Curriculum Vitae - Jan Schnupp

 

University Laboratory of Physiology

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Education:                                                                                           

Education:

2006:       Bachelor of Arts in Mathematical Sciences Hons (1st) - Open University

1991-96 : Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology- University of Oxford,. Studied the development of representations of auditory space in the mammalian midbrain under supervision by Dr. A.J. King.

1987-90 : Batchelor of Science in Genetics Hons. (II.1) -  University College London.

1976-85 : Abitur - Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich (Grammar school with emphasis on classics) grade 1.9 (on a 1.0-6.0 scale with 1.0 being the best attainable grade).

Work Experience:

2005-06 :     Instructor at the Otto Loewi Minerva International Neuroscience Course in intracellular recording techniques, Eilat, Israel.

2002-     : University Lecturer at the University Laboratory of Physiology, Fellow and Tutor in Medicine  at St Peter's College and Stipendiary Lecturer at Oriel College, Oxford

2001- 02 :Retained Lecturer in Neuroscience for Trinity College, Oxford

2001- 02: Postdoctoral Research Scientist (RS1A) in the laboratory of Dr. A.J. King, Physiology, Oxford

1998-     : Author of “BrainWare”, a Software application for sensory electrophysiology, now distributed by Tucker Davis Technology, Gainesville, Florida. (http://www.tdt.com/T2Siggen/Brainware.htm)

1998-99 :Visiting Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, collaborating with Prof. J. Brugge, studying the representation of moving and of natural sounds in the auditory midbrain and cortex.

1997-00: Defeating Deafness - Dunhill Medical Trust Research Fellow

1996-01: Research Fellow at Christ-Church,  Oxford University. Studying neural mechanisms of sound localisation in mammals.

1993-97: Warden in residence at St Clare’s International School, Oxford, responsible in loco parentis for the welfare and discipline of a group of typically 15 foreign students aged between 16 and 21.

1990-91: Computer programming: Co-developed "Xcard" (a Hypercard system for UNIX platforms) for InterFace Lavarde GmbH, Munich.

1986-    : Translation of books on art and design history for Bangert Verlag, Munich. Also translation of technical and promotional literature (English-German, German-English, French-German) for a variety of clients, including Opéra Traduction, Paris, Oxford Translations, Oxford & Heide Lavarde Sarl, Ermont near Paris.

1986-87:  Programming and marketing support technician for a Prolog programming language interpreter for Interface Lavarde Sarl  in Ermont.

Grants & Awards:

2006: EU 6th Framework collaborative Research Grant “Novelty Tuning: behavioural, electrophysiological and molecular mechanisms of novelty detection.” held with Prof Jacques Mallet, CNRS, Paris, Prof Israel Nelken, Heberw University, Jerusalem, Dr Leszek Kazmarek, Neki Institute, Warsaw, and Prof Has-Peter Lipp, NewBehavior, Zurich. (Total grant € 2 399 849 , of which Oxford’s share is € 327200)

2006: BBSRC Project Grant BB/D009758/1"The Neural Basis of Pitch, Timbre and Location Judgements" (£294 147)

2005: EPSRC Collaborative Grant “A novel computing architecture based on the laminar microcircuitry of the neocortex”. (ref. EP/C010841/1, a multidisciplinary project lead by Prof Denham of Plymouth University, total grant £1.73 Mio, of which £70000 go to J.Schnupp’s group)

2005: Defeating Deafness Graduate Studentship (£6150)

2004: E P Abrham Fund Equipment Grant “Eye tracking for electrophysiology in awake animals” (£5000)

2003:  BBSRC Project Grant "Modelling neural responses in the central auditory pathway" (£179500)

2002:  Servier Young Scientist Award, 22nd European Winter Conference for Brain Research

      1997-00: Defeating Deafness - Dunhill Medical Trust Research Fellowship (£105000)

1997-01: Christ Church Junior Research Fellowship (£67300)

      1993:  Wellcome Prize Studentship

1991:  MRC Research Studentship

1987: Sessional prize in Genetics, Department of Genetics & Biometry, University College London

Committees & Administrative Duties

2007: Expert reviewer for the European Union Framework 7 program “coding in neural assemblies”

2007: External examiner for University College London Course PHOL3008 "Biological Bases Of Hearing".

2007: External Examiner for Open University course SD329 “Signals and Perception: the science of the senses”.

2007: Departmental Teaching Committee, St Peter’s College Building and Investment Committees

2005 : Elector for the Norman Collison chair in Musculo-skeletal Science

2004-6 :Examiner in Neuroscience for the Final Honours School in Physiological Sciences, University of Oxford

2004-: Physiology Departmental Committee

2004-: Physiology Department Teaching Committee

2005-: St Peter’s College Travel Fund Committee

Academic Publications

Peer-reviewed Research Papers:

Garcia-Lazaro JA, Ho S, Nair A, Ahmed B and Schnupp JWH, Shifting and Scaling Adaptation to Dynamic Stimuli in Somatosensory Cortex (2008, in press, European Journal of Neuroscience

Walker K, Ahmed B and Schnupp JWH (2008, in press) Linking Cortical Spike Pattern Codes to Auditory Perception  J Cog Neurosci

Schnupp JWH, Hall TD, Kokelaar RF, Ahmed B (2006) Plasticity of temporal pattern codes for vocalization stimuli in auditory cortex J Neurosci 26:4785-95

Campbell RA, Shial A, Schnupp JWH, King AJ (2006) Binaural Level Functions in Ferret Auditory Cortex: Evidence for a Continuum of Response Types. J Neurophysiol, 95:3742-55

Ahmed B, Garcia-Lazaro JA, Schnupp JWH (2006) Linearity in Primary Auditory Cortex of the Ferret. J Physiol, 572(3): 763-73

Garcia-Lazaro JA, Ahmed B, Schnupp JWH (2006)Tuning to Natural Stimulus Dynamics in Primary Auditory Cortex. Curr Biol. 16(3):264-71

Campbell RA, Doubell TP, Nodal FR, Schnupp JWH, King AJ. (2005) Interaural Timing Cues do not Contribute to the Map of Space in the Ferret Superior Colliculus: a Virtual Acoustic Space Study.  J Neurophysiol. 95:242-54.

Nelken I, Chechik G, Mrsic-Flogel TD, King AJ, and Schnupp JWH. (2005) Encoding stimulus information by spike numbers and mean response time in primary auditory cortex. J Comput Neurosci. 19, 199-221

Mrsic-Flogel TD, King AJ, Schnupp JWH. (2005) Encoding of Virtual Acoustic Space Stimuli in Ferret Primary Auditory Cortex. J Neurophysiol. 93(6):3489-503

Schnupp JWH, Dawe KL, Pollack GL (2004) The Detection of Multisensory Stimuli in an Orthogonal Sensory Space. Exp Brain Res

Nelken I, Bizley J, Nodal FR, Ahmed B,.King AJ, and Schnupp JWH (in press) Functional organization of ferret auditory cortex responses to simple and complex sounds using optical imaging of intrinsic signals J. Neurophysiol

Mrsic-Flogel, T. D., Schnupp, J.W.H. and A.J. King (2003) Acoustic factors govern sharpening of spatial tuning in the auditory cortex. Nature Neurosci 9, 981-8

Schnupp, J.W.H., Booth J. and King A.J. (2003) Modeling Individual Differences in Ferret External Ear Transfer Functions. J. Acoust. Soc. Am  113, 2021-30.

Rutkowski R.G., Shackleton, Schnupp J.W.H, Wallace M.N. and Palmer A.R. (2002) Spectro-temporal receptive field properties of single units in guinea pig primary, dorsocaudal and ventro-rostal auditory cortex. Audiol Neurootol 7, 314-27

Schnupp, J.W.H., Mrsic-Flogel, T. D. and A.J. King (2001) Linear Processing of Spatial Cues in Primary Auditory Cortex. Nature 414, 200-4

Zella, J. C., Brugge, J. F. &  Schnupp, J. W. H. (2001) Passive eye displacement alters auditory spatial receptive fields of cat superior colliculus neurons. Nature Neurosci 4, 1167-9

Jenison, R. L., Schnupp, J. W. H., Reale, R. A., and Brugge, J. F. (2001) Auditory space-time receptive field dynamics revealed by spherical white-noise analysis. J. Neurosci. 21, 4408-15

Mrsic-Flogel, T. D., King, A. J., Jenison, R. L., and Schnupp, J. W. H. (2001) Listening through different ears alters spatial receptive fields in primary auditory cortex. J. Neurophysiol. 86, 1043-6.

King, A.J., Kacelnik, O., Mrsic-Flogel, T.D., Schnupp, J.W.H., Parsons, C.H. & Moore D.R. (2001) How plastic is spatial hearing? Audiol Neurootol 6:182-86

Brugge, J. F., Reale, R. A., Rick L. J., Schnupp, J.W.H. (2001) Auditory Cortical Spatial Receptive Fields. Audiol Neurootol 6:173–177

King, A.J., Schnupp, J.W.H. and Doubell, T.P. (2001), The shape of ears to come: dynamic coding of auditory space, Trends in Cog. Sci. 6, 261-70.

Parsons, C. H., R. G. Lanyon, J.W.H. Schnupp, and A.J. King (1999) The effects of altering spectral cues in infancy on horizontal and vertical sound localization by adult ferrets. J Neurophysiol 82, 2294-2309.

Schnupp, J.W.H., A.J. King, and S. Carlile (1998) Altered spectral localization cues disrupt the development of the auditory space map in the superior colliculus of the ferret. J Neurophysiol 79, 1053-1069.

King, A.J., J.W.H. Schnupp, and I. D. Thompson (1998) Signals from the superficial layers of the superior colliculus enable the development of the auditory space map in the deeper layers. J Neurosci 18, 9394-408.

Schnupp, J.W.H., and A.J. King (1997) Coding for auditory space in the nucleus of the brachium of the inferior colliculus of the ferret. J Neurophysiol 78, 2717-31.

Schnupp, J.W.H., A.J. King, A. L. Smith, and I. D. Thompson (1995) NMDA-receptor antagonists disrupt the formation of the auditory space map in the mammalian superior colliculus. J Neurosci 15, 1516-31.

Reviews / Book chapters:

Schnupp, J.W.H. (2006) Auditory filters, features, and redundant representations. Neuron 51(3):278-80

Schnupp, J.W.H. and O. Kacelnik (2002) Learning from Cortical Reorganisation. Curr Biol. 12: R144-6

Moore D.R., J.W.H. Schnupp and A..J. King (2001) Coding the temporal structure of sounds in auditory cortex. Nature Neurosci. 4:1055-1056

Schnupp, J.W.H. (2001) Of Delays, Coincidences and Efficient Coding for Space in the Auditory Pathway. Trends in Neurosci 24:677-8.

Schnupp, J.W.H. and A. J. King (2001) Neural Processing: The logic of multiplication in single neurons. Curr Biol. 11:R640-2

King, A.J., J.W.H. Schnupp, T. P. Doubell, and J. Baron. (2001). Neuronal mechanisms for integrating visual and auditory space during development. In  A. F. Kalverboer and A. Gramsbergen (eds): Development of Perception and Cognition. Dordrecht, N.L.: Kluwer.

King, A.J., and J.W.H. Schnupp. (1999). Multisensory convergence in neural function and development. In  M. S. Gazzaniga (ed): The New Cognitive Neurosciences. Cambridge M.A.: MIT Press, pp. 437-50.

King, A.J., and J.W.H. Schnupp (1998) Sensory Neuroscience: Visualizing the auditory cortex. Curr Biol 8, R784-87.

King, A.J., J.W.H. Schnupp, and Z. D. Jiang. (1997). The construction of an auditory space map in the midbrain. In  J. Syka (ed): Acoustical Signal Processing in the Central Auditory System. N. Y.: Plenum Publishing Corp., pp. 365-72.

King, A.J., J.W.H. Schnupp, S. Carlile, A. L. Smith, and I. D. Thompson. (1996). The development of topographically-aligned maps of visual and auditory space in the superior colliculus. In  B. E. Stein, M. Narita and T. Bando eds): Extrageniculostriate mechanisms of visually guided orientation behavior., pp. 335-50.

Short Papers / Abstracts:

Szymanski F.D., Garcia-Lazaro J. and Schnupp J.W.H. (2007) Current Source Density Analysis of Stimulus Specific Adaptation in Rat Auditory Cortex. IBRO World Congress / Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society (in press).

J.A Garcia Lazaro, S.S.M. Ho and J.W.H. Schnupp (2006) Adaptation to stimulus statistics in rat somatosensory cortex. FENS Abstr., 3: A109.4

Schnupp J. W. H., Walker K. M. M. & Ahmed B. (2006) A neurometric analysis of spike pattern codes for the temporal structure of vocalisation stimuli in primary auditory cortex FENS Abstr., 3: A180.17

J. Alberto Garcia Lazaro, B Ahmed, J.W.H. Schnupp (2006) Preference to Natural Sound Dynamics in the Central Auditory Pathway. ARO Abstracts 29:695

D. Kumpik, O Kaclenik, Jan W.H. Schnupp, A.J. King (2006) Binaural Perceptual Learning: The Effect of Training on Interaural Level Discrimination with Amplitude Modulated Tones. ARO Abstracts 29:434

K. Walker, A.J. King, B. Ahmed, J. W.H. Schnupp (2006) Psychometric and Neurometric Discrimination of Non-Conspecific Vocalizations ARO Abstracts 29:157

B. Ahmed, A Shial, Jan W.H. Schnupp (2006) Linearity in Primary Auditory Cortex of the Ferret ARO Abstracts 29:155

D. Hartley, J Xu, A Shial, M Clarke, B Ahmed, J.W.H. Schnupp, R. Shepherd, A.J. King (2006) Bilateral Cochlear Implantation in the Ferret ARO Abstracts 29:49

Ahmed B, Garcia-Lazaro JAG, and JWH Schnupp (2005) Analysis of response linearity of neurons from ferret inferior colliculus. Soc Neurosci Abstr 32, 164.12

Garcia-Lazaro JAG, B Ahmed, and JWH Schnupp (2005) Preference to natural sound dynamics in the central auditory pathway. Soc Neurosci Abstr 32, 164.2

KMM Walker, B  Ahmed, MC Genco and JWH Schnupp (2005) Psychometric and neurometric performance functions for a vocalization discrimination task. BNA meeting, Brighton.

JWH Schnupp, T Hall and B Ahmed (2005) Temporal Pattern Codes for Animal Vocalisations in Ferret Auditory Cortex. ARO Abstracts 28:989

B Ahmed, JA Garcia-Lazaro and Schnupp JWH (2004) Are there “Simple” and “Complex” Type Cells in Primary Auditory Cortex? Soc Neurosci Abstr 31, 987.6

Schnupp JWH, JA Garcia-Lazaro and B Ahmed (2004) Tuning to Natural Stimulus Dynamics in Primary Auditory Cortex, Soc Neurosci Abstr 31, 987.6

Bizley, J. K., Nelken I., Nodal F. R., Ahmed, B.,  King, A. J. and  J.W.H. Schnupp (2002) An Investigation Into The Functional Anatomy Of Ferret Auditory Cortex Using Optical Imaging And Multi-Electrode Recordings. Soc. Neurosci Abstr 28, 354.1.

Schnupp, J. W. H, Nelken I., Mrsic-Flogel T.D.,  King AJ (2002) Information Theoretical Analysis of Spike Count and Latency Codes for Acoustic Space in Primary Cortical Neurons. ARO Abstracts 25

Campbell, R.A.A., Doubell T.P., Nodal F.R., Schnupp J.W.H, King A.J (2002) Responses of Ferret Superior Colliculus Neurons to Stimuli Presented in Virtual Acoustic Space. ARO Abstracts 25

J.C. Zella,, J.W.H. Schnupp, and J. F. Brugge (2001) Passive Static Displacement of the Eye alters Auditory Spatial Receptive Fields of Superior Colliculus Neurons in the Cat. Soc. Neurosci Abstr 27 511.4

Mrsic-Flogel, T., J.W.H. Schnupp, and A.J. King (2001) Development of Spatial Tuning in the Ferret  Auditory Cortexi. Soc. Neurosci Abstr 27. 60.9

Schnupp, J. W. H., Booth, J. W. R., Mrsic-Flogel, T., and King, A. J (2001) Individual differences in ferret spectral localization cue values are reduced by frequency scaling. ARO Abstracts 24.

Schnupp, J.W.H., T. Mrsic-Flogel, and A.J. King (2000) Predicting the Spatial Selectivity of Auditory Cortical Neurons From Their Spectro-Temporal Receptive Fields. Soc. Neurosci Abstr 26, 161.9.

Mrsic-Flogel, T., J.W.H. Schnupp, and A.J. King (2000) Responses of Ferret Primary Auditory Cortical Neurons to Virtual Auditory Space Stimuli. Soc. Neurosci Abstr 26, 161.8.

Schnupp J.W.H. , T. Mrsic-Flogel, and A.J. King (2001) Linear Encoding of Binaural Spectral Sound Localisation Cues by Neurons in Ferret Primary Auditory Cortex. Brit J Audiol 35.2. 127-8.

Parsons, C. H., J.W.H. Schnupp, and A.J. King (2000) Characteristics of sound-evoked head orienting movements in juvenile and adult ferrets. ARO Abstracts 23, 174.

Jenison, R. L., J.W.H. Schnupp, R. A. Reale, and J. F. Brugge (2000) Correlated auditory space-time receptive fields recorded simultaneously from cat AI cortex. ARO Abstracts 23, 85.

Schnupp, J.W.H., J. C. Zella, J. F. Brugge, and R. A. Reale (1999) Responses of superior colliculus neurons to stationary and moving stimuli presented in virtual auditory space. Soc. Neurosci Abstr 25, 668.

Jenison, R. L., J.W.H. Schnupp, R. A. Reale, and J. F. Brugge (1999) Auditory space-time receptive fields derived by white noise analysis. Soc. Neurosci Abstr. 25, 395.

Schnupp, J.W.H., R. G. Lanyon, and A.J. King (1999) Characterization of the spectro-temporal response properties of auditory midbrain neurons using a reverse correlation technique. ARO Abstracts 22, 218.

Schnupp, J.W.H., R. G. Lanyon, and A.J. King (1999) Spectro-temporal receptive fields of neurons in the auditory midbrain of the rat. Brit J Audiol 33.2, 96.

Schnupp, J.W.H., and A.J. King. (1998). Encoding of sound location by single neurons and neuron pairs in the brachium of the inferior colliculus. In  P. W. F. Poon and J. F. Brugge eds): Central Auditory Processing and Neural Modelling. N. Y.: Plenum, pp. 273-4.

Schnupp, J.W.H., J. D. Giles, R. J. Baddeley, and A.J. King (1998) Non-linearities in the auditory-visual joint sensitivity functions of neurons in the deeper layers of the ferret superior colliculus may explain multisensory facilitation. J. Physiol 506.P, 90P.

Lanyon, R. G., J.W.H. Schnupp, I. D. Thompson, and A.J. King (1997) Visual and auditory representations in the normal and neonatally-lesioned hamster superior colliculus. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 23, 1542.

Schnupp, J.W.H., A.J. King, and I. D. Thompson. (1997). How the eye instructs the ear: mechanisms of visual guidance during the development of the auditory space map in the superior colliculus. In  N. Elsner and H. Wessle eds): Goettingen Neurobiology Report. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, pp. 389.

Schnupp, J.W.H., J. D. Giles, R. J. Baddeley, and A.J. King (1997) Multisensory facilitation may be due to non-linearities in the neuron’s rate-intensity function. Soc Neurosci Abstr 23, 1542.

Schnupp, J.W.H., J. Baron, S. Carlile, and A.J. King (1996) Effect of unilateral pinna removal on the development of the auditory space map in the ferret superior colliculus. Brit J Audiol 30.2, 107.

Baron, J., J.W.H. Schnupp, A. L. Smith, and A.J. King (1996) NMDA receptors and their role in aligning visual and auditory maps in the ferret superior colliculus. Molecular mechanisms of central auditory plasticity (Proc. of Satelite Symposium to 26th Ann. Soc. for Neurosci. Conference), 20.

King, A.J., and J.W.H. Schnupp (1995) Coding for sound azimuth in the brachium of the inferior colliculus in adult ferrets. Proc 4th IBRO World Congress of Neurosci, 287.

Schnupp, J.W.H., and A.J. King (1995) A topographic representation of sound azimuth in the nucleus of the brachium of the anaesthetized ferret. J Physiology 485.P, 14P.

Schnupp, J.W.H., A.J. King, S. Carlile, and J. Baron (1995) Role of the outer ear in the development of the auditory space map in the ferret superior colliculus. Soc. Neurosci. Abstracts 21, 671.

King, A.J., J.W.H. Schnupp, and I. D. Thompson (1994) Possible role of visual inputs to the superficial layers of the superior colliculus in the development of the auditory space map. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 20, 1108.

Schnupp, J.W.H., A.J. King, A. L. Smith, and I. D. Thompson (1993)  Influence of chronic NMDA-receptor antagonists on the development of auditory responses in the ferret superior colliculus. Brit J Audiol 27, 345.

Schnupp, J.W.H., A.J. King, A. L. Smith, and I. D. Thompson (1993) The NMDA receptor antagonist MK801 disrupts the development of the auditory space map in the superior colliculus. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 19, 887.

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Invited Lectures / Seminars / Symposia

October 2007: Invited Speaker at the Institute for Neuroinformatics, Zurich

September 2007: Invited Speaker at British Council Café Scientifique in Thessaloniki, Greece, and Sofia, Bulgaria

June 2007: Runner up at NESTA Famelab science communication competition. http://www.famelab.org/finalists/2007/2/

March 2007: Invited Speaker at the Neural Coding Workshop, Manchester

March 2007: Presenter at Café Scientifique, Oxford, “Making Sense of Sound”

January 2007: Seminar speaker at UCL Ear Institute.

July 2006: Invited Speaker at Computational Neuroscience Conference Workshop “Cortical Microcircuits”, Edinburgh

May 2006: Invited Speaker at Summertown Arts Week workshop: “The Creative Process, Method or Madness”

May 2006: Invited Speaker at Conference “New Ideas in Hearing”, Paris, France

April 2005: Invited Seminar Speaker at Interdisciplinary Centre for Neural Computation, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

March 2005: Invited Speaker at CoSyNe workshop on Central Auditory Processing, Snowbird, Utah

January 2005: Invited Seminar Speaker at Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt

July 2004: Chair at Auditory Development symposium, FENS conference, Lisbon, Portugal

November 2001: Speaker at the Symposium "Hear it Coming- Mechanisms of Sound Localisation", Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference, San Diego

October 2001: Invited Lecture to Graduate College of the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology, Martinsried, Munich

August 2001: Invited speaker at the I.U.P.S. Satellite Meeting "Organization And Processing In The Cerebral Cortex For Sensation And Perception", Sydney, Australia

January 2001: Research Seminar on invitation by the Graduate College, Communication in Biological Systems, Technical University, Darmstadt, Germany

July 2000: Speaker at Symposium “Recent progress in sensory transduction and processing”, Physiological Society Meeting, Cambridge.

May 2000: Research Seminar on invitation by the "Arbeitsgruppe Hörobjekte" (Working Group Auditory Objects), Zoology, Technical University, Munich

 Language Skills:

     Trilingual in German, French and English. Proficiency in Spanish. Intermediate level Portuguese.

 

 

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