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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 08:56:43 EST
From: <RXM40@psuvm.psu.edu>
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Subject: --< Ph.D. Seeks R&D Position >--

Dear Employer:

I am currently looking for a research and development position.  I
received my Ph.D. in physics in 5/92 with an emphasis in biomedical
applications.  My research has encompassed physics, neural networks, laser
physics, neurobiology, ultrasound and laser surgery.  Working at the
Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic I not only performed research
but interfaced with doctors performing the laser surgery.  I also have a
strong background in computers and electrical engineering which I utilized
in building various instruments and circuitry.  I would like to start a
postion on March 1, 1993.  For further contact please call or send email
to the addresses below.  Thank You.

                                           John
---------------------------  resume follows ------------------------------


                        John V. McGrann, Ph.D.
                        958 Stratford Court
                        State College, Pa. 16801
                        (814) 237-6042
                        mcgrann@mpwnext.psu.edu


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS through 1992

Ph.D.:    Physics Deptartment and
          Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
          University of California, Irvine
          Irvine, Ca. 92717

Medical:  Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic
          1002 Health Sciences Rd.
          Irvine, Ca. 92715



RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

6/92 - Present   Ultran Laboratories, Inc.
                 - Designed and developed ultrasonic transducers for
                   industrial applications.
                 - Developed various ultrasonic medical applications.

6/87 - 6/92      Ph.D. Research (Prof. Gordon Shaw, Physics Dept.)
                 - Investigated a theory of a structured neural model of
                   the cerebral cortex (Trion Model) which incorporated
                   non-linear dynamics of the firing activity of groups of
                   neurons.  We based the structure of the model on
                   current neuroanatomy and incorporated biological
                   fluctuations through a term representing the noise of
                   the network.
                 - Predicted a potential cure for epilepsy from
                   calculations of the Trion Model of Cortical
                   Organization which will shortly be investigated
                   experimentally.
                 - Designed distributed electronic and opto-electronic
                   parallel processor to implement the Trion Model of
                   Cortical Organization.
                 - Completed computer simulations and various computations
                   (Monte Carlo, etc.) investigating various theoretical
                   aspects (cortical neural networks, phase transitions,
                   group theory, etc.) of the Trion Model.

4/90-2/92        Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic
                 - Designed and built control circuitry and integrated
                   equipment for time resolved laser spectroscopy system.
                 - Designed and built fast photography laser system to
                   study laser induced plume dynamics.
                 - Explored Excimer laser applications in ophthalmology
                   and dentistry.

6/86-2/92        Medical Research
                 - Assisted in open heart surgery where a human coronary
                   artery was attached on a pig9s heart and a Trimadyne
                   laser catheter was tested.
                 - Designed and developed an ultrasonic visualization
                   system to image inside the coronary arteries.

9/88-3/90        Physics Teaching Assistant
                 - Assisted in teaching Graduate Electromagnetism
                   (Jackson), Quantum Mechanics, and Physics for Biology
                   majors.

1/88-6/88        Neurobiological Research
                 - (Prof. Gary Lynch, Psychobiology Dept.)
                 - Investigated the temporal dependence of learning rules
                   and the effects of fluctuations both theoretically with
                   the Trion Model and practically by drawing inferences
                   in current neurophysiology and neurochemistry.

6/87-9/87        NSF Sponsored Research Experience for Undergraduates
                 - Performed computer simulations investigating various
                   Hebbian and Non-Hebbian Learning Rules for neural
                   networks.

1/86-9/86        Designed and built N2 laser.


PUBLICATIONS


In Press 92      Leng, McGrann, Quilfeldt, Shaw, Shenoy (1992)  Learning
                 and memory processes and the modularity of the brain, In:
                 Delacour, J. (ed) Neural Bases of Learning and Memory,
                 World Scientific, Boston.

In Press 92      Neev, Raney, Whalen, Fujishige, Ho, McGrann, Berns,
                 (1992) Dentin ablation with two excimer lasers: a
                 comparative study of physical characteristics, Lasers in
                 the Life Sciences, 4(3), 1-25.

3/92             Leng, McGrann, Shaw, (1992) Reversal of epileptic state
                 by patterned electrical stimulation suggested by trion
                 model calculations, Neurological Research, 114, 57-61.

5/91             McGrann, Shaw, Silverman, Pearson, (1991) Higher
                 temperature phase transitions in a structured model of
                 cortex. Physical Review A, 43, 5678-5682.

2/91             Neev, Raney, Whalen, Fujishige, Ho, McGrann, Berns,
                 Ablation  of hard dental tissues with ArF pulsed excimer
                 laser, in Laser-Tissue Interaction II, Proceedings of
                 SPIE: Los Angeles 1991, S. Jacques (ed) 1427, 162-172.

In Review        Shenoy, Kaufman, McGrann, Shaw, Learning by selection
                 in the trion model of cortical organization. Cerebral
                 Cortex.

Submitted        Martines, Keates, Merkley, Shriver, McGrann, Objective
                 analysis of corneal haze after excimer laser
                 photorefractive keratectomy. Refractive and Corneal
                 Surgery.

In Manuscript    McGrann, Leng, Lynch, Shaw, Learning rules, synaptic
                 fluctuations, and spatial temporal code generalized from
                 the trion model", Brain Research.

In Manuscript    McGrann, Shaw, Shenoy, Computation by symmetry operations
                 in a highly structured model of the brain: I. recognition
                 of rotational invarince in the trion model Physical
                 Review A.

In Manuscript    McGrann, Neev, Kimel, Berns, Time resolved spectroscopy
                 of excimer laser ablation.

In Manuscript    McGrann, Neev, Martines, Keates, Thermal study of excimer
                 laser photorefractive keratectomy. Lasers, Surgery, and
                 Medicine.


EDUCATION

7/88             B.S. UCI Applied/Medical Physics
                 - (first student ever to do both), Cum Laude
                 - Sigma Pi Sigma

3/91             M.S. Physics, UCI

5/92             Ph.D. Physics UCI



COMPUTER AND ELECTRONIC EXPERIENCE

                 - Managed UNIX system multiuser mainframe

                 - Computer Languages: Fortran, C, Basic

                 - Designed analog, digital, and electro-optic circuitry
                   for control circuits and neural networks.

                 - Interfaced various microprocessors and computers to
                   various experiments in magnetometry, laser ablation,
                   and other biomedical applications.


REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
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