1. Eric R. Kandel is University Professor, Columbia University, New York, and Senior Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine and a past president of the Society for Neuroscience. This past October, he was named a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.
2. Larry R. Squire is Research Career Scientist at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System and Professor of Psychiatry, Neurosciences, and Psychology, University of California, San Diego. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine and a past president of the Society for Neuroscience.