DIANE WHITMER

Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience

Institute for Neural Computation

University of California San Diego 0961

La Jolla, CA 92093-0961

Tel: 858-458-1927 x14

Email: dwhitmer<at>ucsd.edu

Education:

Candidate for Doctor of Philosophy, Graduate Program in Computational Neurobiology, UC San Diego.

BA, Cognitive Science, Dartmouth College, 1997.

Research Experience:

Doctoral student, Swartz Center for Neural Computation, Advisor: Dr. Scott Makeig, Currently

Multi-scale dynamics of human finger movements and interictal epileptiform activity

Graduate student researcher, Laboratory of Dr. David Kleinfeld, UCSD, 2003-2005

Sensorimotor processing in the rat whisker system

Graduate rotation student, Computational Neurobiology Lab of Dr. Terry Sejnowski, Salk Institute, 2001

Spike timing reliability

Undergraduate researcher, Laboratory of Dr. Jeff Taube, Dartmouth College, 1995-1996

Spatial cognition in rats: encoding 3^rd dimension of space with head direction cells

Undergraduate research assistant, Laboratory of Dr. Janet Metcalfe, Dartmouth College, 1995-1997

Human cognition in face recognition

Publications:

S. B. Mehta, D. Whitmer, R. Figueroa, B. A. Williams and D. Kleinfeld. Active Spatial Perception in a Scanning Sensorimotor System. Public Library of Science:Biology, 5(2):e15, 2007.

R.W. Berg, D. Whitmer, D. Kleinfeld. Exploratory Whisking in Rat is Not Phase-Locked to the Hippocampal Rhythm. Journal of Neuroscience, 26: 6518-6522, 2006.

S. Schreiber, J.M. Fellous, D. Whitmer, P.H.E. Tiesinga, and T.J. Sejnowski, A New Correlation-based Measure of Spike Timing Reliability. Neurocomputing, 52-54: 925-931, 2003.

Conference Proceedings and Talks:

Whitmer, D., Worrell, G., Stead, M., Lee, I.K., Meyer, F., Makeig, S. Cortical Mapping Based on Independent Component Analysis and Spectral Changes in the Electrocorticogram. Program No. 389-TH-AM. Human Brain Mapping Abstract, Chicago, IL, USA. Organization for Human Brain Mapping, 2007.

Mehta, S. B., Whitmer, D., Figueroa, R., Williams B. A., Kleinfeld, D. Behavioral Evidence for Sensorimotor Integration in the Rat Vibrissa System. Program No. 144.1, Society for Neuroscience Abstract. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2006.

Whitmer, D. Relationships Between Intracranial EEG and Scalp EEG in Human Epilepsy Patients. Annual Spring Retreat in Cognitive Neuroscience, UC San Diego, 2006.

D. Whitmer, I.K. Lee, G. Worrell, S. Makeig. Separating Proximal from Distal Activities in Concurrent Scalp and Intracranial EEG Data. Program No. 185-T-AM. Human Brain Mapping Abstract, Florence, Italy: Organization for Human Brain Mapping, 2006.

S.B. Mehta, D.J. Whitmer, D. Kleinfeld, Spatial Localization in the Rat Vibrissa System: Behavioral Discrimination. Program No. 978.6. Society for Neuroscience Abstract. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2004.

D.J. Whitmer, R.W. Berg, D. Kleinfeld. The Coupling Between Hippocampal Theta Rhythm and Whisking is Weak and Independent of Sensory Feedback. Program No. 59.4. Society for Neuroscience Abstract. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2003.

S. Schreiber, J.M. Fellous, D. Whitmer, P.H.E. Tiesinga, and T.J. Sejnowski, A New Correlation-based Measure of Spike Timing Reliability. Neurocomputing. Chicago, USA: The Computational Neuroscience Meeting, 2002.

Teaching Experience:

§ Clinical Cases Discussion Section Leader, Basic Neurology, Professor: Dr. Mark Kritchevsky, UCSD School of Medicine, Spring 2007.

§ Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Signals and Systems, Professor: Dr. Alexander Vardy, UCSD Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Fall 2004.

§ Guest Lecturer (single lecture), Undergraduate Computational Neurobiology, Professor: Dr. Terrence Sejnowski, UCSD Division of Biological Sciences, Spring 2004.

§ Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Computational Neurobiology, Professor: Dr. Terrence Sejnowski, UCSD Division of Biological Sciences, Spring 2003.

Awards and Fellowships:

HHMI Medical Specialty Program Trainee, Winter 2007

NSF IGERT Fellowship for Graduate Training at UCSD, 2001-2005

Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Dartmouth College, 1995

Presidential Scholars Program, Dartmouth College, 1995-1996

Work Experience:

Information Architect, Bigstep.com, San Francisco, CA. 2000-2001.

User Interface Designer, Intuit, Inc., Mountain View, CA 1998-2000.

Software Quality Assurance Engineer, Intuit, Inc. Mountain View, CA, 1997-1998