Scholar
Itamar Lerner
Google Scholar ID: RN-_FL4AAAAJ
Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Citations & Impact
Citations
338
H-index
10
i10-index
14
Publications
20
Co-authors
4
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Received multiple research grants, including but not limited to: 2024-2025 Office of Research INTRA Award; 2023-2028 NSF/CAREER Award; 2023-2027 NSF/EFRI Award; 2023-2027 NSF/ExpandAI Award; 2021-2022 SWCOEH NIH/NIOSH Award; 2021 HCaP Jump-Start Seed Grant; 2019-2021 NIH/NIMH Award; 2015-2019 NSF/BCS Award; 2016-2018 DoD W911NF-16-C-0018 Award; 2012-2016 NSF/SHB:EXP Award.
Research Experience
- No specific research experiences or positions mentioned directly.
Education
- Ph.D., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013. Computational Neuroscience. Advisors: Dr. Shlomo Bentin, Dr. Oren Shriki. B.S., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2002. Psychobiology. Magna Cum Laude.
Background
- A cognitive and computational neuroscientist. His research focuses on how the brain encodes, stores, and organizes information in memory. He approaches these questions by studying unique learning states (e.g., during sleep, or in patients with psychiatric disorders) to elucidate the general underlying mechanisms involved. Research interests include: The effects of sleep on learning; hippocampal-dependent memory and its involvement in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); the brain mechanisms behind creativity and insight; associative processes in semantic memory in healthy and schizophrenic individuals; and language acquisition.
Miscellany
- Potential Graduate students interested in sleep and memory research are welcome to apply by email.
