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1 Roozbeh Kiani, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor Center for Neural Science New York University 4 Washington Place, Room 809 New York, NY roozbeh@nyu.edu Date of Birth: March 23, 1977 Education 06/ /2012 Post-doctoral fellow, Newsome lab, Stanford University 03/ /2009 Post-doctoral fellow, Shadlen lab, University of Washington 02/2009 Ph.D. (Supervisor: Michael Shadlen) Dissertation: Bounded accumulation of evidence in parietal cortex: A flexible neural mechanism for making decisions and estimating certainty 06/2006 Computational Neuroscience: Vision, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 10/ /2009 Graduate Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, University of Washington, Seattle 11/ /2004 Research Fellow in the Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Shaheed Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran. Supervisors: Hossein Esteky and Keiji Tanaka 11/2002 M.D. Dissertation: Electrophysiological investigation of the effect of C-fiber depletion on the accuracy of whisker discrimination by rat barrel cortex neurons 01/ /2002 Research Assistant, School of Cognitive Sciences, IPM, Iran 09/ /2002 Medical Student, Shaheed Beheshti University School of Medicine, Tehran, Iran Roozbeh Kiani Page 1

2 Awards and Honors 1. Walter V. and Idun Berry Postdoctoral Fellowship, Donald B. Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience for outstanding Ph.D. thesis, Gold medal of the 27 th International Chemistry Olympiad and the special award of the competition for the top gold medalist, Beijing, China, Iranian National Gold medal of Chemistry, 1994 Professional Organizations Society for Neuroscience since May 2003 Vision Sciences Society since Feb 2007 The American Physiological Society since Jan 2008 Ad-hoc reviewer Cerebral Cortex Current Biology Frontiers in Decision Neuroscience Journal of Computational Neuroscience Journal of Neurophysiology Journal of Neuroscience Nature Nature Neuroscience Neural Networks Neuron PLoS Biology PLoS One PNAS Review editor Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience Frontiers in Perception Science Roozbeh Kiani Page 2

3 Invited Lectures and Presentations 1. NYU Center for Neuroeconomics, New York, 5/7/ Princeton University, Princeton, 3/29/ NYU, New York, 2/13/ Duke University, Durham, 1/30/ Columbia University, New York, 1/19/ Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, 10/25/ Princeton University, Princeton, 6/6/ Center for Mind, Brain and Computation, Stanford, 5/16/ The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 2/7/ Dartmouth College, Hanover, 1/24/ Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1/10/ National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 12/14/ Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 11/1/ Rochester University, Rochester, 5/26/ RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan, 4/22/ IPM School of Cognitive Sciences, Tehran, Iran, 4/18/ German Primate Research Center, Gottingen, Germany, 3/4/ The Rank Prize Funds Symposium "Eye movements: What determines when and where we look?", England, 1/13/ ECVP symposium "Population encoding for high-dimensional visual representations" organized by Jim Haxby, Germany, 8/26/ Methods in Computational Neuroscience, Marine Biological Laboratory, 8/5/ SfN Minisymposium "How can perceptual decisions be predicted from the activity of sensory neurons" organized by Bruce Cumming and Hendrikje Nienborg, San Diego, 11/6/ Computational and Systems Neuroscience Workshop, organized by Anitha Pasupathy and Ed Connor, The Canyons, Utah, 02/26/ National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 10/27/2006 Roozbeh Kiani Page 3

4 Publications: Manuscripts 1. Gordon AM, Rissman J, Kiani R, Wagner AD. "Cortical Reinstatement Mediates the Relationship Between Content-Specific Encoding Activity and Subsequent Recollection Decisions" Cereb Cortex. 2013, [Epub ahead of print] 2. Zirnsak M, Gerhards R, Kiani R, Lappe M, Hamker F. "Anticipatory Saccade Target Processing and the Pre-saccadic Transfer of Visual Features" J Neurosci. 2011, 31(49): Lehky SR, Kiani R, Esteky H, Tanaka K. "Statistics of visual responses in primate inferotemporal cortex to object stimuli" J Neurophysiol. 2011, 106(3): Hanks TD, Mazurek ME, Kiani R, Hopp E, Shadlen MN. "Elapsed decision time affects the weighting of prior probability in a perceptual decision task" J Neurosci. 2011, 31(17): Churchland AK, Kiani R, Chaudhuri R, Wang XJ, Pouget A, Shadlen MN. "Variance as a signature of neural computations during decision-making" Neuron. 2011, 69(4): Resulaj A, Kiani R, Wolpert DM, Shadlen MN. "Changes of mind in decision-making" Nature. 2009, 461(7261): Kiani R, Shadlen MN. "Representation of confidence associated with a decision by neurons in the parietal cortex" Science. 2009, 324(5928): Kriegeskorte N, Mur M, Ruff DA, Kiani R, Bodurka J, Esteky H, Tanaka K, Bandettini PA. "Matching categorical object representations in inferotemporal cortex of man and monkey" Neuron. 2008, 60(6): Beck JM, Ma WJ, Kiani R, Hanks TD, Churchland AK, Roitman J, Shadlen MN, Latham PE, Pouget A. "Probabilistic population codes for Bayesian decision making" Neuron. 2008, 60(6): Churchland AK, Kiani R, Shadlen MN. "Decision-making with multiple alternatives" Nat Neurosci. 2008, 11(6): Kiani R, Hanks TD, Shadlen MN. "Bounded integration in parietal cortex underlies decisions even when viewing duration is dictated by the environment" J Neurosci. 2008, 28(12): Shadlen MN, Kiani R. "An awakening" Nature. 2007, 448(7153): Kiani R, Esteky H, Mirpour K, Tanaka K. "Object category structure in response patterns of neuronal population in monkey inferior temporal cortex" J Neurophysiol. 2007, 97(6): Roozbeh Kiani Page 4

5 14. Afraz SR, Kiani R, Esteky H. "Microstimulation of inferotemporal cortex influences face categorization" Nature. 2006, 442(7103): Kiani R, Hanks TD, Shadlen MN. "When is enough enough?" Nat Neurosci. 2006, 9(7): Kiani R, Esteky H, Tanaka H. "Differences in onset latency of macaque inferotemporal neural responses to primate and non-primate faces" J Neurophysiol. 2005, 94(2): Farazifard R, Kiani R, Esteky H. "Effects of GABA A receptor inhibition on response properties of barrel cortical neurons in C-Fiber depleted rats" Brain Res. 2005, 1050(1-2): Farzaifard R, Kiani R, Noorbakhsh SM, Esteky H. "Effects of neonatal C-fiber depletion on the integration of paired-whisker inputs in rat barrel cortex" Exp Brain Res. 2005, 162(1): Afraz SR, Kiani R, Vaziri-Pashkam M, Esteky H. "Motion-induced overestimation of the number of items in a display" Perception. 2004, 33(8): Kiani R, Farazifard R, Noorbakhsh SM, Esteky H. "Effects of neonatal C-fiber depletion on discrimination of principal and adjacent whisker stimulation within rat individual cortical barrels" Brain Res. 2004, 1015(1-2): Publications: Book Chapters 1. Shadlen MN, Kiani R. (2011) Consciousness as a decision to engage. In Characterizing Consciousness: From Cognition to the Clinic. Dehaene S, Christen Y (eds.), Springer- Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. 2. Shadlen MN, Kiani R, Hanks TD, Churchland AK. (2008) Neurobiology of decision making: An intentional framework. In Better Than Conscious? Decision Making, the Human Mind, and Implications for Institutions. Engel C, Singer W (eds.), MIT Press: Cambridge. 3. Shadlen MN, Hanks TD, Churchland AK, Kiani R, Yang T. (2006) The Speed and accuracy of a simple perceptual decision: a mathematical primer. In Bayesian Brain: Probabilistic Approaches to Neural Coding. Doya K, Ishii S, Pouget A, Rao RPN (eds.), MIT Press: Cambridge. Abstracts Roozbeh Kiani Page 5

6 1. Witthoft N, Winawer J, Kiani R. "Behavioral The Behavioral Effects of Adaptation to Facial Expressions are Explained by Changes in the Decision-Making Process" Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, 2013, Naples, Florida. 2. Kiani R, Cueva CJ, Reppas JB, Peixoto D, Newsome WT. "Natural grouping of neural responses reveals spatially segregated clusters in prearcuate cortex" Program No Neuroscience Meeting Planner. New Orleans, LA: Society for Neuroscience, Online. 3. Zirnsak M, Kiani R, Michels L, Moore T. "Saccadic luminance detection across visual space" Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, 2012, Naples, Florida. 4. Kiani R, Shadlen MN, Newsome WT. "Belief and time: Response dynamics of lateral intraparietal neurons represent choice certainty" Program No Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, Online. 5. Fetsch CR *, Kiani R *, Shadlen MN. "Effects of MT and MST microstimulation on perceptual decisions, biases, and choice certainty" Program No Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, Online. 6. Gordon AM *, Kiani R *, Newsome WT, Wagner AD. "Representations of decision evidence across perception and memory: An fmri study" Program No Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, Online. 7. Gordon A *, Kiani R *, Newsome W, Wagner A. "Neural representation of evidence in perceptual and memory-based decisions" Cognitive Neuroscience Society 18th Annual Meeting, 2011, San Francisco, California. 8. Churchland AK, Shadlen MN, Shea-Brown E, Kiani R. "A new measure of firing rate correlations across time reveals a signature of bounded evidence accumulation in LIP firing rates" Program No Neuroscience Meeting Planner. San Diego, CA: Society for Neuroscience, Online. 9. Lehky SR, Kiani R, Esteky H, Tanaka K. "Statistics of visual responses in primate inferotemporal cortex to object stimuli" Program No Neuroscience Meeting Planner. San Diego, CA: Society for Neuroscience, Online. 10. Kiani R, Churchland AK, Shadlen MN. "Microstimulation of extrastriate area MST affects certainty about choice in a direction discrimination task" Program No Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Chicago, IL: Society for Neuroscience, Online. 11. Hanks TD, Kiani R, Shadlen MN. "A neural correlate of the tradeoff between the speed and accuracy of a decision" Program No Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Chicago, IL: Society for Neuroscience, Online. Roozbeh Kiani Page 6

7 12. Churchland AK, Kiani R, Shadlen MN. "The weighting game: Microstimulation of area MT reveals the effective weights of different neurons on perceptual choices" Program No Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Chicago, IL: Society for Neuroscience, Online. 13. Kiani R, Shadlen MN. "Representation of choice certainty in the monkey parietal cortex" Program No Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, Online. 14. Kriegeskorte N, Mur M, Kiani R, Bandettini P. "Representational similarity analysis a framework for relating computational theory to behavioral and brain-activity data" Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) meeting, 2008, Utah. 15. Hanks TD, Kiani R, Kira S, Shadlen MN. "Evidence for the incorporation of psychological urgency in decision making" Program No Neuroscience Meeting Planner. San Diego, CA: Society for Neuroscience, Online. 16. Churchland AK, Kiani R, Shadlen MN. "LIP neurons combine accumulated evidence with a representation of elapsed time --urgency-- to mediate a perceptual decision" Program No Neuroscience Meeting Planner. San Diego, CA: Society for Neuroscience, Online. 17. Kriegeskorte N, Mur M, Ruff D, Kiani R, Bodurka J, Bandettini P. "Matching categorical object representations in inferotemporal cortex of man and monkey" The Organization for Human Brain Mapping 13th Annual meeting, 2007, Chicago, Illinois. 18. Churchland AK, Kiani R, Shadlen MN. "Time course of response variability in area LIP in a two- and four-choice decision task" Program No Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Atlanta, GA: Society for Neuroscience, Online. 19. Shadlen MN, Hanks TD, Mazurek ME, Kiani R, Yang T, Churchland AK, McKinley MK, Palmer J. "The brain uses elapsed time to convert spike rate to probability" Program No Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Atlanta, GA: Society for Neuroscience, Online. 20. Kiani R, Hanks TD, Shadlen MN. "Improvement in sensitivity with viewing time is limited by an integration-to-bound mechanism in area LIP" Program No Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Atlanta, GA: Society for Neuroscience, Online. 21. Afraz SR, Kiani R, Esteky H. "Microstimulation of inferotemporal cortex influences face categorization" Program No Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Atlanta, GA: Society for Neuroscience, Online. 22. Kiani R, Esteky H, Tanaka K. "Hierarchical representation of object categories in monkey inferotemporal cortex" Program No Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, Online. Roozbeh Kiani Page 7

8 23. Churchland AK, Tam M, Palmer J, Kiani R, Shadlen MN. "Responses of LIP neurons reflect accumulation of evidence in a multiple choice decision task" Program No Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, Online. 24. Churchland AK, Kiani R, Tam M, Shadlen MN. "More than 2: Multiple choice decisionmaking in humans and monkeys" Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) meeting, 2005, Utah. 25. Vaziri-Pashkam M, Afraz SR, Kiani R, Esteky H. "Motion-induced overestimation" European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), 2004, Budapest, Hungary. 26. Kiani R, Esteky H, Tanaka K. "Short latency category specific neural responses to human faces in macaque inferotemporal cortex" Program No Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, Online. 27. Mousavi A, Arabzadeh E, Kiani R. "Relative sets" Proceedings of the 1 st international conference on intelligent technologies (Intech), 2000, Bangkok, Thailand. 28. Arabzadeh E, Kiani R, Mousavi A. "Relative sets and the three world description" Proceedings of international conference on artificial intelligence in science and technology (AISAT), 2000, Tasmania, Australia. Teaching Experience Lecturer, Marine Biological Laboratory 2012 Methods in Computational Neuroscience Lecturer, Marine Biological Laboratory 2010 Methods in Computational Neuroscience Lecturer, Yerevan, Armenia 2010 Diversity and cross-fertilization among approaches to memory Teaching Assistant, Cold Spring Harbor 2010 Computational Neuroscience: Vision course Lecturer, Marine Biological Laboratory 2009 Methods in Computational Neuroscience Teaching Assistant, University of Washington 2007 Quantitative Methods in Neuroscience (Graduate Level) Teaching Assistant, University of Washington 2006 Roozbeh Kiani Page 8

9 Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology (Graduate Level) Roozbeh Kiani Page 9

M.D., School of Medicine Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services (IUMS) Tehran, Iran

M.D., School of Medicine Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services (IUMS) Tehran, Iran CV Reza Rajimehr McGovern Institute for Brain Research Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 77 Massachusetts Ave. Building 46, Room 5127 Cambridge, MA 02139 Phone: 617-669-0930 (cell), 617-324-5530