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Venkatesh Murthy appointed Kempner Institute associate faculty member
He specializes in the study of the neurons that enable animals to navigate the world of smell.
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Staff Reporter - Thu, 26, Jun 2025
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Venkatesh Murthy has been appointed by the institute for a period of three years / Kempner Institute website
Harvard's Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence has appointed Venkatesh Murthy as its associate faculty member.
Murthy, who is already a Harvard faculty member, will start his three-year appointment at the Kempner Institute on July 1.
Along with Murthy, the institute also announced the appointment of Stephanie Gil as an associate faculty member.
Murthy, who is Raymond Leo Erikson Life Sciences Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Paul J. Finnegan Family Director of the Center for Brain Science, studies the neural circuits and associated algorithms that enable animals to navigate the olfactory world.
Talking about his field of study, Murthy told Kempner Institute, “I hope that our group’s work on chemical sensing and odor-guided animal behavior — which I have come to call Intelligent Olfaction — can bring a fresh angle to the study of intelligence that can complement existing strengths at the Kempner Institute.”
Addressing his appointment, he added, “I am particularly excited to interact with the independent fellows and graduate students to learn from them, and to perchance interest them in challenging out-of-the-mainstream, side-road problems.”
Murthy and Gil will join Kempner's 10 current associate faculty members.
The Kempner institute strives to understand the basis of intelligence in natural and artificial systems by studying intelligence from biological, cognitive, engineering, and computational perspectives.
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