Kurt Thoroughman
Physicist, Academic
1972 –
Who is Kurt Thoroughman?
Kurt A. Thoroughman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. He is known for his work in the study of motor control, motor learning, and computational neuroscience.
Thoroughman investigates how humans plan, control, and learn new movements. Understanding normal motor behavior and its neural basis will further the development of insightful clinical tests in movement neurology, and facilitate the early detection and treatment of motor diseases.
Thoroughman graduated with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 1999, completing a thesis in the Laboratory of Computational Motor Control, under the mentorship of Reza Shadmehr. After completion of his PhD, Thoroughman was a postdoctoral fellow with Eve Marder at Brandeis University.
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- Born
- Jan 31, 1972
Kalamazoo - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Chicago
- Employment
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Johns Hopkins University
- University of Chicago
- Brandeis University
- Lived in
- United States of America
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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