Hamid Noori received his PhDs in mathematics and physics from Universities of Heidelberg and Kaiserslautern and was honored with Venia Legendi from the Medical Faculty Mannheim of Heidelberg University as well. In 2008, he moved to Princeton University and focused his research on the interface of experimental and theoretical neurosciences. In the years 2013-2016, he worked as a group leader in the Central Institute of Mental Health. From 2016, he is the head of the independent research group Neuronal Convergence of the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics. He also occupies guest-professorships at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques and Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences of New York University. He is a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt foundation and an awardee of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences. He also acts as the editor-in-chief of the SpringerNature Journal in silico pharmacology.