtained his PhD from UCL in the laboratory of Michael Recce, and did his postdoctoral studies at Rutgers University in the laboratory of Gyorgy Buzsaki.[10] He is Professor of Quantative Neuroscience[11] at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, where he co-directs the Cortical Processing Laboratory[12] with Matteo Carandini. Harris is a founding member of the International Brain Laboratory.