Adam Cohen is a professor in the departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Physics at Harvard, with secondary appointments in the Center for Brain Science and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. He is also an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. At Harvard, Adam and his lab have developed numerous tools to study biological molecules and cells, most notably Optopatch technology. This first-of-its-kind technology uses genetically encoded fluorescent reporters to examine electrical activity in neurons. Adam has received Young Investigator Awards from the Office of Naval Research, the Dreyfus Foundation, the Sloan Foundation, and many other organizations. President Obama awarded him a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Adam holds an A.B. in chemistry and physics from Harvard, a Ph.D. in experimental biophysics from Stanford, and a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Cambridge.