Brian Christie: Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae
[Personal Information] [Academic Employment History] [ Awards and Honors]
[Professional Affiliations] [Teaching Experience]

Personal Information [ Top of Page]
Date of Birth:	January 15, 1964
Marital Status:	Married to Deborah Jane Christie, February 7, 1994
Education [ Top of Page]
1982-1987	B.Sc. The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Major: Psychology.
1987-1989	M.Sc. The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Major: Psychology. Thesis: A Diencephalic-Septal-Hippocampal Pathway.
1989-1992	Ph.D. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Major: Psychology. Thesis: Bidirectional Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity.
1994	Fluorescence Imaging (audit) - Instructor: Peter Saggau.
1996	Molecular Biology for Neuroscience (audit) - Instructor: David Sweatt.
1998	Neuron Simulation Environment - Instructors: T. Carnevale, M. Hines, T. Sejnowski & A. Houweling.
1999	Preparing Future Faculty - Instructor: Dr. Rosalind Streichler
Academic Employment History [Top of Page]
1996-present	Postdoctoral Fellow Computational Neurobiology Laboratory The Salk Institute 10010 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA 92037 Ph: (619)-453-4100 ext:1280 Fax: (619)-587-0417 Supervisor: Dr. Terry J. Sejnowski Email: terry@salk.edu
1994-1996	Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine One Baylor Plaza Houston, TX 77030 Ph: (713)-798-3100 Fax: (713)-798-3946 Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Johnston Email: dan@mossy.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu
1992-1993	Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Psychology University of Otago P.O. Box 64 Dunedin New Zealand Ph: 64-3-479-7648 Fax: 64-3-479-8335 Supervisor: Dr. Wickliffe C. Abraham Email: cabraham@psy.otago.ac.nz
1989-1992	Laboratory Demonstrator Department of Psychology University of Otago Dunedin New Zealand Ph: 64-3-479-7648 Fax: 64-3479-8335 Supervisor: Dr. Wickliffe C. Abraham, Dr. David Bilkey, Dr. N. McNaughton
1987-1989	Laboratory Demonstrator Department of Psychology University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta Canada Ph: (403)-220-6044 Fax: (403)-282-8249 Supervisor: Dr. Rusty Edgington, Dr. Judith Kaganov
Professional Affiliations [Top of Page]
1989 - present	Society for Neuroscience.
1994 - present	Reviewer, Journal of Neurophysiology, Journal of Neuroscience.
1994 - present	Reviewer, Guest Editor, Hippocampus.
1997	Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) Workshop Organizer Synaptic Plasticity and Dendritic Processing, Breckenridge, CO, USA.
Awards and Honors [ Top of Page]
1997	Neural Information Processing Systems Travel Award.
1994-1996	Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship.
1992-1993	Health Research Council (HRC) of New Zealand Postdoctoral Fellowship.
1992	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory Travel Award.
1992-1993	University of Otago Sciences Division Travel Award.
1991	Health Research Council (HRC) of New Zealand Travel Grant.
1989-1991	Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate scholarship.
1989	Otago Postgraduate Scholarship (declined).
1989	University of Calgary Research Scholarship.
Teaching Experience [ Top of Page]
1994-1996	Seminars and Journal Club Presentations, Baylor College of Medicine. These presentations ranged from the description of techniques and areas of study, to the analysis of individual research articles. During this period I also assisted in the supervision of graduate students in Dr. Johnston's lab.
1989-1993	Laboratory Demonstrator, Stages 1-3 Psychology, Otago University. During the course of my Ph.D., I was responsible for teaching the laboratory components of both introductory and advanced psychology courses. The introductory level courses involved presenting background information on specific tasks, and guiding students through mainly computer-driven experiments. The experiments ranged from psychophysical measures to the study of group dynamics. In the more advanced courses I was responsible for introducing students to the neuroanatomy of the rat, sheep and human brains and both acute and chronic electrophysiological recording techniques. During most of my graduate period I also assisted in the supervision of Dr. Abraham's honor and master degree students.
1992-1993	Guest Lecturer, Psychology, Otago University. Neuropsychology.
1987-1989	Teaching Assistant, Psychology, University of Calgary. My duties involved developing and teaching a laboratory class on experimental design. In this course I taught scientific writing skills, experimental design considerations, and statistical analysis (ANOVA and post-hoc tests). A major aim of the course was to illustrate the adverse effects of inadequate experimental control. In the final year of this course I also implemented a segment which introduced the use of computers in psychology.

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