Curriculum Vitae

Michael G. Neubert
Biology Department, MS 34
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1049
mneubert@whoi.edu

Education

Ph. D., Applied Mathematics (1994)
University of Washington, Seattle
Dissertation: The Nonlinear Dynamics of Predator-Prey Growth and Dispersal

M. S., Applied Mathematics (1990)
University of Washington, Seattle

Sc. B., Magna Cum Laude, Applied Mathematics & Biology (1988)
Brown University, Providence

Academic Employment

Associate Scientist (December 2000 - Present)
Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole

Assistant Scientist (October 1996 - December 2000)
Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole

Postdoctoral Scholar (October 1994 - October 1996)
Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole

Research Assistant (October 1990 - June 1994)
Department of Applied Mathematics
University of Washington, Seattle

Teaching

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography
Graduate Courses & Seminars:
Introduction to Mathematical Ecology, Renewable Resource Management, Coupled Biological-Physical Models, Spatial Ecology

Professional Service

Editorial Board, Ecology & Ecological Monographs (February 2001 - Present)

Scholarships & Fellowships

Postdoctoral Award in Ocean Science and Engineering (1994)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole

Fellow (June 1994 - August 1994)
Summer Institute for Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole

ITT College Scholarship (September 1984 - May 1988)
Brown University, Providence

Publications


Neubert, M. G., P. Klepac and P. van den Driessche. In press.
Stabilizing Dispersal Delays in Predator-Prey Metapopulation Models.
Theoretical Population Biology.

Wang, M.-H., M. Kot and M. G. Neubert. 2002.
Integrodifference equations, Allee effects, and invasions.
Journal of Mathematical Biology. 44:150-168. [Abstract]

Fagan, W. F., M. A. Lewis, M. G. Neubert and P. van den Driessche. 2002.
Invasion theory and biological control.
Ecology Letters. 5:148-157. [Abstract]

Neubert, M. G., H. Caswell and J. D. Murray. 2002.
Transient dynamics and pattern formation: reactivity is necessary for Turing instability.
Mathematical Biosciences 175:1-11. [Abstract]

Neubert, M. G. and H. Caswell. 2000.
Demography and Dispersal: Calculation and Sensitivity Analysis of Invasion Speeds for Structured Populations.
Ecology 81:1613-1628. [Abstract]

Neubert, M. G, M. Kot and M. Lewis. 2000.
Invasion Speeds in Fluctuating Environments.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 267:1603-1610. [Abstract]

Neubert, M.G. and H. Caswell. 2000.
Density-Dependent Vital Rates and Their Population Dynamic Consequences.
Journal of Mathematical Biology, 41:103-121. [Abstract]

Neubert, M., S. Blumenshine, D. Duplisea, T. Jonsson, and B. Rashleigh. 2000.
Body Size and Food Web Structure: Testing the Equiprobability Assumption of the Cascade Model.
Oecologia 123:241-251. [Abstract]

Caswell, H. and M. G. Neubert. 1998.
Chaos and Closure Terms in Plankton Food Chain Models.
Journal of Plankton Research 20:1837-1845.  [Abstract]

Neubert, M. G. 1997.
A Simple Population Model with Qualitatively Uncertain Dynamics.
Journal of Theoretical Biology 189:399-411. [Abstract]

Neubert, M. G. and H. Caswell. 1997.
Alternatives to resilience for measuring the responses of ecological systems to perturbations.
Ecology 78:653-665. [Abstract]

Little, S., S. Ellner, M. Pascual, M. G. Neubert, D. Kaplan, T. Sauer, H. Caswell, and A. Solow. 1996.
Detecting nonlinear dynamics in spatio-temporal systems: examples from ecological models.
Physica D 96:321-333. [Abstract]

Neubert, M. G., M. Kot, and M. A. Lewis. 1995.
Dispersal and pattern formation in a discrete-time predator-prey model.
Theoretical Population Biology 48:7-43. [Abstract]

Neubert, M. G. and M. Kot. 1992.
The subcritical collapse of predator populations in discrete-time predator-prey models.
Mathematical Biosciences 110:45-66. [Abstract]

Book Reviews

Neubert, M. G. and S. Little. 1996.
Predictability and Nonlinear Modelling in Natural Sciences and Economics,
edited by J. Grasman and G. van Straten, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1994.
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 58:397-399.

Neubert, M. G. 1997.
The Lure of Modern Science: Fractal Thinking,
by B.J. West and B. Deering, World Scientific, Singapore, 1995.
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 59:802-805.

Neubert, M. G. and M. Fujiwara. 2000.
Introduction to Chaos: Physics and Mathematics of Chaotic Phenomena,
by H. Nagashima and Y. Baba, Institute of Physics, 1999.
SIAM Review 42:756-758.

In Preparation


Neubert, M. G and I. Parker. Submitted.
Using Integrodifference Equations to Project Rates of Spread for Invasive Species.
Risk Analysis.

Professional Societies

Academic Interests

Mathematics:
Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, Difference Equations, Mathematical Ecology, Applied Mathematics
Biology:
Population Dynamics, Community Ecology

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