Al's Professional Information

My CV: pdf

Education

Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2003
Thesis: Symmery Breaking Bifurcations of the Information Distortion: pdf
Thesis advisor: Tomas Gedeon in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, co-advisor: Alex Dimitrov at the Center for Computational Biology,
funded by the IGERT Complex Biological Systems Program at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

M.S. in Statistics, 2004
Department of Mathematical Sciences at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

M.S. in Mathematics, 1997
Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

B.S. in Mathematics 1994,
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Bridgewater State College , Bridgewater, MA

A.A. in Liberal Arts, 1993
Massasoit Community College, Brockton, MA

Professional Career

Research Scientist, 2007-
Center for Biofilm Engineering
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007-2010
Collaboration with Colin Fox in the Department of Physics at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand
and the New Zealand Institute of Mathematics at the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Lecturer, 2006
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2004-2005
Center for Adaptive Optics
Collaboration between the Roorda Lab at the University of California at Berkeley, College of Optometry and Curt Vogel in the Department of Mathematical Sciences and David Arathorn at the Center for Computational Biology at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

Graduate Teaching Fellow, 2002-2004
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

Research Assistant, 1999-2003
Work with Tomas Gedeon in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Alex Dimitrov and John Miller at the Center for Computational Biology,
funded by the IGERT Complex Biological Systems Program at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

Senior Software Engineer , 1997-2000
Systems Interface Utilities Team, IDX Systems Corporation, Burlington, VT

Lecturer, 1999
Graduate Teaching Fellow, 1995-1997
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

Lecturer, 1998
Saint Michael's College, Winooski, VT

Mathematics and Geometry Teacher, winter of 1994
Mount Snow Academy, West Dover, VT

Research Interests

Papers and Presentations

Iterative sampling from high dimensional densities

Modeling of complex biological systems

Applied Statistics, Bayesian Data Analysis

Bifurcation Theory with symmetry

Neural Coding and Decoding, Computational Neuroscience

Annealing, Clustering, Optimization

Vision Science

My Previous Life

Carpenter, 1994-1999
- Camerand, Inc., South Burlington, VT
- Arol Ward Jr. Excavating and Trucking, Grafton, VT

Hiker/Thinker, June 11 (my birthday), 1997 - July 2, 1997
Long Trail, MA-VT-Canada

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 1994 - Spring 1995
I volunteered to work for Dennis Healy in the Department of Mathematics at Dartmouth College on some image processing stuff.

Snow maker (i.e. person who makes snow to get a free ski pass), winters of 1994-1995
- Smuggler's Notch Ski Area, Smuggler's Notch, VT
- Mount Snow, West Dover, VT

Veterinary Technician (and expert lawnmower), 1989-1994
Bristol County Animal Clinic, Raynham, MA

Teacher's Aid, 1989-1990
5th grade behavior disorder class, John F. Parker Middle School, Taunton, MA

Camp Counselor and Canoeing Instructor, summer of 1988
- Lakeside Christian Camp, Pittsfield, MA
- Grotonwood Christian Camp, Groton, MA

Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B), 1987-1989
United States Army Reserve, 187th Support Battalion, Brockton, MA