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CURRICULUM VITAE

Agnes P Funk

PROFESSIONAL ADDRESS
Emory University, Department of Neurology
1639 Pierce Dr., Suite 6217
Atlanta, GA 30322
phone: (404)727-8926
e-mail: apfunk@emory.edu

TERTIARY EDUCATION
2002 PhD "The Visual Cortical Interactions Underlying the Perception of Motion", Vision, Touch and Hearing Research Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia. Principal supervisor: Professor John D. Pettigrew. Associate supervisor: Dr Richard Carson.

1995 Bachelor of Science (Honours Class 1) "Muscle Contraction and Corticomotor Plasticity", University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba. Principal supervisor: Dr Shirley Wilson.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2002 - present Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Neurology, Emory University

2000 - 2001 Research Assistant Vision, Touch & Hearing Research Centre, University of Queensland. o Experiments investigating bipolar disorder, depression and dissociative identity disorder. o Supervise Honours students and other research assistants. o Coordinate projects with hospitals and psychiatrists.

1997 Research Assistant Vision, Touch & Hearing Research Centre, University of Queensland. o Neuronal recording experiments in cats and flying foxes.

1996 Field Officer Department of Primary Industries, Toowoomba. o Research the effectiveness of viruses in controlling Helios populations.

1994 Supervisor Agritech Laboratory Services Pty Ltd, Toowoomba. o Analysis of beef samples for CFC (Helix) residues.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1997-1998 Tutor University of Queensland. o Assist students enrolled in the units "Mammalian Physiology I" and "Mammalian Physiology II".

1995 Tutor University of Southern Queensland. o Assist students enrolled in the unit "Anatomy and Physiology".

GRANTS/AWARDS
1998-2000 Australian Postgraduate Award, University of Queensland.

RESEARCH EXPERTISE
My research interests lie largely within the cognitive neuroscience field of human visual and motor systems. I have extensively utilised techniques such as electromyography and single pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation in humans. I am familiar with the application and interpretation of behavioural tasks in human psychophysical studies. I have also conducted single and multi-unit recording experiments in the visual system of cats and flying foxes.

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles
Funk AP, Rosa MG: Visual responses of neurones in the second visual area of flying foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) after lesions of striate cortex. J Physiol (Lond) 1998, 513( Pt 2):507-519.

Abstracts
Pettigrew JD, Funk AP: Opposing effects on perceptual rivalry caused by right vs left hemisphere TMS. Soc Neurosci Abstr, vol. 27, Program No. 10.10, 2001.

Funk AP, Pettigrew JD: Transcranial magnetic stimulation of human area MT and posterior parietal cortex disrupts perception of motion. Soc Neurosci Abstr, vol. 27, Program No. 165.37, 2001.

Funk AP, Pettigrew JD: Transcranial magnetic stimulation of human posterior parietal area disrupts perception of the Bonneh Illusion. Proc Aust Neuroscience Soc 2001, 12:208.

Pettigrew JD, Funk AP: Cyclic denial in Bonneh's Illusion. Proc Aust Neuroscience Soc 2001, 12:54.

Funk AP, Rosa MGP: Transcranial magnetic stimulation of human dorsal occipital cortex disrupts perception of motion. Proc Aust Neuroscience Soc 2000, 11:139.

Funk AP, Rosa MGP: Probing visual function in the occipito-parietal pathway using the line-motion illusion. Aust & NZ J Ophthalmol 1999, 27(3-4):287-288.

Funk AP, Rosa MGP: Probing visual function in the occipito-parietal pathway using the line-motion illusion. Proc Aust Neuroscience Soc 1999, 10:24.

Funk AP, Rosa MGP: Visually evoked responses in the second visual area (V2) of the flying fox after lesions of striate cortex (V1). Proc APPS 1998, 29(2):47.

Funk AP, Rosa MGP: Visually evoked responses in the second visual area (V2) of the flying fox after lesions of striate cortex (V1). Proc Aust Neuroscience Soc 1998, 9:26.