Norberto M. Grzywacz
Norberto M. Grzywacz (born June 5, 1957, in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian American scientist. He has a background in higher education, biomedical engineering, physics, neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and vision and blindness research. Grzywacz served as dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.[1]. As dean, he oversaw graduate education at eight schools of the university. While at Georgetown, he developed new interdisciplinary programs focused on urgent and complex social challenges.
Early Life[edit]
Grzywacz was born and grew up in São Paulo, Brazil, graduating from Colégio I. L. Peretz and Colégio Equipe.
Education[edit]
Grzywacz attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, where he received his bachelor’s degree (with honors) in physics and mathematics in 1980. In 1984, he obtained a doctorate in neurobiology from the same institution. His doctoral thesis centered around the biophysics of photoreceptors.
Research[edit]
After receiving his doctorate, Grzywacz served as a postdoctoral fellow and research scientist at the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). During his period at MIT (1984-1991), he expanded his biophysical work to retinal processing[2][3]. He also expanded his research into cognitive areas. In particular, he began investigating the computation and perception of visual motion in the brain[4][5][6].
Following MIT, Grzywacz moved to the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute (SKERI) in San Francisco, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping the blind. He worked there from 1991 until 2001, eventually becoming a senior scientist. At SKERI, he expanded his retinal work to developmental and cellular biology, and studied blindness and low vision[7].
In 2001, Grzywacz moved to the University of Southern California (USC)[8], where his research continued to focus on vision and blindness. He became a member of the National Science Foundation BioMimetic MicroElectronic Systems Engineering Research Center. This center was a group of researchers developing a retina prosthetic for some forms of blindness[9][10]. He also became the founding director of the USC Center for Vision Science and Technology in 2002[11]
After USC, Grzywacz moved to Georgetown University in 2015. There, his research focus shifted to cognitive neuroscience and computational theories of neuroaesthetics. Much of his work in neuroaesthetics has centered on visual art[12][13], but some has addressed music[14]. In the visual domain, he applied ideas from the Processing Fluency Theory to the evolution of art during the Renaissance[15]. He also developed a new theoretical framework for the learning of aesthetic values and discussed the implications of his results for the philosophy of aesthetics.
Academic Leadership[edit]
In 2005, he assumed the directorship of the Neuroscience Graduate Program at USC[16]. Later, in 2010, he became the Dwight C. and Hildagarde E. Baum Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Viterbi School of Engineering at USC[17]. Besides these leadership roles, he was professor of biomedical and electrical engineering, and neuroscience.
In 2015, Grzywacz was appointed dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C[1]. He was concurrently a professor of physics and neuroscience. As Georgetown dean, his main achievement was the development of several interdisciplinary programs focused on urgent and complex social problems. These programs included: Addiction Policy and Practice; Aging and Health[18]; Data Science for Public Policy; Educational Transformation; Engaged and Public Humanities; Environmental Metrology and Policy; Global Infectious Disease; Health Informatics and Data Science; Health and the Public Interest; Learning, Design, and Technology.
Honors and Awards[edit]
Induction as an Honorary Member of the Alpha Sigma Nu Society (2020)[19]
Northrup-Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California (2013)[20]
Faculty of the Year, USC Neuroscience Graduate Program (2010)
College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (2008)[21]
References[edit]
https://www.luc.edu/president/homenews/provostannouncment.shtml
https://president.georgetown.edu/messages/announcing-new-graduate-school-dean/
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|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Grzywacz, Norberto M.; Koch, Christof (1987). "Functional properties of models for direction selectivity in the retina". Synapse. 1 (5): 417–434. doi:10.1002/syn.890010506. ISSN 1098-2396. PMID 3505372. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ "Properties of stimulus-dependent synchrony in retinal ganglion cells - ProQuest". search.proquest.com. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ↑ Barraza, José F.; Grzywacz, Norberto M. (2005-09-01). "Parametric decomposition of optic flow by humans". Vision Research. 45 (19): 2481–2491. doi:10.1016/j.visres.2005.04.011. ISSN 0042-6989. PMID 15963549. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Yu, Wan-Qing; Grzywacz, Norberto M.; Lee, Eun-Jin; Field, Greg D. (2017-04-19). "Cell type-specific changes in retinal ganglion cell function induced by rod death and cone reorganization in rats". Journal of Neurophysiology. 118 (1): 434–454. doi:10.1152/jn.00826.2016. ISSN 0022-3077. PMC 5506261. PMID 28424296.
- ↑ Yu, Wan-Qing; Eom, Yun Sung; Shin, Jung-A.; Nair, Divya; Grzywacz, Sara X. Z.; Grzywacz, Norberto M.; Craft, Cheryl Mae; Lee, Eun-Jin (2016-03-15). "Reshaping the Cone-Mosaic in a Rat Model of Retinitis Pigmentosa: Modulatory Role of ZO-1 Expression in DL-Alpha-Aminoadipic Acid Reshaping". PLOS ONE. 11 (3): e0151668. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1151668Y. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0151668. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4792433. PMID 26977812.
- ↑ Grzywacz, Norberto. "Development of Complex Retinal Fields".
- ↑ "USC Team Heads $6M Low Vision Project". USC News. 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ↑ "USC biomedical team to participate in $6 million low vision project". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ↑ "Low vision patients present unique challenge to Medicare system". www.healio.com. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ↑ "Norberto Grzywacz | Office of Religious and Spiritual Life | USC". orsl.usc.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ↑ Aleem, Hassan; Correa-Herran, Ivan; Grzywacz, Norberto M. (2017). "Inferring Master Painters' Esthetic Biases from the Statistics of Portraits". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 11: 94. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2017.00094. ISSN 1662-5161. PMC 5343217. PMID 28337133.
- ↑ "Grzywacz". Your Brain on Art Conference. 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ↑ Miles, Scott A.; Rosen, David S.; Grzywacz, Norberto M. (2017). "A Statistical Analysis of the Relationship between Harmonic Surprise and Preference in Popular Music". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 11: 263. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2017.00263. ISSN 1662-5161. PMC 5435755. PMID 28572763.
- ↑ Correa-Herran, Ivan; Aleem, Hassan; Grzywacz, Norberto M. (February 2020). "Evolution of Neuroaesthetic Variables in Portrait Paintings throughout the Renaissance". Entropy. 22 (2): 146. Bibcode:2020Entrp..22..146C. doi:10.3390/e22020146. PMC 7516560 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 33285921 Check|pmid=value (help). - ↑ "Neuroscience Institute Launched". USC News. 2005-11-29. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ↑ "USC - Viterbi School of Engineering - Norberto Grzywacz Named Next BME Chair". viterbi.usc.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ↑ "Master's in Aging and Health Announced". 2018-02-15. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ↑ "Loyola University Chicago". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "VSOE Teaching Award". USC Viterbi | School of Engineering. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ↑ "Norberto Grzywacz, Ph.D. COF-0375 - AIMBE". Retrieved 2021-03-26.
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