The University of Texas at Austin (2004-present) [CV as PDF][Google Scholar] [Wikipedia] [Neurotree]
Raymond Dickson Centennial Professor (II)
Director, Center for Perceptual Systems
Depts. of Neuroscience & Psychology (also: Institute for Neuroscience)
Faculty Director, Polymathic Scholars Undergraduate Honors Program
Contact info
Office: SEA 4.238
Email: huk “at” utexas.edu
Office Phone: 512-232-5729
Education and training
Post-Doc, University of Washington (Seattle). Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics. Advisor: Mike Shadlen
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2001. Dept. of Psychology (Neuroscience area). Advisor: David Heeger
B.A., Swarthmore College, 1996. Major: Psychology, Minor: Linguistics. Advisor: Frank Durgin
Awards & Service
Member, SPC study section, 2019-present.
Elsevier / Vision Sciences Society Young Investigator Award, 2011.
COSYNE conference, Workshops Chair (w/ Adam Kohn), 2009.
Teaching Excellence Award, College of Natural Sciences, UT-Austin, 2009.
CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2008-2013.
Research support (current)
“Motion processing with 2 eyes in 3 dimensions”, R01 Research Project Grant, National Institutes of Health / National Eye Institute PIs: A. Huk, L. Cormack.
“Cortical computations underlying binocular motion integration”, R01 Research Project Grant, National Institutes of Health / National Eye Institute. PIs: Wyeth Bair (University of Washington), Adam Kohn (Albert Einstein School of Medicine), Alex Huk (UT-Austin).
“NCS-FO: Connecting spikes to cognitive algorithms”, NSF Integrative Strategies for Understanding Neural and Cognitive Systems grant. PIs: I.M. Park & A. Huk).
“Visually-guided primate predation: Towards a computational neuroethology of primate vision and action.” Air Force Office of Sponsored Research. PIs: A. Huk, Cory Miller (UCSD).