Marcelo Osvaldo Magnasco
Marcelo Osvaldo Magnasco | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 14, 1963 (age 60) |
| Citizenship | Argentina, U. S. A. |
| Alma mater | The University of Chicago |
| Known for | Thermal ratchet, Auditory Physiology, dating the Odyssey |
| Awards | University of Chicago’s Sydney Bloomenthal Dissertation Fellow, William Rainey Harper Dissertation-year Fellow |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical neuroscience |
| Institutions | The Rockefeller University, International Centre for Theoretical Physics |
| Doctoral advisor | Leo P. Kadanoff |
| Other academic advisors | Oreste Piro Mitchell J. Feigenbaum Albert J. Libchaber |
Marcelo Osvaldo Magnasco is a biophysicist and currently a professor at The Rockefeller University.
He is known for his work on thermal ratchets as models of biological motors,[1] auditory biophysics,[2][3] neural coding,[4] other studies of biological networks such as leaf venation,[5] and for placing the date of the solar eclipse mentioned in the Odyssey on April 16, 1178 B.C.[6] together with Constantino Baikouzis of the National University of La Plata.[7][8]
Recently, Magnasco has formed a group with cetacean researcher Diana Reiss in order to study marine mammal communication and cognition.[9] Their interdisciplinary team is currently probing dolphin intelligence using an underwater interactive touchpad at the National Aquarium (Baltimore).[10]
References
- ^ Maddox, John (Sep 16, 1993), "Making Models of Muscle Contraction", Nature, 365: 203, doi:10.1038/365203a0
- ^ Ball, Phillip (Nov 2, 2001), "Canaries Change Their Tune", Nature News, doi:10.1038/news011108-2
- ^ Cho, Adrian (Jun 16, 2000), "What's shaking in the ear?", Science, 288: 1954–1955, doi:10.1126/science.288.5473.1954
- ^ Complexity Digest 2000.19, Complexity Digest, Feb 19, 2001
- ^ Lichtman, Flora (Feb 19, 2010), Lighting Up Leaves, Science Friday, archived from the original on 2011-09-28
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Baikouzis, Constantino; Magnasco, Marcelo O. (June 24, 2008), "Is an eclipse described in the Odyssey?", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: 8823, doi:10.1073/pnas.0803317105, PMC 2440358, PMID 18577587, retrieved 2008-06-27
- ^ Bär, Nora (July 1, 2008), "Hallan precisiones astronómicas en la poesía de Homero]", Diario La Nacion, Edicion, Diario La Nacion, retrieved 2008-01-07
- ^ Minkel, JR (Jun 23, 2008), "Homer's Odyssey Said to Document 3,200-Year-Old Eclipse", Scientific American (News)
- ^ Marine Mammal Communication and Cognition Laboratory Website
- ^ Scientists to probe dolphin intelligence using an interactive touchpad (PDF), May 25, 2017
