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CURRICULUM VITAE

Name

Payne Y. Chang

Basic Information

**** ***** ***** *****, *** 254

Austin, TX 78731, USA

Phone: 512-***-****

E-mail: **********@*****.***

Website: http://paynesnotebook.net

Citizenship: U.S. Permanent ResidentKey Skills

Programming Languages

C, C++, C#, Java, Python

Programming Techniques

Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, Image Processing and Analysis, Digital Signal

Processing, Numerical Methods, Algorithm Design

Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, GUI Design

OpenGL, FLTK, Video Processing and Analysis

Web Technologies

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, SQL, AJAX, XML, JSON

Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, UNIX

Integrated Development Environments

Microsoft Visual Studio, Apple Xcode

Computer Simulation and Analysis Environments

NEURON, Matlab

Electrophysiology

Whole-cell Patch Clamp Recording, Field Potential Recording, Electrical Data Processing

and Analysis

Computer and Camera Interfaces

Microstar Laboratories DAP 3200e/214 & 5400a, HEKA ITC-18, EDT PCI DV C-Link

Instruments

Axon Patch-clamp Amplifier, Dagan Patch-clamp Amplifier, RedShirtImaging CCD-SMQ Camera,

Allied Vision Technologies GE680

Imaging, Optics, Microscopy

Voltage-sensitive Dye Imaging, Calcium-sensitive Dye Imaging, Differential Interference

Contrast Optics, Fluorescence Microscopy, Imaging Data Processing and AnalysisExperience

Postdoctoral Fellow2006 - Present

Center for Learning and Memory, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas

Designed, coded, tested, and documented Ephic (an application written in C++) for

simultaneous control of patch-clamp amplifier and CCD camera. Characterized and configured

the camera to record low-intensity signals at high speed (1000 fps). Developed versatile

experimental control over sophisticated experiments. Created and implemented algorithms

for processing and analyzing imaging and electrical data.

Webpage at http://paynesnotebook.net/Research/C++/Ephic

Devised algorithms and developed programs to analyze animal behavior videos.

Webpage at http://paynesnotebook.net/Research/C++/BehaviorAnalysis

Designed and performed calcium-sensitive dye imaging and voltage-sensitive dye imaging.

Designed and performed whole-cell patch clamp recording and field potential recording

experiments.

Used NEURON, Python, and Matlab to model, simulate and analyze neuronal activities.

Graduate Research Assistant2000 - 2006University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

Designed and developed PhotoZ (an application written in C++) for simultaneous control of

Axon patch-clamp amplifier and a photo-diode array system. Designed electronic circuit and

modified the photo-diode array system to automate gain control of post-amplifiers.

Webpage at http://paynesnotebook.net/Research/C++/PhotoZ

Developed AmpZ to analyze amperometry data recorded by Axon pClamp program.

Webpage at http://paynesnotebook.net/Research/C++/AmpZ

Designed and performed voltage-sensitive dye imaging and field potential recording

experiments.

Education

PhD in Biophysics

2000 - 2006

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

Thesis: Heterogeneous spatial patterns of long-term potentiation in hippocampal slices

MS in Life Science

1996 - 1998

National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Thesis: The interaction between glycosaminoglycan and snake toxin as studied by computer

simulation and microscopic technology

BS in Electrical Engineering

1992 - 1996

National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Senior project: Xdraw - a color image processing and analysis program with a graphical

user interface (developed with C language on X Window System, Sun SPARCstation 20)

Grants and Awards

2007

Jerzy E. Rose Neuroscience Award for original and significant research in the

neurosciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2004

Pre-doctoral Research Fellowship, Epilepsy Foundation

Society Memberships

2003 - Present

Society for Neuroscience

Research Articles

Lin YH, Lee SC, Chang PY, Rajan PK, Sue SC, Wu WG. Heparin binding to cobra basic

phospholipase A2 depends on heparin chain length and amino acid specificity. FEBS Lett.

1999 Jun 25; 453(3):395-9.

Wang CT, Grishanin R, Earles CA, Chang PY, Martin TF, Chapman ER, Jackson MB.

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