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John J. Jeka Professor cell: 443-995-4496 University of Maryland work: (301) 405-2512 College Park, MD 20742 [email protected] www.sph.umd.edu/KNES/faculty/jjeka

EDUCATION

1992 - 1993 NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow Ashton Graybiel Spatial Orientation Laboratory Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Ph.D. 1992 Center for Complex Systems Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL (Neuroscience)

M.A. 1988 Tufts University, Medford, MA (Psychology)

B.A. 1979 Tufts University, Medford, MA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006 - present Professor: Department of Kinesiology Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS) BioEngineering Graduate Program University of Maryland, College Park, MD 2010 Visiting Scientist - Laboratory of Human Neurophysiology Santa Lucia Foundation University of Rome, Rome, Italy 2004 - 2006 Associate Director Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program University of Maryland, College Park, MD 2001 Visiting Scientist, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience National Center for Scientific Research , Marseille, France 1999 - 2006 Associate Professor: Departments of Kinesiology Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS) University of Maryland, College Park, MD 1994 - 1999 Assistant Professor: Department of Kinesiology Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS) University of Maryland, College Park, MD


1993 - 1994 Assistant Research Professor Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 1992 - 1993 NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow Ashton Graybiel Spatial Orientation Laboratory Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 1986 - 1992 NIMH Pre-doctoral Fellow Center for Complex Systems & Brain Sciences Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL

GRANT HISTORY

ACTIVE

2012-2015 Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation BCS 1230311. Collaborative Research: Understanding the Rules for Human Rhythmic Motor Coordination: From Walking to Juggling ($625,000).

2012-2013 Principal Investigator, National Institute of Health 1R21AG041714-01. Sensory Treadmill to Improve Balance during Walking ($375,000).

2010-2014 Co-Investigator, National Institutes of Health RO1 HD048741 (Dr. Amy Bastian, PI).

Human locomotor plasticity in health and disease ($350,000). 2010-2011 Co-Investigator, National Science Foundation 0957920 (Dr. John Scholz, PI). Linking

Information about Self-motion to Multi-joint Coordination of Upright Stance ($300,000).

2009-2012 Principle Investigator, National Science Foundation 0924883. The interaction of

posture, locomotion and sensory information ($406,000). 2008-2012 Principal Investigator, NIH 2RO1NS35070. Multisensory integration and human

postural control ($1,451,000).

PENDING

2012-2013 Subcontract, DARPA Robotics Challenge: Track A: An Autonomous Service Robot (Dr. Roger Quinn, PI), ($112,000).

2012-2017 Co-PI, National Institutes of Health AN 3494056, Investigation and Treatment of

Sensory Fusion Deficits in Parkinson’s Disease ($2,112,000). 2012- 2014 Consultant, Optimal Solutions Group, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services,


Evaluation of Evidence-Based Community Wellness and Prevention Programs – Retrospective Analysis.

PREVIOUSLY FUNDED 2009-2010 Principle Investigator, National Institute of Health Summer Research Fellow

supplement. “Multisensory Integration and Human Postural Control ($38,000). 2007-2008 Principal Investigator, NIH 2R56 NS035070. Multisensory integration and human

postural control ($353,000). 2007 Principal Investigator, NIH R13DC008948. 17th Meeting of the International Society for

Posture and Gait Research ($29,000). 2004-2008 Co-Investigator, NASA NNJ04HI06G (Dr. Clint Rubin, PI). Retention of Skeletal,

Musculature and Postural Status with a Non-Invasive, Extremely Low-Level Mechanical Signal ($1,500,000).

2003-2008 Co-Investigator, National Science Foundation IIS0325715 (Dr. Rama Chellappa – PI).

Markerless Motion/Structure Capture for Biomotion ($2,500,000). 2003-2005 Co-Investigator, National Institutes of Health R21 NS0460211(Dr. Steve Roth – PI):

Genetic Aspects of Vestibular Dysfunction ($365,000). 2002-2006 Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health 2 RO1 NS35070. Multisensory

Integration and Human Postural Control ($1,200,000). 2002-2006 Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health 1RO1 NS046065. Development of a

mechanistic model of multisensory fusion and human postural control ($450,000). 2001-2003 Principal Investigator, Erickson Foundation. Multisensory Balance Training in the Elderly

($100,000). 2002-2007 Co-Investigator, National Institutes of Health R01HD42527 (Dr. Jane Clark – PI).

Adaptive sensorimotor control in children with DCD ($1,500,000). 2000 Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health, NINDS Infrastructure Support

Program, ($50,000). 2000-2002 Co-Investigator, National Institute of Health (Dr. Fay Horak, PI). Central and Peripheral

Postural Disorders in the Elderly ($70,119). 1999-2001 Co-Investigator: National Science Foundation SBR-9809179. (Dr. Jane Clark, PI) Posture

Development and Perception-action Coupling ($300,000). 1997-2000 Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation SBR-9709361 Mechanisms of Sensorimotor Integration ($62,000). 1998 Principal Investigator, Supplement to NSF SBR-9709361.1st Annual Workshop on the

Dynamic Approach to Behavioral, Neural and Robotic Systems --- Action, Perception


and Cognition, University of Guimaraes, Guimaraes, Portugal ($22,400). 1997-2002 Principal Investigator, National Institute of Health FIRST Award 1 R29 NS35070.

Multisensory Integration and Human Postural Control ($514,250).

1995-1997 Co-Investigator, National Institute of Health NIA 2-RO1-AG06457. Central and Peripheral Postural Disorders in the Elderly ($42,660).

1995 Principal Investigator, University of Maryland GRB Summer Research Award.

Somatosensory Influences on Human Postural Control ($7,850). 1992-1993 National Institute of Health NRSA post-doctoral fellow. Nonlinear Dynamics in Visual

Perception ($42,300). 1988-1991 National Institute of Mental Health pre-doctoral fellow ($40,000).

PUBLICATIONS

Polastri P, Barela J, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2011) Dynamics of intermodality reweighting in human postural

control. Submitted to Experimental Brain Research. Anson E, Agada P, Kiemel T, Jeka J (2011) Visual feedback improves control of locomotion in healthy

adults. Submitted to Gait and Posture. Bair WN, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ, Clark JE (in press) Development of multisensory reweighting is impaired

for quiet stance control in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder. PloS One. Klein T, Jeka J, Kiemel T, Lewis A (2011) Navigating sensory conflict in dynamic environments using adaptive state estimation. Biological Cybernetics, 105:291-304. Kiemel T, Zhang YF, Jeka JJ (2011) Identification of neural feedback for upright stance in humans:

stabilization rather than sway minimization. Journal of Neuroscience, 31(42): 15144-15153. Bair WN, Barela JA, Whitall J, Jeka JJ, Clark JE (2011) Children with Developmental Coordination

Disorder benefit from using vision in combination with touch information for quiet standing. Gait and Posture, 34(2): 183-190.

Kiemel T, Zhang YF, Jeka JJ (2011) Visual flow is interpreted relative to multisegment postural control

Journal of Motor Behavior, 43(3): 237-246. Klein T, Kiemel T, Jeka J, Lewis A (2011) Postural control in a bipedal robot using sensory reweighting.

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Shanghai, China, 2053-2058


Logan DL, Kiemel T, Dominici N, Cappellini G, Ivanenko Y, Lacquaniti F, Jeka JJ (2010) The many roles of vision during walking. Experimental Brain Research: 206(3), 337-50.

Jeka JJ, Allison L, Kiemel T (2010) The dynamics of visual reweighting in healthy and fall-prone older

adults. Journal of Motor Behavior, 42(4), 197-208. Anson E, Jeka JJ (2009) Sensory Reweighting: A rehabilitative mechanism? In C. Armstrong (Ed.)

Handbook of Medical Neuropsychology. Springer-Verlag:Berlin. Carver S, Kiemel T, Cowan N, Jeka JJ (2009) Optimal motor control may mask sensory dynamics.

Biological Cybernetics, 101: 35-42. Kiemel T, Elahi A, Jeka J (2008) Identification of the plant for upright stance in humans: multiple

movement patterns from a single neural strategy. Journal of Neurophysiology, 100(6), 3394-3406. Jeka JJ, Oie K, Kiemel T (2008) Adaptive asymmetry with functional advantage in human

sensorimotor control. Experimental Brain Research, 191(4), 453-463. Roth SM, Williams SM, Jiang L, Menon KS, Jeka JJ (2008) Susceptibility genes for gentamicin-induced

vestibular dysfunction. Journal of Vestibular Research, 18(1), 59-68. Creath R, Kiemel T, Horak F, Jeka JJ (2008) The role of vestibular and somatosensory systems in

intersegmental control of upright stance. Journal of Vestibular Research, 18(1), 39-49. Jeka JJ, Kiemel T (2008) Modeling of human postural control. Encyclopedia of Neuroscience.

Springer-Verlag. Chen LC, Metcalfe JS, Chang TY, Jeka JJ, Clark JE (2008) The development of infant upright posture:

sway less or sway differently? Experimental Brain Research,186(2) :293-303. Saffer M, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2008) Spectral analysis of muscle activity during quiet stance.

Experimental Brain Research, 185(2): 215-26. Chen L-C, Metcalfe JS, Jeka JJ, Clark JE (2007). The emergence of independent walking affects infants’

sitting posture. Infant Behavior and Development, 30(1), 16-25. Bair WN, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ, Clark JE (2007). Development of sensory reweighting for posture control in

children. Experimental Brain Research, 183: 435-446. Hsu W-L, Scholz JP, Schöner G, Jeka JJ, Kiemel T (2007) Control and estimation of posture during

quiet stance depends on multi-joint coordination. Journal of Neurophysiology, 97(4): 3024-35. Scholz JP, Schoner G, Hsu WL, Jeka JJ, Horak F, Martin V (2007) Motor equivalent control of the center

of mass in response to support surface perturbations. Exp Brain Research, 180(1): 163-79 Chen L-C, Metcalfe JS, Jeka JJ, Clark JE (2007) Two steps forward and one back: Learning to walk

affects infants' sitting posture. Infant Behavior and Development, 30(1): 16-25. Zhang Y, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2007) The influence of sensory information on two-component

coordination during quiet stance. Gait and Posture, 26, 263-271.


Jeka JJ (2006) Light touch contact: Not just for surfers. The Neuromorphic Engineer: Vol 3 (1), 5-6. Jeka JJ, Saffer M, Allison L, Zhang Y, Carver S, Kiemel T (2006) Sensory reweighting with translational

visual stimuli in young and healthy elderly adults: The role of state dependent noise. Experimental Brain Research, 174, 517-527.

Allison L, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2006) Multisensory reweighting is intact in healthy and fall-prone older

adults. Experimental Brain Research, 175(2), 342-352. Carver S, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2006) Modeling the dynamics of sensory reweighting: Rates depend upon

weights. Biological Cybernetics, 95(2), 123-134. Kiemel T, Oie K, Jeka JJ (2006) The slow dynamics of postural sway are in the feedback loop. Journal

of Neurophysiology, 95, 1410-1418. Creath R, Kiemel T, Horak F, Peterka R, Jeka JJ (2005) A unified view of quiet and perturbed stance:

Simultaneous co-existing ankle and hip strategies. Neuroscience Letters, 377(2), 75-80. Carver S, Kiemel T, van der Kooij H, Jeka JJ (2005) Comparing internal models of the dynamics of the

visual environment. Biological Cybernetics, 92, 147-163. Ravaioli E, Oie K, Kiemel T, Chiari L, Jeka JJ (2005) Nonlinear postural control in response to visual

translation. Experimental Brain Research, 160(4), 450-459. Metcalfe JS, McDowell K, Chang T-Y, Chen L-C, Jeka JJ, Clark JE (2004). The development of

somatosensory-motor integration: An event-related analysis of infant posture in the first year of independent walking. Developmental Psychobiology, 46(1),19-35.

Metcalfe JS, Chen L-C, Chang T-Y, McDowell K, Jeka JJ, Clark JE (2004). The temporal organization of

posture changes during the first year of independent walking. Experimental Brain Research, 161(4), 405-416.

Jeka JJ, Kiemel T, Creath R, Horak FB, Peterka R (2004) Controlling human upright stance: Velocity

information is more accurate than position or acceleration. Journal of Neurophysiology, 92, 2368-2379.

Jeka JJ, Kiemel T (2004) Noise associated with the process of fusing multisensory information.

Coordination dynamics: Issues and trends, Jirsa VK, Kelso JAS (Eds),Berlin: Springer. Allison L, Jeka JJ (2004) The role of multisensory integration in balance disorders. In Calvert G, Spence C,

Stein BE (Eds.), Handbook of Multisensory Processes. Boston: MIT press. Barela J, Jeka JJ, Clark J (2003) Postural control in children. coupling to dynamic somatosensory

information. Experimental Brain Research: 150(4), 434-442 Oie K, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2002) Multisensory fusion: Simultaneous re-weighting of vision and touch for

the control of human posture. Cognitive Brain Research, 14, 164-176. Creath R, Kiemel T, Horak FB, Jeka JJ (2002). Limited control strategies with the loss of vestibular


function. Experimental Brain Research, 145(3), 323-333. Horak FB, Buchanan J, Creath R, Jeka JJ (2002). Vestibulospinal control of posture. Adv. Exp Med Biol.,

508, 139-145. McDowell K, Jeka JJ, Schöner GS, Hatfield BD (2002). Behavioral and electrocortical evidence of an

interaction between probability and task metrics in movement planning. Experimental Brain Research 144(3), 303-313.

Kiemel T, Oie KS, Jeka JJ (2002) Multisensory fusion and the stochastic structure of postural sway.

Biological Cybernetics:87, 262-277. Oie K, Jeka JJ, Kiemel T (2001). Human multisensory fusion: Detecting nonlinearity with small

changes in the sensory environment. Neuroscience Letters, 315(3): 113-116. Oie K, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2001) Multisensory re-weighting in response to small amplitude

environmental motion. In J Duysens, BCM Smits-Engelsman, H Kingma (Eds), Control of Posture and Gait, (pp 302-306).

Kiemel T, Oie K, Jeka JJ (2001) Control theory and the stochastic structure of postural sway. In J

Duysens, BCM Smits-Engelsman, H Kingma (Eds), Control of Posture and Gait, (pp 867-870). Allison L, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2001) Does multi-sensory training improve balance in fall-prone older

adults?. In J Duysens, BCM Smits-Engelsman, H Kingma (Eds), Control of Posture and Gait, (pp 64-69).

Oie K, Jeka JJ (2001) Input-driven behavior: One extreme of the multisensory perceptual continuum.

Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24(2), 232. Jeka JJ, Oie K, Kiemel T (2000) Multisensory information for human postural control: Integrating

touch and vision. Experimental Brain Research, 134: 107-125. Lackner JR, DiZio P, Jeka JJ, Horak FH, Krebs D, Rabin E (1999) Precision contact of the fingertip

reduces postural sway of individuals with bilateral vestibular loss. Experimental Brain Research, 126, 459-466.

Barela J, Jeka JJ, Clark J (1999) The developmental use of somatosensory information during the

acquisition of independent upright stance. Infant Behavior and Development, 22(1), 89-104 Schöner GS, Dijkstra TMH, Jeka JJ (1998) Action-perception patterns emerge from coupling and

adaptation. Ecological Psychology, 10(3-4), 323-346 Jeka JJ, Oie KS, Schöner GS, Dijkstra TMH, Henson E (1998) Position and velocity coupling of postural

sway to somatosensory drive. Journal of Neurophysiology. 79, 1661-1674. Jeka JJ (1998) Touching surfaces for control not support. In D. Rosenbaum & C. Collyer (Eds.), Timing

of Behavior: Neural, Computational, and Psychological Perspectives. Cambridge: MIT press. Jeka JJ, Ribeiro P, Oie KS, Lackner JR (1998) The structure of somatosensory information for human

postural control. Motor Control, 2(1), 13-33.


Jeka JJ (1997) Light touch contact as a balance aid. Physical Therapy, 77 (5), 476-487. Jeka JJ, Schöner GS, Dijkstra TMH, Ribeiro P, Lackner JR (1997) Coupling of fingertip somatosensory

information to head and body sway. Experimental Brain Research, 113, 475-483. Jeka JJ, Easton RD, Bentzen BL, Lackner JR (1996) Haptic cues for postural control in sighted and

blind individuals. Perception & Psychophysics, 58(3), 409-423. Jeka JJ (1995) Is servo-theory the language of human postural control? Ecological Psychology, 7(4),

321-327. Jeka JJ, Lackner JR (1995) The role of haptic cues from rough and slippery surfaces in human postural

control. Experimental Brain Research, 103, 267-276. Jeka JJ, Kelso JAS (1995) Manipulating symmetry in human two-limb coordination dynamics. Journal

of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 21 (2), 360-374. Jeka JJ, Lackner JR (1995) Fingertip touch as an orientation reference for human postural control. In

T. Mergner & F. Hlavacka (Eds.), Multisensory control of posture and movement (p. 213-221). New York: Plenum.

Jeka JJ, Lackner JR (1994) Fingertip contact influences human postural control. Experimental Brain

Research, 100, 495-502. Jeka JJ, Kelso JAS, Kiemel T (1993) Spontaneous transitions and symmetry: Pattern dynamics in

human four-limb coordination. Human Movement Science, 12, 627-651. Jeka JJ, Kelso JAS, Kiemel T (1993) Pattern switching in human multilimb coordination dynamics.

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 55(4), 829-845. Zanone PG, Kelso JAS, Jeka JJ (1993) Concepts and methods for a dynamical approach to behavioral

coordination and change. In G.J.P. Savelsbergh (Ed.), The development of coordination in infancy (pp. 89-135). London: Elsevier.

Kelso JAS, Jeka JJ (1992) Symmetry breaking dynamics of human multilimb coordination. Journal of

Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 18(3), 645-668. Jeka JJ (1992) Asymmetric dynamics of human limb coordination. Doctoral dissertation, Florida

Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL. Jeka JJ, Kelso JAS (1991) Neurobiological dynamical systems? A review of neuronal & cellular

oscillators. Cellular Clocks Series (vol. 2). Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 53(4), 657-663. Jeka JJ, Kelso JAS (1988) The dynamic pattern approach to coordinated behavior: a tutorial review. In

S.A. Wallace (Ed.), Perspectives on the coordination of movement. New York: North Holland.


INVITED PRESENTATIONS

2012 Decomposing the postural control loop with vestibular loss. Center for Hearing and Balance Seminar Series, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 2012 The direct effect of sensory information on human postural control. Seminar series, Department of Physical Therapy, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. 2012 System identification of posture and locomotion. NSF Winter Workshop on Locomotion, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. 2011 Multisensory Integration and Human Postural Control Keynote address at the South American Conference of Physical Therapy, Buzios, Brazil 2011 Opening the control loop: human postural control. Neuroscience seminar series, Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy. 2011 System Identification of human postural control. Bioengineering seminar series, University of Bologna, Italy. 2010 Identifying feedback in human postural control. Neuroscience symposium, University of Verona, Italy. 2010 System Identification of human postural control. BIRS Workshop on Noise, Delays and Balance Control. Banff International Research Station,

Banff, CA 2010 Multisensory fusion and human postural control. Seminar. Center for Adaptive Neural Systems, Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State

University, Phoenix, AZ 2009 Postural stability during locomotion. Neuromorphic Engineering Workshop, Telluride, Colorado. 2009 Visual stabilization of slow postural frequencies during locomotion. Presented at Basic mechanisms underlying balance control under static and dynamic

conditions, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Istituto Scientifico di Pavia, Pavia, Italy. 2009 How vision influences postural stability during locomotion. Presented at the International Society for Posture and Gait Research, Bologna, Italy. 2009 Stepping back from the gait cycle. Symposium presented at the Neural Control of Movement, Kona, Hawaii. 2008 Feedback dynamics in human postural control. Seminar at the Neuromorphic Engineering Workshop, Telluride, Colorado. 2007 System identification of human postural control.


Seminar at the Department of BioEngineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. 2007 Probabilistic fusion of multisensory information for human postural control. Seminar at the Grupo de Bioingenieria, Instituto de Automática Industrial (IAI-CSIC), Madrid,

Spain 2007 Human Postural Control. Seminar at the Scientific Institute Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy. 2006 The probable world of human motor control. Keynote address at the Brazilian Motor Control Congress, Rio Claro, Brazil. 2006 State Estimation and human postural control. Neuromorphic Engineering Workshop, Telluride, Colorado. 2006 Slow and fast processes in human postural control: what’s the mechanism. 4th Posture Symposium, Smolenice, Slovakia. 2006 Adaptive sensory reweighting in human postural control. Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS) Meeting, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Va. 2006 Stochastic processes in human postural control. Neuroscience Seminar, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR. 2006 Dynamic multisensory reweighting. Annual Interdisciplinary Conference, Jackson Hole, WY. 2005 Stochastic structure of postural sway with bilateral vestibular loss. Neuroscience Seminar, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. 2005 Dynamics of sensory reweighting: Time scales, transient and asymptotic dynamics. IV Conference on Motor Control MCC2005 – From Basic Motor Control to Functional

Recovery, Sofia, Bulgaria. 2005 Multisensory fusion and human postural control. Neuromorphic Engineering Workshop, Telluride, Colorado. 2005 Dynamics of sensory reweighting. International Society for Posture and Gait Research bi-annual symposium, Marseille, France. 2005 Properties of multisensory fusion. Neuroscience Seminar, University of Umea, Umea, Sweden. 2005 Multisensory fusion and human postural control: The fall-prone elderly are not con-fused, they can-fuse. Rehabilitation Science Seminar, University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, MD. 2005 Balance control in Parkinson’s patients. Center for Automation Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.


2004 Prosthetics for Human Balance Control. Mechanical Engineering Seminar, University of Maryland. 2004 Effects of low-amplitude vibration on postural sway. Biomedical Engineering Seminar, State University at Stony Brook, NY. 2004 Properties of multisensory fusion for human spatial orientation. Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 2003 Multisensory reweighting in Parkinson’s patients 3rd Posture Symposium. Smolenice, Slovakia. 2003 Analysis of postural sway trajectories: Potential to improve physical therapydiagnosis.

Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association,Tampa, FL. 2002 Multi-sensory re-weighting is not deficient in fall-prone older adults with Intact

Peripheral Sensation. Gerontological Sciences Association, Boston, MA. 2002 Properties of multisensory fusion for human spatial orientation. Cognitive and Linguistic Science Colloquium, Brown University. 2002 Mechanisms of multisensory fusion derived from dynamic characteristics of human

spatial orientation. 3rd annual Multisensory Research Forum, Lake Geneva, Switzerland. 2002 Fundamental components of postural sway: Implications for multisensory fusion.

Coordination Dynamics 2002: International conference on Brain and Behavior. Delray Beach, FL.

2001 Is rotation of the population vector in conflict with the stimulus uncertainty effect? 42nd annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, November 14-17, Orlando, FL. 2001 Properties of multisensory fusion for human spatial orientation. 2001 Neural and Information Processing Conference, December 7-9, 2001, Vancouver, BC. 2001 Multisensory re-weighting in response to small amplitude environmental motion. 15th biannual conference of the International Society on Posture and Gait, June 20-25, 2001,

Maastricht, NL. 2001 Behavioral and electrocortical evidence of an interaction between probability and task metrics in movement planning. Presented at the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, CNRS, Marseille, France (April, 2001). 2001 Multisensory re-weighting in human postural control. Motor Control Symposium, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France (May, 2001). 1999 Bistability and multisensory integration in human postural control. Crossmodal Attention and Multisensory Integration Conference. October 1-2, 1999

Somerville College, Oxford University.


1998 Elementary behaviors: A behavioral organization for the nervous system? 1998 Identifying control mechanisms for predictive and reactive postural behaviors.

Society for Neuroscience Satellite meeting on Los Angeles, CA. 1998 A conceptual overview of human postural control. 1st Annual Workshop on the Dynamic Approach to Behavioral, Neural and Robotic Systems --- Action, Perception and Cognition, University of Guimaraes, Guimaraes, Portugal. 1997 Integration of multisensory information. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 1997 Sensorimotor coordination and the development of walking. 9th International Conference on Perception and Action. University Toronto, Scarborough, ON. 1997 Integrating somatosensory and visual information in human postural control. 13th biannual conference on Multisensory Control of Posture and Gait, Paris, FR. 1997 Light touch contact as a balance aid. Invited seminar at Physical Therapy ’97, San Diego, CA. 1997 Characterizing system properties with dynamical systems techniques. Invited seminar at UNESP, Instituto de Biociências, Rio Claro, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 1996 Adaptive position and velocity coupling of somatosensory information to human

postural control. Invited seminar at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. 1996 Velocity coupling of somatosensory information to human postural control. Invited seminar at the University of Delaware, Wilmington, DL. 1996 Velocity coupling of somatosensory information to head and body sway. Presented at the InternationalConference on Bernstein’s Traditions in Motor Control,

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. 1996 Location and direction coupling of somatosensory information to human postural

control. The International Conference on Bernstein’s Traditions in Motor Control, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.

1996 Velocity coupling of somatosensory information for head and body sway. Invited seminar at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. 1995 Dynamic sensory information for head-trunk orientation. Invited seminar at the NIMH Lab of Neurophysiology, Poolesville, MD. 1995 Static and dynamic somatosensory cues for human postural control. 3rd International Symposium on the Head-Neck System, Vail, Colorado. 1994 Haptic cues for postural orientation - implications for development?


Motor Development Research Consortium Annual Meeting, Baltimore MD. 1994 Problems concerning feedback in human postural control. European conference on Perception and Action, Borgen, Germany. 1994 Spontaneous transitions and symmetry in human two- and four-limb coordination. Motor Control Colloquium, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. 1994 The influence of touch cues on human postural control. Neuromuscular Research Center Seminar Series, Boston University, Boston, MA. 1993 Precision contact of the fingertip reduces postural sway. Second annual New England Sequencing and Timing conference, University of

Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. 1993 Asymmetric dynamics in human limb coordination. Workshop on Dynamics of Complex Systems, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL.

PROCEEDINGS AND PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Agada P, Hwang S, Bhale R, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2011) Upright stance control of bilateral vestibular-loss

patient on various support surfaces with multiple perturbations. Poster presentation at the 41th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.

Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2011) A model of the postural control system for standing based on closed-loop

system identification and the stochastic structure of kinematic and EMG signals. Poster presentation at the 41th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.

O-Phartkaruna, T, Anson E, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2011) Responses to visual scene motion in individuals

with bilateral vestibular loss during standing and locomotion. Poster presentation at the 41th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.

Hwang S, Agada P, Bhale R, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2011) The ankle and hip patterns emerge from a single

control strategy. Poster presentation at the 41th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.

Klein T, Kiemel T, Jeka J, Lewis A (2011) Postural control in a bipedal robot using sensory reweighting.

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 9-13, 2011, Shanghai. Klein T, Jeka J, Lewis A (2010) An adaptive state estimation model for postural control. Adaptive

control of movement Nanosymposium. 40th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

Logan DM, Kiemel T, Cappellini G, Labini F, Ivanenko Y, Laquniti F, Jeka J (2010) Visual reweighting

during locomotion. 40th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.


Klein T, Jeka J, Kiemel T, Lewis A (2010) Sensory reweighting in multi-modal robots. 20th annual

meeting of the Society for the Neural Control of Movement. Naples, FL. Anson E, Agada P, Fleming H, Kiemel T, Jeka J (2010) Visual feedback to improve postural control

during locomotion in the healthy elderly. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders: 16S1, S79-S80. Green J, Anson E, Agada P, Rosenberg R, Fleming H, Jeka J (2010) Visual feedback improves postural

control during locomotion. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders: 16S1, S81-S82

Rosenberg R, Anson E, Agada P, Green J, Fleming H, Jeka J (2010) Visual feedback during locomotion. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders: 16S1, S84-S85

Kiemel T, Zhang YF, Jeka JJ (2009) Closed-loop system identification of the plant and feedback for postural control of upright stance in humans: the implications of multiple degrees of freedom. 39th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, Ill.

Bair WN, Kiemel T, Clark JE, Jeka JJ (2009) Visual reweighting for postural control in children: decipher

plant and feedback contribution by closed-loop system identification (CLSI). 39th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, Ill.

Zhang YF, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2009) Identifying plant and feedback properties simultaneously in human

posture. 39th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, Ill. Anson E, Kiemel T, Ivanenko Y, Lacquaniti F, Jeka JJ (2009) Posture-Locomotor interactions are

equivalent in the AP and ML directions. Poster presented at the International Society for Posture and Gait Research, Bologna, Italy.

Logan D, Kiemel T, Ivanenko Y, Lacquaniti F, Jeka JJ (2009) The interaction of posture and locomotion

for stability. Poster presented at the International Society for Posture and Gait Research, Bologna, Italy.

Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2008) Modeling of multi-joint postural control of upright stance based on closed-

loop system identification of plant and feedback processes. 38th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.

Amenabar K, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2008) Closed loop system identification of postural control with bilateral

vestibular loss. 38th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Zhang YF, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2008) Identifying postural control feedback using mechanical

perturbations. 38th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, Ca. Barela J, Polastri P, Godoi D, Weigelt M, Jeka JJ (2007) Explicit and implicit knowledge induce

adaptation in postural control. 18th meeting of the International Society for Posture and Gait Research, Burlington, VT.

Chen L-C, Jeka JJ, Clark JE (2007) Temporal and spatial dependency of visuomotor control in infant

postural development. 18th meeting of the International Society for Posture and Gait Research, Burlington, VT.


Scholz JP, Hsu W-L, Schöner G, Jeka JJ, Kiemel T (2007) Control and estimation of posture during quiet stance depends on multi-joint coordination. 18th meeting of the International Society for Posture and Gait Research, Burlington, VT.

Kiemel T, Elahi AJ, Jeka JJ (2007) Modeling of multi-joint postural control based on kinematic and EMG

data. 18th meeting of the International Society for Posture and Gait Research, Burlington, VT. Creath R, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2007) What does sway-referencing really do? 18th meeting of the

International Society for Posture and Gait Research, Burlington, VT. Logan D, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2007) Intra- and inter-modality reweighting: Proprioception and Vision. 18th

meeting of the International Society for Posture and Gait Research, Burlington, VT. Zhang YF, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2007) Identifying postural control feedback using mechanical

perturbations. 18th meeting of the International Society for Posture and Gait Research, Burlington, VT.

Roth SM, Williams SM, Jiang L, Menon KS, Jeka JJ (2007) Susceptibility genes for gentamicin-induced

vestibular dysfunction. Annual meeting of the Experimental Biology Society, Washington DC. Polastri P, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2007) Inter-modality reweighting in the postural control. Progress in Motor

Control VI, Sao Paolo, Brazil. Bair, W-N, Kiemel, T., Jeka, J.J., & Clark, J.E. (2007, February). Multisensory reweighting for posture

control in children with DCD. Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder, Melbourne, Australia.

Elahi AJ, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2006) Measuring loop gains in human postural control. 366h annual meeting

of the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, Ga. Zhang Y, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2006) A simple control strategy for upright stance control? 366h annual

meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, Ga. Creath R, Kiemel T, Horak F, Jeka JJ (2006) Loss of vestibular information affects trunk, but not leg

segment control. 366h annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, Ga. Saffer M, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2006) Dynamics of re-weighting between sensory modalities. 366h annual

meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, Ga. Hsu W-L, Scholz JP, Schöner GS, Jeka JJ (2006) Multi-joint coordination underlies control and estimation

of CM during quiet stance. 366h annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, Ga. Chen L-C, Bair W-N, Jung-Potter J, Jeka JJ, Whitall J, & Clark JE (2006) Postural response to an oscillating

somatosensory drive in children with DCD. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Denver, CO.

Allison L, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2005) The dynamics of multisensory reweighting in healthy and fall-prone

older adults. 35th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Jeka JJ, Bateni H, Zhang Y, Kiemel T (2005) Multi-segment stochastic structure of postural sway with


bilateral vestibular loss. 35th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. . Elahi A, Kiemel T, Saffer M, Jeka JJ (2005) The effect of shifted COM on co-existing coordination patterns

during quiet stance. 35th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Creath R, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2005). Active and passive neuromuscular contributions to postural control

during sway-referencing. 35th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Saffer M, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2005) Co-existing patterns of sway, co-existing modes of control. 35th annual

meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Zhang Y, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2005) Sensory information influences the co-existing in-phase and anti-phase

patterns during quiet stance. 35th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.

Carver S, Kiemel T, Jeka JJ (2005) Modeling temporal asymmetry in the dynamics of sensory

Reweighting. 35th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Kiemel T, Oie K, Jeka JJ (2005) Multisegmental dynamics of human postural control. 35th annual

meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Oie K, Carver S, Kiemel T, Barela J, Jeka JJ (2005) The dynamics of sensory reweighting: A temporal

asymmetry. Gait and Posture, 21(1), S29. Chen L-C, Metcalfe J, Jeka JJ, & Clark, JE (2005, May). Instability of sitting posture during transition to

independent walking. Paper presented at the Motor Development and Learning II conference, Murcia, Spain.

Metcalfe JS, Chen L-C, Jeka JJ, & Clark JE (2005, May). On the development of postural stability. Paper presented at the Motor Development and Learning II conference, Murcia, Spain

Bair W-N, Jeka J, Whitall J, & Clark JE (2005, May). Stance spatial-temporal characteristics under sensory

conditions in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder. Presented at the 6th International Conference on Developmental Coordination Disorder, Trieste, Italy.

Chen L-C, Jeka JJ, Whitall J, Clark JE (2005, May). The influence of somatosensory information on postural control in children with DCD. Presented at the 6th International Conference on Developmental Coordination Disorder, Trieste, Italy.

Scholz, JP, Hsu W, Schöner G, Jeka JJ, Horak F (2004) Motor equivalent postural responses revealed by

the UCM approach. Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Washington DC, Jeka JJ, Kiemel T, Oie KS (2004) Postural sway = a slow decay process plus two damped oscillations.

Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Washington DC. Jeka JJ, Ravaioli E, Oie KS, Chiari, L, Kiemel T (2003) Adaptive and perceptual mechanisms underlying sensory reweighting. Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Washington DC.


R Creath, T Kiemel, F Horak, M Stephens, P Carlson-Kuhta, and J Jeka (2003). Postural sway in parkinson’s patients: A deficit in processing velocity information. Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Washington DC.

Jeka JJ, Kiemel T, Creath R, Horak F, Peterka R (2002) Changing the stochastic structure of postural sway

by reducing velocity information. Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Washington DC. Creath R, Kiemel T, Horak F, Stephens M, Carlson-Kuhta P, Jeka JJ (2002) The influence of velocity

Information on postural sway in Parkinson’s patients: Preliminary findings. Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Washington DC.

McDowell K, Metcalfe J, Jeka JJ, Clark J (2002) An event related analysis of posture in adults and infants.

Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Washington DC. McDowell K, Schoner GS, Jeka JJ (2001) Is rotation of the population vector in conflict with the mental

rotation effect? Presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Orlando, FL (November 13-17, 2001)

Oie KS, Jeka JJ, Kiemel T, Schöner GS (1999) Hysteresis in multisensory integration: human postural

control. Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Miami, FL. Creath R, Jeka JJ, Kiemel T, Horak FB (1999) Sensory specification of intrinsic and extrinsic reference

frames in human postural control. Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Miami, FL. McDowell K, Jeka JJ, Schöner GS (1999) Dynamic field theory and directional arm movements. Society

for Neuroscience annual meeting, Miami, FL. Jeka JJ, McDowell K, Schöner G, Hatfield BD (1999) Testing dynamic field theory with a two-choice

directional movement task. Presented at the 6th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. Washington, DC.

McDowell K, Hatfield BD, Jeka JJ (1999) Motor area activation for a two-choice directional movement

task. Presented at the 6th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. Washington, DC.

Oie KS, Jeka JJ, Schöner GS, Kiemel T (1998) Multisensory integration in human postural control.

Modality switching. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 24(1), 150. McDowell K, Jeka JJ, Schöner GS, Hatfield B (1998) Testing dynamic field theory with directional arm

movements. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 24(1), 1157. Jeka JJ, Oie KS, Schöner GS, Dijkstra TMH, Henson EM (1997). Adaptive coupling of postural sway to

somatosensory drive. 38th Annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Philadelphia, PA. Ribeiro P, Oie KS, Jeka JJ (1997) Position-specific coupling between somatosensation and human

postural control. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 23(2), 1563. Barela J, Jeka JJ, Clark JE (1996) The development of postural control and the acquisition of bipedal

independent locomotion in infants. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 3, 2037.


Jeka JJ, Oie KS, Henson EM, Dijkstra TMH, Schöner GS, Lackner JR (1996). Somatosensory coupling to postural sway velocity and position. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 3, 1701.

Ribeiro P, Jeka JJ, Oie KS (1996) Distance-dependent somatosensory drive for human postural control:

preliminary results. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2, 1633. Lackner JR, DiZio P, Jeka JJ, Rabin E (1996) Fingertip contact suppresses the destabilizing effects of leg

muscle vibration. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2, 1633. Jeka JJ, Schöner GS, Lackner JR (1994) Entrainment of postural sway to sinusoidal haptic cues. Society

for Neuroscience Abstracts, 20(1), p. 213. Jeka JJ, Lackner JR (1993) Fingertip contact with rough and slippery surfaces reduces postural sway.

Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 19(1), p. 195. Jeka JJ, Lackner JR (1992) Haptic information from the fingertip stabilizes postural sway. Society for

Neuroscience Abstracts, 18(2), p. 1406. Jeka JJ, Kelso JAS (1991) Symmetry-breaking dynamics of coordination. 32nd annual meeting of the

Psychonomics society, San Francisco, CA. Jeka JJ, Kelso JAS, DeGuzman GC (1990) New concepts and tools for understanding coordination.

The1st annual meeting of the International Society for Movement Disorders. Washington, D.C. Jeka JJ, Kelso JAS (1989) Pattern formation in a multistable coordinative system. Society for

Neuroscience Abstracts, 15(1), p. 605. Jeka JJ, Kelso JAS (1989) Pattern stability and change in experimental studies of multiple moving

components. Conference on Perception, Action and Cognition, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL.

Jeka JJ, Kelso JAS (1987) Preliminary observations of multi-limb coordination. International

Conference on Ecological Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. COLLABORATORS

Local Jane Clark University of Maryland

Tim Kiemel University of Maryland

Bill Levine University of Maryland

Steve Roth University of Maryland

Norm Wereley University of Maryland

National Amy Bastian Johns Hopkins University

Noah Cowan Johns Hopkins University

Fay Horak Oregon Health & Science University


James Lackner Brandeis University

Tony Lewis University of Arizona

John Scholz University of Delaware

Stephen Grill Parkinson’s & Movement Disorders Center

International Herman van der Kooij University of Twente, Netherlands

Yuri Ivanenko Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy

Francesco Lacquaniti Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy

Gregor Schöner Rühr University, Bochum, Germany

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

CURRENT:

2013 Co-Organizer 2nd Annual Winter Workshop on Locomotion. Tulane University

2012 – present Member The Bárány Society

2001- present Board Member International Society for Posture & Gait

1999 - present Editorial Board Gait and Posture, Journal of Motor Behavior

1996 - present Reviewer NIH Sensorimotor Integration (SMI) Study Section NIH SBIR review panel ZRG1 BBBP-5 NSF Instrumentation Panel NIMH Perception and Cognition Study Section

1992 - present Reviewer Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Neurophysiology, Perception and Psychophysics, Experimental Brain Research, Journal of Motor Behavior, Neurobiology of Aging, Journal of Rehabilitative Engineering

1986- present Member Society for Neuroscience

PREVIOUS:

2007 Co-Organizer 18th biannual meeting of the International Society for Posture and Gait Research, Burlington, VT

2006 Co-Organizer Models of Multisensory Integration: Psychophysical and Neural Constraints. Computational Neuroscience Workshop. Salt Lake City, Utah

2000 Organizing Board International Conference on Multisensory Research

1996 Co-organizer Dynamical Neuroscience Conference, Satellite to Society for Neuroscience Annual meeting, Washington, DC


1998 Co-organizer 1st Annual Workshop on the Dynamic Approach to Behavioral, Neural and Robotic Systems --- Action, Perception and Cognition, University of Minho, Portugal

1993 Advisory Board Kistler Instrument Corporation

AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS

2007 School of Public Health Research and Development Award

1997-2002 NIH FIRST AWARD

1992-1993 National Institute of Health National Research Service Award

1992 APA Dissertation Research Award

1989 Daniel C. Brown Award for outstanding graduate study

1988 Jack T. Walker Memorial Award for excellence in research

PATENTS

2011 ArmSense (provisional)

2011 TreadSense – Sensory Balance Treadmill (pending), Licensed to Biodex, Inc

2009 Sensor Fusion Balance Aid

PRESS

UMD team changes lives with treadmill and a webcam wtop.com http://wtop.com/1055/2916894/New-treadmill-helps-with-balance, June 25, 2012

Balance Strategies 2000 and Beyond PT Magazine June 1997


TEACHING GRADUATE LEVEL COURSES:

Anthropomorphic Robotics. Exploration of biomechanical analogs of robot design in applications such as humanoid robots, exoskeletons, and prosthetics (team taught). Motor Control Theory. Current concepts and theories in motor neuroscience.

Physiological Signal Processing. Time and frequency domain methods for data acquisition and analysis. Quantitative Analysis of Human Postural Control. Fundamentals of the biomechanics and neural basis of human postural control. Neuromechanics of Muscle. Overview of four areas related to muscle function: 1) molecular basis of force generation; 2) muscle mechanics; 3) muscle modeling; and 4) neuromuscular control (team taught). Multisensory Perception. Fundamentals of sensory processing and how modalities are fused for self motion perception.

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES:

Motor Control and Learning. A core course in the Kinesiology curriculum. Covers neurophysiological, behavioral and cognitive aspects of motor control and learning (140 students).

ADVISING & MENTORING

POSTDOCTORAL:

Sung-Jae Hwang, 2010- present, PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Yongsei University (Korea) Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow. University of Maryland Sean Carver, 2005-2007, PhD, Applied Mathematics, Cornell University Current Position: Research Assistant Professor. Johns Hopkins University Hamid Betani, 2002-2003, PhD, Neuroscience, University of Toronto Current Position: Assistant Professor. Northern Illinois University Wolfram Erlhagen, 1998, PhD, Mathematics, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany Current Position: Professor. University of Minho, Portugal


GRADUATE STUDENTS:

Current:

David Logan, Eric Anson, Peter Agada, Tippawan O-Phartkaruna Alumni:

Yuanfen Zhang, PhD, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, 2009 University of Maryland – College Park. Current position: TBD Katie Amenabar, MA, Kinesiology, 2009 University of Maryland – College Park Current Position: Research Associate. Johns Hopkins Medical School David Logan, MA, Kinesiology, 2009. University of Maryland – College Park Current Position: PhD student, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science University of Maryland – College Park Robert Creath, PhD, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, 2008 University of Maryland – College Park Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Physical Therapy. University of Maryland Medical School Paula Zago, PhD, Kinesiology, 2006 Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul Current Position: Professor. Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul - Sao Paulo, Brazil (Ms. Zago visited Dr. Jeka’s lab for one year to learn experimental analysis of postural control to complete her PhD thesis.) Leslie Allison, PhD, Kinesiology, 2006 University of Maryland – College Park Current Position: Assistant Professor. Dept. of Physical Therapy. East Carolina University Kelvin Oie, PhD, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, 2006 University of Maryland – College Park Current Position: Research Scientist. Human Research and Engineering Directorate United States Army Research Laboratory Kaleb McDowell PhD, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, 2003 University of Maryland – College Park Current Position: Branch Chief. Human Research and Engineering Directorate United States Army Research Laboratory Pedro Ribeiro, PhD, Kinesiology,1999 University of Maryland – College Park Current Position: Professor. Dept. of Physical Education . Federal University of Rio de Janeiro


Lisa DePasquale, MA, 1997 Kinesiology, University of Maryland – College Park Current Position: Scientist. Electrophysiollogy Associates. Chicago, ILL Elena Raviaoli, MA, Biomedical Engineering, 2003 University of Bologna. Bologna, Italy (Ms. Ravaioli visited Dr. Jeka’s lab for one year to learn experimental analysis of postural control to complete her MA thesis from the University of Bologna.)

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS:

I typically sponsor 3-5 undergraduate students per year to learn research techniques in my laboratory. I have also sponsored high school students from Montgomery Blair High School Science and Technology magnet program in Silver Spring, MD. Below is a brief list of recent students and their accomplishments since 2000.

Current:

Rohan Bhale Bioengineering Joseph Owen Computer Science Lei Ma Kinesiology Jonathan Dillard Kinesiology Guerav Khetan Neurobiology Aaron Rubinstein Bioengineering

2012 High School Summer Interns: Kiran Matharu Blair High School Science and Technology Magnet Diwakaran LLangovan Blair High School Science and Technology Magnet Martina Atabong Blair High School Science and Technology Magnet Patrick Owen Blair High School Science and Technology Magnet

STUDENT AWARDS:

Jason Green Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Fellow, 2010-2011 David Logan NSF student fellowship, 2009 David Logan Senior Summer Scholars fellow – University of Maryland, 2008 Eric Anson APTA Florence Kendall Doctoral Fellowship, 2008 Leslie Allison APTA PODS I & II fellowships, 2000-2003 Kaleb McDowell NIH predoctoral fellowship, 2000


SERVICE

I have been an active member of the University of Maryland Faculty, serving on 3-5 committees/year. A summary of these activities from 2002 are listed below. 2012 Chair Knes Faculty Search Committee (Movement Science) 2012 Chair Promising Young Scientist Award Committee International Society for Posture and Gait Research 2011 Member Executive Committee - Kinesiology 2011 Chair APT Committee – Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal 2011 Chair Faculty Search Committee 2010 Chair Faculty Search Committee 2007-2009 Senator U of Maryland Faculty Senate 2005-2006 Associate Director Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program University of Maryland 2002–2005 Graduate Director Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program University of Maryland

COMMITTEES:

Department of Kinesiology - Technology, Graduate, Executive, Undergraduate.

Director - Cognitive Motor Neuroscience Laboratory

Neuroscience and Cognitive Science - Executive, Graduate, Faculty Search

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