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Jennifer M. Groh (Born on April 15, 1966) is an American Experimental and Computational Neuroscientist who currently works as a researcher and professor for Duke University. Her research focuses on sensory neurons and the processes in which visual and auditory information is used for spatial recognition.

Education

 * Graduated from Springfield High School
 * 1984-1988 Received her bachelors at Princeton University
 * Graduated AB Summa cum Laude (Biology)
 * 1988-1989 attended University of Michigan where she earned her masters degree in Neuroscience
 * 1989-1993 completed a PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Pensylvania
 * PhD advisor was Dr. David L. Sparks
 * 1994-1997 Completed a postdoctoral Fellow in Neurobiology at Stanford University

Career

 * 1997-2004 became an assistant professor the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in the Center for cognitive Neuroscience, Dartmouth
 * 2004-2006 became an associate professor the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in the Center for cognitive Neuroscience, Dartmouth
 * 2006-present Associate professor for the Department of Neurobiology, psychology, and neuroscience in Duke University

Professional Affiliations

 * Society for Neuroscience
 * International brain research organization
 * Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
 * American Physiological Society

Marriage and children
Dr. Groh is currently married and has two children, one born in 1999 and the other in 2001. More information on spouse and children is not available

Research and Professional interests
Dr. Groh studies how our eyes and ears help shape the environment as we know it. her research focuses on understanding how the brain processes the visual and auditory stimuli in the process of spatial recognition. Moreover, Dr. Groh ties in the sensory and motor systems together and how these systems aid in cognitive processing. She views the brain as a biological machine and believes that sensory systems tie into other processes such as thinking and remembering.

Published works
Dr. Groh published the book Making space: How The Brain Knows Where Things Are on November 5, 2014 where she takes an unorthodox approach on viewing the brain. Instead of looking at the brain as a whole and then moving on to its individual components, she focuses on the individual sensory neurons and how they process information. Her main focus is identifying how auditory and visual signals are used in the process of spatial recognition and memory. In the book, Dr, Groh makes the case that spatial processing is the basis for all cognitive abilities. In other words, our system of thinking about space may be the system of thought itself.

Honours, decorations, awards and distinctions
1987 National Science Foundation summer research fellowship 1988 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship 1988 Senior book Prize in biology, Princeton University 1989 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship 1992 Alfred N. Richards Predoctoral Fellowship in Biomedical Science 1994 Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship 1994 Joanne S. Diamond Award lecture in Behavioral Neurobiology, Duke University 1994 Finalist, Donald B. Lindsley prize in Behavioral Neuroscience 1998 McKnight Scholar Award 1998 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship ($35,000) 1998 Whitehall Foundation Research Grant ($225,000) 1999 John Merck Scholarship in the Biology of Developmental Disabilities in children 1999 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award 2001 The Walter and Constance Burke Research Initiation Award for Junior Faculty, Dartmouth 2002 EJLB foundation research grant ($300,000) 2007 Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow

Recognition in the News

 * Your eardrums are pointing where your eyes are looking (CBC Radio)
 * Study: When the eyes move, so do the eardrums (United Press International)
 * When Your Eyes Move, So Do Your Eardrums and no one knows why (The Atlantic)
 * The Secret of Ventriloquism Revealed (Telegraph)
 * Natural Navigation (BBC)