# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rafael-yuste
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:49:13.323Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rafael-yuste"
name: "Rafael Yuste"
slug: "rafael-yuste"
description: "Rafael Yuste is a Spanish–American neurobiologist. He is one of the initiators of the BRAIN Initiative announced in 2013. He is currently a professor at Columbia University."
tagline: "Spanish scientist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rafael_Yuste_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1963-04-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.52
  momentum:             4.583333333333333
  historical:           4.633984
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/yusterafa"
    handle:    "yusterafa"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A"
    title: "رافائيل يوستي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Yuste_Rojas"
    title: "Rafael Yuste Rojas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Yuste"
    title: "Rafael Yuste"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Yuste"
    title: "Rafael Yuste"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Yuste"
    title: "Rafael Yuste"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11160749"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump