Jonathan W. Pillow

Jonathan Pillow is an American neuroscientist and professor at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute. His research focuses on the intersection of neuroscience, statistics, and machine learning.

Early life and education Pillow grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. He attended the University of Arizona as a Flinn Scholar, where he majored in mathematics and philosophy. After a year as a Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow in Morocco studying North African literature, he attended graduate school at New York University's Center for Neural Science. He received a Ph.D. in neuroscience in 2005 for research on statistical models of information processing in the early visual pathway. His research interests include sensory-motor decision making, working memory, and latent variable models.

Awards and honors In 2012, Pillow received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.