Dr. Joshua Glaser is a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University. Under the mentorship of Drs. Mark Churchland, Liam Paninski, and John Cunningham, Dr. Glaser will develop interpretable machine learning methods for studying the neural control of movement. He will investigate how flexibly spinal motor neurons can be controlled and how activity in motor cortex controls muscle activity across a wide range of movements. He will then elucidate the mechanisms by which multiple neural populations interact with each other to plan and generate movement. His work is relevant to many neurological disorders, including those that involve motor impairment and those in which communication between brain areas is disrupted. Dr. Glaser received his Bachelor of Science from University of Illinois and his PhD from Northwestern University.