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Whitmore-Williams Assistant Professor

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The College of Wooster

Mailing Address:
Erzsébet Ravasz Regan
The College of Wooster
Rubbermaid Hall, Room 117
931 College Mall, Wooster, OH 44691

Phone: (330) 263-2092
Fax: (330) 263-2378
E-mail: eregan@wooster.edu

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT

  • 08/2015 – present, Whitmore-Williams Assistant Professor
    Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    The College of Wooster
    Wooster, OH.
  • 07/2007 – 07/2015, Instructor of Medicine,
    Center for Vascular Biology Research
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Department of Medicine
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

EDUCATION

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 11/2006 – 07/2007
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
    Supervisor: William C. Aird.
  • Director Funded Postdoctoral Fellow, 10/2004 – 10/2006
    Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
    Supervisor: Zoltán N. Toroczkai.
  • Ph.D. in Physics, 08/2000 – 09/2004
    University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.
    Thesis advisor: Albert-László Barabási, Emil T. Hofman Professor of Physics.
    Research:  Evolution, Hierarchy and Modular Organization in Complex Networks 
    Defence: September 2004.
  • M.S. in Physics, 10/1999 – 06/2000
    Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, RO.
    Dissertation advisor: Prof. Zoltán Néda.
    Research: Evolution of the social network of scientific collaborations; Spatial stochastic resonance in one-dimensional Ising systems.
    Defence: June 2000.
  • B.S. in Physics with Minor in Physics Education, 10/1995 – 07/1999
    Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, RO.
    Dissertation advisor: Prof. Zoltán Néda.
    Research: Synchronization and physics of rhythmic applause.
    Defence: July 1999.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • 08/2015 – present, Assistant Professor, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH
    Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program
    Class: Introduction to Independent Study
    Biology Department Classes:

    • Cell Physiology (BIOL305; 1 semester)
    • Cell Physiology Lab (BIOL305L; 1 semester)
    • Gateway to Molecular and Cellular Biology (BIOL201; 1 semester)
    • Gateway to Molecular & Cellular Biology Lab (BIOL201L; 2 semesters)
    • Foundations of Biology (BIOL111; 1 semester)

 

  • 01/2012 – 06/2012, Teaching faculty,
    Physics Department, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
    Class: Interactive Learning Seminar for Physics 101 (undergraduate)
  • 03/2010 – 06/2010, Course leader and teaching faculty,
    Center for Vascular Biology Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Class: The complexity of cellular networks (for postdocs and faculty)
  • 10/1999 – 12/2000, Graduate Teaching Assistant,
    Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, RO.
    Class: Problem-solving tutorial in Quantum Mechanics I, physics majors.
    Teaching faculty: Zoltán Gábos.
  • 10/1998 – 02/1999, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant,
    Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, RO.
    Class: Problem-solving tutorial in Quantum Mechanics I, physics majors.
    Teaching faculty: Zoltán Néda.
  • 02/1998 – 06/1998, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant,
    Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, RO.
    Class: Problem-solving tutorial in Quantum Mechanics, mathematics-physics double majors.
    Teaching faculty: Zoltán Néda.

 

MENTORING EXPERIENCE

  • 2010 – 2013, Mentor for the NetSci High Program
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
    Program: Educational outreach program to introduce the science of networks to high school students.
  • NetSci High 2012
    • Team of 4 high school students, Boston University Academy
    • Objective: model the influence of external inputs on the energy landscape of small regulatory networks (weekly meetings).
  • NetSci High 2011 (Pilot)
    • One high school student (ML Cerulli), Winsor High School
    • Objective: map the phenotypic heterogeneity of endothelial cells in distinct segments of the kidney vasculature (weekly meetings).
  • 2012 – present, Mentor for the Research Science Institute (RSI)
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
    Program: Summer science and engineering program to combine theory course work and research (Center for Excellence in Education, hosted by MIT).
    RSI 2012

    • One high school student, “Dr. Petar Beron” High School of Mathematics
    • Objective: develop energy landscape visualization for Boolean regulatory network state transition graphs (daily meetings).
  • 2011 – present, Mentor for the Center for Vascular Biology Summer Student Research Program
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
    Program: enable advanced high school students and college undergraduates to conduct supervised research with a HMS faculty mentor.
    CVBR Summer Student Research Program 2012

    • One high school student, Winsor High School (volunteer)
    • Objective: build an agent-based model of spatial patterns in heterogeneous vWF expression, observed in the mouse aorta (daily meetings).

    CVBR Summer Student Research Program 2011

    • One undergraduate student, University of Massachusetts (paid)
    • Objective: develop a sampling algorithm of the state space of large Boo- lean regulatory networks (1-2 meetings/week).
  • 6/2011 – 6/2012, Mentor for High school Research Volunteer
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

    • One high school student, Winsor High School (volunteer)
    • Objective: assemble a Boolean network model of angiogenic pattern formation (weekly meetings for 3 semesters; daily meetings during 1 month of her full-time Independent Learning Experience internship).
  • 2006, Host for Center for Nonlinear Studies Visiting Students
    Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

    • One undergraduate student, Babes-Bolyai University (paid)
    • One graduate student, University of Notre Dame (paid)

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

  • 2012, Best Participation Award at Data and Journal Club, Center for Vascular Biology Reseach, Boston, MA
  • 2005, Alumni Association Research Award, University of Notre Dame Graduate School, Notre Dame, IN.
    Advisor: Albert-László Barabási.
  • 2004, Director Funded Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (two years), Los Alamos, NM.
  • 2000, Fisher Fellowship for graduate studies in Physics at the University of Notre Dame (two years), Notre Dame, IN.
    Advisor: Albert-László Barabási.
  • 2000, Research scholarship from the University of Notre Dame (two months), at the Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
    Advisor: Albert-László Barabási.
  • 1999, SOCRATES-ERASMUS scholarship for 3 months to study and engage in research at the INPG, ENSEEG-LTPCM, Grenoble, France.
    Advisor: Yves Brechet.
  • 1998, Research scholarship at the KFKI (two months), RMKI-ELFO, Budapest, Hungary.
    Advisor: Tamás Bíró.
  • 1999, Performance research scholarship of the Babes Bolyai University (one year).
  • 1998, Scientific Conference for Transylvanian Students, Cluj Napoca, 1st prize.
  • 1996, Ortvay Rudolf Problem Solving Competition, Hungary, 2nd prize.
  • 1995, Selection for the Large Olympic Team (8th) at the National Physics High-school Olympiad.

PUBLICATIONS

CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS

  • Institute for Advanced Study, Center for Systems Biology (job interview talk), December 21, 2005, Princeton, NJ.
    Invited Speaker: Networks in Protein Folding.
  • Harvard Medical School, Division of Molecular and Vascular Medicine (job interview talk), November 22, 2005, Boston, MA.
    Invited Speaker: Networks in Protein Folding.
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory, Center for Nonlinear Studies, September 1, 2005, Los Alamos, NM.
    Seminar: Protein folding networks.
  • News, Expectations and Trends in Statistical Physics, 3rd Next Sigma-Phy International Conference, August 13 – 18, 2005, Kolymbari, Crete, Greece.
    Invited speaker: Hierarchical Modularity in Complex Networks.
  • Collectives formation and specialization in biological and social systems, April 20- 22, 2005, Santa Fe, NM.
  • School and Workshop on Structure and Function of Complex Networks, May 16 – 28, 2005, Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste, Italy.
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory – Arizona Days 2005, January 28 – 29, 2005, Tucson, AZ.
    Invited speaker: Hierarchical Modularity in Metabolic Networks.
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory, Condensed Matter Physics Seminar (Job interview talk), February 5, 2005, Upton, NY.
    Invited speaker: Hierarchical Modularity in Complex Networks.
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory, Center for Nonlinear Studies Seminar (Job interview talk), November 8, 2004, Los Alamos, NM.
    Invited speaker: Hierarchical Modularity in Complex Networks.
  • 23rd Annual Conference on Networks: Structure, Dynamics and Function, May 12 – 16, 2003, Santa Fe, NM.
    Poster: Hierarchical Organization of Complex Networks.
  • Indiana Biocomplexity Symposium, April 22 – 23, 2003, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.
    Poster: Hierarchical Modularity of Metabolic Networks.
  • Genomic Approaches to Transcriptional Regulation, March 6 – 9, 2003, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
  • 15th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, August 12 – 16, 2002, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.
  • Meeting of the American Physical Society, March 18 – 22, 2002, Indianapolis, IN.
    Presentation: Evolution of the social network of scientific collaborations.
  • International Workshop on Scaling and Phase Transitions in Complex Networks, February 18 – 22, 2002, Pohang, Korea.
  • 2nd Workshop on Computation of Biochemical Pathways and Genetic Networks, June 21 – 22, 2001, Villa Bosch, Heidelberg, Germany.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES