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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
  • 2020 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2001 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Gerald E. Loeb is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on neuroscience and engineering. Within these broad fields, they have contributed significantly to subfields including cognitive neuroscience, biomedical engineering, social psychology, artificial intelligence, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The main topics addressed in their work involve motor control and adaptation, muscle activation and electromyography studies, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, tactile and sensory interactions, neural dynamics and brain function, neuroscience and neural engineering, as well as balance, gait, and falls prevention.

Gerald E. Loeb has published notable papers, including:

  • "Learning to Use Muscles," 2021, Journal of Human Kinetics
  • "The influence of temporal predictability on express visuomotor responses," 2020, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • "Force variability is mostly not motor noise: Theoretical implications for motor control," 2021, PLoS Computational Biology
  • "A hierarchical sensorimotor control framework for human-in-the-loop robotic hands," 2023, Science Robotics
  • "Shoulder kinematics plus contextual target information enable control of multiple distal joints of a simulated prosthetic arm and hand," 2021, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Their frequent co-authors include Brian D. Corneil, Guy Wallis, Timothy J. Carroll, Samuele Contemori, and Jonas M. D. Enander.

Gerald E. Loeb's research is frequently published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Neurophysiology, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Research Directions Bioelectronics, and Journal of Human Kinetics.

They have been recognized with awards such as Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2001 and Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Implantable microstimulator system for prevention of disorders

    Gerald E. Loeb;Frances J. R. Richmond

  • Structure and method of manufacture of an implantable microstimulator

    Joseph H. Schulman;Gerald E. Loeb;John C. Gord;Primoz Strojnik

  • A miniature microelectrode array to monitor the bioelectric activity of cultured cells

    C.A. Thomas;P.A. Springer;G.E. Loeb;Y. Berwald-Netter

  • Fitting process for a neural stimulation system

    Carla Mann Woods;David K. L. Peterson;Paul M. Meadows;Gerald E. Loeb

  • Implantable device having an electrolytic storage electrode

    Gerald E. Loeb

  • Implantable stimulator systems and methods for treatment of incontinence and pain

    Gerald E. Loeb;Francis J. R. Richmond;Carla M. Mann;Michael A. Faltys

  • Implantable generator having current steering means

    Carla Mann Woods;David K. L. Peterson;Paul M. Meadows;Gerald E. Loeb

  • Bayesian exploration for intelligent identification of textures.

    Jeremy A. Fishel;Gerald E. Loeb

  • Feedback gains for correcting small perturbations to standing posture

    J. He;W.S. Levine;G.E. Loeb

  • Biomimetic Tactile Sensor Array

    Nicholas Wettels;Veronica J. Santos;Roland S. Johansson;Gerald E. Loeb

  • Visual sensations produced by intracortical microstimulation of the human occipital cortex.

    M. Bak;J. P. Girvin;F. T. Hambrecht;C. V. Kufta

  • Implantable multichannel stimulator

    Gerald E. Loeb;Joseph H. Schulman

  • Multichannel cochlear prosthesis with flexible control of stimulus waveforms

    Gerald E. Loeb;Michael A. Faltys

  • Surgically implantable electrode for nerve bundles

    Gerald E. Loeb

  • Micromodular implants to provide electrical stimulation of paralyzed muscles and limbs

    T. Cameron;G.E. Loeb;R.A. Peck;J.H. Schulman

  • BION™ system for distributed neural prosthetic interfaces

    Gerald E. Loeb;Raymond A. Peck;William H. Moore;Kevin Hood

  • The control and responses of mammalian muscle spindles during normally executed motor tasks.

    Gerald E. Loeb

  • A hierarchical foundation for models of sensorimotor control.

    G. E. Loeb;I. E. Brown;E. J. Cheng

  • Parylene as a Chronically Stable, Reproducible Microelectrode Insulator

    Gerald E. Loeb;M. J. Bak;M. Salcman;E. M. Schmidt

  • Distribution and innervation of short, interdigitated muscle fibers in parallel-fibered muscles of the cat hindlimb.

    G. E. Loeb;G. E. Loeb;C. A. Pratt;C. A. Pratt;C. M. Chanaud;C. M. Chanaud;F. J. R. Richmond;F. J. R. Richmond

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Scott
Stephen Scott Queen's University
Stefan Schaal
Stefan Schaal Google (United States)
Michael J. O'Donovan
Michael J. O'Donovan National Institutes of Health
Gaurav S. Sukhatme
Gaurav S. Sukhatme University of Southern California
Jiping He
Jiping He Beijing Institute of Technology
Richard B. Stein
Richard B. Stein University of Alberta
Douglas J. Weber
Douglas J. Weber Carnegie Mellon University
Roland S. Johansson
Roland S. Johansson Umeå University
Eun Sok Kim
Eun Sok Kim University of Southern California
Michael M. Merzenich
Michael M. Merzenich University of California, San Francisco

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