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Robert Liu Robert Liu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Department of Biology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322

Phone:404-727-5274
Fax:404-727-2880
Location:EU: Rollins Research Center - 2131
E-Mail: robert.liu@emory.edu
URL: http://www.biology.emory.edu/research/Liu/html/index.php

Areas of Research

    Auditory systems neuroscience, computational neuroscience, neural coding, neuroethology and acoustic communication.

Educational Background

  • Post doctoral Fellow, Sloan-Swartz Center for Theoretical Neurobiology, UCSF, 1998-2004
  • Ph.D. Stanford, 1998
  • B.S. Stanford, 1991

Selected Awards

  • 2001-2004, NIH NRSA
  • 1998-2004, Sloan Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 1999-2001, University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship

Selected Research Publications

  • R. C. Liu, J. F. Linden and C. E. Schreiner, Improved cortical entrainment to infant communication calls in mothers compared to virgin mice, European Journal of Neuroscience 23:3087-3097, June 2006.
  • R. C. Liu, Prospective contributions of transgenic mouse models to central auditory research, Brain Research 1091:217-223, (May 2006, available online March 2006).
  • R. C. Liu, K. D. Miller, M. M. Merzenich and C. E. Schreiner, Acoustic variability and distinguishability among mouse ultrasound vocalizations, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 114:3412-3422, December 2003.
  • J. F. Linden, R. C. Liu, M. Sahani, C. E. Schreiner and M. M. Merzenich, Spectrotemporal structure of receptive fields in areas AI and AAF of mouse auditory cortex, Journal of Neurophysiology 90:2660-2675, October 2003.
  • R. C. Liu, S. Tzonev, S. Rebrik and K. D. Miller, Variability and information in a neural code of the cat lateral geniculate nucleus, Journal of Neurophysiology 86:2789-2806, December 2001.


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