2026 Paul C. Bressloff: Mathematics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mathematics	48	1208	1033	538	426	293	9431
Engineering and Technology	48	4526	4357	1298	1198	255	9811

Research.com Recognitions

2016 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to mathematical neuroscience and cell biology, with a particular focus on stochastic processes.

Overview

Paul C. Bressloff is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Physics and Astronomy. Within these broad areas, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Mathematical Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

The scientist's work extensively covers several key topics, including:

Diffusion and Search Dynamics
Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics
Stochastic dynamics and bifurcation
Micro and Nano Robotics
Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering

Among recent notable papers authored by Paul C. Bressloff are:

"Modeling active cellular transport as a directed search process with stochastic resetting and delays," published in 2020 in the Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical
"Diffusion-mediated absorption by partially-reactive targets: Brownian functionals and generalized propagators," published in 2022 in the Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical
"Directed intermittent search with stochastic resetting," published in 2020 in the Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical
"Occupation time of a run-and-tumble particle with resetting," published in 2020 in Physical review. E
"Search processes with stochastic resetting and multiple targets," published in 2020 in Physical review. E

Frequent coauthors who collaborated with Paul C. Bressloff include Ryan D. Schumm, James MacLaurin, Sean D. Lawley, Patrick Murphy, and Hyun-Joong Kim.

Publication venues where Paul C. Bressloff has contributed multiple works feature prominently and include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical
Physical review. E
Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Paul C. Bressloff has also published books through Springer Nature, including two editions titled Stochastic Processes in Cell Biology released in 2021.

One documented award is the SIAM Fellow recognition received in 2016 for contributions to mathematical neuroscience and cell biology, specifically focusing on stochastic processes.

Best Publications

Stochastic models of intracellular transport

Paul C. Bressloff;Paul C. Bressloff;Jay M. Newby

720
Citations
Geometric visual hallucinations, Euclidean symmetry and the functional architecture of striate cortex.

Paul C. Bressloff;Jack D. Cowan;Martin Golubitsky;Peter J. Thomas

521
Citations
Spatiotemporal dynamics of continuum neural fields

Paul C Bressloff

478
Citations
Stochastic Processes in Cell Biology

Paul C. Bressloff

405
Citations
What geometric visual hallucinations tell us about the visual cortex

Paul C. Bressloff;Jack D. Cowan;Martin Golubitsky;Peter J. Thomas

357
Citations
Anatomical Substrates for Functional Columns in Macaque Monkey Primary Visual Cortex

Jennifer S. Lund;Alessandra Angelucci;Paul C. Bressloff

291
Citations
Circuits and Mechanisms for Surround Modulation in Visual Cortex.

Alessandra Angelucci;Maryam Bijanzadeh;Lauri Nurminen;Frederick Federer

288
Citations
The Role of Feedback in Shaping the Extra-Classical Receptive Field of Cortical Neurons: A Recurrent Network Model

Lars Schwabe;Klaus Obermayer;Alessandra Angelucci;Paul C. Bressloff

224
Citations
Stochastic Neural Field Theory and the System-Size Expansion

Paul C. Bressloff

210
Citations
Bursting: The genesis of rhythm in the nervous system

Stephen Coombes;Paul C. Bressloff

192
Citations
Breathing Pulses in an Excitatory Neural Network

Stefanos E. Folias;Paul C. Bressloff

191
Citations
Dynamics of Strongly Coupled Spiking Neurons

Paul C. Bressloff;Paul S. Coombes

179
Citations
Traveling fronts and wave propagation failure in an inhomogeneous neural network

Paul C. Bressloff

172
Citations
Mode locking and Arnold tongues in integrate-and-fire neural oscillators.

S. Coombes;P. C. Bressloff

162
Citations
Metastable states and quasicycles in a stochastic Wilson-Cowan model of neuronal population dynamics

Paul C. Bressloff

157
Citations
Waves in Neural Media

Paul C. Bressloff

142
Citations
Stochastic switching in biology: From genotype to phenotype

Paul C Bressloff

139
Citations
Strong Recurrent Networks Compute the Orientation Tuning of Surround Modulation in the Primate Primary Visual Cortex

S. Shushruth;Pradeep Mangapathy;Jennifer M. Ichida;Paul C. Bressloff

133
Citations
Effects of synaptic depression and adaptation on spatiotemporal dynamics of an excitatory neuronal network

Zachary P. Kilpatrick;Paul C. Bressloff;Paul C. Bressloff

125
Citations
Breathers in two-dimensional neural media.

S. E. Folias;P. C. Bressloff

124
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Coombes University of Nottingham

Olivier Faugeras Université Côte d'Azur

Martin Golubitsky The Ohio State University

James P. Keener University of Utah

G. Bard Ermentrout University of Pittsburgh

Alain Goriely University of Oxford

Christopher A. Del Negro William & Mary

Adam Kepecs Washington University in St. Louis

Arjen van Ooyen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Heinrich H. Bülthoff Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics

External Links

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