Associate Professor Mike Paulin
Email mike.paulin@otago.ac.nz
Phone 64-3-479-7985
Please visit my research site: Brains, Biomechanics and Movement
Teaching
- MATH 160 Mathmatics 1
- COMO 101 Computational Mathmatics
- COMO 401 Modelling 2
- ZOOL 314 Neurobiology
- ZOOL 316 Biological Data Analysis and Computing
- ZOOL 412 Neurobiology and Behaviour
- MARI 302 Biology and Behaviour of Marine Vertebrates
Research Interests
- Neural and biomechanical mechanisms of animal agility
- Evolutionary-developmental modelling of growth and motion
- 3D interactive graphics with biomedical and robotics applications
Potential Postgraduate Projects
Projects that I supervise will
- involve computational models based on experimental data
- use interactive 3D graphics and animations as tools for exploring and explaining complex systems
- deal with fundamental issues concerning evolution, growth and/or motion of animals
- be related to applications in information processing, robotics and/or biomedicine
- involve collaborations locally (e.g. School of Dentistry) and internationally (e.g. NASA-JPL, California).
Current Postgraduate Students and Student Research
- Rachel Berquist - Electrosensory prey detection in the dogfish
- Rupert Farrow - Coding of head movements in bullfrog vestibular system
- Richard Berry - Interactive 3D model of the mandible with clinical applications in dentistry
Publications
