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Andrew M. Oster

Curriculum Vitae

Department of Mathematics Washington and Lee University Robinson Hall Lexington, VA 24450

e-mail: ostera @@ wlu.edu http://home.wlu.edu/∼ostera/

Active Research • Mathematical modeling of dopamine cell activity and nicotine’s effect on dopamine release, bioDirections physics of addiction, mitochondrial function, intracellular calcium signaling, neurodevelopment of the visual system. Research Interests • Mathematical neuroscience and physiology, modeling, dynamical systems, pattern formation, visual processing, calcium dynamics, traveling waves, and neuronal bursting Employment • Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 2011-present • Postdoctoral Fellow, Group for Neural Theory, ´ Ecole Normale Sup´erieure, Paris, France, 2009-2011 • Postdoctoral Fellow, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2006-2009 • Research Fellow (NSF-RTG), University of Utah, 2004-2006 • Teaching Fellow, University of Utah, 2002-2004 • Teaching Assistant, University of Utah, 2000-2002 Education • Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Utah, 2006 Ph.D. Advisor: Paul Bressloff Biological Advisor: Alessandra Angelucci Dissertation title: Mathematical models of cortical development • M.S., Mathematics, University of Utah, 2002 • B.S., Mathematics, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, 2000 magna cum laude, minor in computer science Publications Accepted: • A. M. Oster and B. S. Gutkin. A reduced model of DA neuronal dynamics that displays quiescence, tonic firing, and bursting. J. Physiol. (2011), doi:10.1016/j.jphysparis.2011.07.012 • A. M. Oster, B. Thomas, D. H. Terman, and C. P. Fall. The low conductance mitochondrial permeability transition pore confers excitability and CICR wave propagation. J. Theor. Biol. (2011), doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.12.023 • P. C. Bressloff and A. M. Oster. A theory for the alignment of cortical feature maps during development. Phys. Rev. E, 82, 021920 (2010). • A. M. Oster and P. C. Bressloff. A developmental model of ocular dominance column formation on a growing cortex. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 68, 73–98(2006) • T. O’Neil, A. M. Oster, et al. Soaring Again: The California Condor Restoration Project. UMAP Journal, 21.4 (2000) • T. O’Neil, A. M. Oster, et al. Clutching for Survival: The California Condor Restoration Project. UMAP Journal, 20.4 (1999) In preparation: • A. M. Oster, P. Faure and B. S. Gutkin. Mechanisms for multiple activity modes of midbrain DA neurons. (anticipated submission November 2011) • A. M. Oster and P. C. Bressloff. A laminar network model for the joint development of ocular dominance columns and CO blobs in V1. (anticipated submission December 2011)

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Andrew M. Oster

Curriculum Vitae

• A. M. Oster, P. Faure and B. S. Gutkin. A model of dopaminergic neuronal dynamics within the VTA: nicotinic effects on burst firing. (anticipated submission March 2012) • A. M. Oster, A. Kuznetsov and B. S. Gutkin. Influence of cocaine on NMDA-induced bursting of midbrain DA neurons. (anticipated submission May 2012) . Conf. Proceedings / Technical Reports: • A. M. Oster and B. S. Gutkin. A reduced model of DA neuronal dynamics that displays quiescence, tonic firing, and bursting. French Comput. Neurosci. Conf. Proc., October 2010 • P. C. Bressloff and A. M. Oster. A theory for the alignment of cortical feature maps during development. MBI Technical Reports, 76 (2008) • A. M. Oster, B. Thomas, D. Terman, and C. P. Fall. The mitochondrial permeability transition pore confers excitability and CICR wave propagation. MBI Technical Reports, 78 (2008) Awards and Honors Fellowships and • Neuropˆ ole de Recherche Francilien (NeRF) Fellowship, Paris, France 2010-2011 grants: • MBI Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2006-2009 • NSF-RTG Fellowship (#0354259), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2004-2006 Travel awards:

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Landahl Grant, SMB, Vancouver, Canada, 2009 ECMTB, Dresden, Germany, 2005 NSF/University of Houston, Houston, TX, 2005 MCN course tuition award, MCN Woods Hole, MA, 2004 Associated Students of the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2004 University of Utah Graduate School, Salt Lake City, UT, 2003 Department of Mathematics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2002

Undergraduate • Outstanding Senior Mathematics, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, 2000 awards: • Two Outstanding Awards, COMAP’s Mathserve Competition, 1999 & 2000 • Meritorious Award, COMAP’s Mathematical Contest in Modeling, 1999 Presentations Invited talks and • A Visitor’s Guide to Mathematical Biology. presentations: Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA, 2011 • Mechanisms for multiple activity modes of midbrain DA neurons. • AMS/MAA Annual Joint Meeting, Boston, MA, 2012 • AMS Southeastern Sectional Meeting, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 2011 • Workshop on Multistability in Neurodynamics, Computational Neuroscience Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden, July 2011 • A Laminar Model for the Development of the Visual System, • Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA, 2011 • Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 2011 • Marshall University, Huntington, WV, 2011 • Dopaminergic neuronal dynamics within the VTA: nicotinic effects on burst firing • International Conference on Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems Tampa, Florida, December 2010 • Mathbio Seminar, UC Davis, Davis, CA, November 2010 • A reduced model of DA neuronal dynamics that displays quiescence, tonic firing, and bursting. French Comput. Neurosci. Conf. Proc., Lyon, France, October 2010 • Mitochondrial Calcium Signaling: excitability, oscillations, and waves, • Symposium on interdisciplinary approaches to calcium and secretory dynamics in cells, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain, 2009 2

Andrew M. Oster

Curriculum Vitae

• Society for Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2009 • Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL, 2009 • Workshop for Young Researchers in Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2008 • SIAM Conference on Life Sciences, Montreal, Canada, 2008 • The Mitochondrion as an Excitable Organelle, MBI Institute Partners Meeting, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2007 • Calcium Signaling and Mitochondrial Excitability, Workshop for Young Researchers in Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2007 • Mitochondrial Modulation of Intracellular Calcium Signaling, Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, 2007 • A Model for the Joint Development of OD Columns and CO Blobs, SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, UT, 2007 • Ocular Dominance Development on a Growing Visual Cortex, • Neuroinformatics Group, Department of Integrative Neurophysiology, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2009 • AMS Fall Central Section Meeting, Special Session on Mathematical Biology, Cincinnati, OH, 2006 • MBI Postdoctoral Seminar, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2006 • UT/AZ IGERT Summit, Salt Lake City, UT, 2005 • Development of the Visual Cortex, MBI Institute Partners Meeting, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2006 • Episodic Rhythmicity in Developing Chick Spinal Cord, Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, 2004 • Hebbian Learning: How V1 Got Its Stripes, Graduate Colloquium, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2002 • A Population Projection Model for the Re-introduction of the California Condor, Graduate Colloquium, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2001 • A Brief Introduction to Genetic Algorithms, Graduate Colloquium, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2000 • An Asteroid Impact Model: A Tale of Two Ice Shelves, Mathematics Colloquium, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA, 1999 Posters: • Dopaminergic neuronal dynamics within the VTA: nicotinic effects on burst firing, • 5th CNRS-MPG joint workshop on Systems Biology, Institut Henri Poincar´e, Paris, France, December 2010 • Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, November 2010 • Aquitaine Conferences on Neurosciences: insights into the neurobiology of addiction, Arcachon, France, October 2010 • A reduced model that displays quiescent, tonic and bursting DA neuronal dynamics. OCCAM Computational Neuroscience Workshop: Future Challenges in Mathematical and Computational Neuroscience, St Anne’s College, Oxford, UK, September 2010 • The mitochondrial permeability transition pore confers excitability and CICR wave propagation, - MBI Institute partners Meeting, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2008 - SIAM Conference on Life Sciences, Montreal, Quebec, 2008 - Theoretical Biology & Biomathematics, Gordon Research Conference, Lucca, Italy, 2008 - Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathematics Meeting, Newark, NJ, 2008 • Laminar Network Model for the Joint Development of Ocular Dominance Columns and CO blobs in V1, Computational and Systems Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, 2006 3

Andrew M. Oster

Curriculum Vitae

• Ocular Dominance Development on a Growing Visual Cortex - European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (ECMTB), Dresden, Germany, 2005 - SIAM Dynamical Systems Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, 2005 - Coupled 60 Focused Workshop, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 2005 - Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2005 • A Theory for the Alignment of Cortical Feature Maps during Development, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2003 Interdisciplinary • Neuroinformatics Course, Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, Experience Woods Hole, MA, 2007 A two week long intensive short course on neuroinformatics, a multidisciplinary subject dealing with the analysis and management of data gathered from the nervous system. • Bi-monthly joint group meetings between Theoretical Neuroscience Group and Moran Eye Center’s Visual Science Group, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2002-2006 • Laboratory of Professor Alessandra Angelucci, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2005 Involvement with experiments studying the computational significance of cortico-cortical connections on the neural response properties in the visual cortex of macaque monkey. • Methods in Computational Neuroscience, Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, 2004 A month long intensive short course that introduces computational and mathematical techniques to help understand neural organization and function; dynamics of single membrane channels to operations of the whole brain. Professional Activities Conferences • Lead Organizer Fall 2007 and Fall 2008 organized: MBI Workshop for Young Researchers in Mathematical Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, (co-organizer 2006/2007) Peer Reviewing: • • • • •

Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience Journal of Computational Neuroscience Journal of Mathematical Biology PLoS Computational Biology SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems

Professional • American Mathematical Society, Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Society for Societies: Mathematical Biology, and Society for Neuroscience Teaching • Interests - mathematical modeling, mathematical biology, ordinary and partial differential equations, calculus, advanced calculus, complex analysis, scientific computing, linear algebra Service: • Washington and Lee University - Mathematical Competition in Modeling Seminar, Winter 2012 Mentor a team (or teams) for competition in the COMAP Mathematical Competition in Modeling - Director, W&L Mathematics Help Center, Winter 2012 Upcoming Classes: • Washington and Lee University - Calculus II (two sections), Winter 2012 - Calculus I, Winter 2012 Classes taught: • Washington and Lee University - Calculus I (three sections), Fall 2011 Lecture, write all lecture material and examinations, hold regular office hours, maintain a course website

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Andrew M. Oster

Curriculum Vitae

• The Ohio State University - VIGRE working group in mathematical biology, 2006 Course website: http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/vigre/mathbio/index.shtml Responsibilities: lecture on mathematical neuroscience, design curriculum, determine readings, supervise several course projects, moderate discussions, assist with computational issues, introduce students to professional speaking techniques, assign final grades • MBI Summer Graduate Program in Mathematical Modeling in Physiology, 2008 Course website: http://mbi.osu.edu/eduprograms/graduate2008.html Project Topic- Development of the primary visual cortex: ocular dominance, competition for neurotrophins, and the cortical laminae Responsibilities: Actively supervised a group of graduate students and young faculty on a project on neurodevelopment. • The University of Utah - Trigonometry (class of 170), 2004 - Calculus II (two semesters), 2003 - Pre-Calculus, 2001 - Calculus I, 2001 Lecture, set syllabi, write all lecture material and examinations, proctor exams, hold regular office hours, assist with computer technology (Maple), maintain a course website, utilize online assignments (Webworks) for sections with a large number of students Classes assisted: • University of Utah - Math Biology II: systems physiology (graduate level), 2006 - Math Biology II: spatially extended systems (upper undergrad/graduate level), 2005 Lecture for week intervals when instructor away, hold office hours, grade all assignments - Differential Equations and Linear Algebra for Engineers (nine sections), 2001-2002 For each section, hold weekly recitations that include lecturing and fielding homework questions, hold office hours, MATLAB assistance - Calculus I (two semesters, classes of 170), 2000/2004 References

Teaching/Service References

Boris Gutkin, Ph.D. Senior Research Scientist Group for Neural Theory (LNC, DEC) ´ Ecole Normale Sup´erieure (+33) 01 44 32 29 56 boris.gutkin@@ens.fr

David Terman, Ph.D. Professor Department of Mathematics The Ohio State University (614)688-3064 terman@@math.ohio-state.edu

Paul Bressloff, Ph.D. Professor Department of Mathematics University of Utah (801)585-1633 bressloff@@math.utah.edu

Alessandra Angelucci, M.D./Ph.D. Assistant Professor Dept of Ophthalmology and Visual Science Adjunct Asst Professor of Bioengineering University of Utah (801)585-7489 alessandra.angelucci@@hsc.utah.edu

Gregory Dresden, Ph.D. Department Chair and Assoc. Professor Department of Mathematics Washington and Lee University (540) 458-8806 dresdeng@@wlu.edu

Avner Friedman, Ph.D. Distinguished University Professor Mathematical Biosciences Institute Department of Mathematics The Ohio State University (614)292-5296 afriedman@@mbi.osu.edu

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