Elizabeth Buffalo, a prominent neuroscientist, is the Wayne E. Crill Endowed Professor and Chair of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She is renowned for her pioneering research on neural mechanisms of learning and memory, notably her work on eye movements, neural activity, and grid cells in the macaque entorhinal cortex. Her achievements have earned her recognition, including the Troland Research Award and membership in the National Academy of Sciences.