Contact Info
castelf@pbrc.hawaii.edu
(808) 956-9283 (ph)
(808) 956-6984 (fax)
1993 East-West Road
Honolulu, HI 96822

Education

• University of Iowa, Ph.D. (Applied Mathematical Sciences)
• University of Iowa, M.S. (Mathematics)
• University of California at Davis, B.S. (Mathematics)

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

As a mathematical biologist, my overall research goal is to use mathematics to gain a deeper understanding of biological processes. A long term focus has been the interaction between cellular morphology and the computational properties of neurons, which I study using mathematical and computational modeling techniques based on the biophysical properties of neurons. A current project is modeling the impact of mitochondria on action potential propagation in thin, unmyelinated axons. Another ongoing project is the analysis of transcriptomic data from marine copepods to gain an understanding of the physiological processes that allow copepods to adapt to their environment.

Department and Laboratory Webpages

Daniel Hartline Lab Webpage – Invertebrate Myelin 

Selected Publications

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/ann.castelfranco.1/bibliography/public/

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