1. Erich Jarvis is the head of a team of researchers who study the neurobiology of vocal learning, a critical behavioral substrate for spoken language.
12 Facts About Erich Jarvis
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In 2008, Erich Jarvis was selected as Investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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Erich Jarvis was one of four children of Sasha McCall, a gospel singer, and James Erich Jarvis, a musician and amateur scientist.
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Erich Jarvis's father had drug-induced schizophrenia and was homeless, living in various parks, prior to becoming the victim of a fatal shooting in 1989.
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Erich Jarvis attended the High School for the Performing Arts in Manhattan, where he studied ballet.
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Erich Jarvis continued his education at Rockefeller University, earning a Ph.
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Erich Jarvis continued his postdoctoral education at Rockefeller University until 1998.
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Erich Jarvis became an assistant and an adjunct assistant professor at Rockefeller University from 1995 to 2002.
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Erich Jarvis then was an associate professor of neurobiology at Duke University Medical Center until December 2016, when he returned to Rockefeller University, where he is professor and head of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language.
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The focus of Erich Jarvis' research is the vocal learning capabilities in birds and how they learn to mimic sounds.
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Erich Jarvis's research combines behavioral, anatomical, electrophysiological, molecular biological, and genomic techniques.
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Erich Jarvis's research identifies the neurological basis of birdsong at the tissue, cellular and genetic levels.