Misha Mahowald

Misha Mahowald
Born
Michelle Anne Mahowald

January 12, 1963
DiedDecember 26, 1996(1996-12-26) (aged 33)
Zürich, Switzerland
EducationCalifornia Institute of Technology (BS, PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience
ThesisVLSI analogs of neuronal visual processing: a synthesis of form and function (1992)
Doctoral advisorCarver Mead

Michelle Anne Mahowald (January 12, 1963 December 26, 1996) was an American computational neuroscientist in the emerging field of neuromorphic engineering. In 1996 she was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame for her development of the Silicon Eye and other computational systems. She died by suicide at age 33.