Lucas
C. Parra, Ph.D.
Projects and People:
Neural Engineering Lab at CCNY (joint with
Marom Bikson).
EyeNavigate (A fun student project)
Publications:
Complete list of papers and links to source code.
Research Interests:
Many. Current experimental techniques focus on interpreting and
modulating brain activity in humans non-invasively using
electro-encephalography and trans-cranial electrical stimulation, or
in short, "reading" and "writing" the brain with electric
fields. The work is often coupled with auditory and visual
psychophysics and always incorporates computational or mathematical
models, or in short, "modeling" the brain.
Appointments:
08/2003 - Current: City
College of New York, City University of New York
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
03/2002 - 07/2002: Columbia
University
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
04/1997 - 07/2003: Sarnoff Corporation
Technology Leader, Adaptive Signal and Image Processing
04/1995 - 03/1997: Siemens Corporate
Research
MTS, Imaging Department
Education:
1985-1995: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, Germany
Physics and Computer Science, Ph.D. in 1996
Personal:
Born August 16th, 1966 in Tucuman Argentina, moved to Munich
Germany in September 1976, studied there, married and had a daughter
in October 1990 (see pictures from 1998, 2000 and 2008). Moved to New York City
in March 1994. Divorced in 2002. Married and had a daughter in 2011 (see
picture from Sep 2011).
Believes:
Information is fragile and free. It is the ultimate product of human
activity. It is not yours but the result of generations creating structure
in an universe of increasing entropy. It has no intrinsic value and becomes
alive only through action and context. Create it, store it, use it, but
never own it. Intellectual property is public property.