Lee Miller

Lee Miller, PhD

Research Scientist
Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience, PM&R and Physiology (NU)

My Lab

Limb Motor Control Lab

We are working to understand the nature of the somatosensory and motor signals within the brain that control our movements.

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About Me

Dr. Miller is a neuroscientist who studies the use of a neurally controlled implantable functional electrical stimulation (FES) prosthesis to regain upper extremity function in spinal cord injury.

Location

Shirley Ryan 香港六合彩即时开奖

355 East Erie

Chicago, IL 60611

Education & Training

  • Education

    1976 – 1980

    Physics, Goshen College

    1990

    Ph.D., Physiology, Northwestern University

    1984

    Master of Science, Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University

    1980

    Bachelor of the Arts, Physics, Goshen College

  • Fellowship

    1992 – 1993

    Research Associate, Physiology Department, Northwestern University

    1990 – 1992

    Post-Doctoral Research, Department of Biophysics and Medical Physics, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Recent Publications

Ramkumar P, Dekleva B, Cooler S, Miller L, Kording K
PloS one
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160851
Dekleva BM, Ramkumar P, Wanda PA, Kording KP, Miller LE
eLife
pii: e14316. doi: 10.7554/eLife.14316
Ethier C, Acuna D, Solla SA, Miller LE
Journal of neural engineering
doi: 10.1088/1741-2560/13/4/046009

Honors & Awards

  • Elected fellow in the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
    2016
  • Elected president of the Society for the Neural Control of Movement
    2015
  • Elected development officer of the Society for the Neural Control of Movement
    2013

Work History

  • 2009
    Professor, Physiology, PM&R, Biomedical Engineering (NU)
  • 2008
    Associate Professor, PM&R, (NU)
  • 2006
    Affiliated faculty member, Biomedical Engineering Dept. (NU)
  • 2003
    Associate Professor (tenured), Physiology Department (NU)
  • 2002 - 2007
    Appointed to the faculty of the NU IGERT program in the Dynamics of Complex Systems
  • 1999
    Appointed to the Graduate School
  • 1997
    Appointed to the faculty of the Northwestern University Institute for Neuroscience
  • 1995 - 2003
    Assistant Professor, Physiology Department (NU)
  • 1993 - 1995
    Research Assistant Professor, Physiology Department (NU)