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David J. Freedman, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology at The University of Chicago

Member, Committee on Neurobiology and Committee on Computational Neuroscience

Contact Information

The University of Chicago

Department of Neurobiology

947 E. 58th St. MC-0928, Abbott 310

Chicago, IL 60637

voice: 773-834-5186

dfreedman " at " uchicago.edu   http://www.freedmanlab.org

Education

1997-2002       Ph.D. in Systems Neuroscience, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)     

1993-1997       B.A. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester       

Current Positions

2008-               Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, University of Chicago

Past Positions

2003-2008       Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Laboratory of John Assad at Harvard Medical School

2002-2003       Postdoctoral Associate, Laboratory of Earl K. Miller at MIT

1997-2002       Graduate Student, Laboratory of Earl K. Miller at MIT

1996-1997       Research Assistant, Laboratories of Walter Makous and David R. Williams at U Rochester

Honors, Awards and Fellowships

2008                Brain Research Foundation Fay/Frank Seed Grant Award

2006                Charles H. Hood Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

2006                Edward R. and Anne G. Lefler Center Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined)

2005                Eli Lilly Society for Neuroscience Chapters Postdoctoral Travel Fellowship Award

2003                NIH Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship

2002                Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT

2000                AccuScan Society for Neuroscience Fellowship, honorable mention

1999                Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust Fellowship Award

1997                Cum Laude, University of Rochester

Editorships and Editorial Boards

2008-               Reviewing Editor, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Teaching Experience

1998-2000       Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Psychology (prof. Steven Pinker), Brain and Behavior Laboratory (prof. Earl Miller), Introduction to Neuroanatomy (prof. Mandar Jog), MIT.

1995-1997       Teaching Assistant: Sensation and Perception (prof. David Williams), Mammalian Anatomy and Physiology (prof. Alan Dietsche), University of Rochester.

Ad Hoc Reviewer

Animal Cognition, Cerebral Cortex, Cognitive Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, Current Biology, European Journal of Neuroscience, Experimental Brain Research, Journal of Neurophysiology, Journal of Neuroscience, Learning and Memory, National Science Foundation, Neuron, Science, Vision Research, Wellcome Trust

Academic Committees and Service

2008-               U of Chicago, Neurobiology, Student Preliminary and Awards Committee

2006-2007       Graduate student rotation supervisor, mentorship of first year graduate students

2000-2003       UROP supervisor, mentorship of MIT undergraduate research assistants

1998-1999       Chairman and coordinator, Brain Lunch seminar series

Professional Memberships

Boston Area Neuroscience Group

Society for Neuroscience

Vision Sciences Society

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Poggio T., and Miller E.K. Task-Dependence of Visual Representations in Prefrontal and Inferior Temporal Cortices. Manuscript in preparation.

Freedman D.J. and Assad J.A. Distinct Encoding of Spatial and Non-Spatial Factors in Parietal Cortex. Manuscript under review.

Meyers E.M., Freedman D.J., Krieman G., Poggio T., and Miller E.K. Using Neuron Population Readout to Decode the Temporal Dynamics of Category Information. Journal of Neurophysiology, in press.

Freedman D.J. and Assad J.A. Experience-Dependent Representation of Visual Categories in Parietal Cortex. Nature 443: 85-88, 2006.

Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Poggio T., and Miller E.K. Experience-Dependent Sharpening of Visual Shape Selectivity in Inferior Temporal Cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 16: 1631-1644, 2006. (ePub, 12/2005)

Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Poggio T., and Miller E.K. A Comparison of Primate Prefrontal and Inferior Temporal Cortices During Visual Categorization. Journal of Neuroscience 23: 5235-5246, 2003.

Nieder A., Freedman D.J., and Miller E.K. Representation of the Quantity of Visual Items in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex. Science 297: 1708-1711, 2002.

Knoblich U., Freedman D.J., and Riesenhuber M. Categorization in IT and PFC: Model and Experiments. AI Memo 2002-007, Artificial Intelligence Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002.

Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Poggio T., and Miller E.K. Visual Categorization and the Primate Prefrontal Cortex: Neurophysiology and Behavior. Journal of Neurophysiology 88: 914-928, 2002.

Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Poggio T., Miller E.K. Categorical Representation of Visual Stimuli in the Primate Prefronal Cortex. Science 291: 312-316, 2001.

Review Articles and Book Chapters

Freedman D.J. and Miller E.K. Neural Mechanisms of Visual Categorization: Insights from Neurophysiology. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 32: 311-329, 2008.

Freedman D.J. Neuronal Mechanisms of Visual Categorization and Category Learning. In: The Neuroscience of Rule-Guided Behavior. Wallis J.D. and Bunge S. (eds.). Oxford University Press, pp 391-418, 2007.

Freedman D.J. Posterior Parietal Cortex: Space…and Beyond. Neuron, 42: 881-883, 2004.

Miller E.K., Nieder A., Freedman D.J., and Wallis J.D. Neural Correlates of Categories and Concepts. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 13:2:198-203, 2003.

Miller E.K., Freedman D.J., and Wallis J.D. The Prefrontal Cortex: Categories, Concepts, and Cognition. In: The Physiology of Cognitive Processes. Parker A., Derrington A., Blakemore C. (eds.). Oxford University Press, pp 252-273, 2003.

Miller E.K., Freedman D.J., and Wallis J.D. The Prefrontal Cortex: Categories, Concepts, and Cognition. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London: Biological Sciences, 357: 1123-1136, 2002.

Invited Talks

2008

Catholic University of Leuven, Symposium on Parietal Cortex, Leuven, Belgium. December, 2008.

The University of Chicago, Biopsychology Seminar Series, Chicago, Il. April, 2008.

National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD. February. 2008.

2007

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Visual Attention Lab, Cambridge, MA. November, 2007.

Vanderbilt University, Institute of Imaging Science, Nashville, TN. April, 2007.

OIST Workshop on Cognitive Neurobiology, Okinawa, Japan. March, 2007.

University of Chicago, Department of Neurobiology, Chicago, IL. Februrary, 2007.

Yale School of Medicine, Department of Neurobiology. New Haven, CT. February, 2007.

Washington University, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, St. Louis, MO. January, 2007.

2006

University of Glasgow, Department of Psychology. Glasgow, UK. October, 2006.

Experimental Psychology Society, Symposium on Categorical Perception. Plymouth, UK. July, 2006.

Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, April 2006.

2005

MIT, NIH-Conte Center for Detection and Recognition of Objects in Visual Cortex, September 2005.

Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurobiology, Boston, MA, December 2005.

2004

MIT, NIH-Conte Center for Detection and Recognition of Objects in Visual Cortex, September 2004.

Johns Hopkins, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Baltimore, MD. May 2004.

Johns Hopkins, Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, Baltimore, MD. March 2004.

Harvard University, Department of Psychology, Cambridge, MA. February 2004.

2003

Cognitive Neuroscience of Category Learning Symposium. New York, NY. September 2003.

2002

Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurobiology, Boston, MA. May 2002.

National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD. May 2002.

2001

MIT, The Picower Center for Learning and Memory Retreat, Kennebunkport, ME. June 2001.

Brown University Brain Science Program, March 2001.

RIKEN Brain Sciences Institute, Tokyo, Japan, October 2001.

MIT, Center for Biological and Computational Learning, Object Recognition Workshop. January 2001.

2000

MIT, The Picower Center for Learning and Memory Retreat, Ogunquit, ME. June 2000.

Conference Proceedings

Fitzgerald J.K., Assad J.A. and Freedman D.J. Associative Representations in Lateral Intraparietal (LIP) Area. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2008.

Fitzgerald J.K., Assad J.A. and Freedman D.J. Learning-Dependent Shape Representations in Lateral Intraparietal (LIP) Area. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2007.

Freedman D.J and Assad J.A. Non-Spatial Encoding of Behaviorally Relevant Information in Parietal Cortex During Visual Motion Categorization. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2007.

Freedman D.J and Assad J.A. Experience-Dependent Representation of Visual Categories in Parietal Cortex Area LIP. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2006.

Freedman D.J.and Assad J.A. Categorical Representation of Visual Motion Direction in Primate Posterior Parietal Cortex. Vision Sciences Society Abstracts, 2006.

Freedman D.J.and Assad J.A. Categorical Representation of Visual Motion Direction in Primate Posterior Parietal Cortex. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2005.

Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Poggio T., and Miller E.K. Shape-Tuning in Primate Inferior Temporal Cortex is Enhanced by Experience. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2004.

Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Machon M., Poggio T., and Miller E.K. Experience-Dependent 2D Orientation Tuning in Primate Inferior Temporal Cortex. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2003.

Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Poggio T., and Miller E.K. Stimulus-Specificity of Category-Related Neurons in Primate Prefrontal and Inferior Temporal Cortices. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2002.

Nieder A., Freedman D.J., and Miller E.K. Neurons in Primate Prefrontal Cortex Reflect Numerical Information in Visual Displays. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2002.

Knoblich U., Freedman D.J., Poggio T., and Miller E.K., Riesenhuber M. Category-Tuning vs. Stimulus-Tuning in Inferotemporal and Prefrontal Cortex: Insights From Modeling. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2002.

Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Poggio T., and Miller E.K. Comparison of  Primate Prefrontal and Inferior Temporal Lobe Cortical Activity During Visual Categorization. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 2001.

Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Poggio T., and Miller E.K. Neuronal and Psychophysical Correlates of Categorical Perception in the Macaque Monkey. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Abstracts, 2001.

Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Poggio T., and Miller E.K. Neuronal Correlates of Categorical Learning in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 2000, 26:975.

Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Shelton C., Poggio T., and Miller E.K. Categorical Representation of Objects in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Abstracts 2000.

Freedman D.J., Riesenhuber M., Shelton C., Poggio T., and Miller E.K. Categorical Representation of Visual Stimuli in the Monkey Prefrontal Cortex. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 1999, 25:884.

Freedman D., Barbur JL., and Lennie P. Pupil Response Latencies and Reaction Times to Chromatic and Achromatic Stimuli. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Abstracts, 1997.

Students Supervised

2001-2003       Michelle Machon, MIT undergraduate

2006-2008       Jamie Fitzgerald, Harvard graduate student in neurobiology

2008-               Sruthi Swaminathan, U of Chicago graduate student in neurobiology

2008-               Christopher Rishel, U of Chicago, M.D./Ph.D. student in computational neuroscience

2008-               Richard Williams, of Chicago graduate student in neurobiology

2008-               Jared Clemens, U of Pittsburgh, summer student

2008-               Steve McClellan, Reed College, summer student