Address:
Barrow Neurological
Institute
· Vestibular control of locomotion
· Efferent vestibular system
· Vestibulo-thalamo-cortical pathways
· Vestibular velocity storage
mechanism and apparent motion perception
Sci.D. (Habilitation) in Biological Sciences, 1992, Bogomoletz Institute
of Physiology, National
Ph.D. in
Biological Sciences, 1983, Bogomoletz Institute of
Physiology, National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine. Thesis: “Role of primary afferent
depolarization in intersegmental coordination of
neuronal activity in the cat spinal cord”
M.A. in Biological Sciences, 1978, Shevchenko University, Kiev, Ukraine.
Thesis: “Neurophysiological study of the long
ascending propriospinal pathways in the cat”
2008 – present Research Associate Professor, Barrow Neurological Institute,
1999-2008
Assistant Professor/Research Associate,
1994-1998 Research
Associate,
1992-1993 Senior Research
Associate, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology,
1987-1991 Research
Associate, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology,
1983-1986 Research
Assistant, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology,
1978-1982 Pre-doctoral
trainee, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology,
NIH
R01 DC05056 (2001-2006) "Physiology of vestibulo-thalamic
pathways" (PI – McCrea RA); co-PI
German
National Fund for Education Research Grant, 1993
Four-year
graduate fellowship, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine, 1978-1982
Lecturer: Seminar course in neurophysiology
for undergraduate medical students. Free University Berlin, 1994-1998
Instructor: Supervision of laboratory
sessions in Sensory systems, Neuromuscular Physiology, Blood and Circulation,
Respiration and Gas transport. Free University Berlin, 1994-1998
Thesis advisor:
1990 – F.I. Tsintsabadze, Ph.D.; 1992 – L.P. Voitenko, Ph.D.
Professional
affiliations: Regular member of Society for Neuroscience
Publications: 48 research papers in referred journals and 3 book & book chapters.