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Curriculum Vitae

Academic training

- 1998/2002: Ph.D. in Cognitive Science (April, 2002 - summa cum laude), under the supervision of Francisco Varela at the University of P. et M. Curie, Paris (VI), France.

- 1995/1996: Ms. in Cognitive Science, with Honors, under the supervision of Brigitte Quenet at the University of P. et M. Curie, Paris (VI), France.

-1993-96: Engineering diploma in Telecommunication Networks and Computing Sciences at the Institut National des Télécommunications, Evry, France.

- 1993-95/99-00 : Bc. in Philosophy, with Honors, under the supervision of Renault Barbaras and Natalie Depraz at University of Sorbonne, Paris IV, France.

- 1990-93: Lycée Kléber, Extensive training (Maths, Physics, Chemistry) for the entrance exams to the "Grandes Ecoles d'ingénieur".

-1990: Lycée Saint Etienne, Strasbourg. Baccalauréat (Maths, Physics), with Honors.

Research experience

- 2002/2006 W.M. Keck Laboratory For Functional Brain Imaging and Behavior. Waisman Center,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, (USA). Postdoctoral research with Pr. D. Davidson on the
neural bases and the neurodynamical correlates of meditative practices of highly trained
Buddhist practitioners.

- 1998/2002: Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Cognitive Neuroscience (LENA, CNRS UPR 640),
Paris, France. Pr. F. Varela’s Neurodynamic Group. Ph.D. dissertation on : “Neural
correlates of the experience of depth perception: Intertwining phenomenological data and
analysis of synchronous brain responses.”

- 1996/1998: Laboratory of Insect Biology, University of California, Berkeley (USA). Pr. W. Getz’s.
Modelisation and simulation of a neural network model of general olfactory coding in the insect
antennal lobe.

- 1995/1996: Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielle (ESPCI), Paris (FRANCE). Pr. G.
Dreyfus’s Laboratory of Electronic. Ms. dissertation on : “Modelisation and simulation of a
neural network model of general olfactory coding in the insect antennal lobe”.

Honors and Awards

· 1998: Fetzer Foundation Scholarship

· 1998-2001: French National Scientific Research Center Scholarship

· 2002:  Fyssen Foundation, Paris, Fellowship Awards

- 2005-2007: R21, NIH-NCCAM grant (PI)

Publications

Lutz, A., Greischar, L., Rawlings, N.B., Ricard, M., Davidson, R.J. (2004). Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude synchrony during mental practice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 101, 16369-16373.

Lutz,A., Thompson E. (2003) Neurophenomenology: Integrating Subjective Experience and Brain Dynamics in the Neuroscience of Consciousness. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 10, No. 9-10, 2003,
pp.31-52.

Thompson E., Lutz, A. and Cosmelli, D., Neurophenomenology: An Introduction for Neurophilosophers in Cognition and the Brain : The Philosophy and Neuroscience Movement (Eds. Brook A., Akins K.), Cambridge University Press (July 31, 2005)

Tzelepi A., Lutz A., Kapoula Z, (2004) EEG activity related to preparation and suppression of eye movements in three-dimensional space. Exp Brain Res. 2004 Jan 17

Lachaux J-P., Chavez M., Lutz A. (2003) A simple measure of correlation across time, frequency and space between continuous brain signals. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 123 (2), 175-188.

Rudrauf D., Lutz A., Cosmelli D., Lachaux J-P, Le Van Quyen M.. (2003) From autopoiesis to neurophenomenology: Francisco Varela's exploration of the biophysics of being. Biological Research, 36 (1), 27-65

Lutz, A., Thompson E. (2003) Neurophenomenology: Integrating Subjective Experience and Brain Dynamics in the Neuroscience of Consciousness. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 10, No. 9-10, 2003,pp.31-52.

Lutz A, Lachaux JP, Martinerie J, Varela FJ. (2002): Guiding the study of brain dynamics by using first-person data: synchrony patterns correlate with ongoing conscious states during a simple visual task. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 5: 99(3):1586-91.

Lachaux JP, Lutz A, Rudrauf D, Cosmelli D, Le Van Quyen M, Martinerie J, Varela F. (2002) Estimating the time-course of coherence between single-trial brain signals: an introduction to wavelet coherence. Neurophysiol Clin., 32(3):157-74.

Lutz, A. (2002) Toward a neurophenomenology as an account of generative passages: A first empirical case study, Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 1(2): 83:234.

Le Van Quyen M, Foucher J, Lachaux J, Rodriguez E, Lutz A, Martinerie J, Varela FJ. (2001) : Comparison of Hilbert transform and wavelet methods for the analysis of neuronal synchrony. J Neurosci Methods, 30; 111(2):83-98.

Lachaux J-P, Rodriguez E, Le Van Quyen M, Lutz A, Martinerie J, Varela F (2000). “ Studying single-trials of phase-synchronous activity in the brain ” International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 10(10): 2429-2439.

Getz WM, Lutz A (1999): A neural network model of general olfactory coding in the insect antennal lobe. Chem Senses., 24(4):351-72.