Charles Edward "Ed" Connor Jr. (born 13 August 1955) is an American
neuroscientist who has made important contributions to the
neuroscience of object synthesis in higher-level
visual cortex.
From 2009 he has been a Professor of Neuroscience at
Johns Hopkins University. In 2007 Connor was appointed Director of the Zanvyl Krieger Mind Brain Institute at Johns Hopkins. Connor has interests in
neuroaesthetics
Neuroesthetics ( or neuroaesthetics) is a relatively recent sub-discipline of empirical aesthetics. Empirical aesthetics takes a scientific approach to the study of aesthetic perceptions of art, music, or any object that can give rise to aesthet ...
, the relation between neuroscience and beauty.
Education
Connor completed a B.S. in Biology at
Loyola University Maryland in 1978, an M.S. at
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is a graduate medical school of Vanderbilt University located in Nashville, Tennessee. Located in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center on the southeastern side of the Vanderbilt University campus, the S ...
in 1982 and a PhD at
Johns Hopkins University in 1990 under Ken Johnson.
Connor pursued neuroscience as a
postdoctoral researcher with Gian Poggio and Mike Steinmetz at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1990–1992) and with David van Essen at
California Institute of Technology and
Washington University School of Medicine (1992–1996) before joining the faculty at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1996.
Personal life
Since 2002, Connor has been married to
Amy Bastian
Amy Jo Bastian (born 23 July 1968) is an American neuroscientist, who has made important contributions to the neuroscience of sensorimotor control. From 2011 she has been a professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University. In 2015 Bast ...
, who is a Professor of Neuroscience at
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and they have one son.
Quotes
"Vision is your superpower!!"
References
External links
NeurotreeNeural changes underlying visual shape learning video
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1955 births
Living people
American neuroscientists
Washington University in St. Louis alumni
Johns Hopkins University faculty