2026 G. Bard Ermentrout: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	69	1103	1043	370	330	252	24847

Research.com Recognitions

2012 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to applied dynamical systems and mathematical biology, in particular the theory of coupled oscillators and neural pattern formation.
1984 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

G. Bard Ermentrout is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States and has contributed to various fields within neuroscience and biology. Their research spans multiple areas with a focus on mathematical biology and neural dynamics.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

Neuroscience
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

They have worked extensively across several subfields:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Molecular Biology
Infectious Diseases
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Their research topics cover:

Neural dynamics and brain function
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Ion channel regulation and function
COVID-19 epidemiological studies
Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications

Recent published papers include:

"Kcns3 deficiency disrupts Parvalbumin neuron physiology in mouse prefrontal cortex: Implications for the pathophysiology of schizophrenia" (2021), Neurobiology of Disease
"Compartmental Model Suggests Importance of Innate Immune Response to COVID-19 Infection in Rhesus Macaques" (2021), Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
"A multiscale multicellular spatiotemporal model of local influenza infection and immune response" (2021), Journal of Theoretical Biology
"Olfactory navigation in the real world: Simple local search strategies for turbulent environments" (2021), Journal of Theoretical Biology
"Altered Rbfox1-Vamp1 pathway and prefrontal cortical dysfunction in schizophrenia" (2024), Molecular Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ermentrout comprise:

David A. Lewis
Takeaki Miyamae
Takanori Hashimoto
Monica Abraham
Rika Kawabata

The primary venues where the scientist has published include:

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
Journal of Theoretical Biology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Computational Neuroscience
Neurobiology of Disease

Recognition has come in the form of awards such as:

SIAM Fellow (2012) for contributions to applied dynamical systems and mathematical biology, particularly in theory of coupled oscillators and neural pattern formation
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1984)

Best Publications

Simulating, analyzing, and animating dynamical systems : a guide to XPPAUT for researchers and students

Bard Ermentrout

1954
Citations
Analysis of neural excitability and oscillations

John Rinzel;G. Bard Ermentrout

1452
Citations
Type i membranes, phase resetting curves, and synchrony

Bard Ermentrout

1182
Citations
Simulation of networks of spiking neurons: A review of tools and strategies

Romain Brette;Michelle Rudolph;Ted Carnevale;Michael L. Hines

1040
Citations
When inhibition not excitation synchronizes neural firing.

Carl Van Vreeswijk;L. F. Abbott;G. Bard Ermentrout

908
Citations
Amplitude response of coupled oscillators

D. G. Aronson;G. B. Ermentrout;N. Kopell

765
Citations
Frequency Plateaus in a Chain of Weakly Coupled Oscillators, I.

George Bard Ermentrout;Nancy Kopell

593
Citations
Traveling Electrical Waves in Cortex: Insights from Phase Dynamics and Speculation on a Computational Role

G.Bard Ermentrout;David Kleinfeld

578
Citations
On the human sensorimotor-cortex beta rhythm: sources and modeling

Ole Jensen;P. Goel;Nancy Kopell;Mikko Pohja

534
Citations
Spatially Structured Activity in Synaptically Coupled Neuronal Networks: I. Traveling Fronts and Pulses

David J. Pinto;G. Bard Ermentrout

424
Citations
Chemical and electrical synapses perform complementary roles in the synchronization of interneuronal networks

Nancy Kopell;Bard Ermentrout

397
Citations
Existence and uniqueness of travelling waves for a neural network

G. Bard Ermentrout;J. Bryce McLeod

337
Citations
Linearization of F-1 curves by adaptation

Bard Ermentrout

324
Citations
MULTIPLE BUMPS IN A NEURONAL MODEL OF WORKING MEMORY

Carlo R. Laing;William C. Troy;Boris Gutkin;G. Bard Ermentrout

319
Citations
The Effects of Spike Frequency Adaptation and Negative Feedback on the Synchronization of Neural Oscillators

Bard Ermentrout;Matthew Pascal;Boris Gutkin

299
Citations
Efficient estimation of phase-resetting curves in real neurons and its significance for neural-network modeling.

Roberto Fernandez Galan;Roberto Fernandez Galan;G. Bard Ermentrout;G. Bard Ermentrout;Nathaniel N. Urban;Nathaniel N. Urban

282
Citations
Dynamics of membrane excitability determine interspike interval variability: a link between spike generation mechanisms and cortical spike train statistics

Boris S. Gutkin;G. Bard Ermentrout

271
Citations
Synchrony, stability, and firing patterns in pulse-coupled oscillators

Pranay Goel;Bard Ermentrout

270
Citations
Reduction of conductance-based models with slow synapses to neural nets

Bard Ermentrout

241
Citations
Synchronization in a pool of mutually coupled oscillators with random frequencies

G. Bard Ermentrout

233
Citations
Phase-response curves and synchronized neural networks

Roy M. Smeal;G. Bard Ermentrout;John A. White

221
Citations
SPATIALLY STRUCTURED ACTIVITY IN SYNAPTICALLY COUPLED NEURONAL NETWORKS: II. LATERAL INHIBITION AND STANDING PULSES ∗

David J. Pinto;G. Bard Ermentrout

210
Citations