Ernest Barreto
- Professor
Contact Info

- Name
- Dr. Ernest Barreto
- Job Title
- Professor
- Website
- Phone Number
- Office Number
- Krasnow Institute, Room 108, MSN 2A1
Affiliations
Departments
- Physics & Astronomy Department (Instructional Faculty)
- Neuroscience Program (Instructional Faculty)
Centers
- Institute for Biohealth Innovation
Research Areas
- Applied Science
- Neuroscience
- Physics
- Modeling
- Math
Education
PhD, Physics, University of Maryland College Park (1996)
MS, Physics, University of Maryland College Park (1995)
BA, University of Chicago (1990)
About
Professor Barreto works at the convergence of physics, mathematics, and biology. Originally trained in nonlinear dynamics and chaos at the University of Maryland College Park, he later trained in experimental and theoretical neuroscience at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. Current interests include the study of synchronization in populations of coupled oscillators, the individual and collective dynamics of neurons in the brain, and the fundamental dynamical mechanisms that underlie normal cognitive processing and pathological conditions such as epilepsy.
Selected Publications
- Inverse Stochastic Resonance in Networks of Spiking Neurons,
Muhammet Uzuntarla, Ernest Barreto, and Joaquin J. Torres,
PLoS Computational Biology 13(7): e1005646 (2017).
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005646 - Dynamical Structure Underlying Inverse Stochastic Resonance and its Implications,
Muhammet Uzuntarla, John R. Cressman, Mahmut Ozer, and Ernest Barreto
Physical Review E 88, 042712 (2013).
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.88.042712 - Complete Classification of the Macroscopic Behavior of a Heterogeneous Network of Theta Neurons,
Tanushree B. Luke, Ernest Barreto, and Paul So
Neural Computation 25, 3207-3234 (2013).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/NECO_a_00525 - Ion Concentration Dynamics as a Mechanism for Neuronal Bursting,
Ernest Barreto and John R. Cressman
Journal of Biological Physics 37, 361-373 (2011).
http://www.springerlink.com/content/v52215p195159211/ - Exact Results for the Kuramoto Model with a Bimodal Frequency Distribution,
Erik A. Martens, Ernest Barreto, Steven H. Strogatz, Edward Ott, Paul So, and Thomas M. Antonsen
Physical Review E 79, 026204 (2009).
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.79.026204
Awards
- Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Science, George Mason University, 2013.
Contact Info

- Name
- Dr. Ernest Barreto
- Job Title
- Professor
- Website
- Phone Number
- Office Number
- Krasnow Institute, Room 108, MSN 2A1