Karim Benchenane
Neurology
Ingénierie Biomédicale et Innovation en Neurosciences
France
Biography
Dr. Karim Benchenane is a Leader of ATIP/Avenir team Memory Oscillations and Brain states at ESPCI ParisTech Work experience since graduation Currently: Senior Research Scientist CNRS (CR1) Head of the team Memory, Oscillations and Brain states? Laboratory of Neurobiology, UMR 7637, CNRS ESCI ParisTech Research Scientist CNRS (CR1) 2010-1012 Laboratory of Adaptative Processes, University Pierre and Marie Curie, UMR 7102, Paris, France. Research focus: Brain states,oscillation and memory processes Post-doctoral scholar at the LPPA Collège de France, CNRS UMR 7152, Paris, France. (2006-2009) PI: Sidney Wiener. Research focus: Role of sleep in memory consolidation and interaction between hippocampus and neocortex. Post-doctoral scholar at the CMBN, Rutgers University, Newark, USA. (2005) PI: Esther Nimchinsky. Research focus: Study of the role of astrocytes in neuronal plasticity with two-photon microscopy. Teaching activities Responsible of a module in the specialty "Ingénierie Biomédicale et Innovation en Neurosciences (IBIN) of the Master BME, University Paris Descartes - Paris Tech (2012-2013); Lecturer in 1st and 2nd year of Master in University Pierre and Marie Curie (2010 -2012); Lecturer in 2nd year of Master in University Paris-Sud (2012); Lecturer in Engineer school ESPCI-Paris Tech, Paris (2012); Lecturer in 2nd year of Master CogMaster (University Paris Descartes, ENS, EHESS), Paris (2012)
Research Interest
Memory Oscillations
