Bilal Haider
Contact
U.A. Whitaker, Suite 3104Georgia TechBiography
Bilal Haider’s research goal is to measure, manipulate, and decipher neural circuit activity underlying visual perception and visual attention. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, M. Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from Yale University, and postdoctoral training at University College London. His lab uses advanced electrical, optical, and behavioral technologies to reveal insights into the inner workings of the brain in real-time and with unprecedented resolution. By discovering mechanisms of information processing in neural circuits, his research provides critical steps toward understanding impairments in many neurological disorders such as schizophrenia, epilepsy, and autism spectrum disorder.
Education
- Ph.D. in Neurobiology, 2009 - Yale University
- M.Phil. in Neurobiology, 2009 - Yale University
- M.S. in Biology (Neurobiology), 2001 - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- B.S. in Cell & Structural Biology, 1999 - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Research Interests
Dr. Haider's primary research interest is discovering neural circuit mechanisms and computations underlying visual perception. This research uses a combination of high-resolution electrophysiological recording (both intracellular and extracellular), optogenetic manipulations, functional imaging, sophisticated behavioral tasks, and computational analysis to understand how cortical activity dynamics influence visual spatial perception and visual attention. These studies have also laid groundwork to begin understanding how neural coding, neural oscillations, and cell-type specific activity may go awry during perceptual deficits in models of neurological disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and Parkinson's disease (PD).
