Founders

Li-Huei Tsai, PhD
Founder
Dr. Tsai is a founder of Cognito Therapeutics and the Picower Professor of Neuroscience and Director of The Picower Institute of Learning and Memory at MIT. Dr. Tsai's research has focused on elucidating pathogenic mechanisms underlying neurological disorders that affect learning and memory.

Ed Boyden, PhD
Founder
Dr. Boyden is a founder of Cognito Therapeutics and Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology and Professor of Biological Engineering and Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the MIT Media Lab and MIT McGovern Institute. Dr. Boyden’s research focuses on developing tools for analyzing and repairing complex biological systems and using these tools to elucidate fundamental principles about the biological function of these systems.