Robert Butera, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0250

Phone:404-894-2935
Fax:404-894-5044
Location:GT: BME - 3104
E-Mail: robert.butera@ece.gatech.edu
URL: http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/groups/butera/

Areas of Research

• Computational neuroscience
• Nonlinear dynamics of neural systems
• Neural interfacing
• Real-time methods applied to physiological experiments

Educational Background

• BEE (co-op, with highest honors), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. March, 1991.
• MSEE, Rice University, Houston, TX. January, 1994.
• Ph.D., Rice University, Houston, TX. April, 1996.

Selected Awards

• NSF CAREER Award
• James S. McDonnell Foundation 21st Century Scientist Award
• IEEE-EMBS Education Committee Chair (205), Distinguished Lecturers Committee Chair (2003, 2004)
• Licensed Professional Engineer (Georgia, active registration)

Selected Research Publications

• Purvis LP and Butera RJ. "Ionic current model of a hypoglossal motoneuron." J. Neurophysiol. (2005) 93:723-33.
• Butera RJ and McCarthy ML. "Analysis of real-time numerical integration methods applied to dynamic clamp experiments." J. Neural Eng. (2004) 1:187-94.
• Raikov I, Preyer A, and Butera RJ. "MRCI: a flexible real-time dynamic clamp system for electrophysiology experiments." J. Neurosci. Methods. (2004) 132:109-23.