# Leadership ## expand\_more ## Leadership [### Talia Konkle ](/people/talia-konkle) [talia\_konkle@harvard.edu](mailto:talia_konkle@harvard.edu)Professor of Psychology MBB Director Talia Konkle's lab uses human functional neuroimaging to explore how representational spaces of the mind are mapped onto the surface of the brain. She focuses on high-level vision: how do we recognize and organize our knowledge about objects, scenes, and... ![headshot of Talia Konkle](/sites/g/files/omnuum13266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mbb/files/taliakonkle.jpeg?h=75284653&itok=Ct_66S4X) [### Elizabeth Phelps ](/people/elizabeth-phelps-0) Pershing Square Professor of Human Neuroscience Chair, MBB Academics Committee The primary inspiration behind Professor Phelps’ research is the observation that emotions color our lives, and even subtle, everyday variations in our emotional experience can alter our thoughts and actions. By uncovering the impact of emotion and affect... ![Elizabeth Phelps headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum13266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-09/Phelps%202025.jpeg?itok=CmI_Pbq_) ## Past MBB Directors SortDirectorYearsAlfonso Caramazza 2009 - 2023 Albert Galaburda 2010 - 2021 Marc Hauser 2003 - 2010 Elizabeth Spelke 2003 - 2009 John Dowling 2000 - 2002 Anne Harrington 1996 - 2002 Jerome Kagan 1996 - 2000 Steven Hyman 1994 - 1996