science

Bryce is a physicist with a Ph.D. in Physics, a BS in Physics and Astrophysics, and a minor in Mathematics from the University of Minnesota. He conducted biophysical cross-disciplinary research in Dr. Tay Netoff's lab in Biomedical Engineering, investigating the role of neural oscillations in the brain related to epilepsy and Parkinson's disease. Bryce designed and built a realistic model of a closed-loop feedback system using deep-brain stimulation for the treatment of epilepsy. His research synthesizes neurophysics, mathematical modeling, and medical device development. He has published in the Journal of Computational Neuroscience, Frontiers of Systems Neuroscience, Frontiers of Computational Neuroscience and Springer books.

As a post-doc fellow at the Medical Devices Center (MDC) at the University of Minnesota, Bryce learned and practiced the process of developing medical devices. Subsequently as a teaching faculty member at the MDC he taught the process of developing medical technologies, designed and lead a project-focused program in collaboration between the MDC and a Japanese company. Bryce is the CEO of Quench Medical, pioneering the development of next-generation inhaler technologies for the treatment of lung diseases including lung cancer, asthma, COPD, and cystic fibrosis.

In the public, Bryce has consulted for artistic projects, most interestingly as "The Physicist" with the Body Cartography's production of "½ life," a multidisciplinary work for the stage centered on the development of nuclear energy. He has also delivered several public scientific lectures around the country and enjoys inspiring the next generation of scientists.

Publications:

Bryce Beverlin II, Theoden Netoff. “Dynamic control of modeled tonic-clonic seizure states with closed-loop stimulation.” Frontiers in Neural Circuits. February 2013

Bryce Beverlin II, James Kakalios, Duane Nykamp, Theoden Netoff. “Dynamical changes in neurons during seizures determines tonic to clonic shift.” Journal of Computational Neuroscience. August 2012

G.Bard Ermentrout, Bryce Beverlin II, Theoden Netoff. "Phase Response Curves to Measure Ion Channel Effects on Neurons" in book: PRCs in Neuroscience: Theory, Experiment and Analysis (eds. N.Schultheiss, A.Prinz, R. Butera). Springer 2012

Bryce Beverlin II, Theoden Netoff. “Disruption of tonic-clonic seizures using periodic stimulation of model neurons.” BMC Neuroscience. July 2011

Liqiong Zhao, Bryce Beverlin II, Theoden Netoff and Duane Quinn Nykamp. "Synchronization from second order network connectivity statistics." Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. July 2011

Charles J. Wilson, Bryce Beverlin II, Theoden Netoff. “Chaotic desynchronization as the therapeutic mechanism of deep brain stimulation.” Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. June 2011

G.Bard Ermentrout, Bryce Beverlin II, Todd Troyer, and Theoden Netoff. "The variance of phase-resetting curves." Journal of Computational Neuroscience. January 2011