Curriculum Vitae Jonathan Asher Michaels CONTACT INFORMATION Address: Primate Neurobiology German Primate Center Kellnerweg 4 37077 Göttingen, Germany Phone: +49 551 3851 425 Email: [email protected] Website: www.JMichaels.me EDUCATION DURATION DEGREE / INSTITUTION 2007 – 2011 Bachelor of Science (Honours), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada HONOURS 2009 – 2011 Dean’s Honour List, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1. Yang L, Michaels JA, Pruszynski JA, & Scott SH (2011). Rapid motor responses quickly integrate visuospatial task constraints. Experimental Brain Research, 211(2): 231-242. TALKS YEAR 2014 LOCATION / DATE EVENT TITLE April 21 – 25 Amsterdam, The Netherlands Neural Control of Movement Conference Talk: “Single trial neural correlates of grasping movement preparation in macaque areas AIP and F5” Michaels JA, Dann B, & Scherberger H CONFERENCE ACTIVITY / PARTICIPATION YEAR LOCATION / DATE 2014 November 15 – 19 Washington, DC, USA EVENT TITLE 44th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience Poster: “Laterality of grasp-related activity in macaque areas AIP and F5” Michaels JA & Scherberger H 2014 March 26 – 28 Tübingen, Germany 7th Primate Neurobiology Meeting 2 Poster: “Single trial neural correlates of grasping movement preparation in macaque areas AIP and F5” Michaels JA, Dann B, & Scherberger H 2013 November 9 – 13 San Diego, California, USA (Travel grant awarded by the GGNB) 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience Poster: “Single trial neural correlates of grasping movement preparation in macaque areas AIP and F5” Michaels JA, Wellner B, & Scherberger H 2013 August 28 – 30 EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland EPFL Life Science Symposium (LSS) Poster: “Single trial neural correlates of grasping movement preparation in macaque areas AIP and F5” Michaels JA, Wellner B, & Scherberger H 2013 March 13 – 16 Göttingen, Germany 10th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society Poster: “Single trial neuronal correlates of decision-making for hand grasping in macaque area F5 and AIP” Wellner B, Michaels JA, Wellner AW, & Scherberger H 2013 March 11 – 13 Göttingen, Germany 6th Primate Neurobiology Meeting 2012 March 12 – 14 Tübingen, Germany 5th Primate Neurobiology Meeting 2013 September 29 – October 2 Cloister Heiligkreuztal, Germany Tübingen International Summer School (Neuroenhancement) 2013 February 19 – 21 Universitätsmedizin Göttingen Göttingen, Germany NWG Practical Course - Transcranial Magnetic and Electrical Stimulation (TMS/tDCS/tACS/tRNS) 2012 September 20 – 28 Berlin, Germany BBCI Summer School: Brain-Computer Interfacing and Neurotechnology 2012 March 19 – 20 Göttingen, Germany Nerve Cell Culture and Patch-Clamp Recording 2012 March 9 – 10 Heidelberg, Germany Bernstein R&D Workshop Cellular Electrophysiology 2012 March 2nd German Primate Center Göttingen, Germany Scientific Integrity & the Responsible Conduct of Research WORKSHOPS 3 TEACHING EXPERIENCE YEAR DATE / LOCATION 2013 April – July Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Göttingen, Germany RESEARCH EXPERIENCE DURATION LOCATION 2011 – Neurobiology Lab German Primate Center Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Göttingen, Germany COURSE / INVOLVEMENT Motor Systems Lecture & Seminar – Teaching Assistant POSITION / SUPERVISOR Ph.D. Student – Prof Dr. med. Hansjörg Scherberger Thesis: “Laterality of grasp-related activity in primate ventral premotor and parietal cortex” 2010 – 2011 Neuroplasticity Lab Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario, Canada Bachelor Thesis – Dr. Hans C. Dringenberg Thesis: “Influence of water maze learning on low-frequency-induced synaptic potentiation in the rat hippocampus” 2009 – 2011 Laboratory of Integrative Motor Behaviour Centre for Neuroscience Studies Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario, Canada Undergraduate Researcher – Dr. Stephen H. Scott 2008 – 2009 Language and Cognition Laboratory Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario, Canada Research Assistant – Dr. Stanka A. Fitneva PROFESSIONAL SKILLS PROGRAMMING Matlab, Simulink, Labview, Java, Haskell, Prolog, Python, C/C++ SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY Plexon Spike Sorting Tool, SPSS (IBM), Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator, Microsoft Office LABORATORY TECHNIQUES, CERTIFICATION, AND SPECIALIZED TRAINING Behavioural training of macaque monkeys and rats Extracellular single neuron recordings in macaque monkeys Electrophysiological recording in rat hippocampus 4 Head stage implantation surgery for macaque monkeys Electromyography (EMG) Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certification PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP 2014 – 2013 – Society for Neural Control of Movement Society for Neuroscience LANGUAGES English (Native), German (Advanced), Hebrew (Advanced) PERSONAL Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Writing: Science writing, Fiction, Poetry Musical Hobbies: Conducting, Cello, Piano, Composing, Clarinet, Guitar Sports: Bicycling, Hockey, Fencing, Skiing, Tennis REFERENCES Prof. Dr. med. Hansjörg Scherberger Professor of Primate Neurobiology Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Neurobiology Lab Deutsches Primatenzentrum Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany Tel: +49 551 3851 494 Email: [email protected] Dr. Stephen H. Scott Professor, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences Queen’s University Laboratory of Integrative Motor Behaviour Centre for Neuroscience Studies Botterell Hall, Room 219 Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 Tel: +1 613 533 2855 Email: [email protected] Dr. Hans C. Dringenberg Associate Professor, Department of Psychology Queen’s University Neuroplasticity Lab Center for Neuroscience Studies Craine Building, 56 Arch Street Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 Tel: +1 613 533 6215 Email: [email protected]
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