Innovators in Residence

Stuart Zola

Stuart Zola, former advisor and innovator in residence at The Hatchery since 2022 and longtime Emory leader, is a distinguished neuroscientist and entrepreneur whose career has spanned groundbreaking research on memory and memory impairment. Zola co-founded NeuroTrack Technologies, Inc., a company started at Emory University and now located in Redwood City, California, focused on digital phenotyping for early detection of cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease. He is the president and CEO of Quiet Developments, LLC, an award-winning leadership advisory company. Most recently, he has co-founded a third company, Map Habit, Inc., focused on neurocognitive support for individuals with memory impairment, using visual maps to help guide them through their daily schedules. Zola is also internationally known and respected for his many roles in leadership, including as director of the Graduate Neuroscience Program at the University of California, San Diego, director of the Emory National Primate Research Center at Emory University, co-director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Emory, senior research career scientist and deputy associate chief of staff for research at the Atlanta VA Medical Center, and as the interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Emory University.