Andrew Wikenheiser

Ph.D. 2014

 

Thesis Title:

Maybe Also Colony: And Yet Another Critique of the Assessment Community

Current Position:

Assistant Professor, UCLA

Previous Positions:

Postdoctoral Associate, NIDA

Postdoctoral Associate, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Undergraduate Institution and Major/Degree:

  • University of Mary, B.A., Biology, 2007

Major Advisor(s):

Lab Rotations:

  • Theoden Netoff
  • Kevin Wickman
  • David Redish
  • David Stephens

Courses Taken Beyond the Core Courses:

  • NSC 5201 - Computational Neuroscience
  • PSY 8010 - Topics in Learning
  • NSC 5202 - Theoretical Neuroscience
  • NSC 8217 - Systems and Computational Neuroscience, Neuroscience of Drug Abuse

Conferences Attended and Presentations:

Conferences Attended:

  • Society for Neuroscience annual meeting - 2007, 2008
  • Computational & Systems Neuroscience annual meeting - 2009

Committee Members:

  • Geoff Ghose
  • Mark Thomas
  • Dave Stephens

Selected Publications:

  • Sharpe MJ, Wikenheiser AM, Niv Y, Schoenbaum G. The state of the orbitofrontal cortex. . Neuron. 2015;88(6):1075-77.
  • Wikenheiser AM, Redish AD. Hippocampal sequences and the cognitive map. In: Analysis and Modeling of Coordinated Multi-neuronal Activity. Springer New York, 2015;105-129.
  • Wikenheiser AM, AD Redish AD. Hippocampal theta sequences reflect current goals. Nature Neurosci. 2015;18:289–294
  • Wikenheiser AM, Redish AD. Decoding the cognitive map: ensemble hippocampal sequences and decision making. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2014;32C:8-15.
  • Wikenheiser AM, Stephens DW, Redish AD. Subjective costs drive overly-patient foraging strategies on an intertemporal foraging task. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2014;110:8308-8313.
  • Wikenheiser AM, Redish AD. The balance of forward and backward hippocampal sequences shifts across behavioral states. Hippocampus 2013;23(1):22-29.
  • Wikenheiser AM, Redish AD. Hippocampal sequences link past, present, and future. Trends Cogn Sci. 2012;16(7):361-362.
  • Wikenheiser AM, Redish AD. Changes in reward contingency modulate the trial to trial variability of hippocampal place cells. J Neurophysiol 2011;106(2):589-98.
  • Lin L, Sun W, Wikenheiser AM, Kung F, Hoffman DA. ChIP4a regulates Kv4.2 channel trafficking through PKA phosphorylation. Mol Cell Neurosci 2010;43(3):315-25.
  • Hammond RS, Lin L, Sidorov MS, Wikenheiser AM, Hoffman DA. Protein kinase A mediates activity dependent Kv4.2 channel trafficking. J Neurosci 2008;28:7513-7519.

Awards and Honors:

  • NIH Graduate Student Research Conference
  • Stark Award Travel Grant
  • Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
  • Milne-Brandenburg Award
  • NIDA Institutional Training Fellowship
  • Poppele Prize
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