Michael Muniak
Research Officer
Parkinsons Disease and Neurodegeneration
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Australia
Biography
I was raised in the hinterlands of northern Michigan, USA, where I developed a deep appreciation for the natural world. In my teenage years, I became particularly fascinated with the brain, ever curious about how this organ could govern so much of our daily reality through perception, thought, and action. Pursuing this interest, I moved to Baltimore to begin undergraduate studies in Neuroscience at The Johns Hopkins University, graduating with honours in 2005. I remained at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine for an additional six years, completing my PhD in the Department of Neuroscience under the mentorship of Prof David Ryugo. Immediately after completing my dissertation, I followed Prof Ryugo in his move to the Antipodes, joining his laboratory at the Garvan Institute.
Research Interest
Sensory Neurobiology Functional Neuroanatomy Auditory Processing Hearing Loss Synaptic Plasticity
Publications
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Muniak MA, Connelly CJ, Suthakar K, Milinkeviciute G, Ayeni FE, Ryugo DK (2015) Central projections of spiral ganglion neurons. In: Dabdoub A, Fritzsch B, Popper AN, Fay RR, eds. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research: The Primary Auditory Neurons of the Mammalian Cochlea. Springer: New York.
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Muniak MA, Ray S, Hsiao SS, Dammann JF, Bensmaia SJ (2007) The neural coding of stimulus intensity: linking the population response of mechanoreceptive afferents with psychophysical behavior. Journal of Neuroscience 27(43):11687-99.
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Muniak MA, Rivas A, Montey KL, May BJ, Francis HW, Ryugo DK (2013) 3D Model of Frequency Representation in the Cochlear Nucleus of the CBA/J Mouse. Journal of Comparative Neurology 521(7):1510-32.
