Harald W. Sontheimer ID, PhD

Dr. Sontheimer, I. D. Wilson Chair and Professor of Neuroscience, is the Executive Director of the future School of Neuroscience at Virginia Tech, and Director of the Glial Biology in Health, Disease and Cancer Center at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Center (VTCRI).

He joined VT in 2015 to establish the nation’s first School of Neuroscience, which will serve as the primary home for Neuroscience research and education at VT that includes training of Minors, Majors, Masters and Doctoral students. The School of Neuroscience will bridge many colleges drawing faculty from across multiple disciplines to offer an innovative, interdisciplinary Neuroscience curriculum.