Anjan Chatterjee

I am a a Professor of Neurology, Psychology, and Architecture and the founding director of the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics. I wrote The Aesthetic Brain and co-edited Brain, Beauty, and Art, Neuroethics in Practice, and The Roots of Cognitive Neuroscience. I have served on editorial boards of several neuroscience, neurology, ethics, and aesthetics journals. I received the Norman Geschwind Prize in Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology from the American Academy of Neurology, the Rudolph Arnheim Prize for contributions to Psychology and the Arts from the American Psychological Association, the Leadership in Innovation Award from the Global Wellness Institute, and The Big Sea Award for the Promotion of Aesthetic Beauty from the Mediterranean Tourism Forum. Previously, I was Chair of Neurology at Pennsylvania Hospital, a founding member of the Board of Governors of the Neuroethics Society, the past President of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, and the Behavioral/Cognitive Neurology Society. I served on the boards of the Global Wellness Institute and The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and previously Haverford College, and Associated Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired.