CURRICULUM VITAE OF

ROBERT M. MIURADepartment of Mathematical Sciences Telephone: (973) 596-5464 (Office)New Jersey Institute of Technology (973) 596-5782 (Dept Office)University Heights Fax: (973) 596-5591 Newark, NJ 07102 E-mail: miura@njit.eduUSA URL: http://m.njit.edu/~miura/

I. EDUCATION

Ph.D. Aerospace & Mechanical Sciences Princeton University 1966 M.A. Aerospace & Mechanical Sciences Princeton University 1964 M.S. Mechanical Engineering University of California, Berkeley

1962 B.S. Mechanical Engineering University of California, Berkeley

1960

II. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Distinguished Departments of Mathematical New Jersey Institute of PresentProfessor Sciences and of Biomedical Technology (since

2007) Engineering

Research Center for Applied Mathematics New Jersey Institute of PresentProfessor and Statistics (since

2001) Professor Graduate Faculty, Department Rutgers University – Newark

Present of Biological Sciences (since

2004) Professor Emeritus Department of Mathematics University of British Columbia Present

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Visiting Prof. Global COE Program Meiji University, IkutaJun. 2009

Senior Res. Fellow Department of Mathematics City University of Hong Kong Dec. 2008

- Jan. 2009 Visiting Scholar Mathematical Biosciences Institute Ohio State University

Oct.-Nov.2008

Visiting Professor Department of Mech. Engineering University of TokyoSept 2008

Visiting Researcher Computational Science Res. Prog. RIKEN Wako InstituteSept 2008- Aug 2009

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Professor Departments of Mathematical New Jersey Institute of 2001-2007

Sciences and of Biomedical Technology Engineering

Acting Chair Department of Mathematical New Jersey Institute ofMay 2005 -

Sciences Technology June 2006 Director Division of Biological Sciences, New Jersey Institute of

2004-2005 Department of Mathematical Technology Sciences

Associate Chair Department of Mathematical New Jersey Institute of 2003-2005

Sciences Technology Visiting Professor Department of Mathematics City University of Hong Kong May 2005 Undergraduate Department of Mathematical New Jersey Institute of

2002-2003Chair Sciences Technology

Professor Department of Mathematics University of British Columbia1978-2001

Professor Institute of Applied Mathematics University of British Columbia1981-2001

Professor, Department of Pharmacology University of British Columbia1983-2001Associate Member & Therapeutics

Research Brain Research Centre University of British Columbia 1999-2001

Investigator Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics University of Washington

1988-2002Affiliate Member

Special Expert Mathematical Research Branch, National Institutes of Health 1997-1998

NIDDK Bethesda, Maryland Acting Director Institute of Applied Mathematics University of British Columbia 1996 Visiting Professor Department of Applied Mathematics University of Washington

1985-1987,1988

Visiting Professor Department of Mathematics University of California, 1986

Los Angeles Visiting Professor Department of Mathematics,

Faculty of Science Hiroshima University 1983

Visiting Professor Department of Mathematics, Kyoto University1981

Faculty of Science Visiting Scientist Centre de Recherches de Université de Montréal

1981 Mathématique Appliqué

Associate Professor Department of Mathematics University of British Columbia1976-1978

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Visiting Associate Department of Mathematics University of British Columbia 1975-1976

Professor Associate Professor Department of Mathematics Vanderbilt University

1971-1975 Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics New York University

1968-1971 Washington Square College

Associate Research Courant Institute of Mathematical New York University1967-1968

Scientist Sciences Postdoctoral Plasma Physics Laboratory Princeton University

1965-1967 Associate

III. AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Applied Mathematics Asymptotic and Perturbation Methods Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations Arising in Conservative Systems and Reaction-

Diffusion Systems Boundary-Value Problems for Differential-Delay EquationsQuantitative, Qualitative, and Numerical Methods for Analyzing Ordinary and Partial

Differential EquationsLattice Gas Algorithm

Applications Rarefied Gas Dynamics -- Kinetic Theory of Gases Nonlinear Wave Propagation -- Korteweg-de Vries Equation and Spreading Depression Mathematical Biology -- Waves and Diffusion of Ions in the Brain

-- Excitable Cells Including Neurons, Pancreatic -Cells, and Cardiac Cells -- Temporal Summation and Normalization in Dendrites -- Neuronal Networks, Excitatory Coupling, and Clustering -- Dynamical Pathways to Diabetes -- Kinetic Model-Based Analysis of Microarray Data -- Polyadenylation Sites in Gene Expression

Stretching of Heated Viscous Threads -- Glass Microelectrode Formation Direction Reversal in Brownian Motion

IV. HONORS

Fellow American Mathematical Society (Inaugural Class) Since 2013 Fellow Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (Inaugural Class)

Since 2009 Leroy P. Steele Prize American Mathematical Society

2006 (with C.S. Gardner,

J.M. Greene, and M.D. Kruskal)

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of ScienceSince 2005

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Fellow Royal Society of CanadaSince 1995

Fellow John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation1980-1981

UBC Senior Killam University of British Columbia 1980-1981 Fellowship

Guggenheim Fellow Princeton University 1961-1962 Honor Graduate University of California, Berkeley

1960 Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering Honor Society, University of California,

1958 Berkeley

Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, University of California, Berkeley1958

V. SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (1991--Present)

Honorary Analysis and Applications (World Scientific) Present Co-Editor-in-Chief (since 2013) Editorial Board SIAM Book Series on Monographs on Mathematical

Present Modeling and Computation

(since 2005) Editorial Board Canadian Applied Mathematics Quarterly Present

(since 1991)

Committee Member Neurosciences Research Institute, NJMS/UMDNJPresent

(since 2006)

Member SIAM Book Editorial Board 2009-2011 Organizing Committee Conference on Applied Mathematics, City University of 2009-2010

Hong Kong, June 2010 Chair, Board of Trustees Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Ohio State University, 2008-2011

Columbus, OH Co-Editor-in-Chief Analysis and Applications (World Scientific) 2000-2011

Associate Editor SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics 2009-2011

Chair, Session on Ion International Conference on Mathematical Biology and Jul 27-30,

Dynamics Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Biology2009

Participant OCCAM-Fields-MITACS Workshop Jun 22-26,

2009

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Mem., Board of Trustees Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Ohio State University,2007-2011

Columbus, OH Chair SIAM Activity Group on Life Sciences 2007-2008 Participant Fields-MITACS Industrial Problem-Solving Workshop

Aug 11-15,2008

Organizing Committee Conference on Frontiers in Applied and Computational 2007-2008

Mathematics, Mathematical Biology, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, May 19-21, 2008

Co-Organizer and Focused Research Group Workshop on Water Movements in May 11-18,Participant Biological Tissue and Diffusion-Weighted Imaging2008

Banff International Research Station, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Co-Director Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Graduate Program in2006-2010

Neuroscience (Joint with University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Rutgers University-Newark)

Co-Organizer Fourth Pacific Rim Conference on Mathematics, City University2006-2007 of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, December 7-11, 2007

Committee Member SIAM Conference on Mathematics for Industry 20072006-2007

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 9-11, 2007

Organizing Committee Conference on Frontiers in Applied and Computational 2006-2007

Mathematics, Mathematical Biology, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, May 14-15, 2007

Vice Chair SIAM Activity Group on Life Sciences2005-2006

Organizing Committee, Conference on Frontiers in Applied and Computational May 15-16, Chair Mathematics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark,2006

Panel Member NSF Review Panel, Arlington, VA, October 10-12, 20062006

Organizer The Lee Segel Forum on Non-Academic Careers for 2006 Mathematical Life Scientists, SMB/SIAM Conference on Life Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina, July 3, 2006

Editorial Board Integrative Neuroscience (World Scientific) 1999-2006 Scientific Advisory Fields Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, Toronto, 2002-2006

Panel Canada Organizer Third Pacific Rim Conference on Mathematics, Shanghai,

2001-2005 China (2005)

Co-Organizer and Focused Research Group Workshop on Analysis, Mar 12-26,

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Participant Computations, and Experiments on Pinch-off in Liquid Jets,2005

Banff International Research Station, Banff, Alberta, Canada Organizing Committee Conference on Frontiers in Applied and Computational

May 13-15, Mathematics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark,

2005 Organizing Committee Conference on Frontiers in Applied and Computational

May 21-22, Mathematics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark,

2004

Scientific Nominating Fields Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, Toronto 2003Committee Canada

Theme Leader Biomedical Theme, Mathematics of Information Technology1998-2003

and Complex Systems (MITACS), NCE International Affairs Canadian Mathematical Society

1998-2001Committee

Synge Committee Canadian Mathematical Society1999-2003

Nominating Committee, American Association for the Advancement of Science1999-2003Mathematics Section A

Program Committee MITACS Second Annual General Meeting, McGill University,2000-2001

Montréal, Quebec, Canada (May 11-12, 2001) Organizing Committee Second Pacific Rim Conference on Mathematics, Taipei,

1998-2001 Taiwan (2001)

Organizer MITACS BioMedical Theme Workshop, Centré de Recherches 2000

Mathématiqué, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada (November 4-5, 2000)

Organizer Session on Mathematical Biology, Canadian Mathematical1999-2000

Society/Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society Joint Meeting, Hamilton, Canada (June 10-13, 2000)

Organizing Committee Pacific Rim Dynamical Systems Conference, Maui, Hawaii (2000)1999-2000

Organizing Committee Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society Annual1999

Meeting, Quebec, Quebec Advisory Board Journal of Mathematical Biology

1982-1999 Local Advisory Committee Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, UBC

1996-1999 Co-Editor-in-Chief Methods and Applications of Analysis

1992-1999 Scientific Programme International Conference on Industrial and Applied Mathematics,

1996-1999Committee Edinburgh (1999)

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Board of Directors Society for Mathematical Biology 1995-1998 Organizing Committee First Pacific Rim Conference on Mathematics, Hong Kong (1998)

1996-1998 Nominating Committee Society for Mathematical Biology

1998 Scientific Committee Symposium on Mathematical Aspects of Fluid and Plasma

1997-1998 Dynamics, Hawaii (1998)

Organizer Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences Thematic1997-1999

Summer Program on Mathematical Biology, Vancouver (1999)

Organizing Committee Royal Society of Canada Conference, Vancouver 1997

Associate Editor Japan Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics 1984-1996

Organizing Committee Opening Conference, Pacific Institute for the Mathematical1996

Sciences, Victoria, B.C. Interim Executive Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences

1995-1996 Organizing Committee Society for Mathematical Biology, Annual Meeting, Seattle

1996 Co-Organizer Pacific Northwest Workshop on Mathematical Biology, UBC

1991, 1995 Organizing Committee Society for Mathematical Biology, Annual Meeting, Oaxtepec,

1995 Mexico

Steering Committee Centre de Recherches Mathématiques, Université de Montréal1990-1994

Co-Organizer International Symposium on Methods and Applications of1994

Analysis, Hong Kong Organizer CRM-UBC Summer School on Mathematical Biology

1993 Co-Organizer Workshop on Modelling, Mathematics, and Numerics of

1992 and Speaker Excitable Media, University of Manitoba

VI. EXTERNAL GRANTS (since 1991) National Science Research Grant (Restricted Diffusion in Cellular Media:

2010-2013Foundation Application to Cortical Spreading Depression)

Banff International Focused Research Group on Cortical Spreading Depression and 2009-2010

Research Station Related Phenomena, August 1-8, 2010 American Institute of SQuaREs Workshop on Modeling Cortical Spreading Depression,

2008-2010Mathematics May 24-28, 2010

National Science Research Grant (Stretching of Heated Threads)2007-2010Foundation

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University of Medicine Subcontract from Dr. Bin Tian, Department of Biochemistry2006and Dentistry of NJ and Molecular Biology, New Jersey Medical School

National Science Conference Grant2006Foundation

Howard Hughes HHMI-NIBIB Interfaces Initiative – Graduate Training Program2006-2008

Medical Institute in Quantitative Neuroscience (with UMDNJ and 2009-2010

Rutgers-Newark) (No-cost) National Science Conference Grant

2005Foundation

Air Force Office of Conference Grant2005Scientific Research

Society for Mathematical Conference Grant2005Biology

Natural Sciences and Research Grants (Mathematical Physiology)1977-2002Engineering Research

Council Equipment Grants 1991-1998 Medical Research Council Research Grant

1991-1994 B.C. Science Council GREAT Award to Graduate Student 1991-1993

VII. SUPERVISED POSTDOCTORAL AND STUDENT RESEARCH

Postdoctoral Fellows Joshua Chang 2013-present Math. Biosci. Inst., Ohio State University,

Columbus, OHMarianito Rodrigo 2001-2003 University of Wollongong, New South Wales, AUSYuqing Wang 2000-2002 Royal Bank , Toronto, ON, CanadaAlexandra Chavez-Ross 1999-2001 San Diego State University,

San Diego, CAMark Pernarowski 1990-1992 Montana State University, Bozeman,

MTHenry Tuckwell 1976-1978 Max Planck Institute, Germany

Doctoral Students Yiming Cheng 2007 (NJIT) University of Munich, GermanyStefan Reinker 2004 (UBC) Novartis, Basel, SwitzerlandJennifer Enns 1998 (UBC) Housewife, Richmond, B.C. CanadaLongxiang Dai 1997 (UBC) Platinum Solutions, Reston,

VirginiaBassam Ghalayini 1996 (UCLA) Gerda de Vries 1995 (UBC) University of Alberta, Edmonton, CanadaBruce Hutcheon 1995 (UBC) ??

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Mark Pernarowski 1990 (UW) Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

Chris Mah 1989 (UBC) Northwestern University, Evanston, ILDavis Cope 1980 (Vanderbilt U) North Dakota State University, Fargo,

ND

Masters StudentsRajpal Thiara 1998 (UBC)Henry Lai 1993 (UBC)Toni Foster 1992 (UBC)Robert Cheung 1984 (UBC) Mark Reimers 1983 (UBC)

Undergraduate Students (Brian Copeland, David Amundsen, Alex Bui, Vincent Cheung, Sandeep Bhachu, Adrian Desjardins, and Jonathan Porus)

VIII. BIBLIOGRAPHY

J.J. Wylie, H. Huang, and R.M. Miura, “Asymptotic analysis of a viscous drop falling under gravity”, J. Fluid Mech. (Revising for publication.) N. Madras, C. Breward, J. Heffernan, R.M. Miura, M.P. Soerensen, and S. Qazi, “Discovery and assessment of new target sites for anti-HIV therapies”, (Revising for publication). H. Huang, R.M. Miura, and W. Yao, “On van Harreveld’s dual potassium-glutamate hypothesis for cortical speading depression”. (Revising for publication.) C. Breward, J. Heffernan, R.M. Miura, N. Madras, and MP. Sorensen, “Discovery and assessment of new targets sites for anti-HIV therapies”, Proc. 2nd Fields-MITACS Industrial Problem-Solving Workshop, 2008. (11 pages). (Submitted for publication.) Y. Cheng, B. Tian, and R.M. Miura, “Mathematical modeling of alternative polyadenylation in the human gene, CSTF3.” SIAM J. Appl. Math. (to appear). J. Chang, K.C. Brennan, D. He, H. Huang, R.M. Miura, P.L. Wilson, and J.J. Wylie, “A mathematical model of the metabolic and perfusion effects on cortical spreading depression.” PLoS One, 8 (2013), e70469. J.J. Wylie, H. Huang, and R.M. Miura, “Stretching of viscous threads at low Reynolds number”, J. Fluid Mech. 683 (2011), pp. 212-234. H. Huang, R.M. Miura, and W. Yao, “A simplified neuronal model for the instigation and propagation of cortical spreading depression”, Adv. Appl. Math. Mech. 3 (2011), pp. 759-773. M.R. Rodrigo and R.M. Miura, “Exact and approximate traveling waves of reaction-diffusion systems via a variational approach”, Anal. Appl. (Singap.) 9 (2011), pp. 187-199. W. Yao, H. Huang, and R.M. Miura, “A continuum neuronal model for the propagation of cortical spreading depression”, Bull. Math. Biol. 73 (2011), pp. 2773-2790 (Published online March 15, 2011). H. Huang, J.J. Wylie, and R.M. Miura, “Restricted diffusion in a cellular medium: A (1+1)-dimensional model”, Bull. Math. Biol. 73 (2011), pp. 1682-1694. (Published online: 16 October 2010.) H. Huang and R.M. Miura, “Focussed research group on spreading cortical depression and related phenomena”, Report on Focussed Research Group, Banff International Research Station, Banff, Alberta, Canada, August 1-8, 2010. (5 pages) S.V. Komarova, M. Lopes, S. Qazi, R.M. Miura, and D.J.N. Wall, “Mediators of mechanotransduction between bone cells”, Proceedings of the OCCAM-Fields-MITACS Biomedical Problems Solving Workshop, Fields Institute, Toronto, June 22-26, 2009, pp. 31-38, May 2010. S.V. Komarova, L. Buono, M. Lopez, R.M. Miura, A. Pan, M. Pugh, S. Qazi, D.J.N. Wall, and T.J.W. Wright, “Mediators of mechanotransduction between bone cells”, Math-in-Medicine Workshop Report, Fields Institute, Toronto, June 22-26, 2009. (4 pages)

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J.J. Wylie, H. Huang, and R.M. Miura, “Systems of coupled diffusion equations with degenerate nonlinear source terms: Linear stability and traveling waves”, Disc. Cont. Dyn. Syst. A, 23 (2009), pp. 561-569. H. Huang, R.M. Miura, and J.J. Wylie, “Optical fiber drawing and dopant transport”, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 69 (2008), pp. 330-347. R.M. Miura, “Solitons and the inverse scattering method: An historical view”, Sugaku Seminar (in Japanese), 47 (2008) no. 8, pp. 32-38; no 9, pp. 44-49. H. Huang, J.J. Wylie, R.M. Miura, and P. Howell, “On the formation of glass microelectrodes”, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 67 (2007), pp. 630-666. P.D. Howell, J.J. Wylie, H. Huang, and R.M. Miura, “Stretching of Heated Threads with Temperature-Dependent Viscosity: Asymptotic Analysis”, Disc. Cont. Dyn. Syst.-B, 7 (2007), 553-572. R.M. Miura, H. Huang, and J.J. Wylie, “Cortical spreading depression: An enigma”, Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics, 147 (2007), pp. 287-302. J.J. Wylie, H. Huang, and R.M. Miura, “Thermal instability in drawing viscous threads”, J. Fluid Mech., 570 (2007), pp. 1-16. J.J. Wylie and R.M. Miura, “Traveling waves in coupled reaction-diffusion models with degenerate sources”, Phys. Rev. E, 74 (2006), 021909 (and in Virtual J. Biological Phys. Res., August 15, 2006). Y. Cheng, R.M. Miura, and B. Tian, “Prediction of mRNA polyadenylation sites by support vector machine”, Bioinformatics, 22 (2006), 2320-2325. B. Steinberg, Y. Wang, H. Huang, and R.M. Miura, “Spatial buffering mechanism: Mathematical model and computer simulations”, Math. Biosci. Engin., 2 (2005), 675-702. M. Toda and R.M. Miura, “Nonlinear toys” in Encyclopedia of Nonlinear Science edited by A.C. Scott, Routledge, Taylor and Francis, New York, (2005), pp. 645-647. S. Reinker, E. Puil, and R.M. Miura, “Membrane resonance and stochastic resonance modulate firing patterns of thalamocortical neurons”, J. Comp. Neurosci., 16 (2004), 15-25. I. Ran, R.M. Miura, and E. Puil, “Spermine modulates neuronal excitability and NMDA receptors in juvenile gerbil auditory thalamus”, Hearing Res., 176 (2003), 65-79. Y.X. Li, Y.Q. Wang, and R.M. Miura, “Clustering in small networks of excitatory neurons with heterogeneous coupling strengths”, J. Comp. Neurosci., 14, (2003), 139-159. S. Reinker, E. Puil, and R.M. Miura, “Stochastic and suprathreshold resonances in a stochastic Hindmarsh-Rose model of thalamic neurons”, Bull. Math. Biol., 65 (2003), 641-663. H. Huang, R.M. Miura, W. Ireland, and E. Puil, “Heat-induced stretching of a glass tube under tension: Appliclation to glass microelectrodes”, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 63 (2003), 1499-1519. A.E. Desjardins, Y.-X. Li, S. Reinker, R.M. Miura, and R. Neuman, “The influences of Ih on temporal summation in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons: A modeling study”, J. Comp. Neurosci., 15 (2003), 131-142. R.M. Miura, “Analysis of excitable cell models”, J. Comp. Appl. Math. 144 (2002), 29-47. B. Yan, R.M. Miura, and Y. Chen, “Direction reversal of fluctuation-induced biased Brownian motion on distorted ratchets”, J. Theor. Biol. 210 (2001), 141-150. G. Smith, L. Dai, R.M. Miura, and A. Sherman, “Asymptotic analysis of buffered calcium diffusion near a point source”, SIAM J. Appl. Math. 61 (2001), 1816-1838. B. Topp, K. Promislow, G. de Vries, R.M. Miura, and D.T. Finegood, “The -cell mass, insulin, and glucose model: Pathways to diabetes”, J. Theor. Biol. 206 (2000), 605-619. J. Enns and R.M. Miura, “Spontaneous secondary spiking,” J. Theor. Biol. 205 (2000), 181-199. L. Dai and R.M. Miura, “A lattice cellular automata model for diffusion in the brain cell microenvironment and determination of tortuosity and volume fraction,” SIAM J. Appl. Math. 59 (1999), 2247-2273. Y. Chen, B. Yan, and R.M. Miura, “Asymmetry and direction reversal in fluctuation-induced biased Brownian motion”, Phys. Rev. E 60 (1999), 3771-3775. G. de Vries and R.M. Miura, “Analysis of a class of models of bursting electrical activity in pancreatic -cells,” SIAM J. Appl. Math. 58 (1998), 607-635.

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H. Huang, R.M. Miura, W.P. Ireland, and E. Puil, “Modelling glass microelectrode formation,” in Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Conference of the Computational Fluid Dynamics Society of Canada, May 25-27, 1997 (N. Djilali and S. Dunlop, Eds.), Department of Mechanical Engineering and Centre for Earth and Ocean Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., May 1997, pp. 10.3-10.8. R.M. Miura, “Derivation of Gardner's equation,” Methods Appl. Anal. 4 (1997), 134-140. B. Hutcheon, R.M. Miura, and E. Puil, “Subthreshold membrane resonance in neocortical neurons,” J. Neurophysiol. 76 (1996), 683-697. B. Hutcheon, R.M. Miura, and E. Puil, “Models of subthreshold membrane resonance in neocortical neurons,” J. Neurophysiol. 76 (1996), 698-714. G. de Vries, R.M. Miura, and M. Pernarowski, “Parameter studies for an analog model of bursting electrical activity,” in Differential Equations and Applications to Biology and to Industry, edited by K. Cooke, M. Martelli, and H. Thieme, World Scientific, Singapore, 1996, pp. 385-392. With G. de Vries and M. Pernarowski, “Analysis of models of pancreatic -cells exhibiting temporal pattern formation,” in Pattern Formation: Symmetry Methods and Applications, edited by J. Chadam, W.Landford, and B. Wetton, The Fields Institute Communications, Vol. 5, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 1996, pp. 143-164. R.M. Miura and M. Pernarowski, “Correlations of rate of insulin release from islets and plateau fractions for -cells,” Bull. Math. Biol. 57 (1995), 229-246. C.G. Lange and R.M. Miura, “Singular perturbation analysis of boundary-value problems for differential-difference equations. V. Small shifts with layer behavior,” SIAM J. Appl. Math. 54 (1994), 249-272. C.G. Lange and R.M. Miura, “Singular perturbation analysis of boundary-value problems for differential-difference equations. VI. Small shifts with rapid oscillations,” SIAM J. Appl. Math. 54 (1994), 273-283. B. Hutcheon, R.M. Miura, Y. Yarom, and E. Puil, “Low threshold calcium current and resonance in thalamic neurons: a model of frequency preference,” J. Neurophysiol. 71 (1994), 583-594. M. Pernarowski, R.M. Miura, and J. Kevorkian, “Perturbation techniques for models of bursting electrical activity in pancreatic -cells,” SIAM J. Appl. Math. 52 (1992), 1627-1650. C.G. Lange and R.M. Miura, “Singular perturbation analysis of boundary-value problems for differential-difference equations. IV. A nonlinear example with layer behavior,” Studies in Appl. Math. 84 (1991), 231-273. M. Pernarowski, R.M. Miura, and J. Kevorkian, “The Sherman-Rinzel-Keizer model for bursting electrical activity in the pancreatic -cell,” in Differential Equations Models in Biology, Epidemiology, and Ecology, Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, Vol 92, edited by S.N. Busenberg and M. Martelli, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1991, pp. 34-53. L. Edelstein-Keshet, R.M. Miura, C. Clark, and D. Ludwig, “Pacific Northwest Workshop on Mathematical Biology,” Department of Mathematics and Institute of Applied Mathematics, Technical Report No. 91-4, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., June 1991. E. Puil, R.M. Miura, and I. Spigelman, “Consequences of 4-aminopyridine applications to trigeminal root ganglion neurons,” J. Neurophysiol. 62 (1989), 810-820. E. Puil, B. Gimbarzevsky, and R.M. Miura, “Voltage dependence of membrane properties of trigeminal root ganglion neurons,” J. Neurophysiol. 58 (1987), 66-86. R.M. Miura, “Mathematical modelling of macroscopic brain phenomena,” Mathematical Topics in Population Biology, Morphogenesis and Neurosciences, Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, Vol 71, edited by E. Teramoto and M. Yamaguti, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1987, 258-266. E. Puil, B. Gimbarzevsky, and R.M. Miura, “Quantification of membrane properties of trigeminal root ganglion neurons,” J. Neurophysiol. 55 (1986), 995-1016.

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R.M. Miura, Editor, Some Mathematical Questions in Biology - Muscle Physiology, Lectures on Mathematics in the Life Sciences, Vol. 16, American Mathematical Society, Providence, Rhode Island, 1986. R.M. Miura, Editor, Some Mathematical Questions in Biology - DNA Sequence Analysis, Lectures on Mathematics in the Life Sciences, Vol. 17, American Mathematical Society, Providence, Rhode Island, 1986. L. Gross and R.M. Miura, Editors, Some Mathematical Questions in Biology - Plant Biology, Lectures on Mathematics in the Life Sciences, Vol. 18, American Mathematical Society, Providence, Rhode Island, 1986. R.M. Miura, “Comments on the use of computers in mathematical research” (in Japanese), Kagaku 56 (1986), 788. R.M. Miura and C.G. Lange, “Particular solutions of forced generalized Airy equations,” J. Math. Anal. Appl. 109 (1985), 303-310. C.G. Lange and R.M. Miura, “Singular perturbation analysis of boundary-value problems differential-difference equations. II. Rapid oscillations and resonances,” SIAM J. Appl. Math. 45 (1985), 687-707. C.G. Lange and R.M. Miura, “Singular perturbation analysis of boundary-value problems for differential- difference equations. III. Turning point problems,” SIAM J. Appl. Math. 45 (1985), 708-734. B. Gimbarzevsky, R.M. Miura, and E. Puil, “Impedance profiles of peripheral and central neurons,” Can. J. Physiol. Pharmacol. 62 (1984), 460-462. R.M. Miura, “Nonlinear wave phenomena in the brain,” in Wave Phenomena: Modern Theory and Applications, edited by B. Moodie and C. Rogers, North-Holland Publ. Co., Amsterdam, 1984, pp. 409-421. C.G. Lange and R.M. Miura, “Singular perturbation analysis of boundary-value problems for differential-difference equations,” SIAM J. Appl. Math. 42 (1982), 502-531. R.M. Miura, “Accurate computation of the stable solitary wave for the FitzHugh-Nagumo equations,” J. Math. Biol. 13 (1982), 247-269. R.M. Miura, Editor, Some Mathematical Questions in Biology - Neurobiology, Lectures on Mathematics in the Life Sciences, Vol. 15, American Mathematical Society, Providence, Rhode Island, 1982. R.M. Miura, Review of Solitons - Mathematical Methods for Physicists by G. Eilenberger, J. of Stat. Physics 28 (1982), 617-618. R.M. Miura, A letter on “Japanese Applied Mathematics” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar, 10 (1982), 28-29. R.M. Miura, Review of “Rossby Soliton” by S.V. Antipov, M.V. Nezlin, E.N. Snezhkin, and A.S. Trubnikov, Appl. Mech. Rev. 35 (1982), 1029. R.E. Plant and R.M. Miura, “Rotating waves in models of excitable media,” in Differential Equations and Applications in Ecology, Epidemics and Population Problems, edited by S.N. Busenberg and K.L. Cooke, Academic Press, New York, 1981, pp. 247-257. R.M. Miura, “Nonlinear waves in neuronal cortical structures,” in Nonlinear Phenomena in Physics and Biology, edited by R.H. Enns, B.L. Jones, R.M. Miura, and S.S. Rangnekar, Plenum Publ. Corp., New York, 1981, pp. 371-400. R.H. Enns, B.L. Jones, R.M. Miura, and S.S. Rangnekar, Editors, Nonlinear Phenomena in Physics and Biology, Plenum Publ. Corp., New York, 1981. R.M. Miura, A letter on “Japanese Applied Mathematics” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar, Special Issues on Introduction to Current Mathematics, Vol. 2, Numerical Analysis and Nonlinear Phenomena, edited by M. Yamaguti, Nihon Hyoron Sha, 1981, pp. 1-3. R.M. Miura, “Explicit roots of the cubic polynomial and applications,” Appl. Math. Notes 4 (1980), 22-40. With J. Rinzel, “Workshop on Mathematical Neurobiology,” The Institute of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Technical Report No. 80-7, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., July 1980. Y. Koga and R.M. Miura, “Rate of polymorphic transformation between phases II and III of hexachloroethane,” J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. I 74 (1978), 1913-1921.

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H.C. Tuckwell and R.M. Miura, “A mathematical model for spreading cortical depression,” Biophysical J. 23 (1978), 257-276. R.M. Miura, “An introduction to solitons and the inverse scattering method via the Korteweg-de Vries equation,” in Solitons in Action, edited by K. Lonngren and A.C. Scott, Academic Press, Inc., New York, 1978, pp. 1-19. R.M. Miura, “Solitons and the inverse scattering method,” in Jahrbuch Überblicke Mathematik 1978 (in German), edited by B. Fuchssteiner, U. Kulisch, D. Laugwitz, and R. Liedl, B.I.-Wissenschaftsverlag, Mannheim, 1978, pp. 27-39. R.M. Miura, “Solitons, the inverse scattering method, and J. Scott Russell's observations of water waves,” in Geofluiddynamical Wave Mathematics, Research Contributions, Applied Mathematics Group, University of Washington, Seattle, 1978, pp. 125-134. D.S. Cohen, F.C. Hoppensteadt, and R.M. Miura, “Slowly modulated oscillations in nonlinear diffusion processes,” SIAM J. Appl. Math. 33 (1977), 217-229. R.M. Miura, “A nonlinear WKB method and slowly-modulated oscillations in nonlinear diffusion processes,” in Nonlinear Diffusion, edited by W.E. Fitzgibbon and H.F. Walker, Pitman Publishing Co., London, 1977, pp. 155-170. R.M. Miura, “The Korteweg-deVries equation: A survey of results,” SIAM Rev. 18 (1976), 412-459. R.M. Miura, “Introduction,” in Bäcklund Transformations, The Inverse Scattering Method, Solitons, and Their Applications, edited by R.M. Miura, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Vol. 515, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1976, pp. 1-11. R.M. Miura, Editor, Bäcklund Transformations, The Inverse Scattering Method, Solitons, and Their Applications, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Vol. 515, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1976. R.M. Miura, Review of Linear and Nonlinear Waves by G.B. Whitham, SIAM Rev. 18 (1976), 776-781. With P.S. Crooke, “Theoretical Studies in the Sorter Project,” in Nonferrous Metal Sorting at Vanderbilt University, edited by Charles E. Roos, Final Report, Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste Management Office, July 1976, pp. 232-240. R.M. Miura and M.D. Kruskal, “Application of a nonlinear WKB method to the Korteweg-de Vries equation,” SIAM J. Appl. Math. 26 (1974), 376-395. R.M. Miura, “Conservation laws for the fully nonlinear long wave equations,” Studies in Appl. Math. LIII (1974), 45-56. C.S. Gardner, J.M. Greene, M.D. Kruskal, and R.M. Miura, “Korteweg-de Vries equation and generalizations. VI. Methods for exact solution, Comm. Pure and Applied Math. XXVII (1974), 97-133. R.M. Miura, “The Korteweg-de Vries equation: A model equation for nonlinear dispersive waves,” in Nonlinear Waves, edited by S. Leibovich and R. Seebass, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1974, pp. 212-234. R.M. Miura, “Uniform asymptotic solution for linearized near-continuum plane Couette flow,” Scripta Mathematica 29 (1973), 77-97. E.M. Barston and R.M. Miura, “A singular perturbation analysis of theoretical models for warm inhomogeneous plasmas,” J. Plasma Physics 6 (1971), 271-282. With M.D. Kruskal, C.S. Gardner, and N.J. Zabusky, “Korteweg-de Vries equation and generalizations. V. Uniqueness and nonexistence of polynomial conservation laws," J. Math. Phys. 11 (1970), 952-960. R.M. Miura, “Korteweg-de Vries equation and generalizations. I. A remarkable explicit nonlinear transformation," J. Math. Phys. 9 (1968), 1202-1204. With C.S. Gardner and M.D. Kruskal, “Korteweg-de Vries equation and generalizations. II. Existence of conservation laws and constants of motion,” J. Math. Phys. 9 (1968), 1204-1209. C.S. Gardner, J.M. Greene, M.D. Kruskal, and R.M. Miura, “Method for solving the Korteweg-de Vries equation,” Phys. Rev. Letters 19 (1967), 1095-1097. R.M. Miura, “Asymptotic theory for linearized near-continuum gas flows,” in Rarefied Gas Dynamics, 5th Symposium, Vol. 1, edited by C.L. Brundin, Academic Press, Inc., New York, 1967, pp. 517-533.

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IX. ADDITIONAL MANUSCRIPTS

Manuscripts in Progress:

Y. Cheng, M. Tsai, R.M. Miura, and B. Tian, “The PolyA_SVM server: a web resource for prediction of pre-mRNA polyadenylation sites”. L. Dai and R.M. Miura, “A lattice cellular automata model for potassium movement within the brain-cell microenvironment”. H. Ikeda and R.M. Miura, “Singular perturbation analysis of the solitary pulse solution for a model of spreading cortical depression” (near completion). T. Foster and R.M. Miura, “A model of coupled heart cells to study phase resetting (near completion). H. Huang and R.M. Miura, “Mathematical modeling of ion transport in the brain-cell microenvironment with cell volume change” (in progress). H. Huang, R.M. Miura, and J.J. Wylie, “Analysis of the Tuckwell-Miura model for spreading cortical depression” (in progress). R.M. Miura, “Lecture Notes on Nonlinear Phenomena in Excitable Media,'” for the 1993 CRM-UBC Summer School on Mathematical Biology, University of British Columbia, August 1993 (unpublished notes). M.D. Kruskal and R.M. Miura, “Antidifferentiation of differential polynomials” (unpublished manuscript).

X. INVITED LECTURES, SEMINARS, TALKS, AND POSTERS AT CONFERENCES (2000-present)

“Mathematical modeling of cortical spreading depression and neurovascular coupling” (Invited Talk) presented at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware, October 11, 2013. “A model of cortical spreading depression with neurovascular coupling” (Invited Talk) presented at the Mathematics Department Colloquium, Penn State University, University Park, August 29, 2013. “Cortical spreading depression and neurovascular coupling” (Invited Talk) presented at the Mathematical Biosciences Institute Colloquium, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, February 11, 2013; Grad Student Seminar, NJIT, Newark, NJ, June 24, 2013. “Migraine with aura and cortical spreading depression” presented (with H. Huang and W. Yao) at the International Conference on Mathematical Biology and Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Biology, July 27-30, 2009, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Canada, July 30, 2009; (Invited Talk) presented at the Colloquium of the Department of Mathematics, Lehigh University, September 17, 2009. “Mathematical modeling of excitable cells and neural tissue” (Invited Talks) Eight lectures at the Global COE Program on Formation and Development of the Mathematical Sciences Based on Modeling and Analysis, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan, June 9-12, 2009. “Migraine with aura: Treat it with math” (Invited Talk) at the Centre for Mathematical Medicine, Fields Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 17, 2009; (Invited Talk) presented at the R&D Scientific Colloquium, PMI, Neuchatel, Switzerland, July 2, 2009. “Waves of cortical spreading depression” presented at the SIAM Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. July 9, 2008. “Stretching of heated threads: Glass microelectrodes” (Invited Talk) presented (by H. Huang) at the International Conference on Applied Mathematics: Modeling, Analysis, and Computation, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, June 4, 2008. “Solitons and the inverse scattering method” (Invited Talk) presented at the AMS Special Session on Dynamics and Stability of Coherent Structures, Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Diego, California, January 8, 2008; (Invited Talk) presented at the Department of Mechanical

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Engineering, University of Tokyo, September 2008. “Accurate solitary wave solutions” presented at the Summer Seminar Series, Department of Mathematical Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, July 2007. “Mathematical modeling of alternative polyadenylation” (poster) presented (with Y. Cheng, Z. Pan, and B. Tian) at the Conference on Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathematics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, May 2007. “Solitons and the inverse scattering method: An historical view” (Invited Talk) presented at Class of ’27 Lecture Series in Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, March 2007; (Invited Talk) presented at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, Canada, April 2007. “Mathematical modeling of spreading depression” (poster) presented (with A. Banerjee) at the Third Annual Provost’s Student Research Showcase, New Jersey Institute of Technology, April 2007; (poster) presented at the Conference on Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathematics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, May 2007. “Cortical spreading depression: An enigma” (Invited Talk) presented at Class of ’27 Lecture Series in Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, March 2007; (Invited Talk) presented at the 2007 Workshop for Young Researchers in Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, March 2007 “Approximate analytical expressions for monotonic traveling waves of reaction-diffusion systems” presented (by M. Rodrigo) at the First Joint CMS/SMM Meeting, Guanajuato, Mexico, September 23, 2006. “Waves of spreading cortical depression” presented (with A. Panda and H. Huang) at the Joint SIAM-SMB Conference on the Life Sciences, Raleigh, NC, August 2, 2006. “Prediction of polyadenylation sites of mRNA using Support Vector Machine” presented (with Y. Cheng) at the Joint SIAM-SMB Conference on the Life Sciences, Raleigh, NC, July 31, 2006. “Formation of glass microelectrodes” (Invited Talk) presented at the conference on Biology and Mechanics: Applications of Mathematics and Computation, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, May 25, 2006. “Modeling nonlinear waves of spreading depression” (poster) presented at the Conference on Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathematics, NJIT, May 13-15, 2005. “Analytical proof of equivalent distorted ratchet potentials” (poster) presented (with Y. Cheng) at the AMS 2005 Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting, Newark, Delaware, April 2, 2005; Einsteins in the City Conference, City College of New York, April 11, 2005, Conference on Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathematics, NJIT, May 13-15, 2005. “Solitons and the inverse scattering method: An historical view” (Invited Talk) presented at Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, February 23, 2005; (Invited Talk) presented at the Conference on Solitons, Singularities, Surreals, and Such: A Conference in Honor of Martin Kruskal’s Eightieth Birthday, Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University – Busch Campus, Piscataway, New Jersey, September 15, 2005; (Invited Talk) presented at Conference on Prospects of Mathematical Sciences, Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, December 17-20, 2005; presented at Applied Mathematics Colloquium, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NJIT, March 10, 2006; (Invited Talk) presented at Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, April 20, 2006. “Modeling nonlinear waves of spreading depression” (Invited Talk) presented at the COE Conference on Nonlinear Integrable Systems and Their Real World Applications, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, February 14-18, 2005; Mathematics Colloquium, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, April 1, 2005. “Spreading cortical depression: An enigma” (Invited Talk) presented at Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, November 12, 2004; (Invited Talk) presented at Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, April 21, 2006.

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“Kinetic model-based analysis of microarray data” (poster) presented (with S. Ji and J.-K. Eom) at the 7th International Meeting of the Microarray Gene Expression Data Society, Toronto, Canada, September 8-10, 2004. “Mathematical modelling of spreading cortical depression” presented at the International Conference for Mathematics in Biology and Medicine and Annual Meeting for the Society for Mathematical Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 27, 2004. “Solitary and multiple waves in models of spreading cortical depression” presented (with H. Huang) at the SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences, Portland, Oregon, July 14, 2004. “Waves of spreading cortical depression in the brain” (Invited Talk) presented at the International Conference on Mathematics and Its Applications, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, May 29, 2004. “Modeling spreading cortical depression” (Invited Talk) presented at the BioMaPS/DIMACS Seminar Series in Quantitative Biology, BIOMAPS Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, March 24, 2004. “Modelling nonlinear waves of spreading cortical depression” (Invited Talk) presented at the Applied Mathematics Seminar, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, March 16, 2004. “Spreading depression: A paradigm for understanding basic brain mechanisms” (Invited Talk) presented in the Mathematical Biology Seminar, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, January 15, 2004. “Modelling spreading cortical depression in the brain-cell microenvironment” (Invited Talk) presented at the AMS-SIAM Special Session on Mathematical Modeling in Neuroscience, Biomedicine, Genetics, and Epidemiology, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Phoenix, Arizona, January 8, 2004. “Ion diffusion and the spatial buffer mechanism in the brain-cell microenvironment” presented at the Applications of Mathematics in Medicine Workshop, Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada, July 28-30, 2003. “Solitons and the inverse scattering method: An historical view” presented at Faculty Seminar, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NJIT, Summer 2003. “Dispersal of ions in the brain-cell microenvironment” presented at the JBK80 Workshop, Stanford University, Stanford, California, January 4, 2003. “Spatial buffering: Mathematical model and computer simulation” presented (by H. Huang) at the International Congress of Mathematicians, Beijing, China, August 23, 2002. “Solitons and the inverse scattering method: An historical view” presented at Department of Mathematics, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, August 14, 2002. “Nonlinear differential equation problems from biomedical applications” presented at Department of Mathematics, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, August 16, 2002. “Analysis of bursting electrical activity in pancreatic -cells” presented at the Mathematical Biology Workshop, Center for Applied Mathematics and Statistics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, February 2002; (Invited Talk) Physical Mathematics Seminar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 2002; (Invited Talk) Applied Mathematics Seminar, Courant Institute, New York University, New York City, New York, April 2002; (Invited Talk) Dynamical Systems Seminar, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, April 2002. “Dispersal of ions in the brain-cell microenvironment” presented as a poster (with Y.Q. Wang) at the First SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, March 2002. “Synchronous phase-clustering states in networks excitatory neurons with nonuniform coupling” presented as a poster (with Y.Q. Wang and Y.X. Li) at the First SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, March 2002. “Temporal summation of EPSPs in pyramidal neurons” presented as a poster (with A. Desjardins, Y.X. Li, S. Reinker, and R. Neuman) at the First SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, March 2002. “Asymptotic analysis of buffered Ca2+ diffusion near a point source” presented as a poster (with G.D. Smith, L. Dai, and A. Sherman) at the Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, February 2002.

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“Some nonlinear differential equation problems from biomedical applications” (Invited Talk) presented at the International Conference on Frontier of Applied Analysis - Fluid Dynamics and Pattern Formation, Acros Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan, December 7, 2001. “Applications of excitable cell models” presented at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, December 15, 2000. “IH and temporal summation: A modeling study” presented as a poster (with A. Desjardins, Y.-X. Li, S. Reinker, and R. Neuman) at Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 4-9, 2000. “Applications of excitable cell models” presented at the Institute of Applied Mathematics Colloquium, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 18, 2000. “Spreading cortical depression: An example of ion diffusion in the brain” (Invited Talk) presented at the Session on Integrative Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, October 12, 2000. “A lattice Boltzmann equation model for ion movements in the brain-cell microenvironment” (Invited Talk) presented at the Session on Integrative Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, October 12, 2000; Institute for Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, July 22, 1999; Minisymposium on Modeling Complex Systems with Lattice Boltzmann Methods and Lattice Gas Automata, SIAM Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, July 15, 1998. “Analysis of excitable cell models” (Invited Talk) presented at the International Symposium on Applied Mathematics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China, August 16, 2000. “Dynamical pathways to diabetes” (Invited Talk) presented at the Minisymposium on Dynamical Diseases, SIAM Pacific Rim Dynamical Systems Conference, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, August 9, 2000. “Stochastic effects help thalamic neurons detect synaptic potentials” presented as a poster (with S. Reinker and Ernest Puil), Society for Mathematical Biology Annual General Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 3-5, 2000. “Mathematical modeling of the synaptic responsiveness and firing behavior of auditory thalamic neurons” presented as a poster (with I. Ran, A. Chavez-Ross, D. Schwarz, and E. Puil), Society for Mathematical Biology Annual General Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 3-5, 2000; MITACS Annual General Meeting, University of Toronto, Toronto, June 6, 2000. “Resonances in excitable cells” presented at the Special Session on Mathematical Biology, Math 2000, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, June 12, 2000. “Data and dynamics in complex biomedical systems (MITACS Biomedical Theme Presentation)” presented at MITACS Annual General Meeting, University of Toronto, Toronto, June 7, 2000. “Investigating the pathogenesis of diabetes with a minimal model of the glucose regulatory system” presented as a poster (with B.G. Topp, K. Promislow, G. de Vries, and D.T. Finegood), MITACS Annual General Meeting, University of Toronto, Toronto, June 6, 2000. “Exciting excitable cell models” (Invited Talk) presented (replacement for Sir Andrew Huxley) at the MITACS Annual General Meeting, University of Toronto, Toronto, June 6, 2000; (Invited Talk) Royal Society of Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., April 20, 2000.

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