Curriculum Vitae
Peter Hawley Li

Peter H. Li, Ph.D.
The Salk Institute, SNL-E
10010 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037-1099
peterli@spam.eriifiic.salk.edu

• Research opportunities in Vision Science, Neuroscience, Electrophysiology, Evolutionary Biology, and Computer Vision
• Experience in enterprise level software development
• Teaching experience, particularly at the undergraduate level and above

University of California, San Francisco, 2002-2008

Ph.D. from the Neuroscience Graduate Program
Principal Investigator: Professor Julie L. Schnapf, Depts. of Physiology and Ophthalmology
Dissertation: Gap-junctional coupling of mammalian rods and its effect on visual detection thresholds

Harvard College, 1998-2002
Cambridge, Massachusetts

A.B. Magna Cum Laude from the Department of Biology and certified in Honors Neurobiology by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Committee on Mind, Brain, and Behavior and by the Mind/Brain/Behavior (MBB) Interfaculty Initiative

Google, 2014-
Mountain View, California

Research Scientist

Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 2009-2013
La Jolla, California

Research Associate, Chichilnisky Lab, Systems Neurobiology
Research Fellow, Biological Informatics, National Science Foundation
Principle Investigator, TeraGrid/XSEDE High Performance Computing research project

iLab Solutions, 2008-2009
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Vice President, New Product Development
Lab Software Development, Hardware Integration, Grant Preparation, and Project Management

National Science Foundation, 2003-2006
San Francisco, California

Graduate Research Fellow

Stanford Medical School, 2000
Stanford, California

Supervisor: Dr. Uel Jack McMahan
Summer Intern, Neurobiology Division
Electron Microscope Tomography Computer Analysis

Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, 1999
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK

Supervisor: Dr. Harvey McMahon
Summer Research Student, Neurobiology Division
Molecular Biology / Biochemical Lab Work

• Peter H. Li and Greg D. Field and Martin Greschner and Daniel Ahn and Deborah E. Gunning and Keith Mathieson and Alexander Sher and Alan M. Litke and E.J. Chichilnisky (2014)

  Retinal representation of the elementary visual signal
  Neuron, 81(1):130-139
  DOI 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.10.043

• Jeremy Freeman and Greg D. Field and Peter H. Li and Martin Greschner and Lauren Jepson and Neil Rabinowitz and Eftychios A. Pnevmatikakis and Deborah Gunning and Keith Mathieson and Alan Litke (2013)

  Spatial structure and organization of nonlinear subunits in primate retina
  Poster for the Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE) February 2013 meeting
  

• Jeremy Freeman and Greg D. Field and Peter H. Li and Martin Greschner and Lauren H. Jepson and N. C. Rabinowitz and E. Pnevmatikakis and Deborah E. Gunning and Keith Mathieson and Alan M. Litke and EJ Chichilnisky and Liam Paninski and Eero P. Simoncelli (2012)

  Characterizing the nonlinear subunits of primate retinal ganglion cells
  Paper presentation for the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) October 2012 meeting

• Peter H. Li and Greg D. Field and Martin Greschner and Lauren H. Jepson and Deborah E. Gunning and Keith Mathieson and Alan M. Litke and EJ Chichilnisky (2012)

  Patterns of activity initiated by individual photoreceptors in primate retina
  Paper presentation for the Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE) February 2012 meeting
  

• Peter H. Li and Jan Verweij and James H. Long and Julie L. Schnapf (2012)

  Gap-junctional coupling of mammalian rod photoreceptors and its effect on visual detection
  Journal of Neuroscience, 32(10):3552-3562
  DOI 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2144-11.2012

• Greg D. Field and Jeffrey L. Gauthier and Martin Greschner and Peter H. Li and Max Schiff and Alexander Sher and Deborah E. Gunning and Keith Mathieson and Alan M. Litke and EJ Chichilnisky (2011)

  Subunit nonlinearities in primate retinal ganglion cells at single cone resolution
  Poster at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2011 meeting
  [ Abstract ]

• Orin S. Packer and Jan Verweij and Peter H. Li and Julie L. Schnapf and Dennis M. Dacey (2010)

  Blue-yellow opponency found in primate s cone photoreceptors
  Journal of Neuroscience, 30(2):568-572
  DOI 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4738-09.2010

• Peter H. Li and Jan Verweij and Julie L. Schnapf (2008)

  Electrical networks of mammalian photoreceptors
  Invited talk for the July 2008 FASEB Summer Research Conference on Retinal Neurobiology

• Jan Verweij and Peter H. Li and Orin Packer and Dennis M. Dacey and Julie L. Schnapf (2008)

  Primate blue cones receive rod input
  Paper presentation for the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) April/May 2008 meeting
  [ Abstract ]

• Lene E. Olesen and Marijn G. J. Ford and Eva M. Schmid and Yvonne Vallis and M. Madan Babu and Peter H. Li and Ian G. Mills and Harvey T. McMahon and Gerrit J. K. Praefcke (2008)

  Solitary and repetitive binding motifs for the AP2 complex α-appendage in amphiphysin and other accessory proteins
  Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283(8):5099-5109
  DOI 10.1074/jbc.M708621200

• Peter H. Li and Jan Verweij and Julie L. Schnapf (2007)

  Gap-junctional coupling between rods in guinea pig retina
  Paper presentation for the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) May 2007 meeting
  [ Abstract ]
  

• Eric P. Hornstein and Jan Verweij and Peter H. Li and Julie L. Schnapf (2005)

  Gap-junctional coupling and absolute sensitivity of photoreceptors in macaque retina
  Journal of Neuroscience, 25(48):11201-11209
  DOI 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3416-05.2005
  

• Jan Verweij and Eric P. Hornstein and Peter H. Li and Julie L. Schnapf (2005)

  Gap-junctional coupling between rods in the primate retina
  Paper presentation for the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) May 2005 meeting
  [ Abstract ]
  

University of California, San Francisco

• National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Biological Informatics, 2010-2012
• Invited speaker for the FASEB Summer Research Conference on Retinal Neurobiology, July 2008
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2003-2006
• National Eye Institute Travel Grant recipient, 2005

Harvard University

• Graduated Magna Cum Laude (High Honors), 2002
• Harvard College Honorary Scholarship, 2001, 2000, 1999

Henry M. Gunn High School

• National Merit Scholarship Finalist, 1998
• Bank of America Music Award, 1998
• Bausch & Lomb Honorary Corporate Science Award, 1997

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Graduate Students' Association (GSA)

• Neuroscience Department Representative, 2003-2005
• GSA Representative, Student Computing Support Committee, 2004
• GSA Representative, Chancellor's Committee on Arts, Honors, and Recognition, 2004-2008

Dunster House Opera Society (DHO)

• President, 2001-2002
• Historian, 2000-2001
• Board of Operators, 1999-2002
• Orchestra Manager, Bartered Bride, 2001
• Orchestra Manager, Magic Flute, 2000

Mozart Society Orchestra

• Board member, 1998-1999

Major Projects

• Ph.D. Dissertation

  Gap-junctional Coupling of Mammalian Rods and its Effect on Visual Detection Thresholds

Teaching

• UCSF Science and Health Education Partnership (SEP)

  BioTeach/GradTeach activity volunteer, Presidio Middle School, Spring 2005

• UCSF School of Dentistry: Neuroscience 117

  Teaching assistant, Spring 2004

• UCSF Neuroscience Department: Neuroscience 201a

  Student tutorial lecturer, Fall 2003, Fall 2004

• Harvard Computer Society (HCS)

  Instructor, HCS Seminar Series for Freshmen, 2001-2002

• Bureau of Study Council (BSC)

  Tutor, 2001-2002

• Harvard Student Agencies (HSA)

  Tutor, 2001-2002

Service

• Harvard Club of San Francisco

  Environmental Volunteer Coordinator, 2008

• San Bruno Mountain Watch

  Habitat Restoration Volunteer, 2008

• San Francisco Natural Areas Program

  Habitat Restoration Volunteer, 2005-2008

• San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department

  Volunteer, 2004-2005

• Harvard-Radcliffe Red Cross Blood Drive

  Volunteer, 2001-2002
  Volunteer, 1999-2000
  

California Native Plant Society, San Diego Chapter

• 2010-

California Native Plant Society, Yerba Buena Chapter

• 2007-2008

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

• Predoctoral Member, 2005, 2006, 2007

American Association for the Advancement of Science

• 2005-2006