Theodore W. Berger
- Holder of the David Packard Chair in Engineering
- Director, Center for Neural Engineering, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
- Professor of biomedical engineering
Links:
Expertise Summary
Biomedical engineer and neuroscientist specializing in neural prostheses, neural basis of learning and memory and “brain-like” acoustic recognition technology
Expertise
- neural prostheses / brain implants
- biomimetic systems / acoustic recognition technology
- experimental and theoretical approaches to developing mathematical models of mammalian neural systems
- neural representation and computation
- neurophysiology of memory and learning
- nonlinear systems analysis of hippocampal network
- electrophysiology
- computational neurobiology
- neural engineering
Additional Information
- Co-editor, Toward Replacement Parts for the Brain: Implantable Electronics as the Next Era in Neural Prosthetics (2001)
- Testbed leader, NSF Engineering Research Center in Biomimetic Electronic Systems (2003)
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science and American; Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering; Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow in Basic Research (neurosciences) (1978)
- Co-Founder, Safety Dynamics LLC (2003)
- Recipient, Lockheed Senior Research Award, USC Viterbi School of Engineering (1997); NIMH Research Scientist Development Award (1981,1988); McKnight Foundation Scholar Award in the neurosciences (1980); James McKeen Cattell Award from the New York Academy of Sciences (1978)
- Named Person of the Year, AARP (2004); IEEE CAS Society Distinguished Lecturer (2003); National Academy of Sciences International Scientist Lecturer (2003)