Prof. Rony Paz
- Vice President
- Manya Igel Chair of Neurobiology
- The Helen & Milton A.Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure & Assembly
- Scientific Archeology Unit
- Wertheimer Center for Computational Biology
- Yeda-Sela (YeS) Center for Basic Research
- David and Fela Shapell Family Institute for Pre-clinical Studies
- The Center for New Scientists
- de Botton Institute for Protein Profiling
- The Dimitris N. Chorafas Institute for Scientific Exchange
- The Center for Scientific Excellence
- The Willner Family Leadership Institute
- The Center for the Development of Scientific Resources
- Dolfi and Lola Ebner Center for Biomedical Research
- The J&R Center for Scientific Research
- Jeanne and Joseph Nissim Foundation for Life Sciences Research
- Irene and Jared M. Drescher Center for Research on Mental and Emotional Health
Bio
A leading neuroscientist, Prof. Paz studies the interactions between emotions and cognitive processes such as learning, memory, and decision-making. His focus is on two areas of the brain, the amygdala and the prefrontal cortex, that underlie such interactions.
He assumed the role of Vice President of the Weizmann Institute of Science in December 2025. The Paz lab employs several approaches to measure brain activity in animal models and in humans, combined with computational approaches, to understand the neural codes and functional circuits that underlie learning and memory in health and disease. His research provides valuable insights into the translational implications for neuropsychiatric disorders such as anxiety, depression, social disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as well as the cognitive decline in Parkinson’s disease and epilepsy.
Prof. Paz served as Head of the Department of Neurobiology (2019-2021), Dean of the Faculty of Biology (2021-2025), and Director of the Azrieli Institute for Brain and Neural Sciences (2021-2025). He heads numerous multidisciplinary research centers and institutes at Weizmann, including serving as the Director of the Irene and Jared M. Drescher Center for Research on Mental and Emotional Health.
Research highlights
Emotion and Cognition
Neural Circuits of Mental Health
Neural Codes for Learning and Memory
Translational Brain Science
Education
• BSc, magna cum laude ,mathematics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1997)
• BA, magna cum laude, philosophy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1997)
• PhD, summa cum laude, neural computation, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2004)
• Postdoc, Rutgers University (2004-2007)
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Prof. Rony Paz
Bio
A leading neuroscientist, Prof. Paz studies the interactions between emotions and cognitive processes such as learning, memory, and decision-making. His focus is on two areas of the brain, the amygdala and the prefrontal cortex, that underlie such interactions.
He assumed the role of Vice President of the Weizmann Institute of Science in December 2025. The Paz lab employs several approaches to measure brain activity in animal models and in humans, combined with computational approaches, to understand the neural codes and functional circuits that underlie learning and memory in health and disease. His research provides valuable insights into the translational implications for neuropsychiatric disorders such as anxiety, depression, social disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as well as the cognitive decline in Parkinson’s disease and epilepsy.
Prof. Paz served as Head of the Department of Neurobiology (2019-2021), Dean of the Faculty of Biology (2021-2025), and Director of the Azrieli Institute for Brain and Neural Sciences (2021-2025). He heads numerous multidisciplinary research centers and institutes at Weizmann, including serving as the Director of the Irene and Jared M. Drescher Center for Research on Mental and Emotional Health.
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