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Curriculum Vitae

Positions
2022 - present	Co-Founder, Co-Director Neuromatch Open Publishing, an initiative to build a new publishing platform that is free, open and community-owned. Part of the Neuromatch Inc. non-profit organization https://nmop.io/
2022 - present	Co-Founder, Advisory Board Member Neuromatch Data Analytics, a custom data management, analytics, machine learning, and software solutions service, part of the Neuromatch Inc. non-profit organization. https://www.nmda.io/
2020 - present	Co-Founder, Co-Director and Lecturer Neuromatch Academy, a fully curated, open (CC-BY), free, massive online summer school in computational neuroscience and deep learning science Including: Non-profit status (503(c)3 in Delaware, USA) and License to teach in Iran from Department of Treasury (USA) https://www.neuromatchacademy.org/
2020 - present	Co-Founder, Co-Director and Treasurer Kingston Brain Network, non-profit for innovative, inter-disciplinary neuroscience research and teaching
2019 - present	Professor for Computational Neuroscience Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Departments of Biomedical & Molecular Sciences, Psychology, and Mathematics & Statistics, and School of Computing Queen's University, Kingston, Ontarion, Canada
2014 - 2019	Associate Professor for Computational Neuroscience Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Departments of Biomedical & Molecular Sciences, Psychology, and Mathematics & Statistics, and School of Computing Queen's University, Kingston, Ontarion, Canada
2012 - 2020	Association for Canadian Neuroinformatics and Computational Neuroscience (CNCN) Co-Founder and Co-Director
2011 - present	Summer School in Computational Sensory-Motor Neuroscience - CoSMo Founder and Principal Organizer
2008 - 2014	Assistant Professor for Computational Neuroscience Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Departments of Biomedical & Molecular Sciences, Psychology, and Mathematics & Statistics, and School of Computing Queen's University, Kingston, Ontarion, Canada
2007	Associate Scientist Supervisor: Philippe Lef�vre Centre for Systems Engineering & Applied Mechanics, Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Universit� Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
2004 - 2006	Postdoctoral Fellow Supervisor: J. Douglas Crawford Centre for Vision Research York University, Toronto, Canada

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Education

1999 - 2004	PhD Candidate and research assistant Supervisor: Philippe Lef�vre Universit� Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Thesis title: The use of extraretinal information to compensate for self-movement
1998 - 1999	Diploma theses (Physics and Engineering studies) Max-Planck-Institut fur Metallforschung, Stuttgart, Germany Thesis title: Ion scattering with monolayers - depth resolution
1996 - 1999	Engineering studies Ecole Centrale Paris, France Participation in the TIME program
1994 - 1999	Physics studies University of Stuttgart, Germany
1982 - 1994	Bacchalaureate European School of Luxembourg, Grand Duche of Luxembourg

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Funding & Awards

2023-2030	Canada First Research Excellence Fund Canada Project title: Connected Minds: Neural & Machine Systems for a Healthy, Just Society
2023-2025	Vision Health Research Network grant FRQS Vision Health Research Network, Qu�bec, Canada Project title: Saccade-pursuit interactions with central vision loss
2023	MITACS GlobaLink Canada Project title: Research exchange for Jonathan Coutinho
2022-2027	Creating an Educational Nexus for Training in Experimental Rigor, CENTER National Institutes of Health (NIH, USA) Project title: Grassroots Rigor: making rigorous research practices accessible, meaningful, and building a community around them
2022	Neuro-Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prize (international category) Project title: Award for Neuromatch for fostering inclusive global interactions for learning, mentorship, networking, and professional development
2022	MITACS GlobaLink Canada Project title: Research exchange for Ben Cuthbert
2022	Faculty of Health Sciences Education Award Queen�s University, Kingston, ON, Canada Project title: Award for Neuromatch Academy
2022-2023	Training Equipment and Renewal Fund Ministry of Colleges and Universities, Ontario Project title: Queen�s Health Sciences Discovery Laboratory (QHS-DL)
2022-2023	MITACS Accelerate Canada Project title: Using machine learning to allocate stratified care in an electronic cognitive behavioural therapy program for depression
2022-2023	Ontario Micro-credentials Challenge Fund Community Impact Award Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development, Ontario, Canada Project title: Expansion of Microcredentials in Neurotechnology
2022-2024	Wicked Ideas fund Queen�s University Project title: Charting the neurobiology of social distancing: Exploring the causal effects of social isolation on the brain and the impact of staying digitally connected 'online'
2021-2022	Ontario Micro-credentials Challenge Fund Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development, Ontario, Canada Project title: Microcredentials in Neurotechnology
2020-2022	Facebook Reality Labs, IEEE Brain, Simons Foundation, Kavli Foundation, Chen Institute, Welcome Trust, Google DeepMind, and others Project title: Neuromatch Academy
2020	Award for Equity and Inclusivity BiasWatchNeuro Project title: Honorable Mention as co-Director and organizer of Neuromatch Academy
2020	CIFAR Catalyst Grant Canada Project title: Computational Sensory Motor (CoSMo) Summer School: Data science for the movement science community
2020-2024	CIHR Project Grant Canada Project title: Neurobiomarkers of FASD for adolescents and adults in the Criminal Justice System: Portable eye tracking and EEG
2019-2020	Dean�s Research Fund (Faculty of Arts & Science) Queen's University (Kingston, ON, Canada) Project title: Unleashing the Power of Machine Learning on Healthcare Data: Modeling Alzheimer�s Disease Development
2019	NSERC RTI Canada Project title: MRI-compatible data collection and monitoring system for neuroimaging studies in humans and non-human primates
2018-2023	CIHR Project Grant Canada Project title: Mechanisms of long-term change to neuronal activity and secretion
2018	NVIDIA GPU Grant USA Project title: Markerless pose tracking
2018-2023	NSERC Discovery Grant Canada Project title: Credit assignment in movement planning and movement execution
2018-2020	Facebook Reality Labs Project Grant USA Project title: Pupil swim influences on perceived AR stability
2018-2019	Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) - Parabolic Flight Campaign France Project title: Rendering of a local 1g environment for enhanced motor learning in hypogravity
2018	NSERC RTI Canada Project title: MRI head coil for neuroimaging studies of nonhuman primates
2018-2022	DFG International Research Training Group (renewal) Germany Project title: The brain in action
2017	NSERC RTI Canada Project title: Robotic device for studies of human movement perception and control
2017	NSERC RTI Canada Project title: Detecting brain signals using electroencephalography and functional near infrared spectometry
2016-2018	Vision Health Research Network grant FRQS Vision Health Research Network, Quebec, Canada Project title: The role of eye movements and attention in improving visual perception (renewed in 2017)
2015	Mihran and Mary Basmajian Award Queen�s University, Kingston, Canada Award for Excellence in Health Research
2015-2018	The Brain Canada Foundation Canada Project title: CoSMo - Summer School in Computational Sensory-Motor Neuroscience
2015-2018	NIH / NIMH-R25 Grant USA Project title: CoSMo - Summer School in Computational Sensory-Motor Neuroscience
2014	NSERC Engage Grant Canada Project title: Implementing Dual Quaternions as a Basis for Sensor Fusion
2014-2020	NSERC CREATE Training Grant Canada Project title: The Brain in Action
2013-2018	NSERC Discovery Grant Canada Project title: Multi-sensory integration across reference frames
2013-2018	DFG International Research Training Group Germany Project title: The brain in action
2013	Mobility Fund Embassy of France in Canada Project title: Posterior parietal cortex involvement in multi-sensory integration: insights from Optic Ataxia
2013	Botterell Fund Queen's University Faculty of Health Sciences, Kingston, Canada Project title: Investigating the plausibility of cortico-striatal noise as a partial substitute for Dopamine therapy in Parkinson's disease patients
2012-2017	CFI Leading Edge Fund Canada Project title: Enhancement and development of new assessment tools for evaluation of brain function and dysfunction
2012	NeuroDevNet Canada Project title: Funding support for the Second Summer School in Computational Sensory-Motor Neuroscience (CoSMo 2012)
2011	MITACS Canada Project title: Funding support for the First Summer School in Computational Sensory-Motor Neuroscience (CoSMo 2011)
2010-2015	CFI Infrastructure Opterating Fund Canada Project title: Dynamics of Sensorimotor Computations for Perception and Action: Modeling and Experiments
2010-2014	ORF Early Researcher Award Ontario, Canada Project title: Internal representation of space for perception and action
2010	Queen's University Travel Award Canada
2009-2015	ORF Research Excellence Program Ontario, Canada Project title: Quantifying sensorimotor function and dysfunction
2009-2015	NSERC CREATE Training Grant Canada Project title: Computational Approaches to Sensorimotor Transformations for the Control of Action
2009	Elaine and Michael Davies Endowment Fund Canada Project title: Investigating the neural substrates of sensory-motor processes with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
2008-2013	ORF Research Infrastructure Program Ontario, Canada Project title: Dynamics of sensorimotor computations for perception and action: modeling and experiments
2008-2013	CFI Leaders Opportunity Fund Canada Project title: Dynamics of Sensorimotor Computations for Perception and Action: Modeling and Experiments
2008	Queen's University Travel Award Canada
2008-2013	NSERC Discovery Grant Canada Project title: Visuomotor velocity transformations for eye movements
2008	Botterell Fund Queen's University Faculty of Health Sciences, Kingston, Canada Project title: 3D visuomotor velocity transformations for eye movements
2007 - 2010	FNRS (Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique) postdoctoral fellowship (honorific / declined) Belgium Project title: The visuo-motor transformation of velocity signals for ocular and manual tracking
2005 - 2007	Marie Curie International postdoctoral fellowship European Union Project title: Eye-hand coordination and control: Neural network identification and experimental characterization of the brain�s visuo-motor reference frame transformation
2004 - 2006	Canadian Institutes for Health Research fellowship support Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), Canada Project title: Spatial transformations for eye-hand coordination in the human
2005	FSR (Fonds Sp�ciaux de Recherche) postdoctoral fellowship Universit� catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Project title: Neural control of eye-hand coordination
2003 - 2004	Leverhulme trust, research funding United Kingdom Project title: The use of cues to guide the eye in the predictive pursuit of moving objects
2001 - 2004	FSR (Fonds Sp�ciaux de Recherche) doctoral scholarship Universit� catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Project title: Evaluation of the role of internal models in the localization of visual stimul"
2000 - 2004	European Space Agency research funding European Space Agency Project title: Dynamics of prehension in microgravity and its application to robotics and prosthetics
1999 - 2001	IAP (Interuniversity Attraction Pole) doctoral scholarship Belgium Scholarship category: Dynamic systems and control: computation, identification and modeling, subgroup: modeling in biomedical systems � modeling in Neuroscience.
1996 - 1998	Top industrial managers for Europe undergraduate scholarship European Union Funding for double-degree studies at the University of Stuttgart and the Ecole Centrale Paris