Education/Training:
1983 – 1988 Eötvös Lóránd University Budapest
1988 MA/Psychology
1988 – 1991 Graduate Studies-I: Institute for Psychology, Div. of Human Electrophysiology, Budapest (Thesis advisor: Magda Marton, Ph.D)
1992 – 1998 Graduate Studies-II: Rutgers University, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Newark
(Thesis advisor: Gyorgy Buzsaki, M.D., Ph.D)
1999 Ph.D./Neuroscience
1999 – 2001 Postdoctoral studies-I: The Hebrew University, Interdisciplinary Center for Neural Computation and Dept. of Physiology, Jerusalem:
(Advisor: Prof. Moshe Abeles, M.D., Ph.D)
2001 – 2007 Postdoctoral studies-II: California Institute of Technology, Div. of Biology:
(Advisor: Prof. Richard Andersen, Ph.D)
2007 – 2009 Postdoctoral studies-III: California Institute of Technology, Div. of Biology:
(Advisor: Prof. Shinsuke Shimojo, Ph.D)
Positions:
1988 – 1991 Institute for Psychology: Div. of Human Electrophysiology, Budapest: Research Assistant
2007-2009 California Institute of Technology, Div. of Biology, Pasadena, CA: Associate Staff Scientist
2009-2010 Neuroscience Institute, Scott & White Hospital, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Temple, TX: Research Scientist
2010-2013 Seton Brain & Spine Institute, Austin TX: Research Scientist
2010- Adjunct Faculty at UT Austin, Department of Psychology
2013- NeuroTexas Institute, St. David’s Healthcare, Austin TX: Principal Investigator
Honors:
1996 Solomon Graduate Research Award
1998 Lady Davis Postdoctoral Fellowship award
1999 Golda Meir Postdoctoral Fellowship award
Membership:
2006 Editorial board member of the journal “Brain Structure and Function” (Springer)
1992- Member of Society for Neuroscience
2004- Member of the Vision Sciences Society
2010- Member of the American Epilepsy Society