KHALEEL A. RAZAK
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
University of California
900 University
Ave.
Riverside, CA 92521
Email: khaleel@ucr.edu
EDUCATION
August 2001 Ph.D., Zoology and Physiology/Neuroscience, University of Wyoming.
March 1997 M.S., Bioengineering, University of Wyoming.
May 1992 B.E., Electronics and Communications Engineering, Anna University, Madras, India.
1/04-6/07 Research Scientist, Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming
8/01-12/03 Post-Doctoral Associate, Department of Biology, Georgia State University.
8/96-8/01 Research Assistant, Department of Zoology & Physiology, University of Wyoming.
9/94-5/96 Research Assistant, School of Pharmacy, University of Wyoming.
Teaching
Lecturer:
Fall 04, 05 Neural Mechanisms of Animal Behavior, ZOO4290, University of Wyoming
Fall 06 Neuroscience Seminar: Development of inhibition in the CNS, ZOO5715, University of Wyoming
Guest Lecturer:
Spring 04 Animal Behavior ZOO/PSYC 3600, University of Wyoming
Fall 03 Neurobiology, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
Spring 02, 03 Neurobiology II-Integrative Neurobiology, Georgia State University.
Fall 98 Neurophysiology-ZOO5985, University of Wyoming.
Teaching Assistant:
Department of Zoology & Physiology, University of Wyoming
8/97-8/00 Lab courses taught.
General Biology 1010/2020
Mammalian Physiology 4225
Neurophysiology 5985
8/99 Development of syllabus and teaching of:
Human Physiology 2110 Lab
Community Outreach
10/04 Bat workshop, Wyoming Children’s Museum, Laramie, Wyoming
03/02, 03 Volunteer, Atlanta Brain Awareness Month, SciTrek Museum.
01/02 High School Tutor, Atlanta Brain Bee.
5/00-7/00 Research Mentor, Introduction to Hearing, High School Upward Bound and Math/Science Initiative Programs, University of Wyoming.
5/05-7/05 Research Mentor, Neuroscience, High School Upward Bound and Math/Science Initiative Programs, University of Wyoming.
Outreach Seminars:
06/03 ‘Heard about bats’ SciTrek Museum, Atlanta, Georgia
01/99 'Hearing by Bats', Spring Creek Elementary School, Laramie, Wyoming.
6/04 – 6/06 Faculty advisor, Indian Students Organization, University of Wyoming
Industry Experience
8/92 - 7/93 Applications Engineer, Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Calcutta, India.
HONORS and AWARDS
10/06 Society for Neuroscience Abstract chosen for Public Press Release.
02/06 Post-Doctoral Researcher Travel Award, Association for Research in Otolaryngology.
05/01 Dr. George E. Menkens Memorial Scholarship, Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming.
09/99 Paul Stock Scholarship, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Wyoming.
09/99 Helen Bishop Dunnewald Memorial Scholarship, International Student Scholarship, University of Wyoming.
09/98 W.E. Kuhn Foreign Student Award, University of Wyoming.
08/94 Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society.
03/93 National Technology Award from the President of India, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, for the use of technology in handicapped rehabilitation.
This award was presented for the undergraduate project, ‘Telephone for the aurally handicapped’.
RESEARCH GRANTS
1/03-1/04 National Organization for Hearing Research Foundation, USA ($10,000-1 year). Research
grant for the project ‘Cross-modal plasticity in the auditory cortex of deaf ferrets’
5/98-8/98 Summer Independent Research Scholarship ($2000-3 months), College of Arts & Sciences, University of Wyoming
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
10/06 ‘Activity-dependent plasticity of inhibition in the visual and auditory systems’, Society for Neuroscience mini-symposium: Developmental plasticity of inhibitory circuits.
10/06 ‘Mathematics and Neuroscience: possible bridges’. Dept. of Mathematics, University of Wyoming.
02/06 ‘Early experience shapes neural selectivity for vocalizations in a mammal’. Dept. of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, Indiana.
12/05 ‘Early experience shapes the development of neural selectivity for species-specific vocalizations in a mammal’. Front Range Neuroscience Meeting, Ft. Collins, Colorado.
9/05 ‘The contribution of early experience to the development of sensory response properties: refinement or maintenance?’ Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming.
11/04 ‘Neural computations underlying selectivity for frequency modulated sounds’, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., University of Wyoming.
06/04 ‘Neural mechanisms that shape selectivity for frequency modulated sweeps in the pallid bat auditory cortex’, Rocky Mountain Neuroscience Meeting, Denver, Colorado.
02/03 ‘Neural mechanisms of active and passive hearing in the pallid bat’, Department of Biology, Georgia State University.
7/01 ‘Functional Organization of the pallid bat auditory cortex’, Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming.
PUBLICATIONS
Razak KA and Pallas SL. Inhibitory plasticity facilitates recovery of stimulus velocity tuning in the superior colliculus after chronic NMDA receptor blockade. J. Neurosci. 27:7275-7283, 2007
Razak KA and Fuzessery ZM. Development of inhibitory mechanisms underlying selectivity for the rate and direction of frequency-modulated sweeps in the auditory cortex. J. Neurosci. 27:1769-1781, 2007.
Razak KA and Fuzessery ZM. Development of functional organization of the pallid bat auditory cortex. Hearing Res. 228:69-81, 2007.
Razak KA, Shen W, Zumsteg, T and Fuzessery, ZM. Parallel thalamocortical pathways for echolocation and passive sound localization in a gleaning bat, Antrozous pallidus. J. Comp. Neurol. 500:322-338, 2006.
Pallas SL, Wenner P, Gonzales-Islas C, Fagiolini M, Razak KA, Kim G, Sanes D and Birgit, R. Developmental plasticity of inhibitory circuitry. J. Neurosci. 26:10358-10361, 2006.
Razak KA and Pallas SL. Dark rearing reveals the mechanism underlying stimulus size tuning of superior colliculus neurons. Vis. Neurosci. 23:741-748, 2006.
Razak KA and Fuzessery ZM. Neural mechanisms underlying selectivity for the rate and direction of frequency-modulated sweeps in the auditory cortex of the pallid bat. J. Neurophysiol. 96:1303–1319, 2006.
Razak, KA and Pallas SL. Neural mechanisms of stimulus velocity tuning in the superior colliculus. J. Neurophysiol. 94:3573–3589, 2005.
Carrasco MM, Razak KA and Pallas SL. Visual experience is necessary for maintenance but not development of refined retinotopic maps in superior colliculus. J. Neurophysiol. 94: 1962-1970, 2005.
Razak KA, Huang L and Pallas SL. Chronic NMDA receptor blockade increases receptive field size without affecting stimulus velocity or size tuning of superior colliculus neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 90(1): 110-119, 2003.
Barber JR, Razak KA and Fuzessery ZM. Can two streams of auditory information be processed simultaneously? Evidence from the gleaning bat Antrozous pallidus. J. Comp. Physiol. A 189: 843-855, 2003.
Razak KA and Fuzessery ZM. Functional organization of the pallid bat auditory cortex: emphasis on binaural organization. J. Neurophysiol. 87(1): 72-86, 2002.
Razak KA and Fuzessery ZM. A systematic representation of interaural intensity differences in the auditory cortex of the pallid bat. NeuroReport 11(13): 2919-2924, 2000.
Razak KA, Fuzessery ZM and Lohuis T. Single neurons respond to both active and passive sounds in the pallid bat auditory cortex. J. Neurophysiol. 81(3): 1438-1442, 1999.
Book Chapters
Razak KA, Fuzessery, ZM, Carrasco MM and Pallas, SL. Developmental plasticity of inhibitory receptive field properties in the auditory and visual systems. In: Pallas, SL and Wenner, P (eds). Developmental plasticity of inhibitory circuits. Springer (In review).
Pallas SL, Xu M and Razak KA. Influence of thalamocortical activity on sensory cortical development and plasticity. In: R. Erzurumlu, W. Guido, Z. Molnar, (eds.) Development and Plasticity in Sensory Thalamus and Cortex. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 2005.
Razak KA and Fuzessery ZM. (2006) GABA shapes a systematic map of binaural sensitivity in the auditory cortex. Society for Neuroscience. Abstr. 799.15.
Razak KA and Fuzessery ZM. (2006) GABA shapes selectivity for the direction and rate of frequency modulated sweeps in the auditory cortex. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngology. Abstr. #518.
Razak KA and Fuzessery ZM. (2005) Development of selectivity for the direction and rate of frequency modulated sweeps in the pallid bat auditory cortex. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngology. Abstr. #1008.
Carrasco MM, Razak KA and Pallas SL. (2005) Early but not late light exposure protects against the effects of adult visual deprivation on the superior colliculus Program No. 714.13. 2005 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience.
Razak KA and Fuzessery ZM. (2004) Parallel thalamocortical pathways for echolocation and passive hearing in the pallid bat. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.
Razak KA and Fuzessery ZM. (2004) Mechanisms underlying selectivity for the direction and rate of frequency modulated sweeps in the auditory cortex of the pallid bat. The 7th International Congress of Neuroethology Abstr.
Razak KA and Pallas SL. (2003) Inhibitory plasticity underlies preservation of velocity tuning under NMDA receptor blockade. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.
Carrasco MM, Razak KA and Pallas SL. (2003) Effects of dark-rearing on retinocollicular map refinement. Program No. 37.23. 2003 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2003. Online
Razak KA, Huang L and Pallas SL. (2002) Effects of early developmental NMDA receptor blockade on response properties of neurons in the superior colliculus of the hamster. Soc. Neurosci Abstr.
Razak KA and Fuzessery ZM (2002) Organization of inhibitory sidebands in the low-frequency region of the pallid bat auditory cortex. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngology. Abstr. 25:169.
Pallas SL, Razak KA and Moore DR (2002) Cross-modal projections from LGN to primary auditory cortex following perinatal cochlear ablation in ferrets. Society for Neuroscience Abstr. 220.8.
Fuzessery ZM and Razak KA (2002) Forward and reverse engineering of mechanisms that shape selectivity for FM sweeps. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngology. Abstr. 25:145.
Razak KA and Fuzessery ZM (2001) Systematic projections from the medial geniculate body to the map of IID sensitivity in the pallid bat auditory cortex. International Congress of Neuroethology Abstr. 6:171.
Razak KA and Fuzessery ZM (2001) Interactions between pathways that serve echolocation and passive hearing in the pallid bat auditory cortex. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngology. Abstr. 24:280.
Barber JR, Razak KA and Fuzessery ZM (2001) A behavioral study of dual-stream processing in the
pallid bat. International Congress of Neuroethology Abstr. 6:171.
Razak KA and Fuzessery ZM (2000) A topographically organized representation of sound location in auditory cortex. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngology. Abstr. 23:84.
Fuzessery ZM and Razak KA (2000) Ontogeny of the functional organization of auditory cortex in the pallid bat. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 26:445.
Razak KA, Fuzessery ZM and Lohuis T (1999) Spatial representation of echolocation and passive hearing in the auditory cortex of pallid bat. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngology. Abstr. 22:40.
Razak KA, Fuzessery ZM and Lohuis T (1998) One neuron, two functions, two views of space: input from echo and passive listening converge onto single auditory cortex neurons. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngology. Abstr. 21:171.
Razak KA, Fuzessery ZM and Lohuis T (1997) Context-dependent response properties of neurons in the auditory cortex of the pallid bat. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 23:2071.
REVIEWER
European Journal of Neuroscience
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Society for Neuroscience
Association for Research in Otolaryngology