My research creates mathematical and computational models of natural behaviors, brain activity and biological processes, and assesses their empirical validity using a combination of in-house developed experimental assays and open access data repositories. I aim to ultimately uncover how autonomous intelligence spontaneously emerges and coexists with voluntary actions. I use the lifelong autism model as a springboard to advance the various basic scientific aspects of this central quest of my research program. I also build translational and actionable medical solutions to help various communities. I develop and share technology to advance science dissemination and reproducibility. I also strive to educate the public to continue their trust and support of our science. Further, I develop interdisciplinary collaborative networks to produce multiple revenue streams for science and technology, and to train new generations of innovators for academia, R&D and industry.

Education

• 2019-2020 Sabbatical at Salk Institute -Genetics lab and Computational Neurobiology lab
• 2001-2005 Postdoctoral Computational Neural Systems, Electrophysiology CALTECH
• 1995-2001 PhD Cognitive Science UCSD
• 1991-1994 B.Sci. Mathematics-Computer Science (Cum Laude) SJSU

Professional Experience

• 2020-present Full Professor, Rutgers University Psychology, Computer Science, Cognitive Science
• 2018-present Principal Investigator (Director) New Jersey Autism Center of Excellence
• 2015-present Associate Professor, Rutgers University Psychology, Computer Science, Cognitive Science
• 2008-2015 Assistant Professor, Rutgers University Psychology, Computer Science, Cognitive Science
• 2005-2008 Research Associate Computational Neural Systems, CALTECH

Selected Academic Honors & Fellowships

• 2022 Rutgers Global Research Grant Collaborative Award with Israel
• 2021 NSF I Aspire Fellowship for Leadership in STEM
• 2020 NJ State Senate and Assembly Joint Resolution for excellence in science and public service
• 2019-2020 Sabbatical to do research at the Salk Institute
• 2019-2020 Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research
• 2019-2020 Rutgers Tech Advance to develop smart technology for the treatments of nervous systems disorders
• 2018-2023 Dean Excellence Award (Leading PI for a PhD student at Rutgers)
• 2017-2020 Data Science Excellence Award (Leading PI for a PhD student at Rutgers)
• 2016-2017 (Education) Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship Finalist (Leading PI for 2 Rutgers Students)
• 2015-2016 The Board of Trustees Research Fellowship for Scholarly Excellence as one of the University’s most distinguished young faculty members (by Rutgers President Barchi)
• 2014-2018 The Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation Early Career Development Award
• 2012-2013 (Education) NSF-IGERT Video and Poster Competition Students’ Award Video: https://igert2012.videohall.com/presentations/220
• 2010-2011 (Education) Rutgers SAS Best Undergraduate Student Research Poster Award
• 2009-2012 Academic Excellence Award, Rutgers University
• 2004-2007 Neuroscience Scholar Fellowship, The Society for Neuroscience
• 2004-2007 Della-Martin Fellow, Electro-physiology, CALTECH
• 2001-2004 Sloan-Swartz Fellow, Computational Neural Systems, CALTECH
• 1995-2001 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (NINDS)
• 1994-1995 Intramural Research and Training Award (Pre-IRTA), NIA, NIH
• 1992-1994 Maximizing Access to Research and Careers (MARC), San Jose State University

Current Scientific Grant Support

1. 2022-2023 Rutgers Global Grant (with Israel) - Characterization of mental, bodily, and shared awareness in dyadic Feldenkrais practices distinguishing spontaneous exploratory from deliberate goal-directed learning modes. ($8,000.00, Torres PI)
2. 2021-2022 “Establishing Objective Behavioral Signatures of ASD in out-of-the-lab environments: A Micro-Movement Analysis Approach” ($50,000.00 PI)
3. 2020-2022 “Social skills and emotional rhythms in educational and vocational training to help develop autonomous and independent living”. The New Jersey Governor's Council for Autism Research and Treatment ($400,000.00, PI)
4. 2020-2025 “Measurement and manipulation of oscillatory bookmaker of working memory in psychosis”. R01 NIH ($60,000.00, Consultant)
5. 2019-2020 “A pilot project to validate digital biomarkers as a tool to measure improvement in core symptoms of autism during sulforaphane treatment”. Rutgers Busch Biomedical Grant ($40,000.00 PI)
6. 2018-2023 The NJ “Autism Center of Excellence to transform Autism Research, Education and Services in NJ”. ($4,000,000.00 PI)
7. 2018-2019 Rutgers TechAdvance Award “Smart shoes for biofeedback sensing and measurements of motor control and autonomy” Rutgers Office of Commercialization and Tech Transfer ($100,000.00 PI)
8. 2017-2019 “Characterization of the female phenotype of ASD using Big Data” The New Jersey Governor's Council for Autism Research and Treatment ($387,846.00, PI)
9. 2015-2017 “Bridging behavior and genetics through sensory-motor electrophysiology” The New Jersey Governor's Council for Autism Research and Treatment ($385,838.00, PI)

Completed Research Support

1. 2014-2017 “Using the plasticity of peripheral micro-movements to characterize and treat subtypes of disorders on a spectrum”, Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation Career Development Award ($636,000.00, PI + matching endowment to buy out teaching)

2. 2014-2016 “The use of objective metrics to characterize social interactions and communication between child and therapist: towards tailored interventions for Sensory Processing Disorders”, The Henry Wallace Foundation ($36,000.00, PI)

3. 2016-2018 “Exploring low cost vs. research grade wearable sensor to characterize patterns of sleep and activities of daily life in children with ASD” The New Jersey Governor's Council for Autism Research and Treatment ($156,034.00, co-PI)

4. 2014-2016 “New objective autism inventory to quantify peripheral plasticity during standardized ADOS-2 social exchange”, The New Jersey Governor's Council for Autism Research and Treatment ($398,908.00 PI)

5. 2014-2016 The Gates Foundation Grand Challenge Explorations – Measuring brain and movement development in infants ($100,000.00, co-PI)

6. 2014-2015 NSF Innovative Corps “Versatile Statistical Platform to Analyze, Diagnose, Track, and Treat Neurological Disorders” ($50,000.00, PI) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VkMgR1pv1Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0QsFhFpPSE

7. 2013-2014 Department of Defense – SRI International Sub-contractor of the Strategic Social Interaction Module, “Transforming research, diagnosis and treatment effectiveness in ASD: Towards better social interactions” ($35,000.00, DARPA-SRI)

8. 2010-2012 The New Jersey Governor’s Council Award for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism (co-PI) “Perceptual-motor anticipation in individuals with ASD” ($650,000.00, co-PI)

9. 2009-2011 Rutgers University Academic Excellence Award ($50,000.00 PI) 10. 2009-2012 NSF Cyber Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI Type I) “A novel quantitative framework to study lack of social interactions in autism” ($670,000.00, PI)

Contribution to Science

Books, e-Books and Book Chapters

1. (Book) Elizabeth B Torres, “Objective Biometric Methods for the Diagnosis and Treatments of Nervous Systems Disorders”, Elsevier July 2018, with companion website (sample data and code in Python and MATLAB)
2. Elizabeth B Torres Chapter 1: The Closed Feedback Loops Between the Peripheral and the Central Nervous Systems, the Principle of Reafference and Its Contribution to the Definition of the Self.
3. Elizabeth B Torres Chapter 2: Critical Ingredients for Proper Social Interactions: Rethinking the Mirror Neuron System Theory.
4. Elizabeth B Torres Chapter 3: The Case of Autism Spectrum Disorders: When One Cannot Properly Feel the Body and Its Motions from the Start of Life
5. Elizabeth B Torres Chapter 4: The Case of Schizophrenia: Is that My Arm Moving on Purpose or Spontaneously Passing by
6. Elizabeth B Torres Chapter 5: Learning to Detect Expertise in Sports Aided by the Gift of Our Students.
7. Elizabeth B Torres Chapter 6: Rethinking Diagnoses and Treatments of Disorders: The Third (Objective) Neutral Observer Assessing the Interactions between the Examiner and the Examinee or the Therapist and the Client.
8. Elizabeth B Torres Chapter 7: Different Biometrics for Clinical Trials That Measure Volitional Control
9. Elizabeth B Torres Chapter 8: Adding Dynamics to the Principle of Reafference: Recursive Stochastic Feedback Closed Control Loops to Evoke Autonomy.
10. (Book) Eds Elizabeth B Torres and Caroline Whyatt, “Autism: The Movement Sensing Perspective”, Neuroscience Series, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Sept 2017
11. Elizabeth B Torres Section I Chapter 1, “Why Study Movement Variability in Autism”.
12. Elizabeth B Torres Section I “Concluding Remarks Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Approaches to Connect Cognition and Somatic-Motor Sensations”.
13. Elizabeth B Torres Section II Chapter 4, “Dissecting a Social Encounter from Three Different Perspectives”.
14. Elizabeth B Torres Section II Chapter 7, “ADOS: The Physiology Approach to Assess Social Skills and Communication in Autism Spectrum Disorder”.
15. Elizabeth B Torres Section III Preface, “First Things First, Let Us Get the Math Right”.
16. Elizabeth B Torres Section III Chapter 4, “Inherent Noise Hidden in Nervous Systems Rhythms Leads to New Strategies for Detection and Treatments of Core Motor-Sensing Traits in ASD”.
17. Elizabeth B Torres Section III Chapter 13, “Contemporary Problems with Methods in Basic Brain Science Impede Progress in ASD Research and Treatments”.
18. Elizabeth B Torres Section III Chapter 14, “Micro-Movements: The s-Spikes to Zoom-in the Motor Trajectories of Natural Goal-Directed Behaviors”.
19. Elizabeth B Torres Section IV Preface, “Autism in the US”.
20. Elizabeth B Torres Section IV Chapter 27, “Turning the Tables: Autism Shows the Social Deficit of Our Society”.
21. (Book Ch) Elizabeth B Torres, “Rethinking the Study of Volition for Clinical Use”, Eds J Lazcko and M Latash Springer (2017)
22. (Book Ch) Elizabeth B Torres, “Connecting Movement and Cognition Through Different Modes of Learning.”, The Psychology of Learning and Motivation Vol 76, Ed K. Ferdermeir Academic Press Elsevier (2022)
23. (e-Book) Eds Elizabeth B Torres and Anne M Donnellan, “Autism: The Movement Perspective”, Frontiers E-Book (2015) https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/801/autism-the-movement-perspective
24. (e-Book) Elizabeth B Torres, Johnathan Delafield-Butt, Carolyne Whyatt, “Sensory-Motor Aspects of Nervous Systems Disorders: Insights from Biosensors and smart technology in the dynamic assessment of disorders, their progression, and treatment outcomes”, Frontiers E-Book (2020) https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/5953/sensory-motor-aspects-of-nervous-systems-disorders-insights-from-biosensors-and-smart-technology-in
25. (e-Book) Eds Maria-Eve Tremblay, Corette J Wierenga, Elizabeth B Torres, Lianna Fattore, Ariana Maffei, Michela Chiappalone, “Women in Neuroscience”. Frontiers Research Topic (e-Book 2021) https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/19592/women-in-neuroscience
26. (e-Book) Ed Elizabeth B Torres, “Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience Editor’s Pick 2021” (e-Book 2021) https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/21835/frontiers-in-integrative-neuroscience-editors-pick-2021
27. (e-Book) Ed Elizabeth B Torres, “Insights in Integrative Neuroscience: 2021” (e-Book 2021) https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/26676/insights-in-integrative-neuroscience-2021
28. (e-Book) Ed Elizabeth B Torres, Special Issue: “Precision Medicine in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Personalized Characterization of Autism from Molecules to Behavior”, Journal of Personalized Medicine, MDPI e-Book (2021)
29. (Book Chapter) Connecting Movement and Cognition Through Different Modes of Learning Chapter in The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Academic Press, Elsevier 2022 Vol 76
30. (Book) Elizabeth B Torres, “Autism Autonomy: In Search of Our Human Dignity”, Academic Press Elsevier upcoming July 2023

Patents and Provisional Patents

1. US Patent # 10,786,192 (Sept 29, 2020) System and Methods for determining amount of volition in a subject. (US patent application number 16/342,858, European 17862324.5, filed 4/17/2019, 10/19/2017 respectively)
2. US Patent # 10,176,299 B2 (Jan 8, 2019) Systems and methods for the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders.
3. (and US PCT international application number 15/223,884 filed on 07/29/2016)
4. Objective and personalized longitudinal assessment of post severe traumatic brain injury. US patent application number 62/089,031 executed on 12/08/2014
5. Systems and methods for tracking neurodevelopment in infants. US provisional application number 62/408,542 filed 10/14/2016 (International PCT/US17/56779 filed 10/16/2017)
6. Connecting peripheral and central nerves output signatures of variability through the same statistical platform. US patent application 62/409,943 filed 10/19/2016 (International PCT/US17/57365 field 10/19/2017)
7. Provisional - Techniques for measuring atypical neurodevelopment in neonates based on short video.
8. Provisional - Techniques for measuring atypical neurodevelopment in neonates based on auditory brainstem response (ABR) tests.

Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts

1. Ryu, J., Torres, E.B., Toward Interpretable Digital Biomarkers of Walking and Reaching in Parkinson’s Disease, Wearable Sensors 2022 (in press)
2. Ryu, J., Torres, E.B., Motor signatures in digitized cognitive and memory tests enhances characterization of Parkinson’s disease, Sensors 2022, 22(12), 4434; https://doi.org/10.3390/s22124434
3. Torres, E.B., Editorial for Special Issue “Precision Medicine in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Personalized Characterization of Autism from Molecules to Behavior”, J. Pers. Med. 2022, 12(6), 918; doi.org/10.3390/jpm12060918
4. Bermperidis, T., Schafer S., Gage, F.H., Sejnowski, T., Torres, E.B., Dynamic Interrogation of Stochastic Transcriptome Trajectories Using Disease Associated Genes Reveals Distinct Origins of Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Disorders. Front Neuroscience, 16:884707, doi: 10.3389/fnins.2022.884707
5. Torres, E.B., Precision Autism: Genomic Stratification of Disorders Making Up the Broad Spectrum May Demystify Its Epidemic Rates, J. Pers. Med. 2021, 11(11), 1119, doi.org/10.3390/jpm11111119
6. Bermperidis, T., Rai, R., Ryu, J., Zanotto, D., Agrawal, S.K., Lalwani, A.K., Torres, E.B., (2021) “Optimal Time Lags from Causal Prediction Model Help Stratify and Forecast Nervous System Pathology” Nature Scientific Reports, 11, 20904, doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-00156-2
7. Kalampratsidou, V.K., Kemper, S., Torres, E.B. (2021) “Real-Time Proxy Control of Re-Parameterized Peripheral Signals using a Closed-Loop Interface” J.Vis. Exp. 2021, (171), e61943, doi: 10.3791/61943
8. Ryu J., Bar-Shalita T., Granovsky G., Weissman-Fogel I., Torres E.B. (2021) “Personalized Biometrics of Physical Pain Agree with Psychophysics by Participants with Sensory over Responsivity” J. Pers. Med. 2021, 11(2), 93, https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm11020093
9. Bokadia, H., Rai, R., Torres, E.B. (2020) “Digitized ADOS: Social Interactions Beyond the Limits of the Naked Eye”, J. Pers. Med. 2020, 10(4), 159; https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm10040159
10. Torres, E.B. (2020) “Reframing Psychiatry for Precision Medicine”, J. Pers. Med. 2020, 10, 4, p144.
11. Ryu, J., Torres, E.B. (2020) “The Autonomic Nervous System Differentiates Between Levels of Motor Intent and End Effector”, J. Pers. Med. 2020, 10, 3, p 76.
12. Caballero C., Mistry S., Torres E.B. (2020) “Age-dependent Statistical Changes of Involuntary Head Motion Signatures Across Autism and Controls of the ABIDE Repository”, Front. Integr. Neurosci. 14:23. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2020.00023
13. Torres E.B., Caballero C., Mistry S. (2020) “Aging with Autism Departs Greatly from Typical Aging”, Sensors-MDPI 20 (2), p 572; https://doi.org/10.3390/s20020572
14. Torres E.B., Rai R., Mistry S., Gupta B (2020) “Hidden Aspects of the Research-ADOS are Bound to Affect Autism Science” Neural Computation, 32, (3), doi.org/10.1162/neco_a_01263
15. Ryu J., Vero J., Dobkin R., Torres E.B. (2019) “Dynamic Digital Biomarkers of Motor and Cognitive Functions in Parkinson’s Disease” Vis.Exp. (149), e59827, doi:10.3791/59827
16. Kalampratsidou, V., Torres E.B. (2018) “Peripheral Network Connectivity Analyses for the Real-Time Tracking of Coupled Bodies in Motion” Sensors, 19(3127), doi: 10.3390/s 1893117
17. Whyatt, C., Torres E.B. (2018) “Autism Research: An Objective Quantitative Review of Progress and Focus Between 1994 and 2015” Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1526, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01526
18. Torres, E.B., Vero, J., Rai, R. (2018) “Statistical Platform for Individualized Behavioral Analyses Using Biophysical Micro-Movement Spikes” Sensors, 18(4), 1025, doi: 10.3390/s 18041025
19. Ryu, J., Torres, E.B., (2018) “Characterization of Sensory-Motor Behavior Under Cognitive Load Using a New Statistical Platform for Studies of Embodied Cognition” Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 12:115, doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00116
20. Wu, D., Jose, J.V., Nurnberger, J.I., Torres, E.B., (2018) “A biomarker characterizing neurodevelopment with applications to autism” Nature Scientific Reports 8, 614, DOI 10.1038/sreps41598-017-18902-w
21. Caballero, C., Mistry, S., Vero, J., Torres, E.B., (2018) “Characterization of noise signatures of involuntary head motion in the Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange Repository” Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 12:7, doi: 10.3389/fnint.2018.00007
22. Torres, E.B., Mistry, S., Caballero-Sanchez, C., Whyatt, C.P., (2017) “Stochastic signatures of involuntary head micro-movements can be used to classify females of ABIDE into different subtypes of neurodevelopmental disorders” Front. Integrative Neuroscience, 11:10. DOI 10.3389/fnint.2017.00010
23. Torres, E.B., Denisova, K., (2016) “Motor noise is rich signal in autism research and pharmacological treatments” Nature Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 37422 (2016) DOI 10.1038/srep37422
24. Torres, E.B., Nguyen, J., Mistry, S., Whyatt, C., Kalampratsidou, V. and Kolevzon, A. (2016) “Characterization of the Statistical Signatures of Micro-Movements Underlying Natural Gait Patterns in Children with Phelan McDermid Syndrome: Towards Precision-Phenotyping of Behavior in ASD”. Front. Integr. Neurosci. 10:22. DOI 10.3389/fnint.2016.00022
25. Torres, E.B., Isenhower, R.W., Nguyen, J., Whyatt, C., Nurnberger, J.I., Jose, J.V., Silverstein, S.M., Papathomas, T.V., Sage, J. and Cole, J. (2016) “Toward Precision Psychiatry: Statistical Platform for the Personalized Characterization of Natural Behaviors.” Front. Neurol. 7:8. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2016.00008
26. Nguyen, J.; Majmudar, U.; Papathomas, T. V.; Silverstein, S.M., Torres, E.B. (2016),” Schizophrenia: The Micro-movements perspective”, Neuropsychologia, ISSN: 0028-3932, Vol: 85, Page: 310-326. DOI10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.03.003
27. Nguyen, J., Majmudar, U., Ravaliya, J., Papathomas, T.V., Torres, E.B., (2016) “Automatically Characterizing Sensory-Motor Patterns Underlying Reach-to-Grasp Movements on a Physical Depth Inversion Illusion”, Front. Hum. Neurosci. 9:694. DOI 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00694
28. Torres, E.B., Smith, B., Mistry, S., Brincker, M., Whyatt, C.P., (2016) “Neonatal Diagnostics: Towards Dynamic Growth Charts of Neuro-motor control” Front. Pediatr. 4:121. DOI 10.3389/fped.2016.00121
29. Torres, E.B., (2015) “Commentary on: An exploration on sensory and movement differences from the perspective of individuals with autism”, 20 March 2015 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2015.00020
30. Torres, E.B., (2015) “Objective and personalized longitudinal assessment of a pregnant patient with post severe brain trauma” Front. Hum. Neurosci. 9:128. DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00128
31. Amano, S., Hong, L., Torres, E.B., (2015) “Behavioral inflexibility and motor dedifferentiation in persons with Parkinson's disease: bilateral coordination deficits during a unimanual reaching task”. Neuroscience Letters; 585:82-7, DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.10.007.
32. Nguyen, J., Papathomas, T.V., Ravaliya, J., Torres, E.B., (2014) “Methods to explore the influence of top-down visual processes on motor behavior” The Journal of Visual Experiments, (86) e51422 DOI:10.3791/51422
33. Torres, E.B., Cole J, Poizner H (2014). “Motor output variability, deafferentation and putative deficits in kinesthetic reafference in Parkinson's disease”. Front in Human Neuroscience, 8:823, 61-80, doi:10.3389/fnhum.2014.00823.
34. Choi, K., Torres, E.B. (2014) “Intentional signal in prefrontal cortex generalizes across different sensory modalities” The Journal of Neurophysiology, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00505.2013
35. Torres, E.B., Donnellan, A.M., (2013) “Editorial for research topic “Autism: the movement perspective” 9:12 DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2015.00012
36. Brincker, M., Torres, E.B., (2013) “Noise from the periphery in autism” Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 7:34 DOI 10.3389/fnint.2013.00034
37. Torres, E.B., Yanovich, P., Metaxas, D., (2013) “Give spontaneity and self-discovery a chance in ASD: Spontaneous peripheral limb variability as a proxy to evoke centrally driven intentional acts” Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience 7:46 DOI 10.3389/fnint.2013.00046 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSOaq7A8aVw
38. Torres, E.B., (2013) “Signatures of movement variability anticipate hand speed according to levels of intent” Journal of Behavioral Brain Functions 9:10 DOI:10.1186/174490819-10
39. Torres, E.B., (2013) “The rates of chance of stochastic trajectories of acceleration variability are a good predictor of normal aging and of the state of Parkinson’s disease” Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience 7:50 DOI 10.3389/fnint.2013.00050
40. Torres, E.B., Brincker, M., Isenhower, R.W., Yanovich, P., Stigler, K.A., Nurnberger, J., Jose, J.V., (2013) “Autism: The micro-movement perspective” Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience 7:32 DOI 10.3389/fnint.2013.00032
41. Torres, E.B., Isenhower, R.W., Yanovich, P., Rerigh, G., Stigler, K.A., Nurnberger JI, Jose JV, (2013) “Strategies to develop putative biomarkers to characterize the female phenotype with autism spectrum disorders” The Journal of Neurophysiology, 110 (7): 1646-62 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00059.2013
42. Hong, L., Isenhower, R.W., Jose, J.V., Torres, E.B., (2013) “Cognitive load results in motor overflow in essential tremor” Neurocase 20 (4) p 397-406 DOI:10.1080/13554794.2013.791859
43. Yanovich, P., Isenshower, R., Sage, J., Torres, E.B., (2013) “Spatial-orientation priming impedes rather than facilitates the spontaneous control of hand-retraction speeds in patients with Parkinson’s disease” PLoS ONE 8(7): e66757 DOI.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066757
44. Torres, E.B., Cole, J., Poizner, H., (2013) “Motor output variability, deafferentation, and putative deficits in kinesthetic reafference in Parkinson’s disease” Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 8:23 DOI:10.3389/fnint.2013.00823
45. Torres, E.B., Quian Quiroga, R., Cui, H., Buneo, C., (2013) “Neural correlates of learning and trajectory planning in the posterior parietal cortex” Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience 7:39 DOI 10.3389/fnint.2013.00039
46. Torres, E.B., (2012) “Atypical signatures of motor variability found in an individual with ASD.” Neurocase 19 (2) p 150-165 DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2011.654224
47. Torres, E.B., (2011) “Two classes of movements in motor control” Experimental Brain Research 215:269-283 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2892-8
48. Torres, E.B., Heilman, K.M., Poizner, H. (2011) “Impaired endogenously-evoked automated reaching in Parkinson’s disease” J of Neuroscience 31:17848-17863 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1150-11.2011
49. Torres, E.B., Raymer, A., Rothi, L.G., Heilman, K.M., Poizner, H. (2010) “Sensory-Spatial Transformations in the Left Posterior Parietal Cortex May Contribute to Reach Timing” Journal of Neurophysiology 104:2375-2388 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00089.2010
50. Torres, E.B., (2010) “New symmetry of intended curved reaches” Journal of Behavioral Brain Functions 6:31, p.1-20) DOI:10.1186/1744-9081-6-21
51. Torres, E.B., Ganguly, K., José, J.V., Carmena, J.M. (2008) “From multiple neural cortical networks to motor mechanical behavior: the importance of inherent learning over separable space-time length scales” BMC Neuroscience, 9 (Suppl 1): p70 DOI:10.1186/1471-2202-9-S1-P70
52. Torres, E.B., Andersen, R., (2006) “Space-time separation during obstacle-avoidance learning in monkeys” Journal of Neurophysiology 96: 2613-2632 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00188.2006
53. Torres, E.B., Zipser, D. (2004) “Simultaneous control of hand displacements and rotations in orientation-matching experiments” Journal of Applied Physiology 96: 1978-1987,
54. Selected for commentary in Highlighted Topic “Neural Control of Movement” DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00872.2003
55. Torres, E.B., Zipser, D. (2002) “Reaching to grasp with a multi-jointed arm (I): A computational model” Journal of Neurophysiology 88: 2355-2387 DOI:10.1152/jn.00030.2002

Conference proceedings (long peer reviewed papers)

1. Torres, E.B., Schaffer, S., Gage, F., Sejnowski, T., (Feb 2020), “Dynamic Interrogation of Stochastic Transcriptome Trajectories (DIST^2)”, Information Theory and Applications Workshop, ITA2020, IEEE.
2. Gray, W., Perez, R., Rahman, R., Sims, C., Torres, E.B., Wiltshire, T., Invited Symposium at the Cognitive Science Society Conference (July 31, 2020). New measures for the fundamentals of human performance CogSci and AI, 2020.
3. Kalampratsidou, V., Torres E.B. (2020) “Sonification of heart rate variability can entrain bodies in motion”, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Movement Computing, MOCO '20 Association for Computing Machinery
4. Bockadia, H., Cole, J., Torres, E.B., (2020) “Neural Connectivity Evolution during Adaptive Learning with and without Proprioception”, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Movement Computing, MOCO '20 Association for Computing Machinery
5. Kalampratsidou, V., Torres, E.B., (2019) “Bodies in Motion to The Sound of Music”, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Movement Computing, MOCO '19 Association for Computing Machinery
6. Ryu J., Vero, J., Torres, E.B., (2017) “Methods for Tracking Dynamically Coupled Brain-Body Activities during Natural Movement” Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Movement Computing, MOCO '17, June 28-30, 2017, London, United Kingdom, Association for Computing Machinery ACM DOI10.1145/3077981.3078054
7. Whyatt, C.P., Torres, E.B., (2017) “The social-dance: Decomposing Naturalistic dyadic interaction dynamics to the micro-level “Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Movement Computing, MOCO '17, June 28-30, 2017, London, United Kingdom, Association for Computing Machinery ACM DOI 10.1145/3077981.3078054
8. Kalampratsidou, V., Torres, E.B. (2016) “Outcome measures of deliberate and spontaneous motions” Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Movement Computing, MOCO '16, July 5-6, 2016, Thessaloniki, Greece, Association for Computing Machinery ACM DOI 10.1145/2948910.2948930
9. Majmudar, U., Nguyen, J., Torres, E.B., (2015) “The use of graphical interfaces (GUIs) to analyze motion and temperature”, Journal of Vision – Article.
10. Kalampratsidou, V., Torres, E.B., (2015) “Exploring new wearable sensing technology in perceptual experiements”, Journal of Vision – Article.
11. Mistry, S., Yanovich, P., Torres, E.B., (2015) “Rethinking the Mirror Neuron System Theory”, Journal of Vision – Article.
12. Nguyen, J., Ravaliya, J., Majmudar, U., Papathomas, T., Torres, E.B., (2014), “Blind prediction of perceptual states using patterns of motor variability”, Journal of Vision – Article.
13. Kalampratsiou, V., Torres, E.B., (2014) “Invariant and variable relations emerge with degrees of difficulty within habitual and surprise touch-pointing motions”, Journal of Vision – Article.
14. Warzer, R., Torres, E.B., Bachrach, A., (2014) “Micro-movement as physical signature of movement intention in work of choreographer Myriam Gourfink”, 2014, Proceedings of the 2014 International Workshop on Movement and Computing - MOCO '14 Paris France - Proceeding
15. Nguyen, J., Isenhower, R.W., Yanovich, P., Ravaliya, J., Papathomas, T., Torres, E.B., (2013) “Quantifying changes in the kinesthetic percept under a 3D perspective visual illusion”, Journal of Vision – Article.
16. Ganguly, G., Torres, E.B., Jose J.V., Carmena, J.M., (2008) “From multiple neural cortical networks to motor mechanical behavior: The importance of inherent learning over separable space-time length scales”, BMC Neuroscience - Article.

Preprints

Sensing Echoes: Temporal misalignment as the Earliest Marker of Neurodevelopmental Derailment

Rethinking Statistical Learning as a Dynamic Stochastic Process, from The Motor Systems Perspective

Invited Talks (Since 2014)

2022

1. 2022 May 27, Information Theory and Applications Workshop, Sensing Echoes: Temporal Misalignment as the Earliest Marker of Neurodevelopmental Derail (invited speaker to Workshop)
2. 2022 Apr 26, University of London Birkbeck Center for Brain and Cognitive Development Seminar New Methods for Earliest Detection of Neurodevelopmental Derail (Hosted by Angelica Ronald)
3. 2022 Apr 21-22 PESIs 2nd Annual Autism Symposium (invited speaker Hosted by Cyndi Cathey)
4. 2022 July, International Sensory Integration Congress (invited speaker hosted by Susanne Smith Roley)
5. 2022 Nov, International Conference on Embodied Cognitive Science 2022 (invited Keynote Speaker)

2021

1. 2021 Oct, International Conference of Computer Vision (ICCV). Invited speaker to workshop on Understanding Social Behavior in Dyadic and Small Group Interactions
2. 2021 Oct, The Children’s Specialized Hospital, NJ Pediatrics Round Grounds “Current Technological Advancements for Precision Medicine in Disorders of the Nervous Systems” (Hosted by Gina Freeman)
3. 2021 Dec, Universidad Catolica Argentina, “Intentional Actions in Autism” Invited Speaker to Workshop (Hosted by Daniel Orlievski)

2020

1. 2020 Rowan University Autism Spectrum Research Committee (Invited Symposium) Working Together Across Research Methodologies (Hosted by Amy Arcado)
2. 2020 Cognitive Science Society Conference (Invited Symposium) New Measures for the Fundamentals of Human Performance, “Stochastic Shifts in Learning Performance Across the Lifespan” (Co-Organizer Ray Perez)
3. 2020 Rutgers University (Colloquium for Full Professorship) “New Model for the Personalized Characterization of Nervous Systems Disorders Across the Lifespan, from Molecules to Complex Social Behaviors to Policy Making” (Hosted by John McGann)
4. 2020 My Goal Autism (Saint Peter University and Hospital, Community NJACE event) “Autism Viewed as Neurological Disorder Across the Lifespan” (Invited Talk hosted by Genevieve Kumaplay)
5. 2020 Information Theory and Applications Workshop “Dynamic Interrogation of Stochastic Transcriptome Trajectories (DIST^2) (invited talk)
6. 2020 The Boggs Center of Developmental Disabilities (LENDS Fellows Lecture) “Autism Across the Lifespan: Reframing Behaviors by their Neurological Underpinnings” (hosted by Deborah Spitalnik)

2019

1. 2019 Stevens University (Distinguished Series Lecture Fall 2019) “Theoretical Modelling and Empirical Characterization of Biorhythms from Molecules to Complex Social Behaviors” (hosted by Hongjun Wang)
2. 2019 5th Annual Neuroscience Conference of the Autism Tree Project Foundation (Nov 1st, 2019) -La Jolla, CA Sandford Consortium “Autism Across the Lifespan: Connecting the Knowledge Network from Behaviors to Genomics Under a Unifying Statistical Framework” (hosted by Alysson Muotri)
3. 2019 University of Naples Federico II in Naples, Italy (Sept 26, 2019) - LANAS Workshop (Learning in Artificial and Natural Systems) “Challenges and Caveats Ahead of the Digital Revolution: Introducing New Approaches for Embodied Cognition and Social Dynamics in Basic and Translational Science” (hosted by Davide Marocco)
4. 2019 Italian Conference on Autism and Atypical Neurodevelopment (Sept 27, 2019) at Neapolisanit “A Transformative Model of Autism Research with Implications for Clinical Use”
5. 2019 Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience at UCSD (April 23, 2019) "Using the Nervous Systems Biorhythms to Evoke Agency in Autism " (Hosted by Tzyy-Ping Jung)
6. 2019 Harvard University Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications, Cambridge, MA, Workshop Invariance and Geometry in Sensation, Action and Cognition (April 15-17, 2019) "Connecting Cognition and Biophysical Motions Through Geometric Invariants and Motion Variability " (Hosted by L. Mahadevan, O. Pourquie, A. Srivastava)
7. 2019 NJIT (NJACE PI office is building a Regional Consortium of Technology for Autism, April 10th) “Connecting Technology and Autism state-wide in NJ” (hosted by Antje Ihlefeld)
8. 2019 Stevens University (NJACE PI office is building a Regional Consortium of Technology for Autism, March 4st) “Connecting Technology and Autism state-wide in NJ” (hosted by Anthonia Zaferiou)
9. 2019 The BOGGS Center on Developmental Disabilities, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (March 1st) “Smart Health for Autism Across the Lifespan: The Emergent Roles of Digital Biomarkers and Personalized Medicine”
10. 2019 Information Theory and Applications Conference (ITA), San Diego, CA (Feb 15, 2019) “Nervous Systems Driven Biometrics for Smart Personalized Health” (Hosted by Tatiana Sharpee)
11. 2019 Kessler Foundation, NJ (Feb 8th, 2019) “The NJACE: Building Synergies and Opening Opportunities for Collaborative Work in Autism” (Hosted by Helen Genova)
12. 2019 Salk Institute for Neurobiological Research, La Jolla, CA (Jan 10, 2019) “Unifying Analytical Platform to Classify, Track and Change Disorders of the Nervous System Across the Lifespan” (Hosted by Terry Sejnowski)

2018

1. 2018 Hebrew University, The Israeli Institute for Advanced Studies, Jerusalem, Israel "From Spontaneous Random Noise to Well-organized Signal During Cognitive Motor Learning", (Hosted by Dorit Aharonov Oct 21)
2. 2018 Conference 0-3, Denver, CO (Oct 3) "Autism: Using the Sensory-motor Perspective to Dynamically Track Social and Cognitive Neurodevelopment", (Hosted by Bill McCall)
3. 2018 Robert Wood Johnson, Grand Rounds Psychiatry, Piscataway, NJ "Biometrics for Smart and Mobile Health", (Hosted by Matthew Menza, Sept 13)
4. 2018 The 40th Anniversary of Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires, Argentina (August 20) "Opportunities for Collaboration in Autism Research and Treatments", (Hosted by Silvia Baetti)
5. 2018 IBM - T.J. Watson Research Center Yorktown, NY (August 3) "Opportunities for Collaboration Between the NJACE and IBM", (Hosted by Vittorio Caggiano, Yorktown, NY)
6. 2018 Gordon Research Conference Tuscany, Italy "Sensory-Motor Biometrics and Comprehensive CNS-PNS profiling of FX across generations", (Hosted by Mustafa Sahin June 10)
7. 2018 Haifa University, Rambam Medical Center, Neurology Dept. Haifa, Israel "Assessing the Somatic-Sensory-Motor Systems Functions to Develop Autonomy and the Sense of Agency", (Hosted by David Yarnitski, March 20)
8. 2018 Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv Israel "Applications of our Work to Occupational Therapy" (Hosted by Tami Bar-Shalita, March 19)
9. 2018 Ben Gurion University, Annual Karniel Motor Control Workshop Be'er Sheva, Israel "New Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience: Dynamic and Personalized Biomarkers to Habilitate Autonomy in Neurodevelopment and Beyond" (Hosted by Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi, March 15)
10. 2018 RutgersUniversity, New Jersey Medical School Grand Rounds Psychiatry, Newark NJ "Nervous Systems Taxonomy to Create New Dynamic Classification of Autism Subtypes" (Hosted by Dr. Petros Levounis, Jan 19)

2017

1. 2017 IBM - T.J. Watson Research Center Yorktown, NY "From Precision Medicine to Precision Psychiatry: Personalized Biomarkers and Research Platform to Rehabilitate Autonomy and Mental Health" (Hosted by Vittorio Caggiano Dec 21)
2. 2017 Rutgers University RUWINS, Nelson Labs "Theoretical and Experimental Study of How Primates Plan, Execute, Learn and Adapt to Natural Voluntary Motions" (Hosted by the Rutgers University Women in Neuroscience Nov 3)
3. 2017 Neuromorphic Engineering Workshop Computational Neuroscience (Telluride, Colorado) "Autism: Opening Pandora's Box" (Hosted by Terry Sejnowski July 4-10)
4. 2017 Fourth International Conference on Movement Computing ACM-MOCO'17 (June 2017, London, UK) Invited talks by the Torres Team o "Methods for tracking dynamically coupled brain-body activities during natural movement" J Ryu o "The Social Dance: Decomposing Naturalistic Dyadic Interaction Dynamics to the micro-level" C Whyatt o "Body-Brain Avatar Interface:A Tool to Study Sensory-Motor Integration and Neuroplasticity" V Kala

2016

1. 2016 Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience – Torres Chaired NanoSymposium in Autism Physiology and Behavior (Nov 2016, San Diego, CA) o "Index of Neuromotor and Physical Development Marks Early Risk of Neurodevelopmental Derail in the Newborn", S Mistry, B Smith, CP Whyatt, EB Torres o "Micro-movements Statistical Signatures Across Multiple Joints Unveil Connections with Autism" D Wu, J Nguyen, S Mistry, A Kolevzon, JV Jose, EB Torres o "Intentionality in Action from the Brain to the Heart During Biofeedback Training" J Ryu, o "On Mirrors, Dancers and Avatars: A platform to Habilitate, Rehabilitate and Enhance Voluntary Control in Autism Spectrum Disorders" V Kalampratsidou, EB Torres o "A Change in Stance on the Social Dance: A New Framework to Examine Nonlinear, Dynamic Temporal Interdependence Across a Social Dyad" CP Whyatt, EB Torres
2. 2016 Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina "La Sensación del Movimiento y su Papel en los Trastornos del Espectro Autista (TEA)", (Hosted by Dra. Silvia Baetti, Sept 5)
3. 2016 Universidad Catolica Argentina Latin American Symposium on ASD (Buenos Aires, Argentina) "Medición del Movimiento como Nuevo Enfoque Para la Investigación y el Tratamiento de los Trastornos del Espectro Autista (TEA)", (Hosted by PANAACEA y Autism Speaks Sept 1-3)
4. 2016 University of Strathclyde Moving Autism Conference (Glasgow, Scotland) "New Data on the Autism Movement Disorder", (Hosted by Jonathan Delafield-Butt, June 2-3)
5. 2016 Rethinking Autism Conference (Evansville, Indiana) "Autism in the Context of Precision Psychiatry", (Hosted by Casey de Priest, April 1-2)
6. 2016 Pennsylvania State University (Colloquium Series in Motor Control) "Statistical Platform for the Personalized Analyses of Behaviors: Towards Precision Medicine from Birth to Adulthood", (Hosted by Robert Sainburg, Feb 5th)

2015

1. 2015 National Pediatrics Developmental Differences (Chicago, IL) "Technology Meets Science: Towards a New Quantitative Path in Autism Spectrum Disorders", (Hosted by Erik Larson, October 23rd)
2. 2015 Progress in Motor Control X (Budapest, Hungary) "New Methods to Assess Levels of Kinesthetic Re-Afference in Diverse Pathological States of the Nervous System", (Hosted by Jozsef Laczko, July 21st)
3. 2015 Rutgers University - Scotch Plains Campus, School of Health-Related Professions "New Outcome Measures of Intervention Efficacy", (hosted by Cathy Colucci, February 27th)
4. 2015 Arizona State University - Workshop on Robotics and Rehabilitation "Using Behavioral Statistics During Sensory-Motor Learning to Help Interpret Neural Spiking Patterns", (hosted by Marco Santello, February 14th)
5. 2015 Children Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) "Bridging Behavior and Genetics in Autism Spectrum Disorders", (hosted by Ashley deMarchena, Jan 29th)

2014

1. 2014 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition CVPR- Workshop on Computational Models of Social Interactions and Behavior: Scientific Grounding, Sensing and Applications (June 28, Ohio) "Movement Based Perspective on Social Interactions", (Session 3 Chairs Maneesh Singh/ Saad Khan)
2. 2014 Boston Club at the Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation (Proprioception Theme) "Using the plasticity of peripheral micro-movements to characterize and treat subtypes of disorders on a spectrum", (hosted by Clarence Schutt, Cambridge May 21)
3. 2014 Harvard University - Medical School - Systems Biology "Using the plasticity of peripheral micro-movements diagnose and treat autism", (Jeremy Gunawardena, April 4)
4. 2014 Autism Profectum Conference "Using movements to close sensory feedback loops and scaffold cognition in ASD", (Pasadena, hosted Serena Wieder, March 23)
5. 2014 CALTECH Biology and Engineering Division "Towards true personalized medicine: Statistical Platform for Individualized Behavioral Analysis, Dynamic Diagnosis and Real-time Tracking of Intervention Outcomes", (hosted by Richard Andersen, March 23)

Academic Affiliations and Professional Memberships

• 2010-Present Member of the International Society for Autism Research
• 2010-Present Member of the Vision Science Society
• 2009-Present Member of the Movement Disorders Society
• 1998-Present Member of the Neural Control of Movement Society
• 1995-Present Member of the Society for Neuroscience

Professional Service

• 2019-Present Associate Editor MDPI Journal of Precision Medicine
• 2016-Present Chief Editor of the Journal of Frontiers in Integrated Neuroscience
• 2012-Present Associate Editor Journal of Frontiers in Neuroscience
• 2006-Present Panel Reviewer at the NSF (directorates include Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS); and Mathematical Sciences (DMS), Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Science)
• 2002-Present Reviewer for Nature Neuroscience, Scientific Reports, Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Neurophysiology, PloS ONE, several IEEE Journals, ACM Journals

Public Service

PI and Scientific Director of the New Jersey Governor’s Council Autism Center of Excellence https://www.njace.us/

Innovation, Commercialization and Transfer

My technologies and patents have been licensed from Rutgers University to SiLAS Solutions (Social Interactive Learning Avatar Software for Social Emotional Learning curricula) https://www.silassolutions.com/ serving over 150 schools and over 22,141 students (22% with disabilities) across the US and Canada.

Selected Teaching Experience

Classroom Teaching

• (Undergraduate) Psychology 301: Sensation & Perception, a lecture course with enrollments up to 130 students
• (Graduate) Psychology 647: The World and the Body in the Brain: Maps and Codes, (Spring 2011).
• (Graduate) NSF-IGERT Class Integrative Methods in Perceptual Science (IMPS) Fall 2011 and Spring 2012
• (Graduate) Advanced Methods in Cognitive Science: Fall 2015, Fall 2019
• (Graduate) Digital Biomarkers for Brain Science (Intelligent Behavioral Analyses- iBA), Fall 2020

Selected Research Awards won by Student Advisees

• Richa Rai (PhD Student) Dean’s Excellence Fellowship (2018)
• Jihye Ryu (PhD Student) Fellowship of Excellence in Computational and Data Science, Rutgers Discovery Informatics Institute (2018),
• Jihye Ryu (PhD Student) Qualcomm Innovative Fellowship Finalist (2016)
• Vilelmini Kalampratsidou (PhD Student) Qualcomm Innovative Fellowship Finalist (2016)
• Vilelmini Kalampratsidou (PhD Student) Greek Gerondelis Fellowship (2015)
• Jillian Nguyen (PhD Student) NSF Graduate Fellowship (2014)
• Sejal Mistry (undergraduate) Fulbright Fellowship (2018)
• Sejal Mistry (undergraduate)Rutgers Research Aresty Travel Award
• Ushma Majmudar (undergraduate) Chancellor’s Excellence Research Award (2018)
• Ushma Majmudar Rutgers Research Aresty Travel Award
• Uri Yarmush, First Place to Aresty Poster competition (2009)
• Uri Yarmush, Rutgers Research Aresty Travel Award (2010)

Selected Employment Record of Trainees

Industry

• Dr. Di Wu, Theoretical Physics – Apple (Cupertino, CA, US)
• Dr. Vilelmini Kalampratsiduo, Computer Science, (Computer Analyst at Athena Research & Innovation center in Athens, Greece)
• MSci. Electrical Computer Engineering, Neha Tadimeti (NVIDIA, Chicago Branch, US)
• MSci. Biomedical Engineering, Jay Ravaliya – Apple (Cupertino, CA, US)

Medical Field

• Dr. Ushma Majmudar (Medical School and Residency, Albert Einstein Medical School)
• Fulbright Fellow Sejal Mistry (attained Fulbright Fellowship in my lab, MD/PhD, University of Utah, US)
• Dr. Kywan Choi (Research Associate Blythesale Children’s Hospital, NY, US)
• Gabriela Defvukaj (Saint George University Medical School, Grenade, West Indies)
• Swathi Balaji (undergraduate trainee, now Genetic Counseling at Columbia University NY, US)

Academic Path Professorship and Research Labs

• Dr. Robert W. Isenhower (Tenure track Assistant Professor Psychology Rider University, NJ, US)
• Dr. Carla Caballero (Tenure track Assistant Professor (EU Lecturer) Miguel Hernandez University, Elche, Spain)
• Dr. Caroline Whyatt (Tenure track Assistant Professor (EU Lecturer) University of Hertfordshire, UK)
• Dr. Jihye Ryu (Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA Health Sciences)
• Cornelius Muntazar (undergraduate trainee, now PhD Candidate Psychology-Cognitive Science at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Academic Affiliations and Professional Memberships

2010-Present Member of the International Society for Autism Research
2010-Present Member of the Vision Science Society 2009-Present Member of the Movement Disorders Society
1998-Present Member of the Neural Control of Movement Society
1995-Present Member of the Society for Neuroscience

Professional Service

2019-Present Associate Editor MDPI Journal of Precision Medicine 2016-Present Editor in Chief of the Journal of Frontiers in Integrated Neuroscience
2012-Present Associate Editor Journal of Frontiers in Neuroscience
2006-Present Panel Reviewer at the NSF (directorates include Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS); and Mathematical Sciences (DMS), Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Science)
2002-Present Reviewer for Nature Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Neurophysiology, PloS ONE, several IEEE Journals, ACM Journals

Department Service 

2018-Present Honors Committee
2018-Present Tenure Promotion Committee
2018-Present Strategic Space Committee
2017-Present Graduate Admissions Committee in Cognitive Area
2014-Present Diversity and Climate Committee

Teaching Experience Classroom Teaching Psychology

301: Sensation & Perception, a lecture course with enrollments up to 130 students taught regularly since Fall 2008 (except for 2016-2018 because of a Private Foundation Endowment and 2018 because of sabbatical
Advanced Methods in Cognitive Science: Fall 2015, Fall 2019
Psychology 647: The World and the Body in the Brain: Maps and Codes, a jointly-taught graduate seminar on the representation of information in the brain with Drs. Gallistel, Vicario, and McGann (Spring 2011).

Selected Research Awards won by Student Advisees

• Richa Rai (PhD Student)
  • Dean’s Excellence Fellowship (2018)
• Jihye Ryu (PhD Student)
  • Fellowship of Excellence in Computational and Data Science, Rutgers Discovery Informatics Institute (2018)
  • Qualcomm Innovative Fellowship Finalist (2016)
• Vilelmini Kalampratsidou (PhD Student)
  • Qualcomm Innovative Fellowship Finalist (2016)
  • Greek Gerondelis Fellowship (2015)
• Jillian Nguyen (PhD Student)
  • NSF Graduate Fellowship (2014)
• Sejal Mistry (undergraduate)
  • Fulbright Fellowship (2018)
  • Rutgers Research Aresty Travel Award
• Uri Yarmush
  • First Place to Aresty Poster competition (2009)
  • Rutgers Research Aresty Travel Award (2010)