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Overview

Ken Christensen is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work explores various subfields such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Oncology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Key topics in their research include 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, Ocular Surface and Contact Lens studies, applications of Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis, and the roles of 14-3-3 protein interactions and ubiquitin and proteasome pathways. Additionally, they investigate Trypanosoma species and their implications, as well as Angiogenesis and VEGF involvement in cancer.

Ken Christensen has published regularly in several scientific venues, including multiple contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), as well as papers in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications, Lab on a Chip, and Cancer Research.

Their recent published papers include the following:

  • Adaptive immunity induces mutualism between commensal eukaryotes (2021, Nature)
  • Spatially and optically tailored 3D printing for highly miniaturized and integrated microfluidics (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Biocompatible PEGDA Resin for 3D Printing (2020, ACS Applied Bio Materials)
  • Soluble ECM promotes organotypic formation in lung alveolar model (2022, Biomaterials)
  • TNK1 is a ubiquitin-binding and 14-3-3-regulated kinase that can be targeted to block tumor growth (2021, Nature Communications)

Frequent collaborators in Christensen's work include P. Christine Ackroyd, Fangfang Jiang, Jonard Corpuz Valdoz, Pam M. Van Ry, and Leena M. Patil. These coauthors have contributed multiple joint publications, demonstrating ongoing collaborative research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Reducing the Energy Consumption of Ethernet with Adaptive Link Rate (ALR)

    C. Gunaratne;K. Christensen;B. Nordman;S. Suen

  • IEEE 802.3az: the road to energy efficient ethernet

    Ken Christensen;P Reviriego;B Nordman;M Bennett

  • Managing energy consumption costs in desktop PCs and LAN switches with proxying, split TCP connections, and scaling of link speed

    Chamara Gunaratne;Ken Christensen;Bruce Nordman

  • The next frontier for communications networks: power management

    Kenneth J. Christensen;Chamara Gunaratne;Bruce Nordman;Alan D. George

  • Measuring building occupancy using existing network infrastructure

    Ryan Melfi;Ben Rosenblum;Bruce Nordman;Ken Christensen

  • The potential impact of green technologies in next-generation wireline networks: Is there room for energy saving optimization?

    R. Bolla;F. Davoli;R. Bruschi;K. Christensen

  • A new analysis of the false positive rate of a Bloom filter

    Ken Christensen;Allen Roginsky;Miguel Jimeno

  • An Initial Evaluation of Energy Efficient Ethernet

    P Reviriego;K Christensen;J Rabanillo;J A Maestro

  • NGL02-2: Ethernet Adaptive Link Rate (ALR): Analysis of a Buffer Threshold Policy

    C. Gunaratne;K. Christensen;S.W. Suen

  • Method and system for distributing network routing functions to local area network stations

    Norman Eugene Cox;Kenneth J. Christensen;Jim P. Ervin;Richard Colbert Matlack

  • A parallel-polled virtual output queued switch with a buffered crossbar

    K. Yoshigoe;K.J. Christensen

  • An evolution to crossbar switches with virtual output queuing and buffered cross points

    K. Yoshigoe;K.J. Christensen

  • Enabling an Energy-Efficient Future Internet Through Selectively Connected End Systems

    Mark Allman;Ken Christensen;Bruce Nordman;Vern Paxson

  • A Network Connection Proxy to Enable Hosts to Sleep and Save Energy

    M. Jimeno;K. Christensen;B. Nordman

  • Using existing network infrastructure to estimate building occupancy and control plugged-in devices in user workspaces

    Ken Christensen;Ryan Melfi;Bruce Nordman;Ben Rosenblum

  • A Simulation Study of a New Green BitTorrent

    J. Blackburn;K. Christensen

  • Ethernet Adaptive Link Rate (ALR): Analysis of a Buffer Threshold Policy.

    Chamara Gunaratne;Kenneth J. Christensen;Stephen Suen

  • Challenges in URL switching for implementing globally distributed Web sites

    Z. Genova;K.J. Christensen

  • DC Local Power Distribution: Technology, Deployment, and Pathways to Success

    Bruce Nordman;Ken Christensen

  • Ethernet Adaptive Link Rate: System Design and Performance Evaluation

    C. Gunaratne;K. Christensen

  • A Prototype Power Management Proxy for Gnutella Peer-to-Peer File Sharing

    M. Jimeno;K. Christensen

  • The next frontier for communications networks: power management

    Kenneth J. Christensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Ajmone Marsan
Marco Ajmone Marsan Polytechnic University of Turin
Helmut Krcmar
Helmut Krcmar Technical University of Munich
Suresh Singh
Suresh Singh Portland State University
Nathaniel P. von der Embse
Nathaniel P. von der Embse University of South Florida
Alan Meier
Alan Meier Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Albert Y. Zomaya
Albert Y. Zomaya University of Sydney
Vern Paxson
Vern Paxson University of California, Berkeley
Mark Allman
Mark Allman International Computer Science Institute
Jeremy Blackburn
Jeremy Blackburn Binghamton University

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