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Piro Lera

 

Contact Information

 

pirolera@gmail.com

 

Research Summary

 

Analysis of synaptic interactions between prefrontal areas and auditory association areas using 3D tissue reconstruction. Samples of series can be found here: series1; series2; series3a; series3b; series4a; series4b

 

Academic Awards, Honors and Achievements

 

2005 – 2006

GRASP (Graduate Research Assistant Scholarship Program)

2004 - 2006

Dean’s List

2004 – 2005

Recipient of Summer Research Award and Faculty Matching Grant

from UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program)

 

Professional Experience

 

2006 – Present

Software Engineer II, BAE Systems

2006

Software Engineer / Research Scientist, Geometric Informatics

2002 –2006

Research Assistant / Software Engineer, Department of Health Sciences, Boston University

 

Education

 

2004 – 2006

Master’s Degree: Cognitive and Neural Systems. Boston University. Project: Analysis of synaptic interactions between prefrontal areas and auditory association areas using 3D tissue reconstruction.

2000 – 2006

Bachelor’s Degree: Major – Computer Science; Minor – Italian. Boston University.

 

Publications

 

Barbas H, Medalla M, Alade O, Suski J, Zikopoulos B, Lera P (2005) Relationship of prefrontal connections to inhibitory systems in superior temporal areas in the rhesus monkey. Cereb Cortex 15: 1356-1370.

 

Published Abstracts

 

Lera P and Barbas H (2006) Excitatory and Inhibitory Synaptic Interactions from Prefrontal Areas in Superior Temporal Auditory Association Cortex. 10th ICCNS Conference, Boston, MA.

 

Lera P and Barbas H (2004) Synaptic interactions between Prefrontal Areas and Auditory Association Areas. 7th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium Bulletin, Boston, MA.

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