Science of Vision | |
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 Stanley Klein, PhD | |
| Alma mater | Ph.D Physics – Brandeis 1967 B.S. Physics – Caltech 1961 |
| Known for | Research in Neurotechnology |
| Awards | First Place - California State mathematics competition, 1956 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Optometry, Human Vision, Neurometrics, Consciousness |
| Institutions | University of California at Berkeley |
Stanley A. Klein is currently (2009) a Professor of Vision Science and Optometry at the University of California at Berkeley and a member of the Visual Processing Laboratory. He is a consulting editor for Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics a publication of the Psychonomic Society which promotes the communication of scientific research in psychology and allied sciences. Its members must hold a PhD degree or equivalent and must have published significant research. His major area of research has been neurotechnology, a field of science that studies the body and mind through the nervous system by electronics and mechanisms. He is the co-chair for the SPIE (an international society on the science and application of light) meetings on human vision.
Professional Experience
editKlein's major area of research has been neurometrics and neurotechnology. Neuroscience with the development of non-invasive human brain imaging now uses human subject volunteers, The questions being researched get at some of the fundamental questions of what it means to be human and to have a mind. The revolution in technologies that has made this maturation possible extends from gene to hospital bed-side and is now referred to as neurotechnology. Some examples of neurotechnology include the CAT scanner, fMRI, Magnetoencephalography (MEG), Positron emission tomography, high-throughput genetic sequencing, brain proteomics and psychopharmaceuticals. These technologies also include neural modeling simulations, biological computers, and human-brain interfaces (prosthetics).
- 1967-1981 Assistant Prof. - Full Prof., Joint Science Dept., Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA.
- 1972-1973 Visiting Faculty, Psychology Dept., Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
- 1974-1981 Visiting Associate, Division of Biology, Caltech, Pasadena, CA.
- 1978-1979 Sabbatical at Harvard and Smith-Kettlewell Institute of Visual Science, San Francisco, CA.
- 1981-1987 Professor, College of Optometry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.
- 1987-present Professor, University of California at Berkeley, School of Optometry ref
Recent Grants & Awards
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- NIH/NEI, 5/1/00-4/30/03. $170,000 per year. "High Spatial Frequency Feature Acuity in Spatial Vision."
- CULAR, Collaborative UC-Los Alamos grant. 9/00 - 8/03. $45,000 per year. "Locating sources of brain activity in space and time"
- NIH/NEI, 5/1/04-4/30/09. $200,000 per year. "High Spatial Frequency Feature Acuity in Spatial Vision."
- NIH/NEI, 7/1/04-6/30/07. $275,000. "Where and when of cortical activity measured with EEG and fMRI."
- DARPA subcontract, 10/1/05-9/30/06. $155,110. "Neurotechnology for Image Analysts."
All awards [1]
Publications
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National Committees and Editorships
edit- Optical Society of America, Vision Advisory Committee (1984-1989)
- Ad Hoc Study Sections for NIH (1986, 1987, 2000, 2001)
- Chaired meetings at annual meetings of Optical Society, ARVO,
- Consulting editor for Perception and Psychophysics (1991-present).
- Co-chair for the SPIE meeting on Human Vision (1992- present).
- Co-chair for the SID meeting on Human Factors (1992-1993).
- Topical editor of Journal of Optical Society for Vision (1990, 1992- 1999).
- Executive committee of Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (1994 - 1997)ref
Klein has for many years been a member of the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS) where he has been active in the discussions on Religious Naturalism and how it relates to Reconstructionist Judaism.
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