Connectionists: n Encoding and Decoding of Sensorimotor control in Behaving Primates Using Multi-Electrode Cortical Recording and Stimulation

[Nicholas Hatsopoulos]

Postdoctoral Position in Encoding and Decoding of Sensorimotor control in Behaving Primates Using Multi-Electrode Cortical Recording and Stimulation


A postdoctoral position is available starting in the late summer or fall of 2019 to investigate the cortical basis of visuo-motor behavior.  This project involves high density multi-electrode array recordings and stimulation from motor and premotor cortical sites in monkeys performing complex reaching and grasping movements as well as orofacial movements.  Experiments seek to investigate spatio-temporal patterning in single unit and local field potential activity that encodes different aspects of these movements.  These experiments also seek to develop decoding algorithms for possible application in brain-machine interfaces.  Facilities include a fully equipped electrophysiological laboratory with three 128-channel acquisition systems, a two-link exoskeletal robot, a camera-based, motion capture system, and a 3D x-ray fluoroscopy system.  Expertise in multi-electrode, behavioral electrophysiology is preferred.  A strong mathematical, computational, or engineering background is also desirable.    Applicants should send a CV and names and addresses of two or three references to Dr. Nicholas Hatsopoulos, Department of Organismal Biology & Anatomy, University of Chicago, 1027 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 or by e-mail to nicho at uchicago.edu<mailto:nicho at uchicago.edu>.



Nicholas Hatsopoulos

Professor

Dept. of Organismal Biology and Anatomy

Committees on Computational Neuroscience and Neurobiology

University of Chicago

Culver Hall, Room 206

1027 East 57th street

Chicago, IL 60637

773-702-5594
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