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Heiligenberg Lecture Series History

Walter Heiligenberg
Walter Heiligenburg

Dr. Walter F. Heiligenberg was a professor of behavioral physiology at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. His groundbreaking research identifying the function of neural networks for behavior has made him a world leader in the field of neuroethology. His seminal work on neural nets in electric fish elegantly combined electrophysiology and behavior with computational models and methods, making him a pioneer in the field of computational neuroscience. In this tradition, the Walter Heiligenberg Lectures recognizes the most distinguished research in neuroethology and in identifying how complex behaviors emerge from the activity patterns of neural networks.

  • Heiligenberg Lecture 2019
    Catherine Carr

    2019
    Brainstem Codes for Sound Localization

  • Heiligenberg Lecture 2018
    Harold H. Zakon

    2018
    Electric Fish and Ion Channels: Neurobiology Meets Molecular Evolution

  • Heiligenberg Lecture 2017
    Eric I. Knudsen

    2017
    How the brain decides what to think about next: Neural Mechanisms of Attention in Birds

  • Heiligenberg Lecture 2016
    Hans A. Hofmann

    2016
    Evolutionary Neuroethology of the Social Brain

  • Heiligenberg Lecture 2015
    Cynthia F. Moss

    2015
    Representing space through sound: What the bat's voice tells the bat's brain

  • Heiligenberg Lecture 2014
    William Kristan

    2014
    Making Behavioral Choices: Neuronal Democracy, Republic, or Monarchy?

  • Heiligenberg Lecture 2013
    Rudiger Wehner

    2013
    Insect Neuroethology: A Look into the Cockpit of a Desert Navigator

  • Heiligenberg Lecture 2012
    John G. Hildebrand

    2012
    Learning from Insect Brains: Explorations of a 'Simple' Olfactory System

  • Heiligenberg Lecture 2010
    Allison Doupe

    2011
    What Songbirds Can Teach Us About Learning and the Brain