Christopher Petkov, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair for Research
Department
Neurosurgery
Biography
Current Positions
- Professor - Neurosurgery
- Vice Chair for Research
Education
- PhD. in Systems Neuroscience, University of California, Davis, CA.
- BA, Honors Psychology and Biology, California State University, Chico
Research areas
- Translational systems neuroscience, from primates to human patients
- Cognitive neuroscience: learning, memory, scene analysis and language precursors
- Neuronal mechanisms, circuits and computational modelling
- Audio-visual sensory integration for concept formation
- Brain predictive coding, fronto-temporal interactions and intolerance to uncertainty
- Primate neuroscience of direct relevance for neurology and neurosurgery patient work
