Curriculum Vitae of Ildiko ARADI

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Name: Ildiko ARADI

Date of birth: July 1st, 1969

Place of birth: Szentes, Hungary

Citizenship: Hungarian

Languages: Hungarian, English

Marital status: Married to Dr Zsolt Bihary

Children: We have two children, Anna (DOB: 2001) and Boglarka (DOB: 2003)

EDUCATION:

1997-: Post-doctoral Fellow

1996: Ph.D. in Neurobiology, Department of Comparative Physiology and Neurobiology, Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary

1993-96: graduate student, Ph.D Program in Neurobiology of Behaviour, Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary, and Department of Biophysics, KFKI Research Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

1994-96: graduate studies in philosophy, Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary

1993: M.Sc. in physics and biophysics, Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary

1990-93: undergraduate and graduate studies in biophysics, Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary

1987-93: undergraduate and graduate studies in physics, Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary

AWARDS:

1995 Award of the Hungarian Biophysics Society, 2nd prize

1996 Caianiello Award of the 13th European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research

2000-2001 Fellowship from the Epilepsy Foundation of America

SCIENTIFIC TRAINING AND CAREER:

2004-: Post-doctoral Fellow at Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. Research training and interest: Whole cell recordings and anatomical reconstruction of hippocampal interneurons, combining computational modeling, dynamic clamp, whole cell recording (using visualized setup) techniques and anatomical tools; malfunctioning of the hippocampal interneuron circuitry in neurological disorders such as epilepsy and schizophrenia. Advisor: Dr. Gianmaria Maccaferri

1999-2003: Post-doctoral Fellow at Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Medical School, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA. Research training and interest: hyperexcitability in single cells and networks, epilepsy, diversity of interneurons, synchronization of neural activity, synaptic integration of GABAergic inputs, combining computational modeling, dynamic clamp, whole cell recording (using a blind setup) techniques. Advisor: Dr. Ivan Soltesz.

1998: Participant of a course in Connectionist models of cognition, Dept. of Psychology and the Cognitive Science Center, Ohio State University, OH.

1997-99: Post-doctoral Fellow at Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA. Research training and interest: detailed multicompartmental single cell models, dentate gyrus granule cell, excitability of dendrites, interneurons of dentate gyrus, hippocampal neural circuits, synaptic integration, network synchronization, GENESIS simulator software. Advisor: Dr. William R. Holmes.

1996 May: Visiting scientist, Center for Theoretical Studies, Prague, Czech Republic.

1996: Ph.D. thesis titled ‘Multicompartmental Modeling of Single Cells and Neural Circuits of the Olfactory Bulb’.

1994-1996: Graduate student in philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest. Research interest: Philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, cognitive philosophy.

1995 July-August: Visiting Scientist, Research project of the Finnish Academy of Sciences, at the Microelectronics Laboratory, Tampere University of Technology.

1995: Participant of Easter School on Computational Modeling in Psychology, King's Coll., Cambridge, UK.

1994 September: Visiting Scientist, Jagellonian University, Krakow, Poland.

1993-96: Graduate student in Neurobiology (Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest and Department of Biophysics, KFKI Research Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Advisor: Dr. Peter Erdi). Research training and interest: neurodynamic system theory, complex systems, chaos control, multicompartmental single cell and network models using the NEURON simulation software, olfatory system, hippocampus. Advisor: Dr. Peter Erdi.

1993: Participant of Summer School on Connectionist Modelling, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, UK.

1993: M.Sc. thesis titled ‘Unsupervised learning in biologically plausible neural network models: investigation of a Hebbian-type learning-rule’.

1991-93: Graduate student in physics and biophysics. Graduate research in mathematical modeling of neurobiological systems. Research training and interest: integrate-and-fire models, investigation of learning rules, associative memory, non-linear systems, phase transitions, and chaos control. (Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest and Department of Biophysics, KFKI Research Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Advisor: Dr. Peter Erdi)

1987-1992: Undergraduate student in physics and biophysics.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

1994-95: Introduction to biophysics of neuronal cells and networks (undergraduate course), Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary

1995-96: Introduction to computational neuroscience (undergraduate course), Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary

2000: Introduction to cellular physiology (course for first year medical students), Medical School, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA

INVITED SEMINARS:

2002 Northwestern University, Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, Evanston, IL

1995 University of Southampton, Cognitive Center, UK.

PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES:

I. Posters:

2004 34th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, USA

2004 Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Boston, MA, USA

2003 10th Joint Symposium on Neural Computation, UCI, Irvine, CA, USA

2003 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA, USA

2003 Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Boston, MA, USA

2002 9th Joint Symposium on Neural Computation, CalTech, Pasadena, CA, USA

2002 32nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Neuroscience, Orlando, FL, USA

2002 Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Seattle, WA, USA,

2000 Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2000 30th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA, USA

2000 7th Joint Symposium on Neural Computation, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

1999 CNS*1999, Eighth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

1998 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Neuroscience, Los Angeles, CA, USA

1998 CNS*1998, Seventh Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

1997 27th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA, USA

1997 CNS*1997, Sixth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting, Big Sky, Montana, USA

1996 CNS*1996, Fifth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting, Boston, USA

1996 Annual conferences of the Hungarian Neuroscience Society, Hungary

1996 International Workshop on Neural Coding, Prague, Czech Republic

1995 Complex Dynamics in Chemistry and Biology, Odense, Denmark

1995 Annual conferences of the Hungarian Neuroscience Society, Hungary

1994 Annual conferences of the Hungarian Neuroscience Society, Hungary

II. Talks:

2003 10th Joint Symposium on Neural Computation, UCI, Irvine, CA, USA

1996 13th European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research, Vienna, Austria

1994 COMBIO'94, International Conference, Nyiregyhaza