NEUROPHYSICS AND NONLINEAR DYNAMICS GROUP

André Longtin, Ph.D. Professor of Physics , APS Fellow University Research Chair in Neurophysics Director, Center for Neural Dynamics Physics Department, 150 Louis Pasteur Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5 TEL: 613-562-5800 ext. 6762 FAX: 613-562-5190 alongtin at uottawa dot ca Cross-Appointments: Cellular and Molecular Medicine Mathematics and Statistics

 RESEARCH      PUBLICATIONS      GROUP      MEDIA      JOBS      WORKSHOPS

NSERC-CREATE Training Initiative in Quantitative Biomedicine (Principal Investigator)

Center for Neural Dynamics , University ofOttawa                    

Biological Physics at the University of Ottawa

Biological Physics in Canada  

Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology                      

  EDUCATION

  B.Sc. Physics 1983, Université de Montréal

  M.Sc. Physics, 1985, Université de Montréal  (Theoretical Biophysics). 

     Prof. Jean-Robert Derome, supervisor.
     Thesis: ``Mathematical Model of the Human Acoustic reflex.''  (in French)

  Ph.D. Physics, 1989, McGill University, Montréal (Nonlinear Dynamics)

     Prof. Michael Mackey, supervisor
     Dr. John Milton (McGill and Montreal Neurological Institute), co-supervisor
     Thesis: ``Nonlinear Oscillations, Noise and Chaos in Neural Delayed Feedback.''

  EMPLOYMENT

• Visiting Professor, Physik and Institute for Advanced Studies, Technishe Universität München (2011-12)
• Visiting Professor, Brain-Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (January-March 2006)
• Full Professor, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa (May 2002+)
• Visiting Professor, Institut fuer Physik, Humboldt Universitaet Berlin, and
Max-Planck-Arbeitsgruppe ``Nonlinear Dynamics'', Potsdam Universitaet (Sept.-Oct. 1999)
• Associate Professor, University of Ottawa, Physics Department (1997+; tenured December 1995)
• Visiting Researcher, Santa Fe Institute for Studies of Complexity (summer 1992)
• Member, Center for Nonlinear Dynamics in Physiology and Medicine, McGill University (since 1992)
• Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa, Physics Department (1992-1996)
• NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow,  Complex Systems Group T13 (Dr. Doyne Farmer, group leader) and Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA (1989-1991)
• Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Biomedical Research Group (summer 1983)
• Laboratoire de Physique Nucleaire, Universite de Montreal (summers of 1981 and 1982)

  RESEARCH KEYWORDS

  JOURNALS

• Editorial Board, Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience (Springer)
• Editorial Board, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology (Springer)
• Reviewer Board, Frontiers in Systems Physiology
• Reviewer Board, Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
• Editorial Board, Biological Cybernetics (Springer)
• Editorial Board, Cognitive Neurodynamics (Springer)