Gary M. Muir, Ph.D.

I. Education/Degrees:

2000         Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Dissertation: The effects of lesions centred on the perirhinal cortex on the location-, theta-, and movement-related firing of hippocampal neurons.
Supervisor: Associate Professor David K. Bilkey

1996         M.A. in Psychology (with Distinction), University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Thesis: Phase relations between neuronal activity in the perirhinal cortex and hippocampal theta rhythm.
Supervisor: Associate Professor David K. Bilkey

1992         B.A. in Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Areas of Expertise & Special Interests:

Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience; the neurobiology of spatial cognition and navigation; the neurobiology of learning and memory; brain oscillations and neuronal synchrony; single-unit electrophysiology; undergraduate teaching of neuroscience and psychology.

II. Employment and Teaching Experience

2004-       Assistant Professor      Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Program, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN,     USA.

Classes Taught:   Psych125: Principles of Psychology
Psych126: Investigative Explorations in Psychology
Psych238: Biopsychology
Neuro234: Introduction to Neuroscience
Psych337: The Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

2003 Fall  Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
Class Taught:       Psychology 50: The Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

2000       Post-Doctoral Research Associate (with Professor Jeffrey S. Taube).
2004         Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
Research Areas:
Relationship between head direction-related neuronal activity and navigation behavior.
Importance of vestibular information to the generation/maintenance of the head direction signal.