Mark Laubach is professor of neuroscience at American University. His research group focuses on understanding the prefrontal cortex and its role in learning and decision making. Laubach and his graduate students, working with Alexxai Kravitz, maintain the National Science Foundation-supported OpenBehavior project.
Mark Laubach
Professor of neuroscience
American University
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