Principal Investigator


Epaminondas Rosa, Jr.
Professor
Department of Physics
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Research: Computational neuroscience, experimental and computational nonlinear dynamics
Email: erosa-at-ilstu.edu



Current Lab Members


Zack  Mobille
Department of Physics
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Research: Building a Hodgin-Huxley electronic neuron; Modeling effects of astrocytes in neuronal dynamics
Josselyn Josselyn Gonzalez
MS stutent in Neuroscience and Physiology
School of Biological Sciences

Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Research: Dynamics of neuronal transitions
Manuela Burek
Department of Physics
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Research: Effects of temperature on neuronal transitions

Scott  Urnikis
Department of Physics
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Research: Incorporating units in neuronal simulations
Annabelle Shaffer
Department of Physics
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Research: Tonic-to-bursting transitions in electrically coupled neurons

Hannah Swift
School of Biological Sciences
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Research: Temperature effects in neuronal networks

Jordan Brandt-Trainer
Department of Physics
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Research: Inhibitory and excitatory chemical synapses


Collaborators



Wolfgang Stein (Collaborator)
Associate  Professor
School of Biological Sciences
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Research: Rhythmic motor patterns, generated by neuronal circuits called central pattern generators in the stomatogastric nervous system of crustaceans, and cellular neurophysiology
Dr. Stein's website: Crablab

Rosangela Follmann (Collaborator)
School of Information Technology
School of Biological Sciences,
Crablab
Department of Physics
Illinois State University, Normal, IL

Research: Computational neuroscience, network synchronization, axonal propagation and nonlinear dynamics







Former members
Nate  Harraman
Department of Physics
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Research: Inhibitory chemical neuronal interactions
Nick Butts
Department of Physics

Illinois State University, Normal, IL


Jae Chan Ku
Department of Physics
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Research: Neuronal synchronization in a linear configuration
Danny Moreno
Department of Physics
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Research: Neuronal synchronization in a cyclic configuration

Prithiv Kumar
Department of Physics
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Research: Synchronization of neurological systems
Presently
Quinton Skilling
Department of Physics
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Research: Synchronization of neurological systems, modeling of central pattern generators
Presently

Paige Martin
Department of Physics
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Research: Synchronization of coupled neurons
Presently
Christopher Legner
Department of Physics
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Research: Synchronization of coupled chaotic oscillators
Presently

Lucas Campanary (International exchange student)
Department of Physics
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Research: Synchronization of coupled neurons
Presently





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