Complex Systems Group, Department of Physics

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Dani Bassett

E-mail: dbassett [at physics dot ucsb dot edu
Office phone number: (805) 893-7059

Office: 6213 Broida Hall
Address: University of California Santa Barbara,

Santa Barbara, CA 93107

I am a postdoctoral research associate in the Complex Systems Group headed by Jean Carlson in the Department of Physics at UCSB. I am also affiliated with Action Lab West headed by Scott Grafton in the Department of Psychology at UCSB. Here is a copy of my full CV.

Education:

 

·         PhD in Physics (2009) from the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

·         Supervisors: Thomas Duke, Edward Bullmore, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg

·         Examiners: Karl Friston and Peter Littlewood

·         B.S. in Physics (2004) from the Pennsylvania State University

·         Honors Thesis with Christine Keating

 

Research interests:

 

·         Network properties of brain structure and function: Using graph theoretical analysis, we can treat the brain as a complex system and describe the architecture of its anatomical and functional connectivity; see Bullmore and Sporns (2009) for a current review.  We can describe how this architecture changes with development, cognitive demand and/or ability, and disease.

·         Characterizing network evolution over time: Network analysis in human neuroimaging to date has focused on static representations of network architecture. I am interested in learning how the brain’s connectivity changes in time over a range of temporal scales.

·         Constrained embedding of a network into a physical space: Many graph theoretical methods and complex network metrics can be used to describe the topology of a system’s connectivity. However, many complex systems, including the brain and social networks, are highly dependent on physical constraints. I am interested in developing ways to characterize the constrained embedding of complex networks into low-dimensional spaces (1-3D) as well as the general interactions between space and topology.

·         Interactions between layers of networks: I am interested in learning how multiple layers of networks interact and constrain each other in different types of complex systems.

 

Publications:

 

·         Danielle S. Bassett, Edward T. Bullmore, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Jose A. Apud, Daniel R. Weinberger, Richard Coppola. Cognitive fitness of cost-efficient brain functional networks. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2009, 106(28):11747-52.

 

·         Danielle S. Bassett, Edward T. Bullmore. Human brain networks in health and disease. Curr Opin Neurol, 2009, 22(4):340-7.

 

·         Lorena Deuker, Edward T. Bullmore, Marie Smith, Soren Christensen, Pradeep J. Nathan, Brigitte Rockstroh, Danielle S. Bassett. Reproducibility of graph metrics of human brain functional networks. Neuroimage, 2009, 47(4):1460-8.

 

·         Edward Bullmore, Anna Barnes, Danielle S. Bassett, Alex Fornito, Manfred Kitzbichler, David Meunier, John Suckling. Generic aspects of complexity in brain imaging data and other biological systems. Neuroimage, 2009, 47(3):1125-34.

 

·         Danielle S. Bassett, Edward Bullmore, Beth A. Verchinski, Venkata S. Mattay, Daniel R. Weinberger, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg. Hierarchical Organization of Human Cortical Networks in Health and Schizophrenia. J Neurosci, 2008, 28(37):9239-48.

 

·         Sophie Achard, Danielle S. Bassett, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Ed Bullmore. Fractal Connectivity of Long Memory Networks. Physical Review E, 2008, 77:036104.

 

·         Jason L. Stein, Lisa M. Wiedholz, Danielle S. Bassett, Daniel R. Weinberger, Caroline Zink, Venkata S. Mattay, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg. A Validated Network of Effective Amygdala Connectivity. NeuroImage, 2007, 36(3):736-745.

 

·         Caroline F. Zink, Yunxia Tong, Qiang Chen, Danielle S. Bassett, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg. Know Your Place: Neural Processing of Stable and Unstable Social Hierarchy in Humans. Neuron, 2008, 58:273-283.

 

·         Danielle S. Bassett, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Sophie Achard, Thomas Duke, and Edward Bullmore. Adaptive Reconfiguration of Fractal Small-World Human Brain Functional Networks. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2006, 103(51):19518-19523. (27 citations to date)

 

·         Danielle S. Bassett and Edward T. Bullmore. Small-World Brain Networks. The Neuroscientist, 2006, 12:512-523. (23 citations to date)

 

·         Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg and Danielle S. Bassett. Nonlinear and Cooperative Dynamics in the Human Brain: Evidence From Multimodal Neuroimaging. In ‘Coordination: Neural, Behavioral and Social Dynamics’, Complexity Program Series: 'Understanding Complex Systems’. Springer, 2006.

 

·         Samantha J Richerson, PhD, Mark Ingram, Danielle Perry, Mark Stecker MD PHD. Classification of the Extracellular Fields Produced by Activated Neural Structures. BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 2005, 4:53.

 

 

Links:

Ø  Wavelet toolbox for Matlab: WMTSA

Ø  Brain Connectivity Toolbox for Matlab: BCT

Ø  Matlab Boost Graph Library: Matlab BGL

Ø  Network visualization: Pajek

 

Ø  Adopt-a-Physicist – A service run by Sigma Pi Sigma in collaboration with the APS, AAPT, and ComPADRE to connect “high school physics students to people with bachelor’s degrees or higher in physics via online discussion forums. Through their interactions, students can find out about the careers, educational backgrounds, and lives of current physicists.”

 

·         Funding:

Ø  Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies

 

Ø  King’s College, Cambridge, UK and King’s College Boatclub

Ø  Brain Mapping Unit, Cambridge, UK

Ø  NIH Oxford Cambridge Scholars Program

Ø  The Churchill Scholarship