Daniela Schiller

Daniela Schiller
Born	1972 (age 44–45) Rishon LeZion, Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Fields	trauma, neuroscience
Institutions	Mt Sinai School of Medicine
Alma mater	Tel Aviv University, New York University
Known for	Study of memory and trauma

Daniela Schiller (born October 26, 1972 in Israel) is a neuroscientist who leads the Schiller Lab for Affective Neuroscience at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

She is best known for her work on memory reconsolidation, and on unlearning traumatic memories and addiction.

Dr. Schiller was born in Rishon LeZion, Israel in 1972. She is the daughter of a Moroccan mother and a Ukrainian father. Schiller's father, Sigmund Schiller, is a survivor of the Holocaust. She received a bachelor's degree in psychology and philosophy in 1996, and her doctorate in cognitive neuroscience from Tel Aviv University in 2004. She was awarded a Fulbright fellowship and worked with Elizabeth Phelps at New York University.

Schiller is the youngest of four children. Her siblings live in Israel, and her sister Yael designs clothes.

Schiller also plays drums and sings backing vocals for The Amygdaloids.

Dr. Schiller was a 2010 Blavatnik Award Regional Award Winner - Post-Doc.