Geoff is a Ph.D. student advised by Dr. Rodolphe Gentili in University of Maryland's Neuromotor Control and Learning Lab. He holds a M.Eng and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University and recently earned a M.S. in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science from the University of Maryland. In addition to being a student, Geoff is a mid-career professional at Booz Allen Hamilton with over 15 years of experience supporting various advanced research and development funding agencies across the federal government including DARPA, ARPA-E, and ARPA-H.

Areas of Interest

  • Sense of agency, including its theoretical foundations, cognitive and neural mechanisms, and neural correlates
  • Impairments of agency, including transient disruptions in neurologically healthy individuals and clinical conditions such as delusions of passivity and alien hand syndrome
  • Cognitive-motor control, internal model theory, and the neurocomputational basis of voluntary action and control
  • Neuroadaptive technologies and brain–machine interface technology
  • Assistive robotics, bionic systems, and intelligent assistive devices
  • Shared autonomy and goal-directed autonomous systems
  • Electroencephalography (EEG)
  • Cognitive science and philosophy of mind
  • Cognitive architecture design
  • Artificial consciousness
  • Volitional selfhood

Degrees

  • M.S.
    Neuroscience & Cognitive Science
  • M.Eng
    Mechanical Engineering
  • B.S.
    Mechanical Engineering

Research

  • Overarching objective: establish the scientific foundation for SoA-aware adaptive assistive robotic systems capable of detecting and appropriately responding to behaviorally significant, assistance-induced degradations in users’ sense of agency (SoA).
  • [More details coming soon]
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Email
shortge [at] umd.edu