University of Texas at Dallas

Curriculum Vitae

 

Lawrence James Cauller, Ph.D.

            Cognition and Neuroscience Program, GR 41

            School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences

            University of Texas at Dallas

            Richardson, Texas 75083-0688

            (972)UTD-2436  FAX(972)UTD-2491

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Sciences, September 1988

            Northeastern Ohio Universities' College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio

M.A. degree in Psychology and Neuroscience, July 1981

            Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

B.S. degree in Psychology, June 1980

            University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

 

RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE

January 1992 - present

            Associate Professor of Neuroscience (tenured Spring 1998)

            Program in Cognition and Neuroscience

Cognition and Neuroscience Doctoral Coordinator

 

August 1988 - December 1991

            Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NRSA, supported by NIH F32

                        Sponsor: Barry W. Connors, Sect. Neurobiology, Div. Biol. and Medicine

                        Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912

 

 June 1982 - July 1988

            Graduate Assistant

                        Department of Neurobiology, Dr. Theodore J. Voneida, Chairman

                        Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio

 

November 1981 - May 1982

            Laboratory Technician

                        Department of Neurobiology, Dr. Timothy J. Teyler, Supervisor

                        Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio

 

September 1980 - October 1981

            Graduate Teaching Fellow, Psychology Department

                                    Dr. Robert Rodgers, Chairman, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

 

May 1979 - August 1980

            Research Assistant

                        Physiological Psychology, Dr. S. Walden Miller, Supervisor

                        Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

 

January 1975 - October 1975

            Class C Physician's Assistant

                        Walson Army Hospital, Fort Dix, New Jersey

April 1973 - August 1974

            Neuropsychiatric Specialist

                        Walson Army Hospital, Fort Dix, New Jersey

 

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

Computational Neuroscience, Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratories

            August, 1991 (Class of Hurricane Bob).        

Brain Mechanisms in Neuropsychology, The Neuroscience Institute, New York.

            May, 1991

Minicomputer repair and maintenance.

            August 1981, Digital Equipment Corporation Training School, Medford, MA

Class C Physician's Assistant, U.S. Army Medical Corps

            September-December 1974, Academy of Health Sciences, Ft. Sam Houston

Neuropsychiatric Specialist, U.S. Army Medical Corps

            January-March 1973, Academy of Health Sciences, Ft. Sam Houston, TX

 

AWARDS

The Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching Award

            University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, 1996.

The David B. Smith Award for promising academic achievement

            Graduate College, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1988.

Outstanding Teaching Award

            Graduate Student Senate, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1987.

 

Thesis for the M.A. Degree:

Contravarying Circadian Rhythms of Synaptic Activation and Neural Excitability in the Dentate Area of the Hippocampus of Freely Moving Rats

1981, Dalhousie University,

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Graham V. Goddard (Advisor), Benjamin Rusak (Coadvisor).

 

Dissertation for the Ph.D. Degree:

The Neural Basis of the Behaviorally Relevant N1 Component of the Somatosensory- Evoked Potential in SI Cortex of Awake Rhesus Monkeys.

1988, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine,

Rootstown, Ohio

Advisors: Albert T. Kulics and Timothy J. Teyler.

 

INVITED PRESENTATIONs (major)

MIT Media Lab Europe

            Dublin, Ireland, February, 2002

            Extreme Interfaces, Rudolph Berger, Organizer

            "Dynamical Mechanics and Fusion of the NeuroInteractive Mind Machine"

 

New Trends in Cognitive Science, Austrian Society for Cognitive Science

            Vienna, Austria, May, 1997.

            "Does Representation Need Reality?", Markus Peschl, organizer.

            "NeuroInteractivism: Explaining Emergence Without Representation"

 

Workshop on Cortical Microcircuits

            Zurich, Switzerland, May, 1996.

            Institute for Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich.

            Rodney Douglas, Organizer.

 

25th Annual Meeting of the European Brain and Behaviour Society

            Madrid, Spain, September 16, 1993

            Consciousness Symposium, Petra Stoerig, Organizer

            "Layer I of Primary Sensory Neocortex: Where Bottom-Up Meets Top-Down"

           

TEACHING (current)

        Neurophysiology

        Human Functional Neuroanatomy

        Neuroscience Laboratory Methods

        Computational Neuroscience

 

COPYRIGHTS

Cauller, L.J., W. Mayhew and T.J. Teyler (1985) DataMan^tm: Data aquisition and analysis software for the neurosciences. Neuroscientific Labs, NEOUCOM, Rootstown, OH 44272.

 

Cauller, L.J. and W. Mayhew (1987) PhuDevice^tm: 20-channel electrometer circuit board. Central Nervous Systems, NEOUCOM, Rootstown, OH 44272.

 

REFERENCES: The following colleagues have agreed to provide letters of reference:

Barry W. Connors, Ph.D.

Department of Neuroscience

Brown University

Providence, RI 02912

(401)863-2982

Barry_Connors@brown.edu

 

Timothy J. Teyler, Ph.D.

Department of Neurobiology

NE Ohio Univ. Col. Med.

Rootstown, OH 44272

(330)325-2511

tjt@riker.neoucom.edu

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania USA on January 31, 1953.

Married to Tina (Cahill) Cauller, son Eamon Ezekiel (Zeke)

Military experience:

U.S. Army Medical Corps, 1972 - 75, Honorable Discharge

Current residence:

2528 Glen Forest Lane

Plano, Texas 75023

(972) 964-3171

 

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