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Curriculum Vitae
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| Dr. rer. nat. Thomas
Nowotny |
Assistant Research Scientist
Institute for Nonlinear Science
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Dr., Mail Code 0402
La Jolla, CA 92093-0402
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+1-858-534-6876 (office) |
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| email: tnowotny (at) ucsd (dot) edu
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| www:
http://inls.ucsd.edu/~nowotny
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| Education |
![]() | Institute
for Nonlinear Science, University of California San Diego |
| 2002 -- 2004 | Postgraduate Training |
| | Computational Neuroscience and hybrid
systems. |
| | Advisors: Henry D. I. Abarbanel, Mikhail
I. Rabinovich |
| | Universität Leipzig |
| Nov 2001 | Ph.D. in Physics |
| | Dissertation: "Phase transitions and
multifractal properties of random field Ising models" |
| | Advisor: U. Behn |
| | Final exams in: Statistical Physics,
Stochastic Processes |
| | Georg-August Universität Göttingen
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| Jul 1998 | Diplom in Physics |
| | Thesis: "Untersuchung geometrischer
Strukturen in zellularen Netzwerken und Graphen im Hinblick auf eine
Beschreibung der Feinstruktur der physikalischen Raumzeit auf der
Planckskala" |
| | Advisor: M. Requardt |
| | Final exams in: Theoretical Physics, Experimental
Physics, Astrophysics, Probability Theory |
| | University of California Riverside
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| 1995 -- 1996 | Participant in the Education Abroad Program
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| | Georg-August Universität Göttingen
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| Jul 1994 | Vordiplom in Physics |
| Teaching Experience |
| | University of California San Diego |
| 2006 | Guest lecture on "The sense of a database approach
in computational neuroscience", in biological sciences division class BGGN 260
"Neurodynamics" |
| 2004 | Tutorial on "Large scale neural simulations in C++"
for graduate students at the Institute for Nonlinear Science |
| 2003 | Guest lecture on "Synchronization and Plasticity", in
class BGGN 260
"Neurodynamics" |
| 2002 - | Participated in advising graduate students
(Valentin Zhigulin, Sachin Talathi, Corinne Teeter, Dan Creveling)
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| | Georg-August Universität Göttingen
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| 1996 - 1997 | Teaching assistant: Assisted in the
lecture "Theoretical mechanics" of Prof. H. Gönner, led weekly
seminars, graded exercises and determined final grades. |
| 1993 - 1994 | Assistant: Lecture notes "Theoretical
mechanics" with Prof. G. C. Hegerfeldt |
| Positions and Academic Activities |
| | Institute for Nonlinear Science, University
of California San Diego |
| 2004 - | Assistant
Research Scientist:
Independent research in Computational Neuroscience and hybrid
systems. |
| 2002 - 2004 | Postgraduate Researcher: Independent
research in Computational Neuroscience and hybrid systems. |
| | Institute for Theoretical Physics,
Universität Leipzig |
| 1999 -- 2001 | Network administrator: Maintenance and
administration of the Linux PC cluster of the institute in a group of three
administrators. |
| | Institute for Theoretical Physics,
Universität Leipzig |
| 1999 - 2001 | Student speaker of the graduate program
"Quantenfeldtheorie: Mathematische Struktur und ihre Anwendungen in der
Elementarteilchen und Festkörperphysik." |
| | Universität Leipzig |
| 1999 - 2001 | Student member of the advisory board for
appointments to the Leibniz
professorship. |
| | Data Processing Group, MPI for Fluid
Dynamics, Göttingen |
| 1997 - 1998 | Assistant: PC hardware maintenance, software
installation and administration in an amorphous Windows, Linux and Unix
cluster. |
| | Institute for Theoretical Physics,
Georg-August Universität Göttingen |
| 1997 - 1998 | Student representative on the executive
board of the institute. |
| Memberships and professional activies |
| 2004 -- | Member of Society for Neuroscience |
| 2003 -- | Participation in grant proposals to National
Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of
Naval Research (ONR), and Army Research Office (ARO). |
| | Successful grant proposal to NSF/NIH, RO1 NS050945,
"Dynamical Principles of Neuronal Motor Microcircuits", PI:
A. I. Selverston, Total amount granted: $ 1973840, Role: Co-Investigator
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| | Successful grant proposal to NSF, PHY 0414174,
"Enhanced Synchronization of Neurons with Synaptic Plasticity: Its Origins and Its Role in Learning & Information Transport", PI: H. D. I. Abarbanel,
Total amount granted: $ 300000, Role: Co-Investigator |
| 2002 | Host of the seminar series "Dynamics of Nervous
Systems" |
| 2002 - | Referee for Biol. Cybern.,
Phys. Rev. Lett., Phys. Rev. E, J. Neurophysiol., Chem. Senses, IEEE Trans.
Circ. & Systems, Europhys. Lett., Adv. Complex Syst. |
| 1997 - 2004 | Member of European Physical Society |
| 1997 - | Member of Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
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| Avocations |
| | Rock climbing, beach volleyball, chess, traveling
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| Software packages |
| 2005 | Animation software for large scale neuronal network
simulations
NeurAnim |
| | Co-founder and webmaster of the stock market
meta-analysis website marketmetanalysis.com |
| 2003 | Dynamic clamp software StdpC (Spike timing
dependent plasticity Clamp) |