Richard A. Andersen (neuroscientist)

Richard Alan Andersen (born October 27, 1950)[citation needed] is an American neuroscientist. He is the James G. Boswell Professor of Neuroscience at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.[1] His research focuses on visual physiology with an emphasis on translational research to humans in the field of neuroprosthetics, brain-computer interfaces, and cortical repair.

Richard Alan Andersen
BornOctober 27, 1950 (1950-10-27) (age 74)
New Kensington, Pennsylvania, United States
Alma mater
AwardsW. Alden Spencer Award (1994)
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience
InstitutionsCalifornia Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
ThesisFunctional Connections of the Central Auditory Nervous System: Thalamocortical, Corticothalamic and Corticotectal Connections of the AI, AII and AAF Auditory Cortical Fields (1979)
Doctoral advisorMichael Merzenich
Other academic advisorsVernon Benjamin Mountcastle
Websitewww.vis.caltech.edu
  1. ^ Davis, Tinsley H. (2008-06-17). "Profile of Richard A. Andersen". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105 (24): 8167–8169. Bibcode:2008PNAS..105.8167D. doi:10.1073/pnas.0804405105. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 2448808. PMID 18550826.