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Sean M. Montgomery

 

http://www.ProduceConsumeRobot.com/

ProduceConsumeRobot

 

Summary

 

 

I have 13 years of experience in scientific research, programming, and electrical engineering. I excel at using multidisciplinary approaches and team management to solve challenging problems. I am generally interested to find/create opportunities at the interface of technology, science, art and entrepreneurship with a special interest toward social enterprise.

 

Specialities

 

 

Software; hardware; data analysis; biometrics

 

Technical Skills

 

Electronics/Hardware

 

 

Analog and digital circuit design, analysis, and implementation; microcontrollers; firmware development; computer-hardware interface; building computers

 

Programming

 

 

Matlab; Labview; C; C++; Java; Android; OpenCV, OpenSceneGraph; Bash; Perl; HTML; ASP.NET; PHP; XML; Javascript

 

Data Analysis

 

 

Stereoscopic image processing and 3D surface reconstruction; Dimension reduction methods (PCA, SVD, ICA, etc.); cluster analysis; current-source density; spectral analysis (filters, Fourier, wavelet); multi-dimensional statistics (GLM, parametric, non-parametric, bootstrap); high-dimensional visualization

 

Platforms

 

 

Windows; Red Hat; SUSE; NFS; Samba; Apache

 

Software

 

 

MPLAB; Eclipse; MSVS; HI-TIDE; 5spice; Eagle; SVN; Git; NoMachine NX; VNC; Illustrator; PhotoShop; Premiere; Corel Draw; Word; Excel; PowerPoint

 

Other

 

 

Machining; fabrication; carpentry; cognitive and behavioral analysis; in vivo electrophysiology;  stereotaxic surgery; IP injections; histology; in situ hybridization

 

Education

 

Rutgers University: Ph.D., Neuroscience

GPA 3.985

2009

 

 

Newark, NJ

 

 

Reed College: B.A., Psychology

GPA 3.32

1999

 

 

Portland, OR

 

 

Awards and Fellowships

 

The Neurosciences Graduate Student of the Year Award

2001-2002

 

Reed College President's Commendation for Academic Excellence

 

1999

 

Center for Neuroscience at University of Pittsburgh Fellowship

6/98 to 8/98

 

Experience

 

Senior Engineer at SensorStar Inc.

2010-Present

 

 

Software engineering, data processing algorithms, hardware design and testing, firmware development.

 

 

Vital Threads Biofeedback Apparel

2007-Present

 

 

I designed and developed a collection of biofeedback clothing that measures and displays the wearer's personal biological signals in order to open fashion and design to dynamic new forms of self awareness, personal expression and interpersonal communication. Three works include a shirt that lights up with the wearer's heartbeat (EKG), a wristband that displays emotional responses (GSR) and a hat that displays changes in brain activity (EEG) using embedded analog and digital circuitry. http://produceconsumerobot.com/vitalthreads/

 

 

Ph.D. Dissertation – The Functional Anatomy of Hippocampal Theta and Gamma Oscillations

2001-2009

 

 

I studied how networks of neurons in different brain areas are synchronized by oscillatory activation patterns during encoding and retrieval of memories and during REM sleep. My findings were consolidated into numerous publications and generally gave important new insights into the manner by which theta and gamma oscillations coordinate specific regions of the hippocampal formation to serve mnemonic functions. Completion of this project entailed the development and implementation of new hardware, data management systems, multi-dimensional analysis and visualization methods.

 

 

Research Assistantship in the Eichenbaum Laboratory at Boston University

1999-2001

 

 

I was involved with several projects in the Eichenbaum lab, including one project working closely with two post-docs to submit a successfully funded NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to develop a 64-channel recording system to amplify and digitize neuronal signals.

 

 

Art Exhibitions

 

Emergence

 

 

http://produceconsumerobot.com/emergence/

 

 

Center for Life, Newcastle, England

3/11

 

Open House Gallery, NoLita, New York, NY, USA

11/10

 

Vital Threads Biofeedback Apparel

 

 

http://produceconsumerobot.com/vitalthreads/

 

 

Center for Life, Newcastle, England

3/11

 

American Natural History Museum, New York, NY

2/11

 

The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts in Taichung, Taiwan. Freeze! Exhibit. http://freeze.ntmofa.gov.tw/

7/09 to 9/09

 

Fish With Braids Gallery, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.

10/08

 

The Last HOPE conference, Manhattan, New York, USA.

7/08

 

Dorkbot NYC, Manhattan, New York, USA. May 7, 2008.

5/08

 

Talks

 

Neuroaesthetics: What is EEG and what can we do with it

2010

 

 

Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON, Canada

 

 

Biofeedback Fashion and Design: New Forms of Expression and Communication at the Interface of Biology and Technology

2009

 

 

The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts in Taichung, Taiwan

 

 

Vital Threads Biofeedback Apparel

2008

 

 

Dorkbot, New York, NY, USA

 

 

Gamma Oscillations Couple Hippocampal Networks During Performance of a Memory Task

2007

 

 

Temporal Dynamics of Learning and Memory Meeting, UCSD, San Diego, CA, USA

 

 

Teaching

 

ITP Camp, NYU, New York, NY

2011

 

 

Measuring Biological Signals for Art and Business (and anything in between) http://produceconsumerobot.com/ITPcamp2011/

 

 

ITP Camp, NYU, New York, NY

2010

 

 

Measuring Biological Signals for Art and Business (and anything in between) http://produceconsumerobot.com/ITPcamp2010/

 

 

TEI Studio, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA

2010

 

 

Measuring Biological Signals: Concepts and Practice http://produceconsumerobot.com/TEI2010/

 

 

Teaching Assistantships, Rutgers University

2003-2004

 

Publications

 

Journal Articles

 

Sean M. Montgomery and Ira M. Laefsky (2011) Biosensing: Track your body's signals and brain waves and use them to control things. Make Magazine 26:104-111.

 

Sullivan D, Csicsvari J, Mizuseki K, Montgomery S, Diba K, Buzsáki G. (2011) Relationships between Hippocampal Sharp Waves, Ripples, and Fast Gamma Oscillation: Influence of Dentate and Entorhinal Cortical Activity. J Neurosci. 31(23):8605-16.

 

Anastassiou C, Montgomery SM, Barahona M, Buzsaki G, Koch K. (2010) The effect of spatially inhomogeneous extracellular electric fields on neurons. JNeurosci 30(5):1925-36.

 

Gyorgy Buzsaki and Sean M. Montgomery (2009) REM Dreams. Frontiers in Neuroscience 3(3): 440-441.

 

Montgomery SM, Betancur M, Buzsaki G (2009). Behavior-dependent coordination of multiple theta dipoles in the hippocampus. J Neurosci 29(5): 1381–1394.

 

Montgomery SM, Sirota A, Buzsaki G (2008). Theta and gamma coordination of hippocampal networks during waking and REM sleep. J Neurosci 28(26): 6731–6741.

 

Montgomery SM, Buzsáki G. (2007). Gamma oscillations dynamically couple hippocampal CA3 and CA1 regions during memory task performance. Proc Natl Acad Sci 104(36):14495-500.

 

Sirota A, Montgomery SM, Fujisawa S, Isomura Y, Zugaro M, Buzsáki G (2007). Entrainment of neocortical neurons and gamma oscillations by the hippocampal theta rhythm. Neuron 60(4): 683–697.

 

Robbe D, Montgomery SM, Thome A, Rueda-Orozco PE, McNaughton BL, Buzsaki G. (2006). Cannabinoids reveal importance of spike timing coordination in hippocampal function. Nat Neurosci 12:1526-33.

 

Isomura Y, Sirota A, Ozen S, Montgomery S, Mizuseki K, Henze DA, Buzsáki G. (2006). Integration and segregation of activity in entorhinal-hippocampal subregions by neocortical slow oscillations. Neuron 52(5):871-82.

 

Abstracts

 

Sean M. Montgomery (2010). Measuring Biological Signals: Concepts and Practice. Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction Annual Conference.

 

S. M. Montgomery, A. M. Sirota, G. Buzsaki  (2007). Hippocampal CA3-CA1 theta phase shift during memory retrieval. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.

 

K. Mizuseki, A. Sirota, S. M. Montgomery, G. Buzsaki  (2007). Theta coordination of the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex during waking and REM sleep. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.

 

S. M. Montgomery, G. Buzsaki; (2006). Differential synchronization of hippocampal networks during REM sleep versus active waking. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.

 

S. Royer, A. Sirota, S. Montgomery, G. Buzsaki; (2006). Spatial and behavioral correlates of neuronal activity in the ventral hippocampus and lateral entorhinal cortex. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.

 

D. M. Robbe, P. Rueda-Orozco, C. Geisler, S. M. Montgomery, G. Buzsaki; (2006). Effects of cannabinoids on hippocampal network activity in rats engaged in a delayed spatial alternation task. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.

 

S.M.Montgomery; M.Betancur; G.Buzsaki (2005). Anatomically Specific Coupling Of Hippocampal Theta And Gamma Oscillations In A Working Memory Task. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.

 

D.Robbe; S.M.Montgomery; G.Buzsaki (2005). Cannabinoids Destroy Cell Assembly Coordination In The Hippocampus. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.

 

K.Diba; S.M.Montgomery; K.D.Harris; G.Buzsaki (2005). Identification Of Recording Site Irregularities In Silicon Probes In Vivo. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.

 

A.M.Sirota; S.M.Montgomery; M.B.Zugaro; L.Monconduit; D.L.Buhl; G.Buzsaki (2005). Neocortical-Hippocampal Interactions Through And  Oscillations. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.

 

S.M.Montgomery; K.D.Harris; H.Hirase; M.Betancur; A.M.Sirota; G.Buzsaki (2004). Task-related changes in the anatomical distribution of hippocampal theta oscillations. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.

 

Montgomery, SM, Calhoun, ME, Fletcher, BR, Rapp, PR (2003). Arc mRNA expression is induced at similar levels by performance of a well-learned task and explorations of a novel environment. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.

 

Buhl, DL, Morozon, A, Montgomery, SM, Harris, K, Kandel, E, Buzsaki, G (2002). Network patterns in the hippocampus of the HCN1 KO mouse. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.

 

Rhodes, DL & Montgomery, S (2000). Attention-centered spatial asymmetries. Cognitive Neuroscience Annual Meeting.

 

 

 

Letters of recommendation available upon request.


 
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