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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - IEEE Fellow For the invention and development of the retinal prosthesis for the blind
  • 2016 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Robert J. Greenberg is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily intersects the fields of neuroscience and neural engineering, with a notable focus on visual prosthetics and brain stimulation technologies.

The scientist has contributed to the following research topics:

  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Main fields of study for Robert J. Greenberg include Neuroscience with nine publications, supported by subfields such as:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Molecular Biology

Frequent publication venues demonstrate a focus on specialized journals:

  • Brain Stimulation (3 publications)
  • European Journal of Ophthalmology (1 publication)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Greenberg include:

  • Multi-electrode stimulation evokes consistent spatial patterns of phosphenes and improves phosphene mapping in blind subjects, 2021, Brain Stimulation
  • Eye movements and the perceived location of phosphenes generated by intracranial primary visual cortex stimulation in the blind, 2021, Brain Stimulation
  • Sequence of visual cortex stimulation affects phosphene brightness in blind subjects, 2022, Brain Stimulation
  • Electronic retinal prosthesis for severe loss of vision in geographic atrophy in age-related macular degeneration: First-in-human use, 2021, European Journal of Ophthalmology

The scientist works alongside frequent collaborators such as Jessy D. Dorn, Soroush Niketeghad, M Salas, Uday Patel, and Nader Pouratian.

Awards received by Robert J. Greenberg include:

  • IEEE Fellow (2019) for the invention and development of the retinal prosthesis for the blind
  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2016)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) (2009)

Best Publications

  • Visual perception elicited by electrical stimulation of retina in blind humans.

    Mark S. Humayun;Eugene de Juan;Gislin Dagnelie;Robert J. Greenberg

  • Visual perception in a blind subject with a chronic microelectronic retinal prosthesis

    Mark S. Humayun;James D. Weiland;Gildo Y. Fujii;Robert Greenberg

  • Interim Results from the International Trial of Second Sight's Visual Prosthesis

    Mark S. Humayun;Jessy D. Dorn;Lyndon Da Cruz;Gislin Dagnelie

  • Pattern electrical stimulation of the human retina

    Mark S. Humayun;Eugene de Juan;James D. Weiland;Gislin Dagnelie

  • Retinal Prosthesis for the Blind

    Eyal Margalit;Mauricio Maia;James D Weiland;Robert J Greenberg

  • Visual prosthesis and method of using same

    Mark S. Humayun;Eugene de Juan;Robert J. Greenberg

  • A neuro-stimulus chip with telemetry unit for retinal prosthetic device

    W. Liu;K. Vichienchom;M. Clements;S.C. DeMarco

  • The Argus II epiretinal prosthesis system allows letter and word reading and long-term function in patients with profound vision loss

    Lyndon da Cruz;Brian F Coley;Jessy Dorn;Francesco Merlini

  • Five-Year Safety and Performance Results from the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System Clinical Trial

    Lyndon da Cruz;Jessy D. Dorn;Mark S. Humayun;Gislin Dagnelie

  • Blind subjects implanted with the Argus II retinal prosthesis are able to improve performance in a spatial-motor task

    Ashish K. Ahuja;J. D. Dorn;A. Caspi;M. J. McMahon

  • Visual performance using a retinal prosthesis in three subjects with retinitis pigmentosa.

    Douglas Yanai;Douglas Yanai;James D. Weiland;Manjunatha Mahadevappa;Robert J. Greenberg

  • Biocompatible bonding method and electronics package suitable for implantation

    Robert J. Greenberg;Neil H. Talbot;Jerry Ok;Jordan M. Neysmith

  • Highly stable carbon nanotube doped poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) for chronic neural stimulation.

    Xiliang Luo;Cassandra L. Weaver;David D. Zhou;Robert Greenberg

  • Perceptual thresholds and electrode impedance in three retinal prosthesis subjects

    M. Mahadevappa;J.D. Weiland;D. Yanai;I. Fine

  • Factors affecting perceptual thresholds in epiretinal prostheses.

    Chloé de Balthasar;Sweta Patel;Arup Roy;Ricardo Freda

  • The Detection of Motion by Blind Subjects With the Epiretinal 60-Electrode (Argus II) Retinal Prosthesis

    Jessy D. Dorn;Ashish K. Ahuja;Avi Caspi;Lyndon da Cruz

  • Frequency and amplitude modulation have different effects on the percepts elicited by retinal stimulation.

    Devyani Nanduri;Ione Fine;Alan Horsager;Geoffrey M. Boynton

  • Electrode array for neural stimulation

    Robert J. Greenberg;Joseph H. Schulman

  • Improving the spatial resolution of epiretinal implants by increasing stimulus pulse duration.

    Andrew C. Weitz;Devyani Nanduri;Matthew R. Behrend;Alejandra Gonzalez-Calle

  • Feasibility Study of a Retinal Prosthesis : Spatial Vision With a 16-Electrode Implant

    Avi Caspi;Jessy D. Dorn;Kelly H. McClure;Mark S. Humayun

  • Package for an implantable medical device

    Robert J. Greenberg;Joseph H. Schulman

  • In vitro and in vivo evaluation of ultrananocrystalline diamond for coating of implantable retinal microchips

    Xingcheng Xiao;Jian Wang;Chao Liu;John A. Carlisle

  • Package for an implantable neural stimulation device

    Jerry Ok;Robert J. Greenberg;Neil Hamilton Talbot;James Singleton Little

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark S. Humayun
Mark S. Humayun University of Southern California
James D. Weiland
James D. Weiland University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kea-Tiong Tang
Kea-Tiong Tang National Tsing Hua University
Geoffrey M. Boynton
Geoffrey M. Boynton University of Washington
José-Alain Sahel
José-Alain Sahel University of Pittsburgh
Joseph H. Schulman
Joseph H. Schulman Alfred Mann Foundation
David G. Birch
David G. Birch The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Jack W. Judy
Jack W. Judy University of Florida
Wentai Liu
Wentai Liu University of California, Los Angeles
Nader Pouratian
Nader Pouratian University of California, Los Angeles

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