Training opportunities in Computational Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University

[Ernst Niebur]

The Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute at Johns Hopkins University is
an interdisciplinary research center devoted to the investigation of
the neural mechanisms of mental function and particularly to the
mechanisms of perception: How is complex information represented and
processed in the brain, how is it stored and retrieved, and which
brain centers are critical for these operations?

The Institute intends to significantly enhance its research program in
Computational Neuroscience and encourages students with interest in
this domain to apply for the graduate program in the Neuroscience
department. Research opportunities exist in all of the laboratories of
the Institute. Interdisciplinary projects, involving the student in
more than one laboratory, are particularly encouraged.

At present, MBI faculty include (listed with primary field of interest
and methodology used):


C. Ed Connor, PhD: Visual selective attention (electrophysiology in
the awake behaving monkey).

Stewart Hendry, PhD: Organization and plasticity of mammalian cerebral
cortex (primate neuroanatomy).

Steve S. Hsiao, PhD: Neurophysiology of tactile perception
(electrophysiology in the awake behaving monkey).

Kenneth O. Johnson, PhD: Neurophysiology of the somatosensory system
(electrophysiology in the awake behaving monkey).

Guy McKhann, MD (Director of MBI): Cognitive and neurologic outcomes
after cardiac surgery; immunologic attack on peripheral motor axonal
membranes in the human and experimental animal (neurology).

Ernst Niebur, PhD: Theoretical Neuroscience (computational and
mathematical modeling).

Gian F Poggio, PhD: Analysis of Stereopsis and Texture
(electrophysiology in the awake behaving monkey).

Michael A. Steinmetz, PhD: Neurophysiological mechanisms in
visual-spatial perception (electrophysiology in the awake behaving
monkey).

Ruediger von der Heydt, PhD: Neural mechanisms of visual perception
(electrophysiology in the awake behaving monkey).


Additional research opportunities exist in collaborative work with
faculty in the Psychology Department (located next door to the
Mind/Brain Institute), in particular with Drs. Howard Egeth
(attention, perception, cognition), Michael Rudd (computational
vision, psychophysics), Trisha Van Zandt (mathematical modelling,
neural networks and memory), and Steven Yantis (visual perception,
attention, mathematical modeling).

All students accepted to the PhD program of the Neuroscience
department receive full tuition remission plus a stipend at or above
the National Institutes of Health predoctoral level. The Mind/Brain
Institute is located on the very attractive Homewood campus in
Northern Baltimore.

Applicants should have a B.S. or B.A. with a major in any of the
biological or physical sciences. Applicants are required to take the
Graduate Record Examination (GRE), both the aptitude tests and an
advanced test, or the Medical College Admission Test. Further
information on the admission procedure can be obtained from the
Department of Neuroscience:

Director of Graduate Studies
Neuroscience Training Program
Department of Neuroscience
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
725 Wolfe Street 
Baltimore, MD 21205

Completed applications (including three letters of recommendation and
either GRE scores or Medical College Admission Test scores) must be
_received_ by January 1, 1996 at the above address. Candidates for
whom this is impossible, or those who need additional information,
should immediately contact

Prof. Ernst Niebur 
The Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute
Johns Hopkins University 
3400 N. Charles Street 
Baltimore, MD 21218
niebur at jhu.edu
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Ernst Niebur					Krieger Mind/Brain Institute
Asst. Prof. of Neuroscience			Johns Hopkins University
niebur at jhu.edu					3400 N. Charles Street
(410)516-8643, -8640 (secr), -8648 (fax)	Baltimore, MD 21218