Stephen Macknik
| Stephen Macknik | |
|---|---|
| Born | Stephen Louis Macknik August 9, 1968 Dayton, Ohio |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Neuroscience, science writing |
| Institutions | Harvard University, University College London, Barrow Neurological Institute, State University of New York |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Known for | Illusions, art and visual perception, attention and awareness, Books: Sleights of Mind |
| Notable awards | Empire Innovator Scholar |
Stephen Louis Macknik (born August 9, 1968) is an American neuroscientist and science writer. He is a Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Physiology & Pharmacology at the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, where he directs the Laboratory of Translational Neuroscience. He directed laboratories previously at the Barrow Neurological Institute and University College London. He is best known for his studies on illusions, consciousness, attentional misdirection in stage magic, and cerebral blood flow.
Macknik is a founding member of the Neural Correlate Society. He serves on the Advisory Board of Scientific American: Mind, and on the Leadership Team of the Center for Emergency Management and Homeland Security at Arizona State University.
Stephen Macknik was born in 1968 in Dayton, Ohio, to an astrophysicist father and physical therapist mother. He grew up in Maui, Hawaii. Macknik completed a triple-major in Psychobiology, Biology, and Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1991. Thereafter, he completed his PhD in Neurobiology at Harvard University in 1996, under the supervision of Prof. Margaret Livingstone. He received his postdoctoral training from the Nobel Laureate Prof. David Hubel at Harvard Medical School, from 1996 to 2001.
In 2001, Macknik moved to the United Kingdom, as a Lecturer in Ophthalmology and laboratory director at University College London. In 2004, he returned to the United States as an Assistant Professor, and later, Associate Professor, at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona, where he directed the Laboratory of Behavioral Neurophysiology. In 2014, he moved to Brooklyn, NY, as Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Physiology & Pharmacology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, where he directs the Laboratory of Translational Neuroscience. He serves on the editorial board of the scientific journal PeerJ.
Macknik has received a number of awards, honoring his scientific work and his neuroscience outreach to the general public. Some of his awards include:
Macknik's research has been featured in print in The New York Times,The New Yorker,The Wall Street Journal,The Atlantic,Wired, The LA Chronicle, The Times (London), The Chicago Tribune,The Boston Globe,Der Spiegel, etc., and in radio and TV shows, including Discovery Channel's Head Games and Daily Planet shows, NOVA: scienceNow,CBS Sunday Morning,NPR's Science Friday, and PRI's The World.
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