During my senior year as physics major at Mexico National University (UNAM) I became interested in neuroscience, especially in building biophysical models of neurons and networks and doing the experiments to test their predictions. In 1995 I joined the laboratory of Prof. James M. Bower at Caltech (now in UTHSCSA) for my PhD in Computation and Neural Systems. Using detailed models and in vivo electrophysiological techniques I studied single cell and network synaptic processing in the cerebellar cortex. After receiving my PhD I joined the laboratory of Prof. George Augustine in the Neurobiology Department at Duke University to pursue my interest in second messenger pathways. Presently I am investigating the morphological and physiological properties of dendrites that constrain diffusion of second messengers. I also co-organize a series of seminars on Computational Neuroscience. Here is my full CV.
Fidel Santamaria, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Neurobiology
Duke University Medical Center
P.O. Box 3209
Durham, NC 27719