Ed Connor

Ed Connor
Born
Charles Edward Connor Jr.

(1955-08-13) August 13, 1955
Baltimore, Maryland
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma mater
SpouseAmy Bastian
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Thesis The neural basis of tactual roughness perception  (1990)
Doctoral advisorKen Johnson
Websitekrieger.jhu.edu/mbi/research/Connor/

Charles Edward "Ed" Connor Jr. (born August 13, 1955) is an American neuroscientist who has made important contributions to the neuroscience of object synthesis in higher-level visual cortex. From 2009 he has been a professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University. In 2007 Connor was appointed Director of the Zanvyl Krieger Mind Brain Institute at Johns Hopkins. Connor has interests in neuroaesthetics, the relation between neuroscience and beauty.