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Nate Powell Entering Class - 2008 E-mail: powel180@umn.edu

Undergraduate Institution and Major/Degree:

• Amherst College, BA in Physics and Philosophy, 2004

Research Description:

I'm interested in how we think. It's a huge question that ranges from the specifics of ion channel activation and signal transmission, up to network processing models all of which should eventually explain behavioral observations. I believe modeling, particularly computational modeling, is a very useful tool for exploring these questions, but that these models need to be anchored to experimental observations. At the moment, I'm still searching for a specific question and a specific lab, but I hope to be able to follow these general outlines in future research.

Lab Rotations:

• David Redish
• Paul Schrater
• Apostolos Georgopoulos

Courses Taken Beyond the Core Courses:

• NSC 5202 Theoretical Neuroscience

Conferences Attended and Presentations:

• Society for Neuroscience annual meeting - Fall 2008

Awards and Honors:

• 3M graduate Fellowship 2008-2012

Professional Memberships:

• International Society for Magnetic Resonance In Medicine

Home Town:

• Minneapolis, MN