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Profile
| Academic position | Post Doc |
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| Research fields | Cognitive, Systems and Behavioural Neurobiology,Clinical Neurology; Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology |
| Keywords | neural oscillations, movement kinematics, magnetoencephalography, motor cortex, deep brain stimulation |
| Honours and awards | 2022: Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (Role: PI) 2022: DFG TRR295-424778381 Early Career Researcher Start-up Funding (Role: PI), Berlin, Germany 2022: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship Seal of Excellence 2022: 22nd International Conference on Biomagnetism (BIOMAG) Early Career Award Finalist, Birmingham, UK 2022: 22nd International Conference on Biomagnetism (BIOMAG) Student Travel Award, Birmingham, UK 2021: Thomas Jefferson Ingenuity Award for Dissertation Excellence, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), Omaha, NE, USA 2020: National Institutes of Health (NIH) BRAIN Initiative 6th Annual Investigators Meeting Trainee Travel Award and Highlight Talk 2020: NIGMS P20-GM130447 Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging and Development Mini Grant Recipient (Role: PI), Omaha, NE, USA 2019: NINDS T32-NS105594 Neuroimmunology in Disease Training Program Fellowship (Role: Trainee), Omaha, NE, USA 2019: University of Nebraska Medical Center Graduate Research Fellowship (Role: PI), Omaha, NE, USA 2018: NASA Nebraska Space Grant Fellowship (Role: PI), Omaha, NE, USA 2015: Art Bosch Endowment for Undergraduate Research (Role: PI), Central College, Pella, IA, USA 2015: Emerging Scholars Program Nominated Speaker and Representative, Central College, Pella, IA, USA 2015: Graduated Cum Laude with Senior Honors Distinction, Central College, Pella, IA, USA 2015: Highest Honors for Undergraduate Research Poster, Heartland Global Health Consortium, Des Moines, IA, USA 2013: Highest Honors for Undergraduate Research Poster, Heartland Global Health Consortium, Des Moines, IA, USA |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Omaha |
| Institution | Boys Town National Research Hospital |
| Institute | Institute for Human Neuroscience |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Esther Florin | Institut für Klinische Neurowissenschaften und Medizinische Psychologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/01/2023 |
Programme(s)
| 2022 | Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs |
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Publications (partial selection)
| 2024 | Spooner RK, Hizli BJ, Bahners BH, Schnitzler A, Florin E: Modulation of DBS-induced cortical responses and movement by the directionality and magnitude of current administered. In: NPJ Parkinsons Dis, 10, 2024, 53 |
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| 2024 | Spooner RK, Bahners BH, Schnitzler A, Florin E: Time-resolved quantification of fine hand movements as a proxy for evaluating bradykinesia-induced motor dysfunction. In: Sci Rep, 14, 2024, 5340 |
| 2023 | Habets JGV, Spooner RK, Mathiopoulou V, Busch JL, Roediger J, Bahners BH, Schnitzler A, Florin E, Kühn AA: A First Methodological Development and Validation of ReTap: An Open-Source UPDRS Finger Tapping Assessment Tool Based on Accelerometer-Data. In: Sensors, 23, 2023, 5238 |
| 2023 | Spooner RK, Bahners BH, Schnitzler A, Florin E: DBS-evoked cortical responses index optimal contact orientations and motor outcomes in Parkinson's disease. In: NPJ Parkinsons Dis, 9, 2023, 37 |