Summary
Robert Welsh is a Professor-in-Residence and Director/Technical Director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience with a decade of formal experience in academic leadership across psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Johns Hopkins and has transitioned from experimental physics and imaging research to leading interdisciplinary neuroscience programs at top institutions including UCLA, University of Utah, and University of Michigan. His work bridges quantitative methods, neuroimaging, and clinical psychiatry, informed by earlier expertise in experimental heavy ion collisions and hyperpolarized Xe-129 imaging. Known for building and directing technical centers, he combines deep analytical rigor with practical systems development—an unexpected throughline from his days developing expert systems for campus scheduling to managing modern cognitive neuroscience infrastructure. Based in Los Angeles, he brings a rare mix of physics-trained problem solving and hands-on leadership in translational brain science.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics at George Mason University