Robert J Butera, PhD, PE
Professor
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Laboratory for Neuroengineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA USA
Education
- BEE (co-op, with highest honors), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 1991.
- MSEE, Rice University, Houston, TX 1994.
- Ph.D., Rice University, Houston, TX 1996.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 1996-1999.
Positions, Honors, Awards
- Faculty Director of Graduate Studies, Georgia Tech (2009-present)
- Vice President for Finances, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (2011-2012)
- Jefferson Science Fellow, US Dept. of State (2008-9)
- Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (2008)
- Deputy Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems (2007-2010)
- Elected member of AdCom (Board of Directors), IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (2006-2010)
- Associate Editor, Journal of Theoretical Biology (2007-present)
- Director, Bioengineering Graduate Program, Georgia Tech (2005-8)
- NSF CAREER Award Recipient (2004)
- James S. McDonnell Foundation 21st Century Scientist Award
- License Professional Engineer (registered in Georgia)
- Research actively supported by multiple grants from NSF, NIH, and private foundations
- Panelist and Grant Reviewer for NIH and NSF (areas of Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, Graduate Education, International Activities, Computational Biology, Respiratory Biology)
- Article reviewer for all major Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, and Neural Engineering journals, as well as some Physics and Mathematics journals.