Prof. John B. Troy

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Northwestern University
Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Biomedical Engineering
ProfessorAppointed: 2002
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Mailing Address

Department of Biomedical Engineering
Rm. E372
Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston, Illinois 60208-3107
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (847) 491-3822
Fax: (847) 491-4928
j-troy@northwestern.edu

Qualifications

D.Phil., University of Sussex, Experimental Psychology (Neuroscience), 1981.
B.Sc. (with Honors), King's College London, Biology with Physics, 1977.
B.A. (Honors), University of Reading, Politics (Math Minor), 1972.

Expertise and Research Interests

Neural coding
Visual information processing
Electrodes for neuroprosthetics
Neurotechnology

Keywords

COS Keywords:

'Affective Disorders', 'Alzheimer''s Disease', 'Artificial Organs', 'Behavioral Problems Or Disorders', 'Bioinstrumentation', 'Biomedical Engineering', 'Brain Tumors', 'Chronic Pain', 'Dementia', 'Depression', 'Diabetic Retinopathy', 'Eye Diseases', 'Headaches', 'Huntington''s Disease', 'Implants', 'Medical Devices', 'Medical Instrumentation', 'Mental Disorders', 'Musculoskeletal Diseases', 'Nanotechnology', 'Neurological Disorders', 'Neurology', 'Optometry', 'Pain', 'Paralysis', 'Parkinson''s Disease', 'Physiological Monitoring Technology', 'Prostheses and Implants', 'Schizophrenia', 'Spinal Cord Injury', 'Stroke', 'Tourette''s Syndrome', 'Vision Disorders', 'Visual Perception or Processing', Computer Software, Vision.

Additional Terms:

Educational Software, Neuroprosthetics.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

French: (Functional, Functional, Functional)
German: (Basic, Basic, Basic)
Japanese: (Basic, Basic, Basic)
Korean: (Basic, Basic, Basic)

Memberships

American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Biomedical Engineering Society

Honors and Awards

2005, Fellow, American Institutute of Medical and Biomedical Engineering
1998-1998, JSPS Biomedical Research Fellow, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, Osaka University Medical School, Neuroscience
1998-1998, Shinya Fund for International Exchange Osaka University Medical School, Neuroscience
1988-1990, Fellowship in Neuroscience, Alfred P.Sloan Foundation, Northwestern University, Neuroscience

Previous Positions

1993-2002, Associate Professor, Northwestern University, Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Biomedical Engineering

Funding Received

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): A nanoelectrode for neurophysiology and neuroprosthetics, $285,360, 2004 to 2006.

Publications

  • Troy, J.B., Bohnsack, D.L., Chen, J., Guo, X., Passaglia, C.L., Spatiotemporal integration of light by the cat X-cell center under photopic and scotopic conditions, Visual Neuroscience, 22, 493-500, 2005
  • Qiao, Y., Chen, J., Guo, X., Cantrell, R., Ruoff, R., Troy, J. (2005) Fabrication of nanoelectrodes for neurophysiology: cathodic electrophoretic paint insulation and focused ion beam milling, Nanotechnology, 16, 1598-1602
  • Passaglia, C.L. & Troy, J.B, Information Transmission Rates of Cat Retinal Ganglion Cells, Journal of Neurophysiology, 91, 1217-1229, 2004
  • Passaglia, C.L. & Troy, J.B, Impact of Noise on Retinal Coding of Visual Signals, Journal of Neurophysiology, 92, 1023-1033, 2004
  • Troy, J.B. & Linsenmeier, R.A, Optimizing the Delivery of Content in Physiology Instruction, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, 80-87, 2003
  • Passaglia, C.L., Troy, J.B., Rüttiger, L. & Lee, B.B, Orientation sensitivity of ganglion cells in primate retina, Vision Research, 42, 682-693, 2002
  • Troy, J.B. & Shou, T, The receptive fields of cat retinal ganglion cells in physiological and pathological states: Where we are after half a century of research, Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, 21, 263-302, 2002
  • Passaglia, C.L., Enroth-Cugell, Ch. & Troy, J.B, Effects of remote stimulation on the mean firing rate of cat retinal ganglion cells, Journal of Neuroscience, 21, 5794-5803, 2001

Profile Details

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