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Ivan E de Araujo, PhD

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ADJUNCT PROFESSOR | Neuroscience
212-824-8971
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Research Topics
Aerodigestive Tract, Allergy, Electrophysiology, Gastroenterology, Mathematical and Computational Biology, Motor Control, Motor Neuron, Neuromodulation, Neurophysiology, Parkinson's Disease, Vocal Tract
Multi-Disciplinary Training Area
Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies in Medicine [AIET], Neuroscience [NEU]
Closed-Loop Systems for Motor Control
We are also developing closed-loop algorithms and interfaces to control peripheral musculatures, with emphasis on networks controlling the craniofacial system. We are researching the deterioration of these systems in Parkinson's disease and ways to ameliorate symptoms via stimulation techniques.
Body-brain communication
Our lab focuses on understanding how the brain senses and controls the body that is attached to it. We specifically aim at anatomically and physiologically describing the neural networks that link the brain to craniofacial and abdominal organs. My laboratory employs a range of techniques suitable to study the interaction between the central and peripheral nervous systems. Those include special surgical approaches, cell-specific neuroanatomical tracing, pathway-defined optogenetics, and in vivo electrophysiological recordings from nerves, muscles, and neurons.

BA, University of Brasilia

MA, University of Brasilia

MSc, University of Edinburgh

DPhil, University of Oxford

2008

The Young Investigator in Gustation of 2008

American Association for Chemoreception Sciences

Hess Center For Science & Med Floor 9 Room S9-118

1470 Madison Ave

New York, NY 10029

212-824-8971

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Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. de Araujo during 2025 and/or 2026. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership

  • Particella, Inc.

Outside Employment

  • Max Planck Society

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