Bruce Bean is Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. He did his Ph.D. research in Biophysics the University of Rochester, did post-doctoral work in cardiac electrophysiology with Richard W. Tsien at Yale University Medical School, and has had previous faculty positions at the University of Iowa and at the Vollum Institute of Oregon Health Sciences University. His research focuses on understanding the diversity of ion channels in different kinds of mammalian neurons and using that knowledge to develop new treatments for pathophysiological conditions, including epilepsy, pain, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.