Gerald E. Loeb

Gerald E. Loeb is an American neurophysiologist, biomedical engineer, academic and author. He is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Pharmacy and Neurology at the University of Southern California, the President of Biomed Concepts, and the co-founder of SynTouch.

Loeb's research is focused in the areas of neuroprosthetics and neural control techniques, sensorimotor control in mammals, implantable medical devices, and haptics for robots. He has done work on motor, visual, and auditory neuroprostheses, is most known for his feasibility experiments on prosthetic vision for the blind, and was also one of the developers of the cochlear implant to restore hearing to the deaf. He has contributed to numerous publications and is the co-author of the book ''Electromyography for Experimentalists''

Loeb is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. Provided by Wikipedia