Dr. Lamont Tang graduated from Stanford University and received his Ph.D. in neuroscience at Brandeis University while training with Professor Eve Marder, former president of the Society of Neuroscience. He then continued his postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco with Graeme Davis. Lamont has published in top neuroscience and biology journals and his research interests include genetics, genomics, physiology and theoretical neuroscience. Outside of academia, Lamont is an accomplished musician, having studied with Carol Sindell and Dorothy Delay, one of the world's most renowned violin teachers. Lamont has performed as a soloist with leading orchestras such as the Oregon Symphony and has also participated in masterclasses with musicians such as Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukeman, Cho-Liang Lin and Glen Dicterow.
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