RADU DOBRIN

Northwestern University

Curriculum Vitae

Address:
Department of Pathology
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
Ward Building 6-118
303 E. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: (312)-503-1260
E-mail: r-dobrin@northwestern.edu

• Ph.D. Physics, Michigan State University, October 2002.
  Thesis Title: "Trees, Paths and Avalanches on Random Networks".
  Adviser: Dr. P.M. Duxbury.

• Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan State University, Dec. 2001.

• Adviser: Dr. D. Reinhard.

• Masters in Theoretical Physics "Babes-Bolyai" University, June 1997.
  Thesis Title: "Superconductivity and Disorder in 2d and 3d Systems Affected by Magnetic Fluctuations".
  Adviser: Dr. Mircea Crisan.

• Bc.S. Physics "Babes-Bolyai" University, October 1992 - June 1996.

Teaching Experience:

Teaching Assistant Sept. 1998 - Dec. 1998 at Michigan State University.
Teaching Assistant Aug. 1997 - April 1998 at Western Michigan University.

Scholarships:

Research Assistantship at Michigan State University, Jan. 1999 - Oct. 2002.
Teaching Assistantship at Michigan State University, Aug. 1998 - Dec. 1998.
Teaching Assistantship at Western Michigan University, Sept. 1997 - April. 1998.

Published Work:

1. “Global constraints on local interaction patterns in cellular networks”,
   A. Vazquez, R. Dobrin, D. Sergi, J.-P. Eckmann, Z. N. Oltvai and A.-L. Barabási,
   (Submitted).

2. “Aggregation of topological motifs in the E. coli transcriptional regulatory network”,
   R. Dobrin, Q. K. Beg, A.-L. Barabasi, Z. N. Oltvai, BMC Bioinformatics 5, 10 (2004).

3. "Random Field Ising Model on Complete Graphs and Trees",
   R. Dobrin, J.M. Meinke and P.M. Duxbury, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 35, L1 (2002).

4. “Minimum Spanning Trees on Random Networks”,
   R. Dobrin, P. M. Duxbury, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 5076 (2001).

5. “Greedy Algorithms in Disordered Systems”,
   P. M. Duxbury, R. Dobrin, Physica A 270, 263 (1999).

6. “Localization Effects on Magnetic Excitations, Coulomb Repulsion, and Critical Temperature in a Quasi-3D Superconductor”,
   I. Grosu, R. Dobrin, J. Supercond. 9, 531 (1996).

Talks:

1. “Topological Motifs in Cellular Networks”,
   Invited talk, CMIER, Northwestern University, 2004.

2. “Topological Motifs in Cellular Networks”,
   Invited talk, George Washington University, 2004.

3. “Topological Motifs in Cellular Networks”,
   Calandra Seminar, Northwestern University, 2004.

4. “Trees and Paths and Avalanches in Random Networks”,
   Invited talk, Intel Corp. 2003.

5. “Trees and Avalanches in Random Graphs”,
   Invited talk, University of Notre Dame 2002.

6. “Spanning Trees on Random Networks”,
   Invited talk, Northwestern University 2002.

7. “Exact Results for the Random Field Ising Model on Complete Graphs and Trees”,
    APS March Meeting 2002, Indianapolis.

8. “Scaling Laws for Random Spanning Trees”,
   APS March Meeting 2001, Seattle.

9. “Random Spanning Trees”,
   Brown Bag Seminar, Michigan State University, 2001

10. “Greedy (invasion) Algorithms, Directed Polymers and Optimal Paths”,
    APS March Meeting 2000, Minneapolis.

Posters:

1. “Universality in Random Magnets: RFIM on Complete Graphs and Trees”,
   16th Annual CFMR Symposium, March 2002 East Lansing, USA.

2. “Minimal Spanning Trees on Random Networks”,
   Dynamical Networks in Complex Systems, July 2001 Kiel, Germany.

3. “Does Universality Hold in Random Trees?”,
   15th Annual CFMR Symposium, March 2001 East Lansing, USA.

4. “An Extremal Invasion Dynamics for KPZ Interfaces”,
   14th Annual CFMR Symposium, February 2000 East Lansing, USA.