Postdoctoral Research,
University of Pennsylvania,
Neuroscience Department
with Professor
Peter Sterling.
Studying the activity of amacrine and ganglion cells in intact
mammalian retinas in vitro, using bright visual stimulation,
intracellular recording, pharmacological manipulations, and
anatomical analysis. We primarily studied the functional role
of spiking amacrine cells.
1994-1997
Postdoctoral Research,
Tufts University,
Neuroscience Department
with Professor
Kathleen Dunlap.
Studying the biophysical basis of neurotransmitter modulation of
calcium current in vertebrate nerve cells, using patch-clamping
recording and single-channel analysis.
1987-1994
Ph.D. in Physics,
Harvard University.
Working with Professor
Gerald Gabrielse;
developed a system which traps and accumulates large numbers of
positrons, as part of a project to produce and study antihydrogen.
