Diana W. Verzi, Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics
San Diego State University
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modeling of: Journal of Statistical Physics 110-316 pp 1169-1189 March 2003
Current research is
aimed at dissecting the complex processes of how cells move across surfaces
into simpler phenomena that can be more easily analyzed. Phenomenological models, based on
conservation laws, have been formulated and solved numerically and
analytically. We are working on
a realistic 2-D model which will
be solved numerically using a Chimera grid system. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 66-4 pp 745-762 June 2004
Current research is
aimed at dissecting the relationship between electrical/chemical activity and
structure in hippocampal dendritic arbors. Experimenters draw diagrammatic models to try to explain the
dynamics of slow structural change and rapid changes in activity. We formulate mathematical
descriptions for these models.
San Diego State-Imperial
Valley Campus
Faculty
Office Hours-Spring 2008 Tues 3:30-4 and 6:50-7:20 Brawley; Wed 5-6 Calexico
Vitae
Research Area: Mathematical Physiology
Current Research Interests
Crawling of animal cells on surfaces resulting from changes
in density of actin-polymers
Interdependent changes in neuroanatomy and activity
associated with learning and memory.