From: rag6e@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Richard Alan Gray)
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                                        Richard Alan Gray
                                      1528 B Cherry Avenue
                                    Charlottesville, VA 22903
                                   e-mail: rag6e@virginia.edu

	I am interested in applying my electrophysiological, signal processing, modelling, and compter skills to problems in medicine.

	I expect to receive my Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering in May, 1993 andI am currently studying oscillations in cell membranes and have a strong background in biopotentials, instrumentation and signal processing.  I have an understanding of the theory and instrumentation involved in electrocardiography, electroencephalography, and electromyography and I have programmed extensively in C and Fortran.  My recent programming experience includes creating a neuronal network program using mathematical models of c



ellular oscillators (including cardiac cell models), and the development of data analysis software.  

 My resume is found below.



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                                 Richard Alan Gray
                               1528 B Cherry Avenue
                             Charlottesville VA 22903
                                  (804) 971-8575
                             email: rag6e@virginia.edu


EDUCATION:   
          University of Virginia, Charlottesville Virginia
          Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, May 1993 (expected)
          M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, January 1990
          GPA: 3.7
          Biomedical Engineering Fellowship, 1988-1991
          Center for Biological Timing Fellowship, 1991-1993

          Bucknell University, Lewisburg Pennsylvania
          B.S. in Chemical Engineering, June 1986
          GPA: major 3.9  overall 3.3
          Outstanding Chemical Engineering Student in the Central
Pennsylvania Area, 1986 Dean's List, 1985-1986

RELEVANT COURSEWORK:
          Bioelectrical Systems, Signal Processing I & II,
Electrical Instruments and Measurements, Medical Instrumentation,
Process Control, Biophysics, Statistics, Neurophysiology,
Physiology I & II, Fluid Mechanics I & II, Mass Transport I & II,
Advanced Process Design, Applied Partial Differential Equations,
Numerical Methods


WORK EXPERIENCE:

4/91-5/93 Graduate Fellow, Center for Biological Timing, University
of Virginia, Charlottesville VA 
          Studied response of neuronal membranes and synapses to
sinusoidal current injection.  Proposed `resonance' hypothesis to
study neuronal oscillators.  Verified this hypothesis using
computer simulations and applied this technique to neurons in the
medicinal leech.  Developed data analysis software to analyze time
series data.  Developed computer program to simulate individual
cells and circuits of cells (coupled by electrical connections
only).  Cell types studied included: Hodgkin-Huxley axon model,
three cardiac cell models, and a pancreatic bursting cell model.
Consultant on a biological modeling project.  

9/88-3/91 Graduate Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Department,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA 
          Studied the effects of respiration on the hemodynamics of
blood flow through the cardiopulmonary system.  Developed a
computer model of a cat lung based on histological measurements to
calculate the pressure and volumetric flow rate of blood throughout
the lung.  Studied changes in these values under different
respiratory conditions.  This study was verified by performing
in-vitro experiments on isolated perfused rabbit lungs. 

8/86-8/88 Analyst/Chemical Engineer, ICF, Vienna VA
          Added and revised algorithms to computer simulation of
the disposal of hazardous waste technologies.  Results were used by
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the formulation and
revision of hazardous waste disposal regulation.  Developed a
database to record and tabulate results from a mandated EPA survey
on hazardous chemicals and their release to the environment. 
9/84-5/86 Systems Programmer and Computer Assistant, Bucknell
University, 
          Lewisburg PA 
          Revised and debugged Apollo Domain specific software, and
added graphic capabilities to software packages.  Assisted students
with programming and software packages used in the CAED laboratory.


6/85-8/85 Chemical Engineer/Computer Programmer, Boliden Metal,
Skelleftehamn, Sweden
          Augmented and revised computer software that simulated
unit operations and reactions in a chemical plant that recycled
metals and alloys.  Used physical data such as temperatures and
compositions to recommend changes to a specific sulfuric acid
plant.

6/84-9/84 Computer Programmer, Bucknell University, Lewisburg PA
          Developed software to draw two dimensional contour plots
for a non-linear constrained optimization computer program.

RELATED INTERESTS: Cellular automata, neural networks, non-linear
dynamics and chaos
     
PUBLICATIONS:  "Identification of Leech Swim Neurons using a
Resonance Tecnique" in Proceedings for the 1992 Computational
Neuroscience Conference (in press)

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