March, 2015 HULUSI KAFALIGONUL, Ph.D. National Magnetic Resonance Research Center (UMRAM) Cyberpark, Cyberplaza C-blok, Kat: 2, 06800 Ankara, Turkey Phone: + 90 312 290 3016 Email: [email protected] Webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/hkgonul/ EDUCATION 2007 Ph.D. in Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX Thesis: Dynamics of Feature Processing for Static and Moving Objects in the Human Visual System Advisor: Dr. Haluk Ogmen 2007 Certificate in Cognitive Science, Center for Neuro-Engineering & Cognitive Science, University of Houston, Houston, TX 2003 B.S. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey Concentration in Signal Processing and Communication Systems PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 2014-present Assistant Professor, University, Ankara, Turkey Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, Bilkent 2013-present Assistant Professor, National Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey 2008-2013 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Vision Center Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 2003-2008 Research & Teaching Assistant, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX HONORS & AWARDS 2013-2015 Co-Funded Brain Circulation Fellowship The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and the European Union Marie Curie Scheme (EU-FP7 Marie Curie Actions People-COFUND) 2010 Included in Marquis Who’s Who in America 2011, 65th Edition 2008-2009 KIBM Innovative Research Award, Total Amount: $ 30000 The Kavli Institute for Brain & Mind, University of California, San Diego, CA 2003-2007 University of Houston GATF Fellowship 1999-2003 Turkish Government Tuition Scholarship 1999-2003 Sabanci Foundation Fellowship 1999 Ranked in the 99th Percentile in Turkish University Examination 1 RESEARCH INTERESTS Visual Perception and Cognition, Multisensory Integration, Systems Neuroscience, Neurophysiology, Theoretical Brain Studies, Mathematical Modeling of Perceptual and Cognitive Processes, Applications of Biological Models to Computer Vision Systems, Biomedical Imaging. RESEARCH FUNDING 2014- 2016 TUBITAK 1001 Grant, Neural Mechanisms Underlying Multisensory Perception of Speed, PI. Budget: 269400 TL (~127000 USD at the time of funding) 2013- 2015 TUBITAK 2236 Bideb Grant, Neural Mechanisms Underlying Multisensory Associative Learning, PI. Budget: 114408 € Advised 2015 TUBITAK 2209, National/International Research Projects Fellowship Programme for Undergraduate Students-A (2015-1). Fellows: Meltem Karaca, Nilsu Atilgan Budget: 1100 TL (~450 USD at the time of funding) 2014 TUBITAK 2209, National/International Research Projects Fellowship Programme for Undergraduate Students-A (2014-1). Fellows: Merve Karacaoglu, Cansu Ogulmus Budget: 2476 TL (~1130 USD at the time of funding) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 2008- present Member, Society for Neuroscience 2006- present Member, Vision Sciences Society PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Editorial: Journal of Neurobehavioral Sciences, Frontiers in Perception Science Journal Review: Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, Current Biology, Nature Scientific Reports Book Chapter Review: Cambridge University Press PUBLICATIONS Kafaligonul, H., Breitmeyer B.G. and Ogmen, H. (2015). Feedforward and feedback processes in vision. Frontiers in Psychology, 6:279. Kafaligonul, H., Oluk, C. (2015). Audiovisual associations alter the perception of low-level visual motion. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 9:26. Kafaligonul, H. (2014). Vision: a systems neuroscience perspective. Journal of Neurobehavioral Sciences, 1(2), 21-26. Kafaligonul, H., and Stoner, G.R. (2012). Static sound timing alters sensitivity to low-level visual motion. Journal of Vision, 12(11):2, 1-9. 2 Kafaligonul, H. and Stoner, G.R. (2010). Auditory modulation of visual apparent motion with short spatial and temporal intervals. Journal of Vision, 10(12):31, 1-13. Kafaligonul, H., Patel, S.S., Ogmen, H., Bedell, H.E. and Purushothaman, G. (2010). Perceptual asynchronies and the dual-channel differential latency hypothesis. In Nijhawan, R. and Khunara, B. (Eds.), Space and Time in Perception and Action, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 379-395. Kafaligonul, H., Breitmeyer, B.G. and Ogmen, H. (2009). Effects of contrast polarity in paracontrast masking. Attention, Perception and Psychophysics, 71, 1576-1587. Breitmeyer B.G., Tapia, E., Kafaligonul, H. and Ogmen, H. (2008). Metacontrast masking and stimulus contrast polarity. Vision Research, 48, 2433-2438. Breitmeyer, B.G., Kafaligonul, H., Ogmen, H., Mardon, L., Todd, S. and Ziegler, R. (2006). Metaand paracontrast reveal differences between contour and brightness processing mechanisms. Vision Research, 46, 2645-2658. MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION Lopes, M., Kafaligonul, H., Albright, T.D. and Stoner, G.R (submitted). Mechanisms of surround modulation in area MT: Perceptual coherence versus Classical Receptive Field (CRF) ambiguity. to be submitted to Journal of Neurophysiology. Kafaligonul, H., Albright T.D. and Stoner, G.R. The influence of auditory timing on visual motion computation in area MT. to be submitted to Journal of Neuroscience. Ogulmus, C., Karacaoglu, M., Kafaligonul, H. Temporal Ventriloquism and Spatial Grouping Principles of Vision. to be submitted to Journal of Vision. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & ABSTRACTS Kafaligonul, H., Oluk, C. (2014). Audiovisual associations alter low-level motion perception. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Kafaligonul, H., Oluk, C. (2014). Altering perception of low-level visual motion by audiovisual associations.37th European Conference on Visual Perception, Belgrade, Serbia. Stoner G.R., Albright T.D., Kafaligonul, H. (2013). A phase-resetting framework for crossmodal influences on perception. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Lopes, M.A., Kafaligonul, H., Albright T.D., Stoner G.R. (2013).Surround modulation in visual area MT: Suppression/facilitation, antagonism/integration. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Lopes, M.A., Kafaligonul, H., Albright, T.D. and Stoner, G.R. (2013). Support for a non-human primate (NHP) model of schizophrenia: acute subanesthetic ketamine alters center-surround interactions. 7th Annual Salk/ Fondation Ipsen/ Nature Symposium on Biological Complexity: Molecular Biology of Psychiatric Disorders, La Jolla, CA. Kafaligonul, H., Albright, T.D. and Stoner, G.R. (2012). Neural mechanisms underlying a crossmodal temporal illusion in visual area MT. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. 3 Lopes, M.A., Kafaligonul, H., Albright, T.D. and Stoner, G.R. (2012). Support for a non-human primate (NHP) model of schizophrenia: acute subanesthetic ketamine alters center-surround interactions. Annual Southern California Cognitive Neuroscience Meeting, San Diego, CA. Kafaligonul, H. and Stoner, G.R. (2011). The timing of static sounds modulates sensitivity to lowlevel visual motion. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Lopes, M.A., Kafaligonul, H., Albright, T.D. and Stoner, G.R. (2011). Support for a non-human primate (NHP) model of schizophrenia: acute subanesthetic ketamine alters center-surround interactions. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Kafaligonul, H., Albright, T.D. and Stoner, G.R. (2011). Modulatory effect of auditory timing on visual motion processing. Annual Meeting of the Sloan-Swartz Centers for Theoretical Neurobiology, Janelia Farm Research Campus, Ashburn, VA. Kafaligonul, H., and Stoner, G.R (2010). The auditory capture of visual timing extends to shortrange apparent motion. Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL. Journal of Vision, 10, 890. Kafaligonul, H., and Stoner, G.R (2010). Evidence that static sounds shift the temporal tuning of lower visual areas. The Kavli Institute Brain and Mind Symposium, San Diego, CA. Stoner, G., Klam, F. and Kafaligonul, H. (2008). An apparent disagreement between MT surround modulation and perception. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Kafaligonul, H.H., Patel, S.S., Ogmen, H., Bedell, H.E. and Purushothaman, G. (2006). Simultaneous flash-lag effects in two directions reveal a slow stage of multi-directional motion integration. Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL. Journal of Vision, 6, 641a. Ogmen, H., Breitmeyer, B.G., Kafaligonul, H., Todd, S., Mardon, L., and Ziegler, R. (2006). Temporal aspects of contour and brightness processing in meta- and paracontrast. Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL. Journal of Vision, 6, 122a. Kafaligonul, H., Breitmeyer, B.G., Ogmen, H., Mardon, L., Todd, S. and Ziegler, R. (2006). Computational and psychophysical analyses of contour and surface processing in human vision. Annual Meeting of Houston Society for Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Houston, TX. Kafaligonul, H., Breitmeyer, B.G., Ogmen, H., Mardon, L., Todd, S. and Ziegler, R (2005). The dynamics of surface and contour processing in human vision. Annual GCC Conference on Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience, Houston, TX. Kafaligonul, H., Ogmen, H. and Bedell, H.E. (2004). Effect of exposure duration and contrast on human blur perception. Texas Systems Day Conference, Houston, TX. INVITED TALKS & COLLOQUIA “Multisensory Contributions to Visual (Motion) Perception”, Informatics Institute, METU, Ankara, Turkey, December 2014. “Kortikal MT Bölgesindeki Görsel-işitsel Etkileşimler” (Audiovisual Interactions in Cortical Area MT), 12 National Neuroscience Meeting, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2014. th “Crossmodal Interactions within the Framework of Visual Motion Processing”, National Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, November 2013. “Görsel Algı Mekanizmalarında Çoklu-duyusal Bağlamsal Bilginin Önemi” (The Importance of Multisensory Contextual Information for Visual Perception), Cognitive Science Meeting, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, September 2013. 4 “Contextual Influences on Visual Motion Processing: Contributions of Auditory Timing”, Department of Psychology, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, February 2012. “The Underlying Mechanisms of Multisensory Interactions in Area MT”, The Kavli Institute Brain & Mind Symposium, University of California, San Diego, CA, May 2009. “Perceptual Asynchronies, Differential Latencies and the Dynamics of Feature Computation in the Human Visual System”, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, June 2007. TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2013-present Instructor, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey NSC 612 Selected Topics in Neuroscience I NSC 510 Neuroscience in Sensory and Motor Systems PSYC 220 Brain and Behavior 2003-2007 Teaching Assistant, University of Houston, Houston, TX ECE 2100 Circuit Analysis Laboratory ECE 2300 Circuit Analysis ECE 3441 Digital Logic Design ECE 3337 Electrical Engineering Analysis I 2002 Undergraduate Assistant, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey EE 210 Introduction to Electrical Engineering ADVISING & MENTORING 2013-present Advising, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey Graduate Students: Utku Kaya, PhD Student, METU Cognitive Science Cansu Ogulmus, MS Student, Bilkent Neuroscience Zeynep Yildirim, MS Student, Bilkent Neuroscience Undergraduate Students: Nilsu Atilgan, Bilkent Psychology Deniz Duman, Bilkent Psychology Meltem Karaca, Bilkent Psychology Merve Karacaoglu, Bilkent Psychology Can Oluk, Bilkent Psychology Sila Toker, Bilkent Psychology 2008-2013 Mentor, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA Graduate Students: Marco Lopes, PhD student, Salk Institute and Universidade di Coimbra Mike Jansen, MS Student, California State University Neuroscience Interns: Christopher Fernandez, UCSD STARS Program Justin Klein, VCL at Salk Institute Tina T. Tian, UCSD STARS Program Brittani Vaillancourt, UCSD STARS Program 5 OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2011 Consultant, Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA Consulting for pre-doc and post-doc researchers in scientific programming 2002 Electrical Engineering Intern, INSA-Istanbul Nylon Yarn Inc., Istanbul, Turkey Designed and tested electrical and electronic devices used in the control unit 2002 Electrical Engineering Intern, KIPAS Textile Group, K.Maras, Turkey Worked on configuration and development of a control system used for textile machines 6
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