Bruce R. Land
246 Mudd Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
607-254-4346

Education:

1976: PhD in neurobiology, from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
1968: BS in physics, from Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA.

Positions held at Cornell University:

1998 to now: Senior Research Associate in Neurobiology.
1997 to now: Senior Lecturer in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
1992 to 1998: Senior Research Associate in Computer Science.
1988 to 1998: Project leader of Visualization group at the Cornell Theory Center.
1987 to 1988: Senior technical consultant for the Cornell Theory Center.
1983 to 1986: Senior lecturer in Neurobiology.

Some Recent Publications:

2006: Elias DO, Land BR, Mason AC, and Hoy RR Measuring and Quantifying Dynamic Visual Signals in Jumping Spiders,
Journal of Comparative Physiology-A, Aug;192(8):785-97(pdf)

2005: Weeg MS, Land BR, Bass AH Vocal Pathways Modulate Efferent Neurons to the Inner Ear and Lateral Line,
Journal of Neuroscience, June 22, 2005, 25(25):5967–5974 (pdf)

2004: Land BR, Johnson BR, Wyttenbach RA, and Hoy RR Tools for Physiology Labs: Inexpensive Equipment for Physiological Stimulation The Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education (JUNE), Fall 2004, 3(1): A30-A35 (pdf )

2001: Wilson NR, Bodnar DA, Skovira JF, Land BR (pdf) Processing of auditory midbrain interspike intervals by model neurons
J. Comp. Neuroscience Vol 10 (2), pp151-172

Awards:

2008: Michael Tien '72 Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Engineering, Cornell.
2008: Cornell IEEE Student Branch, Professor of the year award
2006: Ruth and Joel Spira Excellence in Teaching Award. ECE, Cornell.
2005: Cornell IEEE Student Branch, Outstanding Professor of the Year award
2004: Robert and Vanne Cowie Excellence in Teaching Award. College of Engineering, Cornell.
1996: First place in the Instructional Materials (Web-based) competition of the ACM SIGUCCS User Services Conference XXIV.
1993: Faculty of the year teaching award, given by the Association of Computer Science Undergraduates at Cornell University.
1986: U.S. Patent 4,765,737 for a cell-sizing circuit for a laser cell sorter.
1981: Regional level winner of the Johns Hopkins first national search for computing to aid the handicapped.