David Kleinfeld

Using his skill in experimental physics, in the realm of lasers and optics, he developed many novel methods for investigation of capillary blood in the cortex and the angioarchitecture of the rodent brain. Developed tools for quantitative analysis of microcapillary blood flow in the cerebral cortex and studied the impact of micro-occlusions (microstrokes) on sensory and cognitive performance. His work in experimental animals has profound implications for the human condition. Major figure in the area of computational neuroscience and methods for quantitative data collection and analysis he applied many of these methods to studies in the field of mechanisms of active sensing in the rodent vibrassal system at levels of brainstem and cortex.