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Gerald Gottlieb, Ph.D.

Curriculum Vitae

Biography

Positions

  • Research Professor, NeuroMuscular Research Center, Boston University
  • Supervisor, Motor Control Laboratory, NeuroMuscular Research Center

Address

Boston University
NeuroMuscular Research Center
19 Deerfield Street, 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02215
(617) 358-0719 Telephone
(617) 353-5737 Fax
 

Education

1962 Massachusetts Institute of Technology B.S. Electrical Engineering
1964 Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.S. Electrical Engineering
1970 University of Illinois Medical Center Ph.D. Physiology

Academic and Professional Appointments

1994 - present Research Professor, NeuroMuscular Research Center, Boston University
1991 - 1994 Professor of Neurological Sciences, Rush Medical College
1980 - 1994 Professor of Physiology, Rush Medical College
1975 - 1985 Adjunct Asst./Assoc. Prof. of Bioengineering University of Illinois, Chicago
1976 - 1980 Associate Professor of Physiology, Rush College of Health Sciences
1973 - 1976 Associate Prof. of Biomedical Engineering, Rush College of Health Sciences
1972 - 1976 Director, Section of Computer Assisted Instruction Rush Medical Center
1971 - 1973 Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Rush Medical College
1970 - 1974 Consultant on Automation of Medical History taking Univ. Ill. Med. Ctr., Hospital Clinic of Immunology
1969 - 1975 Instructor of Information Engineering, UICC
1964 - 1966 Res. & Devel. Engineer, Aeronutronic Corp. Division of Philco-Ford Corp., Newport Beach, CA.
1963 - 1964 Teaching Asst., MIT, Dept. of Elect. Eng.
1962 - 1963 Research Asst., MIT, Dept. of Elect. Eng.

Awards and Honors

1999 Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
1991 Fellow of the IEEE
1976-1981 NIH Research Career Development Award
1969-1970 NIMH Post-Doctoral Fellowship
1966-1969 NIH Traineeship

Professional Societies

  • Sigma Xi
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Society for Neuroscience

Research Interests

  • Rule based Control of voluntary human movement
  • Effects of muscle properties on motor behavior
  • Interpretation of EMG patterns associated with movement

Publication Summary

Articles in Refereed Journals 96
Book Chapters 29
Abstracts 108

Book Chapters

Agarwal, G. C., Logsdon, J. B., Corcos, D. M., & Gottlieb, G. L.
"Speed accuracy tradeoff in human movements: an optimal control viewpoint", pp. 117-156, in K. M. Newell & D. M. Corcos (Eds.) Variability in motor control, Champaign.: Human Kinetics. 1993
Corcos, D. M., Jaric, S. and Gottlieb, G. L.
"Electromyographic analysis of performance enhancement", pp. 123-154, In H. Zelaznek (Eds.), Advances in Motor Learning and Control, Champaign: Human Kinetics. 1996
G. L. Gottlieb
"Muscle Compliance: Implications for the control of movement", pp. 1-34, Exercise and Sports Science Reviews, vol. 24, J. Loeb (Ed.), Williams and Wilkins 1996
Morrell, F., Corcos, D. M., Chen, C. -H., Gottlieb, G. L., and Whisler, W. W.
"Quantitative evaluation of the motor deficit after supplementary sensorimotor resection" In: Lüders, H. O. (ed.) Advances in Neurology, Vol. 70: Supplementary Sensorimotor Area. Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven Press, 1996, 451-459
Myklebust, B.M. and Gottlieb, G.L.
"Spinal reflex organization in early development: electrophysiological measures and propose motor pathways", Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 1997, 3(2) 175-183.

Selected Publications

Gottlieb, G.L.
"Rejecting the Equilibrium Point Hypothesis", Motor Control, 2:10-12, 1998
Pfann, K.D., Hoffman, D. Gottlieb, G.L., Strick, P. and Corcos, D.M.
"Common principals underlying the control of rapid, single degree of freedom movements at different joints", Experimental Brain Research, 118:35-51, 1998
Jaric, S, Gottlieb, G.L. Latash, M.L. and Corcos, D.M.
"Changes in the Symmetry of Rapid Movements: Effects of Velocity and Viscosity", Experimental Brain Research, 120, 52-60
Gottlieb, G.L.
"Muscle Activation Patterns During Two Types of Voluntary Single-Joint Movement", Journal of Neurophysiology, 80:1860-1867, 1998.
Zaal, F., Daigle, K., Gottlieb, G.L., Thelen, E.
"An unlearned principle for controlling natural movements", Journal of Neurophysiology, 82:255-259, 1999
Gottlieb, G.L.
"On planning coordinated movements", Cognitive Studies, 6(3):290-308, 1999.

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