Biosketch

Academic Training

  • Ph.D., Computation and Neural Systems, California Institute of Technology, 1991
    Thesis title: Analog VLSI Circuits for Sensorimotor Integration
    Thesis advisor: Carver A. Mead
  • M.S., Computer Science, California Institute of Technology, 1987
  • B.A., Mathematics/Chemistry, Wartburg College (Waverly, IA USA), 1985

Academic and Professional Appointments

  • Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Georgia Institute of Technology / Emory University School of Medicine, 2003–present
  • Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003–present
  • Co-Founder and Scientific Advisor, Axion BioSystems, 2007–present
  • Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, College of Engineering
    Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013–2016
  • Professor and Department Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Khalifa University of Science, Technology, and Research, 2010–2013
  • Director, Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program
    Georgia Institute of Technology / Emory University School of Medicine, 2004–2008
  • Founding Director, Laboratory for Neuroengineering
    Georgia Institute of Technology / Emory University School of Medicine, 1999–2004
  • Associate Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Georgia Institute of Technology / Emory University School of Medicine, 1999–2003
  • Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997–2003
  • Assistant Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Georgia Institute of Technology, 1991–1997

Distinctions

  • Board of Directors, National Institute of Aerospace (NIA), 2015–present
  • Scientific Advisory Board, Neuroelectronics Research Flanders (NERF), Belgium, 2009–2014
  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2010–present
  • Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), 2006–present
  • Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1991–present
  • Recipient, Georgia Tech Outstanding Interdisciplinary Activities Award, 2005
  • General Chair, Twentieth Anniversary Conference on Advanced Research in VLSI, 1999

Memberships

  • Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), 2005–present
  • Society for Neuroscience (SfN), 2002–present
  • American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), 2001–present
  • Society for the Neural Control of Movement, 1997–2002
  • Academic Council, American Institute for Medical and Biological Eng. (AIMBE), 2004–2008
  • Editorial Board, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 2006–present
  • Editorial Board, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2005–2008
  • Editorial Board, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2002–2003
  • Editorial Board, Chaos, 2001–2004