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Professor MacIver believes that the body’s mechanical intelligence can be just as important, if not more important, than what’s going on in your head. His primary scientific efforts are in understanding how animal mechanics and sensory abilities fit together, and he pursues that problem using approaches from neuroscience, animal behavior studies, robotics, mathematical modeling, and computer simulations. In engineering, he has pioneered the development of a new sensor inspired by the ability of certain fish to sense using a self-generated electric field, and highly maneuverable propulsion systems based on fish locomotion.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Neuroscience, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
… → 2001
Philosophy, MA, University of Toronto
… → 1992
Philosophy and Computer Science, BSc, University of Toronto
… → 1991
Computer Science, BS, University of Toronto
Research interests keywords
- Biomechanics
- Neuroethology
- Neuromechanics
- Robotics
- Signal acquisition
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Cognitive convergence: Vertebrate carnivore-like predatory planning behaviors in jumping spiders
MacIver, M. A. (PD/PI)
International Human Frontier Science Program Organization
5/28/24 → 5/27/25
Project: Research project
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NCS-FO: The Biology and Technology of Online Planning
MacIver, M. A. (PD/PI), MacIver, M. A. (PD/PI), Dombeck, D. A. (Co-PD/PI) & Dombeck, D. A. (Co-PD/PI)
9/1/21 → 8/31/25
Project: Research project
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NCS-FO: How Ecology Induces Cognition: Paleontology, Machine Learning, and Neuroscience
MacIver, M. A. (PD/PI) & Dombeck, D. A. (Co-Investigator)
9/1/18 → 8/31/23
Project: Research project
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Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Participant Support Costs Supplement for NCS-FO: How Ecology Induces Cognition: Paleontology, Machine Learning, and Neuroscience #SP0049192
MacIver, M. A. (PD/PI) & MacIver, M. A. (PD/PI)
9/1/18 → 8/31/23
Project: Research project
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Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program
Disterhoft, J. F. (PD/PI), McLean, D. (Co-Investigator), Acosta, A. (Other), Allada, R. (Other), Apkarian, A. (Other), Awatramani, R. (Other), Beeman, M. (Other), Bevan, M. D. (Other), Bozza, T. (Other), Cang, J. (Other), Chetkovich, D. M. (Other), Cobia, D. J. (Other), Contractor, A. (Other), Corcos, D. M. (Other), DeVries, S. H. (Other), Dewald, J. P. A. (Other), Dhar, S. (Other), Dombeck, D. A. (Other), Elliott, J. M. (Other), Feng, Y. (Other), Ferreira, A. B. (Other), Gallio, M. (Other), Garcia-Anoveros, J. (Other), George, A. L. (Other), Geula, C. (Other), Gordon, K. E. (Other), Gottfried, J. A. (Other), Grafman, J. H. (Other), Hartmann, M. J. (Other), Heckman, C. (Other), Hespos, S. J. (Other), Jayaraman, A. (Other), Kahnt, T. (Other), Kearney, J. A. (Other), Kessler, J. (Other), Kiskinis, E. (Other), Kohtz, J. D. (Other), Kording, K. P. (Other), Kozorovitskiy, Y. (Other), Krainc, D. (Other), Larson, C. (Other), Lee, S. S. M. (Other), Li, L. (Other), Losh, M. C. (Other), MacIver, M. A. (Other), Maccaferri, G. (Other), Martina, M. (Other), Mazzulli, J. (Other), Mesulam, M.-M. (Other), Miller, R. J. (Other), Miller, L. E. (Other), Mussa Ivaldi, F. (Other), Nusslock, R. (Other), Opal, P. (Other), Ozdinler, H. (Other), Paller, K. (Other), Parrish, T. B. (Other), Prakriya, M. (Other), Radulovic, J. (Other), Raman, I. M. (Other), Reber, P. J. (Other), Redei, E. E. (Other), Rogalski, E. (Other), Sanchez, J. T. (Other), Sanz-Clemente, A. (Other), Savas, J. N. (Other), Schmidt, T. M. (Other), Schwartz, G. W. (Other), Segraves, M. (Other), Shepherd, G. M. G. (Other), Siddique, T. (Other), Solla, S. A. (Other), Surmeier Jr, D. J. (Other), Swanson, G. T. (Other), Topczewski, J. (Other), Tresch, M. C. (Other), Tysseling, V. M. (Other), Vassar, R. J. (Other), Voss, J. L. (Other), Wainwright, D. A. (Other), Wang, L. (Other), Weintraub, S. (Other), Woolley, C. S. (Other) & Wright, B. A. (Other)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
5/1/17 → 5/12/22
Project: Research project
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A robot-rodent interaction arena with adjustable spatial complexity for ethologically relevant behavioral studies
Lai, A. T., Espinosa, G., Wink, G. E., Angeloni, C. F., Dombeck, D. A. & MacIver, M. A., Feb 27 2024, In: Cell reports. 43, 2, 113671.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Scopus citations -
Evolution: Blinking through deep time
MacIver, M. A., Dec 18 2023, In: Current Biology. 33, 24, p. R1292-R1293Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
Participating in a climate futures market increases support for costly climate policies
Cerf, M., Matz, S. C. & MacIver, M. A., Jun 2023, In: Nature Climate Change. 13, 6, p. 511-512 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Open Access3 Scopus citations -
Participating in a climate prediction market increases concern about global warming
Cerf, M., Matz, S. C. & MacIver, M. A., Jun 2023, In: Nature Climate Change. 13, 6, p. 523-531 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3 Scopus citations -
Publisher Correction: Participating in a climate prediction market increases concern about global warming (Nature Climate Change, (2023), 13, 6, (523-531), 10.1038/s41558-023-01679-4)
Cerf, M., Matz, S. C. & MacIver, M. A., Sep 2023, In: Nature Climate Change. 13, 9, p. 997 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Datasets
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Supplementary Movie 1 from The neuroecology of the water-to-land transition and the evolution of the vertebrate brain
MacIver, M. A. (Creator) & Finlay, B. L. (Creator), The Royal Society, 2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.17040631, https://rs.figshare.com/articles/media/Supplementary_Movie_1_from_The_neuroecology_of_the_water-to-land_transition_and_the_evolution_of_the_vertebrate_brain/17040631
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Supplementary Movie 2 from The neuroecology of the water-to-land transition and the evolution of the vertebrate brain
MacIver, M. A. (Creator) & Finlay, B. L. (Creator), The Royal Society, 2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.17040634, https://rs.figshare.com/articles/media/Supplementary_Movie_2_from_The_neuroecology_of_the_water-to-land_transition_and_the_evolution_of_the_vertebrate_brain/17040634
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Code and data to support "Massive increase in visual range preceded the origin of terrestrial vertebrates"
MacIver, M. A. (Contributor), Schmitz, L. (Contributor), Mugan, U. (Contributor), Murphey, T. D. (Contributor) & Mobley, C. D. (Contributor), ZENODO, Feb 23 2017
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.321923, https://zenodo.org/record/321923
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Supplementary material from "The neuroecology of the water-to-land transition and the evolution of the vertebrate brain"
MacIver, M. A. (Creator) & Finlay, B. L. (Creator), The Royal Society, 2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5713117, https://rs.figshare.com/collections/Supplementary_material_from_The_neuroecology_of_the_water-to-land_transition_and_the_evolution_of_the_vertebrate_brain_/5713117
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