He is a currently Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley and a founding member of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute.
Ivry previously served as chair of the university's Department of Psychology and director of its Institute of Cognitive and Brain Sciences.
[1] According to the Association for Psychological Science, Ivry's "seminal research program has transformed how we understand perception and action.
"[2] Ivry received a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Brown University in 1981.
[4] In 2016, Ivry received the William James Fellow Award.