Cori Bargmann, a neurobiologist and geneticist, leads the Science program at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and is also the Torsten N. Wiesel Professor at The Rockefeller University. Her research on the relationships between genes, motivational states, and behavior has been recognized by membership in the National Academy of Sciences and the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, among other honors. Prior to joining CZI, Cori served as co-chair with Bill Newsome of the NIH working group that planned the BRAIN Initiative, and was an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.