Moran Cerf

Neuroscientist, Academic Director in Executive Education (Columbia University), and the Alfred P. Sloan professor (American Film Institute; AFI). Cerf holds a Ph.D in neuroscience (Caltech), an MA in Philosophy, and a B.Sc. in Physics (Tel-Aviv University). His research uses neuroscience to understand the underlying mechanisms of our psychology, emotions, decision-making, and dreams. Cerf holds multiple patents, and his work has been published in academic journals such as Nature and portrayed in popular media outlets such as Wired, Scientific American, BBC, CNN, The Atlantic, Time, Forbes, and dozens of others. Cerf has made much of his research accessible to the general public via his public talks at TED, TEDx, PopTech, The World Economic Forum, and many more, gathering millions of views and a large following. Cerf was recently named one of the "40 leading professors below 40". At AFI, he teaches an annual seminar on science in films and consults for Hollywood productions such as Bull, Limitless, Falling Water, and others. Before his academic career, Cerf worked as a hacker in the cybersecurity industry. He currently serves on the boards of several tech companies and is the Co-founder of ThinkAlike and B-Cube. Importantly, he is right-handed.