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Driss Boussaoud received a MS diploma in Biology & Geology in 1980 from Mohamed 5th University (Morocco), and moved to Lyon (France), were he received his PhD in Neurosciences in 1983 from Claude Bernard, Lyon. After a short stay in Morocco as Assistant Professor (1984-85), he joined the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda (MD, USA), as a post-doc (1986-89) and as a visiting fellow (1990-92). In 1992, he was recruited by the CNRS (Lyon, France) where he has developed his research program on the emergence of function in brain networks using an multidisciplinary approach including neurophysiology, brain imaging and neuropsychology both in health and disease. Over his carrier, Dr Boussaoud has made significant contributions to the anatomy and physiology of the brain networks of vision, action planing, attention and gaze signals, as well as the brain dynamics during learning. His current work focuses on social learning addressing questions such as: how social context modulates neuronal properties? and how do we learn from others? He has authored and co-authored over 80 articles and book chapters, cited over 6000 times, and gave more than 100 international conferences. In addition to these scientific contibutions, Dr Boussaoud has occupied various positions in the CNRS, namely: Founder and Director of the Mediterranean Institute for Cognitive Neurosciences (INCM, UMR6193, Marseille); Member of the National Advisory Committee (comité national, 2004-2009); PI and Coordinator of the French-Moroccan Neuroscience Consortium (2008-2015; 29 laboratories); PI and Coordinator of N€UROMED, FP7 International Cooperation, REGPOT-2009-2 (2009-2013, 26 Institutions from 7 mediterranean countries). Since 2008, Dr Boussaoud has played an active role in the development of cooperation and exchanges among Mediterranean neuroscientists. In particular, he is the founder of the Mediterranean Neuroscience Society – MNS http://www.mnsociety.net/, and has acted as its 1st President (2009-2012).