Lidor Spivak

Kalaniyot Fellow

Israeli University: Tel-Aviv University

Columbia Affiliation: Zuckerman Institute

Faculty Host: Prof. Nathaniel Sawtell

Research Topic: Building Internal Models: How Cerebellar Circuits Learn and Adapt in Natural Behavior

Lidor Spivak is a neuroscience postdoctoral researcher at the Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University. In his research, he focuses on how the cerebellum supports learning, timing, and prediction. To understand how cerebellar circuits implement these functions, Lidor combines optogenetics and high-density electrophysiology in freely moving mice with computational analysis. He earned his PhD from Tel Aviv University's Sagol School for Neuroscience.