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Faculty Profile - Robert J Butera

Associate Professor
Bioengineering, and Computer Engineering

Phone: 404.894.2935
Fax: 404.385.5044
Office: WHIT 3104

http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/groups/butera

Biography

Robert Butera received his BEE from Georgia Tech in 1991. He attended graduate school at Rice University in Houston, TX, receiving the MSEE in 1994 and PhD in 1996.

Following graduate school, he did postdoctoral research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD. While at the NIH he worked jointly in the Mathematical Research Branch and the Laboratory for Neural Control. Since 1999 he has been on the faculty of the School of ECE.

His primary research is in the fields of neuroengineering, physiological modeling, and real-time instrumentation. He is a member of IEEE-EMBS, BMES, the Society for Neuroscience, the American Physiological Society, and the ASEE. He has served as an article reviewer for numerous neuroscience, biomedical engineering, and physics journals and a a grant reviewer and panelist for several directorates of NSF. His research is primarily supported by the NIH, NSF, and James S. McDonnell Foundation.

Selected Publications, Patents

Research Interests
  • Neural control of breathing
  • Real-time computing applied to electrophysiology
  • Modeling in physiology and neuroscience
  • Neural interfacing and data analysis
  • Nonlinear dynamics in neurobiological and electronic circuits
 Distinctions
  • 2008-09 Jefferson Science Fellow, US Department of State
  • Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
  • Deputy Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Theoretical Biology
  • IEEE-EMBS Service: AdCom Member (2 terms, 2006-7,2008-9), Chair of Education Committee (2005-6), Chair of Distinguished Lecturers Committee (2003-4), Member of Neuroengineering Technical Committee (2004-7)
  • NSF CAREER Recipient, 2004
  • James S. McDonnell Foundation 21st Century Scientists Award, 2001
  • Junior Faculty Fellow, Center for the Enhancement for Teaching and Learning, 2001
  • Professional Engineer (active registration, licensed in Georgia)

Last revised on July 25, 2006.