New Faculty: Nori Jacoby

Nori Jacoby

Assistant Professor, Psychology

Academic focus: 

Cognitive science, psychology

Current research project: 

Perception and culture co-evolution

Previous positions:

• Research group leader, Computational Auditory Perception Group, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt, 2018-2024
• Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience, Center for Science and Society, Columbia University, 2016–2018
• Postdoctoral researcher, Cognitive science, University of California, Berkeley, 2016
• Postdoctoral researcher, Neuroscience, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014–2016

Academic background: 

• Ph.D., Computational neuroscience, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2014
• M.S., Mathematics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2003
• B.Sc., Mathematics and physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2000

Last book read: 

“Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions” by Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths et al

In your own time/when not working: 

Spending time with my family, learning to ski

Courses you’re most looking forward to teaching: 

Perception

What most excites you about Cornell: 

I am very excited about the scientific research environment, meeting and working with new people.

Social media:

@norijacoby